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When Columnist Drew Pearson interviewed Marshal Tito recently at the island retreat of Brijoni, he was surprised to discover that the dictator's aides were more interested in getting details about the death of Marilyn Monroe than in discussing nuclear testing or Berlin. Last week Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev arrived in Belgrade for a ten-day state visit, and the Yugoslavs again allowed themselves to be distracted from world affairs by a lovely female figure...
...object of their appreciation was the visitor's daughter, Galina Brezhnev, a tall, striking blonde of 18, who could well turn out to be the Kremlin's answer to Jackie Kennedy. While Papa toured collective farms and industrial plants, Galina stole the show in her dazzling French dresses, Italian spike heels, and huge, dangling earrings. Making her debut on the diplomatic circuit, she completely overshadowed Nikita Khrushchev's daughter Rada, wife of Izvestia Editor Aleksei Adzhubei, who was also along on the trip. In contrast to Galina's exhibition of haute couture, Rada "left the impression...
Moving Closer. Still, there was more to Brezhnev's visit than a glamour competition. Ever since Tito's break with the Cominform in 1948, Soviet-Yugoslav relations have been the touchstone for Moscow's relations with the world's other Communist parties. While Stalin lived, satellite leaders were ruthlessly purged if they were suspected of sympathizing with Tito's nationalistic ideas. Under Khrushchev's more flexible policy, which allows other Communist rulers greater domestic independence but still preserves the political supremacy of the Soviet Union. Tito has been steadily wooed closer to the Kremlin...
...LEONID BREZHNEV, 55. a relative newcomer to high rank, has risen quickly under Khrushchev's sponsorship. Westerners first heard of him in 1950 as a provincial party official in Khrushchev's Ukraine; a decade later he became President of the Soviet Union, the job he now holds. In the past, the post has been largely ceremonial, although its character could well change with the man. Brezhnev is a dynamic speaker and agile politician. In the first months following Khrushchev's death, he and Kozlov might well govern as a duumvirate, sharing state and party control, until...
...band struck up a Caucasian lezghinka, Khrushchev shoved Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev toward First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan. "Dance, you two," he said. Rising to the occasion, Brezhnev whipped out a white handkerchief, clapped it over his head and swayed through the girl's part with Mikoyan. Pointing to Mikoyan, Khrushchev quipped: "He's a good dancer and that's why we keep...