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...some questions about Kirilyuk. The ex-G.I. and his wife, nervous anyway about the increasing baldness of the Russian proposition, told their story, then joined in arranging several more meetings with Kirilyuk, which the FBI observed. A key meeting took place Sept. 18, the day that Nikita Khrushchev was appealing for universal disarmament at the United Nations...
...final result of Nikita Khrushchev's brutal behavior at the summit conference was to pull the Western alliance together. There were other side effects. Charles de Gaulle earned Ike's heartfelt gratitude by supporting him every step of the way and by presiding with majestic confidence over the disjointed summit sessions; thus De Gaulle achieved the "tripartite directorship" of NATO that has been one of his goals since he took power in 1958. Britain and the Continent felt drawn closer together, too; under the cold draft from the East, the bickering about the Common Market suddenly seemed petty...
...after Nikita's ranting performance, Norway's Foreign Minister Halvard Lange abruptly cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow, and Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi rammed the revised U.S.-Japan treaty through the Japanese Diet. Wrote the London Times: "Once again the conviction has been forced uppermost that where Communist aggression is concerned, U.S. arms are our shield and U.S. steadfastness our foundation...
...moment Nikita Khrushchev was in a rage, with cords standing out in his neck, his face reddened, veins throbbing in his temple, and words rasping out to the accompaniment of table-pounding thumps of his fist. The next, he was all nuzzling friendliness, apple-cheeked and soft-eyed, speaking of eternal peace with a gap-toothed smile and roguish gestures...
...while Eisenhower, De Gaulle and Macmillan met in the Elysée Palace to make a last attempt to save the summit, Khrushchev climbed into a big, black Zil convertible with Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky and went bowling off into the country. Spotting a wood chopper beside the road, Nikita had the car stopped, leaped out and seized the ax from the startled peasant. After lopping off a few branches from a fallen tree, Nikita popped back into the car, perspiring. At the tiny village of Pleurs, he lifted a glass of champagne and shouted, "Vive la paix...