Word: malik
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malik (grinning): The first word we teach them is nyet...
These days, there seems not an amiable bone left in Malik's body. (His drinking habits seem symbolic. At U.S. parties, Malik used to be a smooth, sociable guest or host, not averse to a cocktail or Bourbon & water. Recently, in the Security Council delegates' lounge, he has stuck to fruit juice or soda water.) Says Norway's Arne Sunde: "Malik is very rude. And he looks as if he believed in his rudeness...
...Malik is probably not capable of believing anything he was not taught to believe. Once a couple of years ago, after an affable dinner and a round of brandy, a Western diplomat asked him point-blank why he acted the way he did. Malik hesitated a moment, then calmly replied: "But I must obey my instructions." There seemed to be no cynicism in the answer...
...seasoned U.S. envoy sums up Malik : "Well, he's one of their junior S.O.B.s...
There was no doubt that Jacob Malik's presence cast an ugly shadow over U.N. -and that behind the shadow lay the substance of Russia's threat of war. Jacob Malik and his bosses can still cause plenty of trouble at U.N. If a Russian satellite launched another aggression tomorrow, Malik could veto any Security Council action. To meet this possibility, the U.S. and other Western powers have planned with Trygve Lie to call an immediate meeting of the General Assembly if the Council is stymied by a Red veto. The Russians can also be relied...