Gromyko Comes Calling

His visit stirs presidential politics and U.S.-Soviet relations

The silvery Aeroflot 11-62M rolled up to a remote corner of New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport last week, its Cyrillic letters designating it an aircraft of the Soviet Union. Out stepped the dour and durable figure of Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko, for 27 years the Soviet Union's top diplomat, who was arriving in New York to attend the 39th annual opening session of the United Nations General Assembly. Gromyko and his entourage of about 30 began walking toward an eleven-car motorcade lined...

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