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Kennedy warned Gromyko of the gravity of the Laos crisis. U.S. prestige is so deeply committed in Laos, he said, that the crisis could explode into World War III. Gromyko retorted without bluster. He urged that the U.S. halt its military buildup of marines, guerrilla fighters and helicopters in northern Thailand until the Soviets had time to reply to the Anglo-U.S. truce offer. Kennedy did not commit himself. But the fact was that the U.S. buildup in Thailand did slacken during the week...
...Fleet and supporting forces toward Laos to back his implied deadline on a cease-fire in Laos. Kennedy flew to Key West for a first meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan early last week, met next day at the White House with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at Gromyko's request...
...Kennedy had hoped at the meeting for a hint of Soviet relaxation, he was disappointed. Frozen-faced Gromyko thawed not one bit as the two men talked formally for 30 minutes, surrounded by aides. Then Kennedy stood up from his padded wooden rocking chair, invited Gromyko to join him for a few minutes alone, and the two men stepped through the French doors into the sunny Rose Garden. There Gromyko appeared to soften, especially after Jacqueline Kennedy stopped by momentarily to greet Gromyko warmly and bid goodbye to Husband Jack before departing for Palm Beach...
Then he wanted the Assembly to recognize the "legitimate government" of Antoine Gizenga, Red-backed boss of Eastern Province. This was not all. Gromyko went on to denounce Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold as a "murderer" and a "stooge" who must be fired forthwith...
Most U.N. delegates listened in silence as the big nations lobbed angry rhetoric back and forth. But the U.S.'s Adlai Stevenson plainly had widespread support when he characterized Gromyko's speech as "in the worst and most destructive traditions of the cold war.'' As for Hammarskjold. said Stevenson, the U.S. would support him "with all our strength." Through it all, Hammarskjold himself sat impassively, looking like a man who had other problems to worry about. He had. One of them is the future of the U.N. operations boss in the Congo. Indian Diplomat Rajeshwar Dayal...