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...Russians quickly realized their mistake: in the eyes of the world, disarmament is no laughing matter. Next day Bulganin made a surprise reappearance at the podium. He complained that his statement about the unworkability of the Eisenhower proposal had been widely misunderstood in the world press, for the Russians were considering it "in all seriousness...
Smiling with goateed charm, Premier Bulganin shook hands with them all. He kissed a little girl, and beckoned the guests to wander at large through cool woods and beside ornamental lakes, photographing whatever they desired. He himself helped U.S. Ambassador Charles Bohlen's daughter catch three fish, and he played with Italian Ambassador Di Stefano's ten-year-old son. Lunch was served under a canvas canopy in the open air. A military band played and a Red army bugler called the guests to table...
...Toasts. The Soviet leaders sat together, Bulganin in the center, Khrushchev on his left and Molotov on his right. Then at three long tables sat about 150 diplomats and Russian guests, with separate tables for press and children. The sumptuous, eight-course meal was served by more than a hundred waiters and serving girls, who came in long lines through a grove of pine trees bearing...
...heaped trays. Although countless bottles of Soviet champagne, wines and vodka were provided, the Soviet leaders themselves were cautious about drinking. Only two major toasts were given: one by Bulganin, and one in reply by the acting dean of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps, Burmese Ambassador Maung Ohn. But the day's gaiety had just begun...
After lunch, Bulganin packed a crowd of diplomats, reporters and children into Zis limousines and took them off to see a deer park while pudgy Party Boss Khrushchev went out into a berry patch to pick raspberries with Defense Minister Zhukov. Down by the lake shore a memorable tableau formed. Ex-Premier Georgy Malenkov now acted as a glorified cruise director. He directed Admiral Sergei Gorshkov to pilot British Chargé d'Affaires C. C. Parrott and his wife around the lake in a motorboat. The admiral almost ran down a rowboat in which Mikoyan was rowing Mrs. Bohlen...