Word: zhukov
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...moth-eaten symbol of East-West friendship broke briefly into the news last week as President Eisenhower recalled the bear-skin rug given him in the last days of the war by Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov. The knowledge that Zhukov, the newly named Defense Minister, is a thoroughly professional soldier with the professional's innate caution, was probably the only encouraging aspect of the newest revolution of Moscow's inner circle...
Refusing to be hushed by Molotov, Kaganovich went on roaring until Molotov brought over Marshal Zhukov. Looking grim, Zhukov recalled a toast to "Justice" made earlier by U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen. He said he wanted to support that toast...
Snapped Mikoyan: "What's the matter, Zhukov, can't you think up your own toast...
...repeat," said Marshal Zhukov, "I wish to support the toast to Justice...
...assure their hosts that they now love Yugoslavia, Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov sounded as if he had hired a so-Soviet gagwriter. Offered a cigarette by a foreign newsman, he politely declined. Quipped he: "Now don't go and write that the Soviet constitution forbids smoking!" Marshal Georgy Zhukov genially ribbed other correspondents about stories that he had ominously disappeared. Chortled Zhukov: "While I was reported missing, I was enjoying a swim down south...