Word: bulganin
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...Bulganin playfully pinched the cheek of an American security guard; at a reception, Khrushchev patted LIFE's Photographer Carl Mydans on the shoulder...
...short, the West would be asked to give up the fact of NATO's 15-nation army in exchange for the scrapping of the paper satellite command set up at Warsaw two months ago. Said Bulganin in a burst of candor: ''Our eventual objective should be to have no foreign troops remaining on the territories of European states...
...advisers. Eisenhower sat with his back to the big window overlooking Lake Geneva. To his left was France's Premier Faure. Opposite was Britain's Prime Minister Eden, famed diplomatist, epitome of the British faith in adjustments, not solutions. To his right sat the Russians, with Premier Bulganin flanked by Foreign Minister Molotov on one side. Party Boss Khrushchev on the other, all clothed with the respectability of gang leaders who never shoot anybody themselves...
...Bulganin spoke last. His tone was relaxed, his attitude realistic, and he avoided phrases such as "It is well known that . . ," "No one can question . . .," "Certain aggressive circles are fomenting . . ." Said Bulganin: "There are urgent issues dividing us ... These difficulties do exist and they are not insignificant. [But] the purpose of this conference is not to indulge in recriminations, but to find ways and means to ease international tension." He began with a show of concessions...
...Hurry. But when it came to unification of Germany, Bulganin was surprisingly blunt. Russia was frankly in no hurry. Bulganin protested that "the Soviet government now, as in the past, favors the unification of Germany." but instantly added that "the remilitarization of Western Germany and her integration into military groupings of the Western powers is the main obstacle at the present time to the unification of Germany." They could "exchange views" about the problem, he said relaxedly, "even though in present circumstances we may fail to reach immediate agreement ... In that case, the problem should be solved step by step...