Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nikolai started out being very good boys this year. What with Geneva and all, Kris and I both thought that things might change a bit around your place. But then came that trip. Oh, sure, I know you two had Nehru snowed, but he didn't give you many presents, did he? Of course, there's that flag that says "Indians and Russians are Brothers." But knowing the kind of guy you are, well, I really expected you'd get something more substantial...
...Judge for Yourselves." Back in India once again, the busy travelers found unexpected help in winning over the man whom Pravda has called "our unconscious ally." Jawaharlal Nehru may have had misgivings over some of the rambunctious remarks his guests had made, but that was not why Nehru was mad last week. He was miffed at John Foster Dulles, who, in receiving the Portuguese Foreign Minister, had joined in a communique which referred to disputed Goa in the phrase the Portuguese use for it, as a "province" of Portugal...
...Ambassador John Sherman Cooper called three times on Nehru, trying to quiet his anger, and Dulles issued a further explanation (which did not satisfy the Indians) that the U.S. remains "neutral" in the dispute over the colony which has been Portuguese since 1510. It was all too easy for Khrushchev to repeat "Look who your friends are," to endorse India's claim on Goa and denounce the U.S. as a colonialist power...
...Iran earlier this year, he presented the Queen with diamond jewelry worth $900,000. After attending the 1953 coronation of King Feisal, he presented the Iraqis who looked after him with a fabulous tip: $80,000 in cash, two Cadillacs and a Chevrolet. Last week he presented Prime Minister Nehru's daughter Indira with a golden headband and a diamond-studded wristwatch...
...searching reexamination" of NATO policy. Soviet Leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin apparently convinced him of the Russians' determination never to allow the unification of Germany as long as West Germany stays in the alliance. Mike Pearson, whose neutralist views have led some critics to call him a "Nehru in a Homburg," has hinted that he now leans toward the idea of releasing West Germany from NATO in the hope that the Russians would then free the entire country. The West Germans, of course, do not want any such "bargain." Pearson dodged with practiced skill, but did not deny it when...