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...some 500 people jammed into an auditorium with 400 seats. Conover took the microphone and said, "Hello, I'm Willis . . ." He got no further. The young people erupted in cheers. They had grown up listening to that voice on the short wave. -By Patricia Blake. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof and Jane Tempest/Moscow
Meanwhile the Kremlin's top physician shed some light on Brezhnev's condition. In an exclusive interview with TIME'S Moscow bureau chief, Erik Amfitheatrof, Cardiologist Yevgeni Chazov, 53, scoffed at news stories in the West that Brezhnev had been felled by a stroke. Said the doctor: "He has been buried so many times by the foreign press that I have lost count." Chazov, who heads the medical team that treats all the Kremlin leaders, pointed out that he is bound by an oath of confidentiality as regards his patients-including the President. "American doctors would understand...
...accounts fueled the speculation. So it was with great anticipation that Soviet citizens waited by their television sets last week to learn whether the Soviet leader would turn up as scheduled at the festivities marking the 112th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin. TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Erik Amfitheatrof was present at the Kremlin ceremonies. His report...
...emblem and instrument of Soviet power, even potentially, its preservation by force becomes an imperative of Soviet policy. So the struggle continues, both within the Communist world and between East and West, and it may escalate dangerously in the decades ahead. -By Strobe Talbott. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof Moscow and Richard Hornik, with other bureaus...
...Henry Muller. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof and Roland Flamini/Bonn