Word: kosygin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet elite has been conspicuously represented among the journal's contributors as well as among its subscribers. Former President Anastas Mikoyan's son Sergei, Premier Aleksei Kosygin's daughter Lyudmila Gvishiani, Brezhnev's daughter Galina, and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's son Anatoly have all written on American affairs for the institute. A frequent contributor himself, Arbatov may write an article on the 1972 election, based on his upcoming trip...
Meanwhile, relations are expanding outside the Arab world. Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin visited Baghdad two months ago to sign a friendship pact. After his visit to Paris last week, Takriti announced his ambition "to see Franco-Iraqi relations raised to the level of relations with the Soviet Union." Diplomatic relations between Baghdad and Washington were severed after the Six-Day War, and 13 months ago, Iraq confiscated the U.S. embassy to house its foreign ministry. But in September, two U.S. foreign service officers will arrive in Baghdad to take over the American-interests section of the Belgian embassy, a task...
Foreign Minister Abdul Baki flew to Moscow and huddled with Premier Aleksei Kosygin and other Soviet ministers. When the talks ended last week, the Russians and Iraqis had decided to negotiate bilateral economic agreements, but they failed to announce what Iraq wants: an oil deal. In Paris the French Cabinet considered, but did not immediately accept, Iraq's offer of a special arrangement with the French company that is part owner of the oilfields. Beirut newspapers began carrying front-page ads offering Iraqi oil at "realistic and competitive prices...
...Americans seized their opportunity to scrutinize the Soviet leadership. Bluff and hearty, Brezhnev was obviously doing his best to make his guests feel at home. At their initial meeting, the first smile crossed Kosygin's face when Nixon rather pointedly mentioned that "I have a reputation as a longtime anti-Communist." Brezhnev's wife Viktoria told the press that her husband had "been in a good mood lately and that's not always the case...
Nixon walked the Kremlin grounds in the first mists of morning, laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, talked hunting with Brezhnev and fishing with Kosygin. He rode a hydrofoil on the Moscow River, saw the Bolshoi dance Swan Lake and told those around him that when he gets back to Washington, "I will close my eyes and see it all again...