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...Cuba the Soviet boss sounded far more belligerent than his later actions. He admitted that Soviet thermonuclear warheads were in Cuba-although next day, Oct. 25, in the United Nations. Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin was still publicly denying U.S. charges. Inevitably, Khrushchev illustrated a point with an anecdote. U.S.-Cuban relations reminded him of a man who came upon hard times and found it necessary to live with a goat; the man was uncomfortable, but it soon became a way of life. Cuba, said Khrushchev, was the U.S.'s goat. "You are not happy about...
...China's admission to the U.N. was proposed once again by Russia's Valerian Zorin, despite the much-heralded Moscow-Peking split. Said Nationalist Chinese Ambassador Liu Chieh: "World peace is threatened at this very moment by two international bullies, one of them responsible for the grave situation in the Caribbean, and the other on the Indian border; and yet the first has the effrontery to propose that the second should be seated in this organization." Obviously agreeing, the Assembly rejected Red China by 56 to 42, with 12 abstentions, a slightly larger margin than last year...
...Zorin: "You will have your answer in due course...
...evidence of the Cuban bases. As big blowups of the aerial photos were spread on easels, he explained the technical details, adding that this evidence, and more besides, was available for closer inspection by anyone interested. Most of the time, the Russians stared stonily before them, ignoring the pictures. Zorin made one more try by citing some questionable photographs Stevenson had shown the Council just before the Bay of Pigs invasion. Cried Zorin: "One who has lied once will not be believed a second time. Accordingly, Mr. Stevenson, we shall not look at your photographs...
Again Stevenson had the last word. The authenticity of the pictures could be established, he said, if "the Soviet Union would ask their Cuban colleagues to permit a U.N. team to go to these sites. If so, Mr. Zorin. I can assure you that we can direct them to the proper places very quickly. We know the facts. Mr. Zorin, and so do you, and we are ready to talk about them. Our job here is not to score debating points: our job, Mr. Zorin, is to save the peace. If you are ready...