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...matter what he does, even when abroad as head of a delegation, Vishinsky is essentially the instrument-the subordinate. When Molotov is present, Vishinsky speaks only when given the signal, usually remains a deferential pace behind. The No. 2 man loads other burdens patiently upon himself. At the Foreign Ministers conference in Moscow last spring, it was Vishinsky who stayed in the center box to lead the applause for the ballerinas at each intermission and at the end, while Host Molotov and the others dashed out for drinks...
Many of the delegates whose job it is to find the answers, crept into town almost furtively. Headed by sly Andrei Vishinsky (Molotov is staying at home for a while), Russia's sprawling delegation whisked off to its snuggery among the millionaires on Long Island's north shore. Officials at U.N.'s Secretariat resolutely turned down reporters' requests for a list of other delegates' hotels. "There have been protests," explained an official with a somewhat sly look, "particularly from the Arabs. Probably they don't want to be disturbed...
...lectured at the Academy of Sciences in Moscow. In 1939, he was abruptly appointed head of the American section of the Russian Foreign Office, thence was sent into the thick of high & low diplomacy, as counselor at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. These were dangerous times, and Molotov. decided finally to keep the old-line, ex-Menshevik diplomats (Maisky, Troyanovsky Sr., Surits et al.) from further advancement, push a younger and more reliable set to the fore. Thus, in 1943, succeeding Western-minded Maxim Litvinoff, Gromyko walked into the Oval Room of the White House and presented his ambassadorial credentials...
...Alexander P. Vasiliev (Military Staff Committee). Gromyko works as hard as any man on his team. "Oh," says Mme. Gromyko with a nice sense for the hierarchy of toil, "Andrei does work hard, yet not as hard as Mr. Vishinsky, and even that is not so hard as Mr. Molotov works...
What the Thunder Said. Gromyko is a success. A U.N. diplomat calls him "one of Molotov's pet chickens." Russian newspapers nowadays report at length what and how Gromyko "thundered" in the Security Council (Grom means thunder in Russian). The papers used to print the thunderer's name in small 7-pt. type, but things changed after his first vetoes. By the eighth, his name had grown to 14-pt. headlines; then it went to 18-pt. and after the tenth to 27-pt. (which, for Russia, is the works). Nevertheless, the Russian press still does not run his picture...