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...domestic backing for his pursuit of detente. The two Politburo members dismissed (the official phrase was "relieved of duty")-Pyotr Shelest and Gennady Voronov-have been notable opponents of his diplomatic initiatives, as well as of some of his domestic efforts. Among the four men promoted -Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, KGB (secret police) Chief Yuri Andropov and Leningrad Party Secretary Grigory Romanov-at least two are expected to play large roles in helping Brezhnev's plans work...
Well known in the West as a former Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, Washington and London, Gromyko, 63, has worked closely with Brezhnev in carrying out foreign policy. Now he will have a direct say in its formulation. Western ambassadors in Moscow lauded his promotion. Said one: "Gromyko has sat in Washington and read the Post. He has sat in Kensington Gardens and read the Times. In more significant ways, too, he is a man of the world. To have him in the top ranks can only be welcomed." Some of the diplomats speculated that Gromyko might even assume...
...most unlikely assemblage of foreign ministers under the glittering chandeliers of Paris' Hotel Majestic. Russia's Andrei Gromyko showed his distress at having to sit next to South Viet Nam's Tran Van Lam, who, in turn, frowned at the Viet Cong's Madame Nguyen Thi Binh. China's Chi Pengfei avoided even looking toward Gromyko, but chatted congenially with William Rogers, who affably courted both Chi and Gromyko. But despite all of the sensitivities and animosities around the huge circular table-and after a brief crisis that threatened to scuttle the entire Viet...
Apart from Viet Nam, the conference was significant as the highest-level meeting among officials of China, Russia and the U.S. since President Nixon made his visits to both Peking and Moscow. The triangular ballet was performed with finesse. Gromyko and Chi confronted each other only once. When the South Vietnamese fought for a provision recognizing the Saigon government as the only legitimate regime in the South, Gromyko sharply opposed it, while Chi remained silent. Gromyko later stalked over to Chi and asked: "Did your silence mean support of the South Vietnamese?" Chi stared at Gromyko with disdain, then turned...
...Besides Rogers of the U.S., Gromyko of the U.S.S.R., Chi of China, Lam of South Viet Nam, Binh of the Viet Cong and Sharp of Canada, the others were North Viet Nam's Nguyen Duy Trinh, France's Maurice Schumann, Britain's Alec Douglas-Home, Indonesia's Adam Malik, Poland's Stefan Olszowski and Hungary's Janos Peter. The U.N.'s Kurt Waldheim was present but did not sign the pact...