Word: russian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guilty of "exploiting" her Communist allies. Even after Tito humbly changed his tune to something close to the Soviet line that all the world's troubles are caused by Western "imperialists," Khrushchev responded with what in the Communist world is a crushing insult-he refused to send a Russian delegation, only an observer, to the Yugoslav congress. Every other Soviet-bloc nation did likewise...
...bright morning last week the highest ranking Soviet official ever to visit the young German Federal Republic stepped down from a silvery Tu-104 jet airliner in Frankfurt, and in his honor West Germany grudgingly broke out the Soviet Russian flag. First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan had come to sign the $750 million, three-year trade agreement recently negotiated between Bonn and Moscow (TIME, April 21). As the ink dried on his signature, Mikoyan delivered a short and pointed speech: "If the American crisis continues it will have its effect on Europe. There will be more sellers than buyers...
Setting East Germany free was farthest from Mikoyan's mind. This became apparent at a Russian reception for 800, attended by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 82, who rarely goes to such night affairs. For a time, the two disappeared into a side dining room. Through the translucent door they could be seen gesticulating in heated discussion...
Fact was, said Vinogradov, that in order to prevent Russian exclusion from North Africa at the hands of the U.S., the Kremlin had a vital interest in seeing France retain its position in the area. When one of the French guests suggested that Russia could contribute mightily to this goal by publicly endorsing a "strictly French solution" and "telling the Algerians to quit fighting," Vinogradov affected to find the suggestion both novel and impressive. "Hmm," he said. "I'll communicate the idea to my superiors right away. We are serious about this Algerian business. Don't be surprised...
Chaos, Contd. Britain backed the compromise, but Canada did not. Last week, in full plenary session, Canada's proposal of a twelve-mile exclusive fishing zone was defeated. A Russian twelve-mile territorial sea proposal mustered only 21 ayes to 47 nays. The closest to come to victory, with 45 votes for and 33 against, was the U.S. proposal, but it still fell seven votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority. In disgust the meeting gave...