Word: khrushchevism
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...Real Point. The Russians claimed victory; actually nobody really won. Though the Russians succeeded in demonstrating that they will not be happy until Khrushchev gets that Berlin bone out of his throat, the allies stood firm in the face of Soviet pressure. But they were also reminded that Moscow can heat up a crisis at any time over Berlin. "Sometimes," explained Dean Rusk at week's end, "these incidents look rather artificial. But that is not really the issue. The point is not whether a particular tail gate is lowered. The point is freedom of access to West Berlin...
...hear Nikita Khrushchev tell it, the $250 million wheat deal between the U.S. and the Communist bloc was about to crumble like a dry cooky. "I do have a feeling one might not come to an agreement," he told Moscow's visiting U.S. businessmen. "It may well happen that we will let you eat your own grain...
...turned out, Khrushchev's information was slightly stale. After a month of fruitless haggling, the Russians had indeed been on the verge of calling the whole deal off early last week. Their main complaint was a provision that the wheat must move in U.S. ships, whose rates were as much as $10 a ton higher than foreign rates...
...Russian negotiators in Washington cabled details of the plan to Moscow, and less than 24 hours after he had threatened to break off the talks, Khrushchev declared that "the grain dealers in America have made a reasonable approach." At week's end the Russians accepted the terms, and the scramble was on among grain companies for orders that are expected to total 150 million bushels of wheat...
...called them "gentlemen capital ists," and only occasionally suggested that all capitalists are really robbers and cheats. Communist delegations from all over the world crowded into Moscow for the 46th anniversary celebrations of the Bolshevik Revolution. But Nikita Khrushchev devoted a total of seven hours to a traveling group of 20 top American executives (plus one educator) as if he found more challenge in their company...