Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week also brought the biggest Soviet command shuffle since Khrushchev threw Molotov and Malenkov out of the top leadership three years ago. Handsome, wavy-haired Frol Kozlov, 51, whose flying trip to Washington paved the way for Khrushchev's visit to the U.S. last year, gave up his post as First Deputy Premier to become one of Khrushchev's top party aides. Early last year Khrushchev told Averell Harriman in Moscow that he regarded Kozlov as his successor. But Aleksei Kosygin, 56, named First Deputy Premier last week in Kozlov's place, has since won equal apostolic...
...Much Support? Betancourt came out of the experience with nationwide support, perhaps more enthusiastic than he wanted. University students began gassing up beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails, and the trade unions called a general strike that not only made no sense but also went on for 16 hours after the coup ended. One trade-union chief threatened future military Putschists with civil war, and read a cable from Cuba's government offering 1,000 armed men. Betancourt showed less vulnerability to military coups than might have been foreseen, but he still has the problem of fending...