Word: khrushchevism
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...looking beyond the Moscow talks toward other negotiable issues. In Washington, President Kennedy told his news conference it was "clear that these negotiations, if successful, should lead on to wider discussions among other nations." But the President seemed in no hurry to rush into a top-level meeting with Khrushchev. "There is no evidence," he said, "that a summit is indicated or needed...
...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-Henri Spaak in Kiev last week, Khrushchev said: "Berlin is the foot that Kennedy has in Europe. Every time I want to, I'll stamp...
...short, the East-West talks in Moscow may just possibly prove no more fruitful than the Sino-Soviet talks. But U.S. observers still wonder how long Khrushchev can go on fighting a two-front war, refusing both concessions to Peking and a genuine move toward "peaceful coexistence" with the West...
Absolute Equality. Throughout the on-and-off meetings, the ideological fire continued above the heads of the delegates. The Kremlin splashed a policy statement on the front page of Pravda that ominously warned Peking of the "dangerous consequences" of its policy. As for Nikita Khrushchev, he called out the brass bands, honor guard and television cameras to welcome Hungary's Janos Kadar, who repaid the flattery by once again backing Moscow's line of peaceful coexistence...
Agents in Overalls. For the royal visit, the Macmillan government mounted a security force that outdid even the Bulganin-Khrushchev welcome in 1956. On hand were 5,000 police, including plainclothesmen disguised in everything from morning coats to overalls. As the royal procession of carriages clip-clopped from Victoria Station, where Elizabeth greeted them, to Buckingham Palace, a woman burst from the crowd and shrieked: "Release my husband!" She turned out to be Mrs. Betty Ambatielos, 45, the English wife of Antonios Ambatielos, a Greek Communist serving a life term for his part in the cival...