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...dropouts. Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin had been known to be anxious to attend the ses sion, presumably to add new thrust to Moscow's continuing global "peace offensive." With U.S.-Soviet relations cooling perceptibly over the Middle East, Kosygin canceled his travel plans and dispatched Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko instead. Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia quickly followed suit by dispatching their foreign ministers. That left Rumanian President Nicolae Ceausescu as the only Eastern European star-quality representative at the meeting. Ceausescu, of course, made the trip not so much to visit the U.N. as to drum up trade deals...
Willy Brandt's sudden trip to Moscow was made possible by the unexpectedly early conclusion of treaty talks between Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel the week before. Brandt's visit contrasted sharply with that of stiff-backed, patriarchal Konrad Adenauer, who went to Moscow 15 years ago and agreed grudgingly to establish diplomatic relations in return for the freedom of nearly 10,000 German prisoners of war. Brandt's visit, by contrast, was friendly and informal, but like so many contemporary events, it began with a bomb scare...
Brandt to extend his trip and tour the country, but Brandt said no. For one thing, he wanted to dampen Soviet enthusiasm somewhat. He was taken aback at the grandiose terms in which the Soviets spoke of the treaty. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, for example, told Scheel: "West Germany used to say it was an economic giant and a political dwarf. But now you are a political giant too." Brandt demurred. "I would like to say that I am a little scared by the superlatives that one finds here and there," he cautioned. "As a Berliner, I want...
...charge is not easy to deny, for Scheel does indeed seem to relish playing the clown. A few days before he was to leave for Moscow, Scheel named his newborn daughter Andrea after none other than Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Then, in a balancing act, he gave the baby the middle name Gwendolyn because she was born on July 21, the day negotiations began for Britain's Common Market entry. Scheel's friends insist that his manner is deceptive. Says one: "He has a Rhinelander's way of being outwardly charming, obliging and serene. But behind...
Washington's intelligence community describes the recent activity as "wriggles" in Cuba. The wriggles appear to date from Soviet Defense Minister Andrei Grechko's trip to Havana last fall and a return visit to Moscow by Fidel Castro's brother Raul last spring. The Soviets agreed to refurbish the Cuban military with everything from new knapsacks to improved, longer-range SA-2 missiles, similar to the ones emplaced in Egypt. Cuba now has 24 SA-2 sites, each with six missiles. In addition, Moscow has upgraded Fidel Castro's air force by supplying a 25-plane...