Word: bolshakov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CIAman's cryptic, spy-befuddling report of the Soviet missiles in Cuba. "Those things we've been worrying about"; says the CIAman cleverly, "it looks as though we've really got something." There is even room to mention a minor Russian official in Washington named Georgi Bolshakov, who is duped by his own bosses so that he can pass along to Kennedy the incorrect information that "those things" are strictly defensive...
...idea for the interview originated with White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, who suggested it to Russian press attachés. Word eventually came back that Khrushchev liked the notion, and Adzhubei duly presented himself at Hyannisport, along with Interpreter Georgi Bolshakov, editor of the Russian English-language magazine U.S.S.R. He brought along a doll for Caroline Kennedy and, for John Jr., another doll with weighted bottom that returned upright each time it was punched over. "This doll is like the Russian people," said Adzhubei. "You can keep pushing it down, but it will always come...
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