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...Communists, herded them from stopping place to stopping place, scrambling about to shoot the same few faces from every possible angle. Though they dutifully reported in Pravda that "the center of Vienna has blossomed into smiles-the Schwarzenbergplatz is a sea of people," the Soviet newsmen complained bitterly to Austrian colleagues about the "barbaric" and "uncultured" welcome...
...occupation. Raab's motive: the reparations agreement under which Austria has been paying Russia $25 million a year in a wide range of manufactured goods ends next year. Raab would like to convert the agreement into a straight trade deal, so that the Russians would buy what the Austrians have heretofore been forced to give them free. He also wants to avoid any Khrushchev temper tantrums that would embarrass Austrian neutrality...
...Nikita and party climbed into an air-conditioned bus with radiotelephone, television set, and bar for a tour of the green Austrian countryside, no good will began to blossom. Though Khrushchev has no reported heart condition (but is eminently qualified at a hefty 66 years old), the Russians called off a night on 12,461-ft. Gross Glockner, Austria's highest mountain, for unexplained "medical reasons." And in Vienna one old lady gave the popular verdict: "He's getting a lot less attention than that good-looking Shah of Iran, who visited here last month...
When he left the embassy, Huh Chung took with him the promise of U.S. diplomatic visitors' visas for Rhee and his Austrian wife Francesca. Early next morning, the Rhees slipped aboard a heavily guarded chartered DC-4 at Kimpo Airport. Apart from four suitcases and two small overnight bags, they left behind all their possessions, even abandoned one of their Pekingese dogs which had been refusing...
From the sanctuary of one of Seoul's private hospitals, Lee fought a stubborn delaying action. Rushing off to Kyung-mudae, Madame Lee joined forces with her great friend, Rhee's Austrian wife Francesca, and together the two women spent a tearful hour begging Rhee not to insist on Lee's resignation. But the pressure on Rhee steadily increased. Ambassador McConaughy came through the tanks, machine guns and barbed wire around the palace to deliver another reminder of U.S. concern. At Inchon, 25,000 people turned out to demonstrate-with no violence from the chastened police...