Word: ceau
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...rambling, 18-page declaration issued from Bucharest's erstwhile Royal Palace, there was not a word about a strengthened command structure-clear evidence that Rumanian Leader Nicolae Ceauşescu had once again thwarted Soviet designs. Instead, the declaration reiterated Brezhnev's call for a pan-European "security conference" aimed at the simultaneous dismantling of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. When Brezhnev first proposed the conference in March, he wanted to keep the U.S. out of any European settlement. This time, the U.S. role was purposely kept ambiguous. In any case, there was no indication in Western capitals...
...take them up. Unity was maintained-on the surface at least-right up to the moment that Brezhnev boarded his Aeroflot Ilyushin-18 to fly back to Moscow. After kissing a row of little girls and accepting a spray of red gladioli, Brezhnev heartily embraced Ceauşescu and bussed him three times on the cheeks. The Rumanian's face remained impassive throughout the whole performance. After all, to be kissed but not squeezed by the Russian bear was a small enough price to pay for independence...