Russia: Not in the Mood

As a good Communist, Premier Aleksei Kosygin could hardly let China fire the only Red missiles against the U.S. over Viet Nam. So last week he turned a friendship rally for Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi into a launching platform for his most violent attack to date on the U.S. involvement.

Mrs. Gandhi had come to Moscow in hope of lining up Soviet support for a peace conference that would allow both sides to stop shooting without losing prestige. She had been allowed to make her pitch over the Russian television network,...

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