Word: molotov
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Judging by precedent and by the measure of closeness of association with Beria and his gang, the next victims might well be Anastas Mikoyan, 58, the Armenian Minister of Internal Trade, and possibly Vyacheslav Molotov. Mikoyan brought Beria, "the worst enemy of the motherland," into the party fold. Molotov promoted Dekanozov, "an archtraitor...
...mattered most was Russia's, and at first it was hostile. The day after the President spoke in the U.N. General Assembly, Moscow radio said: "Eisenhower threatened atomic war." Then the men in the Kremlin apparently decided to reconsider. Three days later Moscow radio announced that Foreign Minister Molotov had already assured U.S. Ambassador Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen that Russia will give "serious attention" to the U.S. plan...
...interpretations cleared away, the move seemed logical, the motives obvious. On Nov. 3, the Kremlin had issued a heavy-handed note harshly spurning a U.S.-British-French 'proposal for a Big Four foreign-ministers' meeting in Lugano, Switzerland. That note, apparently drafted by underlings in Foreign Minister Molotov's absence, was patently a blunder. Its truculence "shocked the world," as the U.S. State Department put it; any neutralist could plainly see that the Russians did not want to reach agreement with the West...
...Task for Bermuda. Realizing that they had bobbled, the Russians soon shifted away from the tough line. Molotov, back from a vacation, held a rare press conference to explain to foreign correspondents that the Russian note had been "misunderstood." At that point, a new Russian note could have been predicted. When it arrived last week, it bore the marks of Molotov's skillful hand. Dropping the blunt demand of Nov. 3 that any East-West conference 1) include Red China, and 2) be preceded by abandonment of NATO and EDC, the Kremlin declared itself ready to take part...
...London's left-wing New Statesman and Nation, Raab recently sounded out Russia via New Delhi, to inquire whether the Russians would be prepared to sign the Austrian peace treaty "if Austria pledged itself to complete neutrality." The reply, through India's Nehru: "Neutrality not sufficient. Molotov...