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...invitation, amply anticipated, had sputtered like a bomb fuse in Washington's top drawers. Last week the President weighed the obvious pluses and minuses and gave the answer: Airman Twining could go. Ike made it plain that the U.S. has no intention of reciprocating with an invitation to Bulganin and Khrushchev, no intention of lowering its guard. With these essential provisos, the President thought it both safe and desirable to send an observer of Nate Twining's caliber to Moscow to cock a practiced eye at the Red jets and, perhaps, to probe into the deceptive chinks...
...greet him were Russia's top leaders, President Voroshilov, Premier Bulganin and First Party Secretary Khrushchev, and Tito's ancient enemy, ex-Foreign Minister Molotov (see above). Grinning broadly, Tito shook them all by the hand. "Dear Comrade President," said President Voroshilov. "Dear Comrades, leaders of the Soviet Union, dear citizens," said Tito. A score of little Russian boys and girls dressed in red kerchiefs and white blouses presented Tito's handsome wife Jovanka with masses of tulips...
...Some comrades may ask us: Where were the members of the Politburo? Why did they not assert themselves? In the situation which then prevailed, I often talked with Nikolai Bulganin; once when we two were traveling in a car, he said: 'It has happened sometimes that a man goes to Stalin on his invitation as a friend. And when he sits with Stalin, he does not know where he will be sent next, home or to jail...
...Joint Chiefs accepted a Red invitation. Diplomatically, this was a gaffe, because an invitation had not even been issued. But was it a hint? Next day Senate Republican Leader William Knowland, who can take a hint as well as the Russians, warned that if this ended in inviting Bulganin and Khrushchev to the White House, the American people would not stand...
...shuffle, gained entry only after some door pounding. Meeting newsmen, Baptist Truman told them that 1) he still favors appointment of a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, 2) he'll believe Soviet disarmament (see FOREIGN NEWS) "when I see it," but 3) the U.S.S.R.'s Bulganin and Khrushchev would get a "cordial reception" if they visited...