Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...task of soothing the foreign comrades left Russia's new B. & K. team red-eyed with fatigue. Into Moscow swept platoon after platoon of insistent commissars-French, Italian, Austrian, Danish, Indian, Mongolian-all clamoring for explanations. Why had Khrushchev been ousted? How could the new regime justify its coup d'état? What were Moscow's new policies-particularly vis-à-vis Red China? And, ahem! was Nikita all right? "In fact," said one old Moscow hand, "the problem is that this crowd came to power without a program and is now having to improvise like...
...major participant, arguing that Khrushchev had outlived his usefulness. A vote was taken, and all were against Nikita. The question was then carried to the full Central Committee, where a majority-but a bare one, some reports indicating as little as one vote-decided against him. Thus the coup makers had precluded the fate of the 1957 "antiparty group," which had mustered a party Presidium majority against Khrushchev only to lose when the vote came in the Central Committee. Dmitry Ustinov, 56, fast-rising chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council, was detailed to fly down to the Black...
...stiffer U.S. and Laotian government policy. U.S.-supplied T-28s are crippling Pathet Lao supply lines. The Reds could counterattack massively on the ground, but they apparently fear U.S. retaliation. Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma has survived with the help of the rightists, who have not tried a coup to take over the government for fully six months-although there has been an occasional, embarrassing mutiny among neutralist soldiers. During a recent Paris conference of the Laotian factions, Souvanna stood firm against unilateral concessions to the Reds. King Savang Vatthana got so vexed with the French for trying to pressure Souvanna...
...constitution, recognizing "the Episcopal Church" as a lawful alternate designation and the term best suited for everyday use. Most of the delegates seemed pleased by the compromise, which merely sanctifies what Episcopalians have been doing for years, although some continued to argue that the resolution was an Anglo-Catholic coup. "There are a few deputies," muttered one Low Church bishop, "who feel that we are dropping the wrong name...
According to William Griffith a member of M.I.T.'s International Research Institute, there was not involved in the coup any pro-Chinese element which would indicate a build-up of Soviet militancy towards the West. He explained that many Russian objected to Khrushchev's tactics in meeting the Chinese challenge, but not to his basic policy. Griffith agreed with Fainsod that a "general complex of overextension in Khrushchev's policies" was responsible for the premier's overthrow...