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...There is no Jewish question in the Soviet Union," Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin told a press conference in Canada last month. "This question is from beginning to end an invented...
...extended the invitation to Brezhnev last October during his visit to Moscow, but the Russians were evasive about the timing until President Nixon announced in July that he was going to Peking. Then Brezhnev's Paris trip was suddenly firmed up. The Soviets were not concerned that Premier Aleksei Kosygin would be out of the country at the same time (see following story). President Nikolai Podgorny and other Politburo members were watching the store back in Moscow, and Brezhnev and Kosygin appeared confident enough of their control to be able to travel abroad separately yet simultaneously...
...protect him from embarrassing demonstrations and even violence by members of extremist Yugoslav émigré groups. Of the estimated 1.5 million Americans of Yugoslav origin, only a few hundred belong to fanatical Tito-baiting political organizations, some with direct spiritual links to Hitler. Still, as Premier Aleksei Kosygin's close call in Ottawa last week demonstrates, the security problem is not merely a matter of numbers. State Department representatives have been meeting with members of Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian exile groups to explain to them why good relations with the present Yugoslav government are in the national interest...
Last week he welcomed Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin to Canada. The visit was particularly well timed from Kosygin's point of view, since it coincided with a dramatic upsurge of Canadian resentment of the U.S. over Washington's 10% surcharge on imports. With unemployment already above 7% and likely to rise sharply, Canadians feel victimized by the protectionist policies adopted by their best trading partner...
...certainly seemed that way when the two sides met in the Kremlin. Sadat and his entourage were greeted with Soviet-style bear hugs and busses from Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny. And, while the Russians stressed their interest in a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, the communiqué that followed ten hours of talks mentioned "measures aimed at further strengthening the military might of Egypt." That announcement triggered the possibility of additional U.S. arms shipments to Israel...