Word: khrushchev
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite its limited military implications, the test--following Khrushchev's dismissal only by a day--could affect the current Sino-Soviet split. Richard E. Pipes, profesor of History, joined Halperin in speculation that the two events might lead to talks between the feuding communist nations...
Pipes said that the test served to strengthen the Chinese bargaining position. He noted that Khrushchev had planned a meeting of the world's communist parties for Dec. 15, which, in effect, would have "formalized the breech." Pipes said cancellation of this meeting would be a good indication that the new leadership might attempt a rapprochement...
What caused the fall of Premier Khrushchev? The relevant factors are as obscure as they could be without becoming entirely mysterious. But there are indications of the constellation of events that brought his demise. Khrushchev seems to have been very securely in power by 1958; the years that followed brought an increasing burden of setbacks which shook his hold...
...international scene, Berlin was a serious defeat. Khrushchev evidently thought he could force the Allies out of the city with a series of threats following hard on the Sputnik successes in space. He was forced to back down. The Cuba confrontation of October 1962 was an even more paralyzing setback. And within the Communist camp, the Premier's handling of relations with China had allowed a dispute to swell into uncomradely hostility. He had planned to stage a climactic meeting of the world's Communist parties in Moscow this December to condemn the Chinese, but the fraternal parties dragged their...
...Soviet Union had to spend hoarded reserves of currency on the world market to buy millions of tons of grain. There were industrial difficulties in allocation of resources: the military pressed for its habitual lion's share while the technocrats demanded the same resources in order to meet Premier Khrushchev's exuberant promises of advances in consumer goods...