THE NATIONS: Soft Talk

That sly old cynic Andrei Vishinsky has treated the current U.N. Assembly to honeyed words mixed with his usual vinegary fare. Russia's Foreign Minister recently deplored what he called the U.S. "get-tough" policy toward the Communist world. He sighed for a get-soft line: "Why not go back to the old wartime . . . cooperation . . .? Then things may change . . . We should get together and see what can be done."

Next day the U.S.'s John Foster Dulles replied. What Vishinsky called get-tough was more justly described as get-strong....

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