YUGOSLAVIA: Private Talk

Dining with Marshal Tito at Brioni last month, Russia's First Party Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, his big mauler wrapped around a glass of slivovitz. gave a toast to Socialism. Said he: "Socialism is like an army marching. If one man is out of step, it spoils everything." Cracked a lesser Yugoslav at Nikita's bent elbow: "When a soldier is out of step is it the fault of the soldier or of the music that's being played?'' Last week the news from Belgrade was that the music from Moscow was still out of tune, and/or Yugoslavia's Communists were still out of...

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