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Russia: Damaged what reputation it had by the cruelty of its repressions, disillusioning thousands of Communists in Europe and disabusing millions of non-Communists who thought that Russian rulers might be growing more humane. In passing, destroyed several illusions of dictatorship: that a secret-police state can crush any rebellion; that a younger generation can be educated by force to believe in Communism...
...caused Stalin's successors much concern. Only a month ago First Party Secretary Khrushchev, flying in to Warsaw, had brushed Gomulka's hand aside, crying: "Traitor! I will show you what the road to socialism looks like. If you don't obey, we'll crush you" (TIME, Oct. 29). Now, as Gomulka stepped out, the trace of a smile on his thin lips, Khrushchev and Premier Bulganin, plump as penguins in their astrakhan greatcoats and caps, waddled forward to pump the lean Gomulka's hand...
...since Nasser seized the Suez Canal Co., Anthony Eden has averaged less than five hours' sleep a night. He did not get much that night. At 1:30 he was roused by a secretary carrying the hectoring threat from Russia's Bulganin: "We are fully determined to crush the aggressors and restore peace in the East through the use of force." Minutes later, a worried Guy Mollet called from Paris. Then a message arrived from U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold announcing that both Egypt and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire. Eden summoned some of his advisers...
Frail Reed. But to anyone outside Egypt it was evident that Nasser's Trendex rating had dropped severely. Not only had his military machine been badly damaged, but it had been made abundantly clear to other Arab nations that to rely on Egypt to crush the hated Israelis would be to rely on a frail reed indeed. If they had achieved nothing else, the British, French and Israelis had dealt a severe blow, perhaps a fatal one. to Gamal Abdel Nasser's dream of dominating the Arab world...
...told the Committee that he had seen the torture chambers in which the secret police would crush their victims to death, and then cremate the remains...