Word: kosygin
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...epithets hurled at the poet by British intellectuals in the London press. The bill of indictment drawn up against Evtushenko included charges that he publicly denounced Andrei Sinyavsky, Yuli Daniel and other imprisoned writers during his trips abroad. The telegram he was reported to have sent Brezhnev and, Kosygin condemning the Czechoslovak invasion was dismissed by some as "mythical...
...later Premier Aleksei Kosygin received U.S. Senators Albert Gore and Claiborne Pell in Moscow and delivered a serious lecture on the dangers of either superpower attempting to jump ahead of the other in military strength. Both, he urged, should press on with negotiations for limiting anti-ballistic missiles and should seek ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Now that Czechoslovakia is safely in hand, it seems that the Kremlin is finding it easier to be prudent...
...Soviets themselves have traditionally portrayed Nixon as a reactionary antiCommunist, particularly since his 1959 kitchen debate with Khrushchev. But some Soviets have begun to regard Nixon as an American version of Premier Aleksei Kosygin: an efficient apparatchik...
...North Vietnamese did not reject Johnson's message out of hand. Instead, Politburo Member Le Due Tho, officially described as an "adviser" at the peace talks but actually Hanoi's principal overseer, hurried home via Moscow, where he conferred with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin. Once he reached Hanoi, he found himself embroiled in a bitter debate between North Viet Nam's pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet factions. One or more messages were apparently sent seeking more information. The Administration noted simply that no "breakthrough" response had come from Hanoi. Some U.S. officials feared that the North Vietnamese...
...absent from the 24th plenary session; Vance flies to Washington immediately after meeting. It is later learned that Le returned to Hanoi via a Moscow meeting with Soviet Premier Kosygin...