Word: gripsholm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Boarding the Swedish liner Gripsholm in Manhattan, bound for Moscow, Russia's U.N. Delegate Jacob Malik loftily vetoed newsreel and television requests for a parting statement. Apparently not yet accustomed to U.S. editors who cut superfluous words, he complained that his famous Korean cease-fire speech had been censored in part. Said the nettled delegate: "American newsreels and television cut out much of the things I said." With a little coaxing, however, Malik managed a stiff smile and a few careful words: "Best luck and wishes to those in this country who fight for peace and friendship between...
Boarding the Swedish liner Gripsholm in Manhattan, along with an uncommonly large collection of baggage, Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Alexander Panyushkin was off to spend a month or possibly two months, on leave or possibly vacation, in Moscow or possibly along the Black Sea coast. For reporters at the docks, Ambassador Panyushkin had only one really definite piece of news: "The Soviet Union is always for peace in the world...