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...challenge to the U.N.'s new role came from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin who launched into a 75-minute attack on Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and his conduct of the U.N.'s Congo forces. "The U.N. command and the Secretary-General in person," cried Zorin, "ignore the lawful government of the Congo. They do not merely fail to help the government, but attempt to discredit it. They try to impede in every way the implementation of measures which the government is taking to restore order and normalcy in the country. They try to assist the countries...
...Russians at first called the Western proposal "no plan at all," complained that it "puts off disarmament indefinitely, stressing collection of information instead of disbanding bases." The West, said Russia's delegate, impassive Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin, should give more study to "our plan for general and complete disarmament." Exasperated, U.S. Delegate Eaton rose to complain that Zorin had used that phrase "for 135 times since the start of the conference. Let's quit hollow words and get to real steps and measures." Zorin's reply was surprisingly mild, and the West was heartened when...
Displaying a showman's neat touch, Kharlamov once produced Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin to field questions, later used the old politician's trick of calling a surprise session at noon in order to hit the afternoon papers with a fresh story (the claim that Russia would insist to the end on full participation for Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia). With such attractions, Russian briefings regularly attracted bigger audiences than those of the West...
...Russia's Delegate Semyon Tsarapkin was blasting away with an unacceptable proposal. Russia wanted an agreement to stop tests 1) forever. 2) right now, with talks about inspection later. And at the United Nations, Russia's Ambassador Valerian Zorin cast further doubt on Russian intentions by saying that Russia intended to keep on testing until it reached rough parity with the U.S. and Britain...
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin immediately denied the ultimatum charge. He called on the U.N. to approve a Soviet-proposed recommendation that the Big Three suspend tests immediately and unconditionally for all time...