Word: khrushchevism
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...fledgling President of the U.S. was readying himself to fly off this week for conferences with 1) France's President Charles de Gaulle in Paris, 2) Russia's Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, and 3) Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in London. Within a week after his leavetaking, President John Kennedy plans to be back home-pretty quick work...
Indeed the President's first overseas quest for new understandings in the old cold war seemed to have growed like Topsy. First, it was to be a visit with De Gaulle. Then Khrushchev was added, and then Macmillan. Even as President Kennedy was packing his brief case, his trip was still arousing questions. Had he blunted the meaning of each of his three major confrontations by more or less tossing them together, rather than taking on De Gaulle, Khrushchev and Macmillan in reasonably separate order? Was it wise for him to meet with Khrushchev when recent events-some...
Plus & Minus. President Kennedy had plainly and publicly let it be known that his main aim was to size up Khrushchev, to take the Russian's personal measure as the U.S.'s mightiest cold war adversary. But the proposition carried with it the fact that Khrushchev at the same time would be taking measure of President Kennedy and, through...
...enter on summit diplomacy only after careful preparation. They now fear that Kennedy may be embarking on an inadequately thought out, poorly prepared summit meeting, whose objectives are unclear and whose results will be meager. One top French official put it brutally: Kennedy's meeting with Khrushchev, he said, is like "fighting a championship bout after your last two sparring partners have knocked...
Though everyone would be happier if the West held higher cards at the summit, no responsible Western observer fears that Kennedy will naively succumb to Russian threats or blandishments. Many fear that Khrushchev is feeling dangerously cocky these days; but there is confidence that in a face-to-face meeting, Kennedy will be able to demonstrate that U.S. nerve is still unshaken, despite Cuba and the disorderly retreat in Laos...