Word: leonid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sovietologists agreed that the shake-up was highly significant-but of what? Some Western commentators jumped to the conclusion that it was a triumph for Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev's middle-of-the-road policies at home and detente abroad as against Shelepin's supposedly hard-lining Stalinism. Actually, Shelepin has consistently praised Brezhnev not only for his "vast personal contribution" to economic and political cooperation with the West but also for his handling of key domestic issues...
Although actively in pursuit of détente, Britain was discomfited by Shelepin's presence, even though he is widely regarded as a contender for Leonid Brezhnev's job when the Soviet party chief retires. As for the T.U.C., it defended the bungled visit in a statement claiming that the trip had led to "constructive conversations held in a friendly atmosphere...
...getting Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk to help negotiate an end to the war in Cambodia, the Chinese did not even reply. On the other hand, the Soviets appear eager to move ahead with detente and nuclear-arms negotiations. Ford plans to hold a summit in Washington with Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev this summer...
East-West detente is still a primary pur suit. Among the items on the agenda of detente are a Strategic Arms Limitation agreement, to be negotiated at a meeting between President Ford and Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev later this year, and a summit in Helsinki next summer, winding up Brezhnev's cherished project of a European Security Conference...
...Budapest last week when he turned to the guest of honor and expressed his "sincere thanks" for the Soviet Union's "readiness to help" Hungary in its serious economic plight. It was an ironic gesture. Kádár was expressing gratitude to Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev for extending a loan of perhaps $40 million that Hungary urgently needs-to meet the newly increased price of Soviet...