UNITED NATIONS: Orchids for Andrei

With his compartment full of roses and a huge bouquet in his hand, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky was on his way back to Moscow from Paris. While photographers' bulbs flashed and Soviet officials bowed & scraped, newsmen fired questions about the spectacular failure of every Russian proposal put to the current session of the U.N. Assembly. Said Vishinsky: "The decisions taken were for the preparation of a new war by the Anglo-American bloc." Was he going to retire? Quipped white-haired Vishinsky, 68: "Qui vivra verra [He who lives shall see]." All but one of the satellite lackeys was at...

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