Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beyond Moscow. The optimism was nourished by a dazzling display of Soviet amiability (see THE WORLD). Even so seasoned a veteran of diplomatic dealings with the Russians as the U.S.'s Special Envoy W. Averell Harriman was impressed with the signs of thaw. And Harriman, having served as ambassador to Stalin's Russia from 1943 to 1946 and on missions to Moscow on other occasions, surely knows well the wisdom of Demosthenes' counsel...
Detectable Chair. The easy mood prevailed from the moment the negotiators arrived. Chief U.S. Negotiator Averell Harriman brought with him three tons of telephone equipment, for the "hot line" that is to link the White House and the Kremlin in emergencies. At the first meeting, Harriman, 71, was greeted by Khrushchev with a cheery "You're absolutely blooming. What are you doing, counting your years backward?" When Britain's top envoy, Viscount Hailsham, said that Moscow's weather was better than London's, Khrushchev replied: "We could perhaps find some place for you here. You could...
...Issues. As he flew off to Moscow for another round of test-ban talks, Presidential Envoy Averell Harriman noted hopefully that Russia was being more pleasant in "the small things of life." As for the big things, "we are going in good faith and in the hope of achieving some steps that will be beneficial." The principal issues facing Harriman and his fellow negotiator, British Minister of Science Viscount Hailsham, in Moscow...
...Washington has come to view a test-ban treaty as the touchstone of Soviet intentions. If this one outstanding issue can be resolved after five years of frustration, the State Department believes, then there is hope that East and West may ultimately be able to settle other issues. Though Harriman is empowered only to negotiate a test-ban agreement, he expects to "explore" other cold war problems, such as Berlin and Russia's failure to enforce the Laotian neutrality pact. On those matters Khrushchev so far did not appear to budge. Talking to Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul...
JAMES C. HAGERTY LEONARD HALL W. AVERELL HARRIMAN REX HARRISON HELEN HAYES JOHN R. HELLER JR. THEODORE M. HESBURGH, C.S.C. CONRAD HILTON OVETA GULP HOBBY BOB HOPE EDWARD HOPPER HEDDA HOPPER ROY HOWARD SAM HUFF GEORGE HUMPHREY HUBERT H. HUMPHREY ROBERT HUTCHINS