Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin is reputed a restless sleeper; he rarely gets to bed before 2 a.m. But last week, Stalin sent the world a soporific greeting (with a wakeful edge). Six British Laborites, led by pro-Communist M.P. Konni Zilliacus, visited Stalin at his seaside villa at Sochi (where he recently ended his triumphal inspection of the Soviet Fleet—see cut). To his callers, the Generalissimo said:
"The Soviet Union has always stood for improvement of political and economic relations with all countries . . . beginning with the U.S. and Britain. . . . Cooperation between different economic systems is possible....
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