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...mischief, but pulled back when it seemed that the mischief might turn to war-a war that could get out of hand. The Russians also undoubtedly hoped to reap an immediate benefit. What better-or more inexpensive-present could Khrushchev and Bulganin take to their hard-pressed host, Anthony Eden, than a Russian promise to work for Middle East peace...
...teau Lafite-Rothschild '50 for lunch, but when Khrushchev asked whether he could take the bottle along with him, the waiter said: "I'm sorry, I can't do that, sir. Regulations." At London's cavernous Victoria terminal Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, towering head and shoulders above B. & K., greeted them with an official smile and a correct speech. Bulganin pulled a speech script out of his pocket, keynoted: "We have to live together on one planet." Outside Victoria, thousands of Londoners coolly watched them drive away...
Later at Downing Street, packed from end to end by a curious and curiously quiet crowd, the official talks began under strict wraps "to encourage Russian frankness." That night at No. 10, Prime Minister Eden gave a banquet, at which Britain's great appeared in "lounge suits" in deference to their guests' limited wardrobe. B. & K. came in voluminous gabardine topcoats over grey suits. But the hit of the evening was Sir Winston Churchill, pink and beaming at the old familiar door, waving a cigar and giving a V sign. Bulganin gave a jovial speech in which...
...been rudely greeted by a loudspeaker from across the river Thames: "Here come Marshal Bulganin and Khrushchev. They are here to destroy mankind and disrupt our Empire." The voice was that of a member of the League of Empire Loyalists which, earlier in the week, had presented Prime Minister Eden with a 10-ft.-long wooden spoon to illustrate an old-but non-Russian-saying: "He must have a long spoon who sups with the Devil...
...Near Anthony. Bandaranaike is an aristocratic country squire who made a brilliant record as a classics scholar and orator at Oxford in the '20s. At Christ Church College he argued Asian affairs with Upperclassman Anthony Eden, was often disturbed at study by boisterous parties in Eden's rooms. He once beat out Malcolm MacDonald, Britain's High Commissioner in India, for secretary of the Oxford Union...