Word: malik
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact, it was less a Russian feeler than a reaction to various cease-fire proposals made by Douglas MacArthur and others. Malik and Gromyko made news by hinting that the Reds were finally willing to talk battlefield truce; the Americans had long ago expressed their willingness...
...word went to U.S. ambassadors at the United Nations and in Moscow: sound out the Russians. At the U.N., the sounding produced only hollow noises. Russia's Jacob Malik, who had floated the first hint of peace, holed up in his Glen Cove mansion, claiming illness. One night he appeared as host at a U.N. dinner, tuxedoed and healthy-looking-but he dodged all questions about a ceasefire...
...after Malik's peace proposal, General Matthew Ridgway in Tokyo issued an anniversary statement that had the sound of a reply. Excerpts...
...could hope for true peace seemed to be a complete Chinese withdrawal from the country, plus an ironclad guarantee of free elections in both North and South Korea. There seemed no chance this week that Peking and Moscow were ready to accept such terms. Both capitals, however, reported the Malik statement and Peking expressed "support...
This week Western diplomats cautiously approached Malik in Manhattan to find out how much, if anything, he had meant. Apparently less interested in the diplomatic play were the U.S. commanders in Korea, who still had a war on their hands. Said Lieut. General James Van Fleet: "Here we have business as usual, going about our military...