Word: khrushchev
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Khrushchev's memoirs [May 6]: it was a very enlightening experience to look inside a man whom I had always thought of as a shoe-stomping tyrant and find that he was a very intelligent, concerned and compassionate individual. It is no wonder he was ousted: he was too human...
...orator" is clearly Leonid Brezhnev, whom Khrushchev seems to be castigating for the invasion of Czechoslovakia...
After consulting with Gromyko and Malinovsky, Khrushchev decided to draft a tough new declaration, which was transmitted to Moscow for approval by the collective leadership in the Kremlin...
...Democratic presidential nomination, Khrushchev's personal choice was Adlai Stevenson; but when John F. Kennedy received it, Khrushchev decided to support him over Richard Nixon...
During the campaign, Khrushchev recalls, Nixon's running mate, Henry Cabot Lodge, visited Moscow and told the Soviet leader: "Mr. Khrushchev, don't pay any attention to the campaign speeches. Remember, they 're just political statements. Once Mr. Nixon is in the White House, I'm sure he'll take a position of preserving and perhaps even improving our relations. " Khrushchev, however, did not believe that Nixon would do so. Thus he argued to the Kremlin leadership that they should not release Powers until after the election lest it seem that the Russians were favoring...