Word: mikoyan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...airport to greet him was his old pal of the Cuban missile crisis last fall, Anastas Mikoyan. Waiting for him in Moscow was Nikita Khrushchev, who promised to show him off to his comrades in a tumultuous May Day celebration this week...
...because Castro appeared unexpectedly and intervened on behalf of the Communists. By 1960 the Confederation of Labor was completely controlled by Communists. In early February, 1960, the President of the PSP (Partido Socialista Popular) publically equated anti-Communism and treason. The same month Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan signed the first Soviet-Cuban agreement in Havana, "amidst an official reception that betokened more than trade relations...
...those late-at-night talkathons in Havana, and Fidel Castro sat toying with a popgun that shot pingpong balls. "We are the only judge of what is right for our defense," he told the visiting reporter. "I said this to Mikoyan when he was sent by Khrushchev." Castro laughed, and added: "If Khrushchev had come himself. I would have punched...
Next day. Mikoyan and Rusk lunched and talked for nearly three hours without making any progress. At week's end, Anastas Mikoyan headed home, presumably to report to Khrushchev. Communist ways being what they are, there was no telling what he would say-but he certainly could not claim that he had sold the U.S. any rugs...
...CRISIS NEGOTIATOR in his meeting with Russia's Mikoyan...