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...political system that views history as conflict and the world (including much of the real estate within the confines of its own empire) as enemy territory. The Kremlin has always regarded peace as war conducted by other means, and that goes particularly for peace with its arch adversary. Nikita Khrushchev saw no contradiction between his hope for "peaceful coexistence" and his boast "We will bury you." Similarly, Leonid Brezhnev made no bones about how the "ideological struggle" would continue despite détente...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Behind the Bear's Angry Growl | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...everlasting regret, the USSR initially provided assistance to its fledgling ally in this endeavor. However, Khrushchev reneged on a promise to provide China a "sample" A-bomb, according to Beijing which made this charge when presenting its account of the Sino-Soviet schism. Nevertheless, in April 1964, within 15 years of its establishment, the PRC successfully detonated an atomic device...

Author: By Richard D. Nethercut, | Title: China and No First Use | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...those same eyes, sparkling with conviction, could be blinkered in the face of such trifles as the Moscow trials, the Hitler-Stalin pact, the partial annexation of Finland and, later, the taking over of Eastern Europe and the reports of Gulag atrocities. It was not until 1956, and Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin, that even the most loyal of party members began to wonder how something so good turned out so bad. By that time the Smith Act had made them criminals, and a few still huddled together in the camaraderie of victims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...Gromyko, the inimitable Nikita Khrushchev said, "He will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...Eisenhower Administration's most experienced negotiators with the Soviets; in Rochester, N.Y. Wadsworth served for seven years as Henry Cabot Lodge's deputy at the U.N., becoming chief of the U.S. delegation in 1960, in time to witness-and condemn-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's shoe-banging tirade against the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 26, 1984 | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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