Word: khrushchevism
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...actually grown under the leadership of Palmiro Togliatti (present membership: 1,700,000). Togliatti has been far more flexible than the hidebound Thorez, has encouraged more freedom of expression and more young blood in his party. While not pro-Peking, Togliatti has not rushed to line up with Khrushchev in his fight against the Chinese-simply to show his independence from Moscow...
Wilted and liverish, his famed bounce almost gone, Nikita Khrushchev sweated grimly through the final week of his state visit to Egypt. He barely glanced at the Karnak temples, passed up the German-built steel mill near Cairo and even the star belly dancer at the Nile Hilton who, in deference to the Russian visitors, obeyed the usually ignored regulations by being swathed in silk from neck to ankles. Khrushchev's humor less, polemic speeches and their end less translations bored dwindling crowds in Cairo, Port Said and Alexandria...
Interpreting Unity. Obviously recalling Chinese Premier Chou En-lai's Cai ro visit only six months ago, Khrushchev tried hard to sound every bit as revolutionary as Peking. He attacked Israel as "an agent of imperialism," supported the Arab policy on Jordan water, tore into the British and their position at Aden...
...Arabs." Making a heavy-handed pitch about how Arab oil riches and Russian power together could defeat "any enemy," Khrushchev explained that unity must not be simply considered in national terms but must embrace the working classes all over the world. Some Arabs, for instance those in the oil sheikdom of Kuwait, continued Khrushchev angrily, are "lackeys of imperialism. Can you really unite with such people?" The air chilled, interpreters stammered, the Egyptian Ambassador to Moscow, Russian-speaking Murad Ghaleb, explained to Nasser that the translation had been faulty. "No, no," interrupted Nikita. "I meant what I said...
Balancing Budgets. In sum, while the dam represents a considerable success for Russia, Khrushchev fared less well with his personal and political appeals in Egypt. At week's end the sight of ripe Egyptian wheat roused him to his old antics as he toured the Liberation province land-reclamation project. He sickled and tasted some of the grain ("a bit dry"), criticized the housing facilities for peasants ("too costly"), later congratulated winners of a skeet-shooting contest. Between outings, Nikita retired to rest and continue private talks with Nasser...