Like a mountain village in the path of a gathering avalanche, the world helplessly awaited the approach of one of the least promising international conclaves in history. In all probability, the results would show that seldom have so many traveled so far for so little in terms of progress achieved.
But as the Baltika steamed ever closer to its East River dock with Nikita Khrushchev and his satellite claque, the prospect of the greatest diplomatic spectacle ever proved almost irresistible. Already, 26 heads of government, either in name or fact, were publicly committed...
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