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...same morning Hammarskjold also had a long conversation with Russia's Vasily Kuznetsov, who was strongly urging armed entry into Katanga, hoping thereby to drive a wedge into the NATO powers, who would have to line up on different sides of such a resolution. Ham marskjold gambled that the Russians would extract every possible drop of propaganda advantage from their bluster but that they would not oppose the African states in a showdown-and perhaps he got a wink that told...
...Congo." Bluntly he portioned out blame to Belgium for dragging its feet, to the Congo for its impatience, and strongly criticized governments-unnamed-which threatened to take matters into their own hands by "breaking away from the U.N. force and pursuing a unilateral policy." When Russia's Kuznetsov heavily denounced Hammarskjold for not ordering the U.N. to fight its way into Katanga, Hammarskjold answered: "I do not personally believe we help the Congolese by actions in which Africans kill Africans or Congolese kill Congolese...
...Nations, who sharply answered the Soviet threat to provide rocket protection for Communism in Castro's Cuba. "Do not touch us," snapped Lodge. "Do not touch those with whom we are tied. Do not seek to extend Communist imperialism." And when Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov flew in to ask the U.N.'s condemnation of "provocative . . . aggressive" flights of U.S. planes near the Soviet periphery, Lodge glanced up at the six visiting wives and widows of the crewmen of the downed RB-47E (TIME, July 25) and damned the Soviet show as "a pretty revolting...
...talk to show Communists the world over that nobody can be more militant than Nikita. One sign of a bluff called came last week as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a resolution calling for Belgian troops to withdraw "speedily" from the Congo. Russia's Vasily Kuznetsov grinned sheepishly and stopped protesting that the Congolese wanted military help only from the peace-loving Soviets. As open laughter sounded in the hall, the Soviet delegate cast his vote for the West-backed resolution, dropped his own resolution calling for withdrawal within three days...
...hurl the discus 170 ft. 6½ in. (almost 10 ft. farther than he had ever thrown it before), pole-vault 13 ft. ¼ in., throw the javelin 233 ft. 3 in. and run 1,500 meters in 5 min. 9.9 sec. Yet even though Rafer Johnson had broken Kuznetsov's ten-event record after only nine events. Johnson's victory was still in doubt. C. K. Yang had not yet run his 1,500-meter heat; a time of 4 min. 34.8 sec. would earn him enough points to beat Johnson. As the heat started, Yang, terribly...