Word: malenkov
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...Cabinet, critics quickly pointed out that a solitary journey all the way to Moscow would have the appearance (particularly to the U.S.) of a "pilgrimage of surrender." If Malenkov had any intention of meeting the West halfway politically, they argued, he should surely be willing to meet Churchill halfway geographically. Churchill insisted he would go all the way to Moscow if need...
...might make some unwise commitment which would hobble the future Eden government. In London, on his way home from Geneva, U.S. Under Secretary of State Bedell Smith added his voice to those that were determined to keep Britain's First Minister out of Russia. U.S. intelligence believes that Malenkov is not really head man in post-Stalin Russia, he told Churchill, but shares power almost equally with Party Secretary Khrushchev and Molotov. Therefore, talking with Malenkov alone might well be a waste of time...
...propaganda. In the Cabinet. Salisbury and Eden pointed out incisively that it added nothing to the very same suggestion the Russians made (and the West rejected) six months ago in Berlin. If that is all the Kremlin is ready to put forward, there was no point in a Churchill-Malenkov talk...
...China's Chou En-lai and the Viet Minh's Pham Van Dong moved on to Moscow. There, Foreign Minister Molotov laid on a huge reception, attended by foreign diplomats, top Russian brass and correspondents. Afterward, they were honored with a lavish dinner presided over by Premier Malenkov himself, flanked by the man who jostles him for supreme power. First Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev. The night was filled with vodka and flushed talk of victory...
...afraid of each other." Khrushchev told him. He turned and linked his arm with Chou's. "Now here's a good example of friendship-the Soviet Union and China. That's how we all should be friends." At the end, Malenkov and Chou left together through a double line of applauding guests...