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...thing, however, blocked Hatoyama's immediate downfall: there was no accepted heir apparent in the ranks of his Liberal-Democratic Party. Clutching this straw of power, Hatoyama hoped that the drama of his mission to Moscow would silence his critics. In a letter to Russian Premier Bulganin, Hatoyama proposed a peace with Russia on "the Adenauer formula," i.e., resume diplomatic relations on an interim basis, leaving the terms of a formal peace treaty (and hence the question of ownership of Etorofu and Kunashiri) for future settlement...
...defenses to the new and troubled state of Pakistan, the long-feared penetration of Russian military influence into Afghanistan was announced as a fact. In Kabul, Afghanistan's Strongman Mohammed Daoud Khan, who last winter accepted a $100 million economic credit from the touring Soviet twins, Bulganin and Khrushchev, announced that his government had signed an agreement with the Soviet Union "for strengthening Afghanistan's defenses." The whole deal, he added, was made "without any political strings attached...
Nasser told us that we Americans may choke to death on "our fury." We don't have to repay him with the same−this job will be accomplished on Comrade Nasser by the Bulganin-Khrushchev gang (they are experts in choking...
...Pobeda sailed from Italy with some 400 homeward-bound U.S.S.R. tourists aboard, the Soviet embassy in Rome sprang a surprise: two of the sightseers, bustling incognita about the city's antiquities, had been a daughter of Nildta Khrushchev, Rada, and a daughter-in-law of Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, Ina-a kind of junior ladies' division of the famous B. & K. traveling troupe. Neither lady's husband made the trip; Rada had prosaically explained: "My husband is just another Russian who works in Moscow. He could not get a vacation...
...Flowing Vodka. Actually, the biggest crack in the Kremlin's poker face is the regular appearance of the Soviet bosses at parties where vodka flows freely, and Khrushchev and Bulganin make a production of slapping correspondents on the back, playfully rumpling their hair. Often as not, when MVD guards try to keep correspondents at a distance, Bulganin or Khrushchev brush the guards aside, booming: "Let the correspondents in. They're our friends." What with cocktails and confusion, B. & K. are sometimes misunderstood and misquoted. For this reason resident correspondents repeatedly urge Khrushchev to hold press conferences instead...