THE U.S. IN MOSCOW: Russia Comes to the Fair

THE two-block wedge of Moscow real estate where Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Khrushchev held their spectacular verbal fencing matches last week is a wonder of U.S. planning, talent and do-it-yourself ingenuity. Conceived four years ago, the American exhibition in Moscow was not finally approved by the Kremlin until last December, and the fact that it was ready to open on schedule marked some sort of speed record for major international expositions.

Handsomely situated among the lofty old pines of Sokolniki Park, a former czarist preserve, the fair is a wonderful, themeless serving of American science, technology and culture.

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