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Krishna Menon owes his rise to power primarily to the friendship of Jawaharlal Nehru, who stubbornly rejects all criticism of his protege as "mere jealousy," describes him as "the best U.N. diplomat since Andrei Vishinsky." But even Nehru's affection could not have transformed the cantankerous Menon into a major force in Indian politics had it not been for the U.N. debates on Kashmir, during which Menon staged the longest filibuster (seven hours and 48 minutes) in U.N. history, wound up by collapsing dramatically on the floor of the Security Council...
Russian composers patriotically hymned Soviet heroes during World War II, and the good will they thus banked at the Kremlin gave them a brief period of postwar freedom. But by 1948, an iron hand had closed tightly around Soviet composers. The hand was that of Andrei Zhdanov, cat-cruel Politburo careerist whose ear for music had been destroyed long before by the din of dialectical crossfire. Zhdanov in effect put all Russian composers on trial, including the three modern giants-Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitry Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian. The charges: "formalism" (i.e., art for art's sake, individuality, experimentation...
...oratorios. ¶ Akhmed Gadzhiev, 39, noted for a 1952 symphonic poem, Peace. Other young Russian composers, better known outside the Soviet Union: ¶ Karen Khachaturian, 36. Aram's nephew, whose eclectic, highly rhythmic Violin Sonata in G Minor has been recorded by Russian Virtuoso David Oistrakh. ¶ Andrei Volkonsky, 23, whose works hint at Hindemith; he migrated from France to Russia a few years ago, caused a stir in Moscow last year with a Piano Quintet...
...staggering failures, but apparently it has not yet weakened his hold on the first party secretaryship. Last week the Central Committee, meeting in Moscow, decided that Shepilov should take the rap and sent him back to his secretarial duties after only eight months as Foreign Minister. His successor: Andrei A. Gromyko...
Eighteen months ago Andrei Vishinsky, the man who knew the answer to all these conjectures, died in the New York headquarters of the Soviet U.N. delegation. Since then Stalin's successors have hinted that the military trials of 1937 that wiped out the whole top layer of the Red army were frame-ups. Last week the journal Soviet State and Law denounced the whole process of trial by confession...