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...evasive about the timing until President Nixon announced in July that he was going to Peking. Then Brezhnev's Paris trip was suddenly firmed up. The Soviets were not concerned that Premier Aleksei Kosygin would be out of the country at the same time (see following story). President Nikolai Podgorny and other Politburo members were watching the store back in Moscow, and Brezhnev and Kosygin appeared confident enough of their control to be able to travel abroad separately yet simultaneously...
...certainly seemed that way when the two sides met in the Kremlin. Sadat and his entourage were greeted with Soviet-style bear hugs and busses from Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Premier Aleksei Kosygin and President Nikolai Podgorny. And, while the Russians stressed their interest in a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, the communiqué that followed ten hours of talks mentioned "measures aimed at further strengthening the military might of Egypt." That announcement triggered the possibility of additional U.S. arms shipments to Israel...
There were plenty of acceptances, from King Hussein to Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, as well as Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny. But most of the visitors were lesser-knowns, such as King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Liechtenstein's Prince Franz Joseph and Swaziland's Premier Prince Makhosini...
...have been one motive for heavy North Vietnamese attacks last week against ARVN forces guarding the Cambodian-South Viet Nam border. Despite daily raids by U.S. B-52 bombers against North Vietnamese positions in eastern Cambodia, the South Vietnamese reported heavy casualties. (At week's end, Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny, heading a high-ranking delegation, flew into Hanoi in an effort by the Russians to reassure Hanoi of continued support, despite any detente between Washington and Peking...
PODGORNY TO HANOI: Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny will visit Hanoi early next month. He will undoubtedly try to exploit North Viet Nam's uneasiness about Richard Nixon's planned visit to Peking. He may also offer Soviet aid in the wake of severe floods that have devastated the Red River Delta. Podgorny is also scheduled to visit Iran for next month's celebrations of the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire...