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...KREMLIN Friend in Need One of the first acts of First Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev after Stalin's death was to fly to Red China. Hints dropped subsequently by Khrushchev indicated that Stalin's interference in China's affairs-particularly in the Korean war-had all but brought Sino-Soviet relations to the breaking point. With soft words and smooth promises Khrushchev soothed Chinese feelings. Last week the favor was returned. Red China's Premier Chou En-lai was in Moscow to repair with soft words and smooth threats the widening rifts in the Soviet Union...
...some thought to be toppling, Nikita Khrushchev was in fine tippling form last week. Tossing off the vodka at New Year's Eve party, Khrushchev told all within hearing that Stalin, whom he had described as a murdering madman only eleven months ago, had in fact done so much good that his mistakes must be overlooked. Cried Nikita: "Stalin was a fighter of imperialists . . . Imperialists call us Stalinists . . . When it comes to fighting imperialists we are all Stalinists...
...Russian personalities, Nehru plainly told the President that he is revolted by the personal conduct of Top Communist Nikita Khrushchev (lavishly entertained in India last year), most particularly by his drinking habits. Nehru cited instances of Khrushchev's drunken ness at diplomatic receptions. He also took exception to undiplomatic Red tirades and boastings-behavior that last month sent Western diplomats storming out of two Moscow diplomatic functions (TIME...
...first thing that First Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev did after his sensational speech attacking the "cult of personality" last February was to call a meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to have it confirm his denunciation of Stalin policy. Last week, meeting again to review the effect of his policy, the Committee faced an agenda studded with disaster...
...Nikita S. Khrushev, first secretary of the Communist Party, reputedly told a group of students "that if they don't like their institutions they could go and work--others could take their place...