Word: coniff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although most editors had an inkling of internal tensions in the Soviet high command (TIME, Feb. 7), only three newsmen were directly tipped off. Publisher William R. Hearst Jr., his aide, Frank Coniff. and his chief European correspondent, Kingsbury ("Joe") Smith, on a brief visit to Russia got a tip from Khrushchev himself. In an interview three days before the change, for no apparent reason, Khrushchev mysteriously suggested they interview Bulganin, and added that "probably early next week" would be a good time to see him. They made no mention of this in their dispatches, instead reported: "Khrushchev . . . ridicules...
...investigation, which is being conducted by State Police Lt. Detective James F., Coniff, is part of a general inquiry on suspected infractions in local colleges and schools. It was begun after Thomas A. Dorgan, clerk of the Suffolk Superior Court, wrote a letter to Thompson...