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Brezhnev met the problem head on. In an extraordinary gesture, he invited 25 leading Senators and Representatives to a luncheon at Blair House, his guest quarters in Washington. The meal was prepared by a Soviet chef, and over caviar, roast beef and five varieties of Russian wines and liqueurs, he tried to convince American Congressmen that nearly every Jew who had applied had been allowed to leave. Although Soviet emigration policy has eased markedly under pressure from the U.S., some of the Congressmen feared that the liberalization might end if M.F.N. were granted. Asked about this, Brezhnev declared: "We came...
...Elysée luncheon for a Middle Eastern chief of state, De Gaulle reflected: "Our problems were those of our ancestors, and our children will still have to solve them after we are gone. In truth, since I have been born I don't believe I have ever seen one problem solved...
...authorities in Moscow seemed as eager as we were to exchange views. Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Patolichev invited us to meet with him in his office. At a TIME luncheon, we had as our guests Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Osipov, Dr. Georgy Arbatov of the Institute of U.S. Studies (Russia's leading America watcher), and Boris Karpov, the newly appointed president of the agency that controls all Russian advertising. In the House of Journalists, the Soviet press club, we were surprised to find that editors and reporters were quite willing to discuss such sensitive topics as advertising - which...
...embassy had been unable to arrange a meeting between Rogers and President-elect Héctor Cámpora. Rogers apparently lacks the rank to attend some of the diplomatic functions for Cámpora's inauguration this Friday; he has been shunted off to a Saturday luncheon served for lesser lights...
Washington talked of little else. At a luncheon given by Pat Nixon for Senators' wives, the topic was discussed in muted voices, for the Watergate conspirators had sabotaged several Democratic Senators' presidential campaigns. Comedians performing in the capital were egged on to do Watergate routines. Audiences hooted at a parody of Nixon's re-election slogan: "Four more years-with two off for good behavior." More ominously, there was open speculation, in print as well as in conversation, about the President's being impeached or having to resign. Even Nixon's bitterest foes dreaded...