Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nixon: When we can agree on disarmament with adequate inspection, then we can talk about the question of bases. Now I'd like to ask you a question...
...Nixon: In East Germany, in Poland and in Bulgaria, the Soviet Union has her troops. Why are your troops there...
...Nixon (loudly but with evident impatience): Is Poland your country? Is Hungary your country? Is East Germany your country? Then why do you have troops there...
Belousov (poking his finger close to Nixon's chest): There are American and Western troops in Germany, and the Soviet Union has to maintain forces for that reason...
Along with the welcoming crowds appeared another new phenomenon: aggressive industrial workers who elbowed their way up to Nixon to do some well-rehearsed heckling. Soviet Cultural Exchange Boss Georgy A. Zhukov all but admitted that the hecklers were government plants-a form of revenge for some of the rebuffs handed to Mikoyan and Kozlov during their U.S. visits. "Your workers," Zhukov blandly told Nixon, "expressed their point of view by throwing rotten eggs, but our workers express their opinion by asking questions. That...