Word: thawing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Negotiations for the Turkish IRBM base began long before President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev began their talks. The decision to go ahead with the new base would show that thaw or no thaw in the cold war, the U.S. cannot afford to lower its guard until realistic action on disarmament and international nuclear control has taken place...
...Washington: "There are only two nations which are powerful-the Soviet Union and the U.S. You people must accept the facts of life. You must recognize that we are here to stay." Khrushchev's argument: the U.S. must accept that fact and concede a "status quo" or "thaw" or "peace." It must close down its worldwide deterrent bases and disarm. It should reap the golden harvest of trade with Communist nations. It should leave to a furious peacetime competition the settlement of the classic feud between Communism and capitalism. Ultimately, he declared cockily, Communism would win anyway...
...fame of the "Hangman of the Ukraine" and the "Butcher of Budapest," who has nonetheless restored to the U.S.S.R. (pop. 208 million) its broadest measure of liberty and prosperity since the Bolshevik Revolution. Khrushchev's intentions in the U.S. are just as enigmatic. Is he seeking a genuine thaw in the cold war that might lead to forms of peace? Is he seeking an American acceptance of the status quo of Communist conquests, a softening-up of American will? Is he trying to shore up his own status in Communism's labyrinthine society, and if so against whom...
...block of ice and stay there for months, he'll do it without back talk." Gromyko's personality opposite on the tour: Ambassador to the U.S. Mikhail ("Smiling Mike") Menshikov, 56, whose beaming arrival in Washington 18 months ago first signaled the Kremlin thaw. He has addressed more U.S. luncheon clubs and business groups than any other Red Russian in history. His wide travels have doubtless provided reporting on the U.S. mood...
...TRADE THAW by Commerce Department promises to increase U.S. exports to Russia. Decision to grant license to Omni Products Corp. to ship $1,000,000 worth of plastic-pipe production machinery to Russia is seen as part of move by Commerce Secretary Frederick Mueller to encourage individual trade deals...