East German Communists were all set to put out the welcome mat for the touring Kremlin leaders last week, but no one knew what to say on it. The satirical weekly Eulenspiegel (circ. 400,000) went to press too far in advance with a cartoon of B. and K. arriving in tubby tandem. East Berlin diplomats received handsome engraved invitations to a reception honoring B. and K. For 24 hours after Moscow's last-minute announcement that Premier Bulganin would not be a member of the party, one long red banner strung across an East...
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