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The communiqué acclaimed the Bandung conference and repeated the five principles of "peaceful coexistence" worked out by Nehru and Red China's Premier Chou Enlai, with one slight amendment. The principle of "noninterference in each other's internal affairs" was made more explicit by the addition of the phrase "for any reason of economic, political or ideological character." The communique supported the Soviet plan for a complete ban of atomic and thermonuclear weapons. But the key passage was the declaration that "the legitimate rights of the Chinese People's Republic in regard to Formosa" should be satisfied. Refusal to admit Red China to the U.N., added Bulganin and Nehru, was at the root of many troubles in the Far East.
In a farewell speech before 70,000 Russians at Moscow's Dynamo Stadium, Nehru voiced the surprising notion that in its struggle for freedom India had been influenced by the October Revolution. "Although under the leadership of Mahatma
Gandhi we followed another path," said Nehru, "we were influenced by the example of Lenin." Next day, amid showers of flowers, the emotional Nehru flew off to Warsaw. "I am leaving a part of my heart behind," said he. After Warsaw he would fly, by way of Rome, to London, where he is expected for a gossipy weekend at Chequers with Prime Minister Eden.
In Moscow a newsman asked Deputy Premier Mikoyan how the talks had gone. "You can see the smiles on our faces," said Mikoyan.