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...discusses hitherto unknown incidents that contributed to the present Moscow-Peking conflict. He provides insights into the Soviet missile buildup, and the mutual suspicions that prevented any Russian-U.S. arms limitations accord. Khrushchev also presents typically blunt assessments of contemporary world political figures he dealt with, including Mao Tse-tung, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Richard Nixon...
...remember when] Mao Tse-tung was in Moscow for Stalin's 70th birthday on Dec. 21, 1949. I came up from Kiev and ran into a secretary of the Moscow District party...
...What the hell is a Matsadoon? You must mean Mao Tse-tung...
...During Mao's stay, Stalin would sometimes not lay eyes on him for days at a time, and since Stalin neither saw Mao nor ordered anyone else to entertain him, no one dared go see him. Rumors began reaching our ears that Mao was not at all happy, that he was under lock and key, and that everyone was ignoring him. Mao let it be known that if the situation continued, he would leave. When Stalin heard about Mao's complaints, I think he had another dinner for him. Stalin was anxious to create the impression that...
...prime example of irrelevant bickering came when Chinese Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the highest official of Mao Tse-tung's regime yet to visit North America, launched a vitriolic attack on U.S.-Soviet detente. Teng also lauded the Arab oil embargo, which he said had broken the "international economic monopoly" of the rich nations, and urged producers of other raw materials to emulate it. He drew a surprisingly low-key response from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, who said that "isolated voices are to be heard that show there are some who have come to the session with...