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...independence. But never before had the Russians exposed an eminent Western statesman to quite such open boorishness. With calculated contempt, Khrushchev chose to confide to his campaign audience several pertinent ideas-such as a proposal for an Anglo-Soviet nonaggression treaty -that he had not bothered to mention to Macmillan during more than 20 hours of supposedly intimate and frank discussion. The Cold War. From the moment Macmillan learned of Khrushchev's speech, relations between the two Premiers became a contest in coldness. In such a contest, Harold Macmillan, who prides himself on his "unflappability," was at no disadvantage...
Then reports of the outside world's shock over the treatment Harold Macmillan had received began to reach Moscow. At that the barometer began to rise a little. At week's end when Macmillan flew into Leningrad, a crowd tens of thousands strong lined the roads to greet him. Also on hand, unexpectedly, were Mikoyan and Gromyko, both radiating good cheer...
Moscow last week was soberly ablaze with old-school ties from Eton (black and light blue). Prime Minister Harold Macmillan sported one at the Bolshoi Theater performance of the ballet Romeo and Juliet. So did one of the principal Foreign Office types he brought along. The third was worn by Guy Burgess, infamous for his 1951 flight from his Foreign Office job to Russia with Fellow Diplomat Donald MacLean...
...classmate Randolph Churchill, one of the visiting British newsmen, who was disconsolately staying at Moscow's Hotel National. Burgess, now stocky, florid, and with greying hair, seemed fidgety but in good health. His mission was to ask Churchill's help in appealing to someone in the Macmillan party for a safe-conduct that would enable Burgess to visit his sick 70-year-old mother in England. Churchill refused (another British correspondent, over a Scotch, promised to make inquiries, but with little likelihood of a favorable answer). Though rebuffed, Burgess chatted for several hours with Churchill...
...Becoming more and more accustomed to making all the decisions, Castro confirmed that no elections would be held until at least two years from now.*His reason (which might stagger Britain's Harold Macmillan, who is trying to coincide elections with his best chance of winning) : voting now "would not be fair," since "we would be the overwhelming majority at this stage...