Word: khrushchevism
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...hard look in his Mongolian eyes." It was a news agency report of De Gaulle's speech at Grenoble demanding a veto for France on allied use of the nuclear bomb anywhere (TIME, Oct. 17). Pointing at the offending passage, he asked Debre: "What does this mean? If Khrushchev unleashes his rockets on us, must the allies remain paralyzed until France makes its decision...
...Damn it," said David Susskind last week, "I don't think I'm a wild egomaniac destroying Western civilization. I did my best with Khrushchev...
That he had. The question was whether Susskind's best was good enough, as he faced the Premier of the Soviet Union for some two hours on TV's Open End (recognizing that he was overmatched, Susskind had asked Khrushchev if he would meet with a panel of experts, but K. refused). It could not have been a more incongruous interview-or a more fascinating sideshow-if Rumpelstiltskin had been interrogating Jimmy Hoffa, and about as much useful information resulted...
...Susskind managed to bring up nearly every subject of East-West difficulty from Berlin to the Congo, trying to avoid questions that would-as he put it later-"open a dialectical can of peas." But the peas soon spattered all over the screen, because Susskind insisted on talking to Khrushchev not as a reporter but as one statesman to another, and because he loaded his imprecise questions with long, patriotic declarations clearly designed to demonstrate Susskind's own political soundness (pressure against the show from all sides, including general dicta from the State Department, had produced the kind...
...sunlight and marinating in some quick-starting annoyance. Sipping his favorite Georgian mineral water or brooding while the interpreter did his work, K. sat impassively, his round head filling the TV screen and looking like an oversized bead in a gun sight. What Susskind later described as Khrushchev's "physical amiability" was constantly evident, as he nudged, elbowed, fingered his squirming interviewer...