Word: khrushchevism
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...still smarting from Khrushchev's insults to President Eisenhower and the U-2 furor, was in no mood to play jovial host to all comers. And though officialdom had clear distinctions in mind, it was not clear whether Manhattan passers-by would. Castro and his cronies (who were hard put to find a hotel willing to put them up), were told bluntly by the State Department to leave their accustomed shooting irons at home. Khrushchev and some of his puppets were denied freedom of movement beyond Manhattan (except, perhaps, for a trip to the U.S.S.R.'s estate...
Security & Substance. The possibility of enthusiastic inhospitality to Khrushchev brought real problems. Longshoremen promised that they would not unload Baltika, threatened to hire boats to follow the Russian liner into port with heckles cracking the air. The U.N. security section fattened its number from 200 to 300, banned-all but official visitors from the premises during the General Assembly sessions. The U.S. military and State Department moved intelligence and security details into Manhattan...
Well aware that he might find Nikita Khrushchev elbowing into the declining-prestige-of-the-U.S. argument this week. Kennedy devoted an entire speech in Pikesville. Md. to setting the Russians straight. Said he to Khrushchev: "It has been suggested that your objective is to divide our country in the midst of our election. Let me say as emphatically as I can: 'Those tactics will not work.' You may hear us inquiring into our lost prestige, our shaky defenses, our lack of leadership. But do not be deceived. The Democratic Party wants to win this election...
...time of sudden deterioration of the international position of the United States is not a time to magnify out of all proportion an issue which could fatally divide America. It is Khrushchev, not the pope, who is coming to the United Nations...
...adept at rounding up Asian and African votes on important showdowns. The U.S. never lost in either the Security Council or the General Assembly in a head-on clash with the Russians. Last year Lodge fell heir to a special test of diplomacy when he was assigned to be Khrushchev's official host on the celebrated tour...