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...Soviet birthday party, Brezhnev proposes a major test-ban treaty...
...power. Present for the party, probably the biggest in Moscow's history, were such Communist all-stars as Hungary's Janos Kadar, Poland's Edward Gierek and East Germany's Erich Honecker. In the Kremlin's starkly modern Palace of Congresses, President Leonid Brezhnev rose to keynote the festivities with a 90-minute report on the state of the Soviet Union and the world. As always, he had quite a lot to say-about the latest Soviet grain harvest (somewhat disappointing), Moscow's current approach toward Peking (mildly conciliatory) and Eurocommunism...
...surprise of the Brezhnev speech, however, was the Soviet leader's announcement that Moscow was now prepared to suspend its program of "peaceful" nuclear explosions, thereby paving the way for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban agreement covering both military and peaceful explosions. Declared Brezhnev: "We trust that this important step on the part of the U.S.S.R. is properly appreciated by our partners at the negotiations...
Indeed, the signs of appreciation in Washington were almost instantaneous. After months of disappointments in his negotiations with the Russians, U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance greeted Brezhnev's announcement as a "major step forward" and predicted that it would have a "useful effect" on the comprehensive test-ban negotiations that have been under way in Geneva since last July...
Visiting Moscow in April, Kennedy saw Brezhnev and asked him to permit Slava to perform in America. Shortly thereafter, the Rostropovich family was given passports. In 1974 Slava went to Harvard to receive an honorary degree. There he saw Felicia, threw himself to his knees and kissed the hem of her dress. To show his gratitude to the Kennedy family, Rostropovich offered to train their son Teddy in the cello...