Word: khrushchevism
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History's Guide. By offering their sealed boxes, the Russians were of course conceding nothing of value. Indeed, they gave scant support to the hopeful new thesis now abroad, that Khrushchev after Cuba might take a genuinely new, flexible approach to negotiation of the major East-West issues. Some Westerners excitedly spoke of grasping new opportunities while Moscow was off balance: an access deal for Berlin, perhaps even some kind of German reunification...
...history is any guide, the dreamers are in for sharp disappointment. Nikita Khrushchev is as flexible a maneuverer as any Communist who has studied Lenin's line: "If you are not able to adapt yourself, if you are not ready to crawl in the mud on your belly, you are not a revolutionist but a chatterbox." Occasional appearances to the contrary, Khrushchev is no chatterbox. Over Cuba he had to do some crawling, but it will not be easy to keep him down...
...absence of the letter's actual text, the U.S. public can find a fictional substitute in the current bestseller, Fail-Safe, in which Khrushchev and Kennedy talk on the phone during a nuclear crisis...
...Khrushchev: Some of our experts urged that we retaliate instantly with all our ICBMs and our bombers...
...Khrushchev: I knew that retaliation would be the end for both of our countries. My generals are not happy, but there is a time for common sense...