Word: khrushchevism
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...Nikita Khrushchev...
...Macmillan reviewed the current rash of trouble spots-Goa, the Congo, South Viet Nam. Netherlands New Guinea-but they soon settled down to the continuing, fundamental problem of how to meet the Russian threat against Berlin. Both Kennedy and Macmillan admitted that they were perplexed by the motive behind Khrushchev's recent line on West Berlin. The Russian Premier could be toughening his stand either because he does not want negotiations or because he wants to go into negotiations with a hard position to use as bargaining leverage...
Macmillan suggested that Llewellyn ("Tommy") Thompson. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, sound out Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to see what is on Khrushchev's mind. If Khrushchev sincerely wants to negotiate-and not just to generate propaganda-Macmillan said that the next step might be a meeting of the foreign ministers in late February or March to prepare the way for an eventual climb to the summit. President Kennedy readily agreed to the plan. A fervent believer in summitry, Macmillan would dearly like to attend a conference...
West Berlin, but the British have let it be known that they would support a man-to-man meeting between Kennedy and Khrushchev...
...White Paper No. 8 (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Chet Huntley examines Khrushchev's moves and motives in exploiting the Berlin crisis...