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...bulwark of their independence, 2) they fear nuclear doom from the angry opposition of East and West, 3) they do not want to be pushed around by the great powers. The Big Five of neutralism-Tito of Yugoslavia, Nehru of India, Nkrumah of Ghana, Nasser of Egypt, Sukarno of Indonesia -are magnetic, colorful and messianic personalities, but too much so. The most effective work has often been done by second-echelon diplomats: men like Burma's U Thant, Nepal's Rishikesh Shaha and Tunisia's Mongi Slim...
Macmillan's first major task in New York was an embarrassing one: burying the hatchet with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser. As Sir Anthony Eden's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Macmillan had been one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Britain's 1956 Suez invasion, which sought to topple Nasser. Now, swallowing his pride, Macmillan made a penitential journey to pay a call on Nasser, posed awkwardly for photographers beside the dictator of the Nile, who grinned...
...President Sukarno told the Assembly that he favored Khrushchev's proposal to move U.N. headquarters away from New York to an "uncommitted nation." At week's end, Tito summoned all the top neutralists to a "neutralist summit meeting" at the Yugoslav U.N. mission-Sukarno, Nehru, Nkrumah and Nasser. After three hours' talk, they agreed on a General Assembly resolution urging a meeting between Khrushchev and President Eisenhower...
Nkrumah's Hail, Nasser's Hug. Delivered from a single page of handwritten notes, the speech made plain that Castro is an exceptionally talented demagogue in his own right. Passages on the ills of colonialism and the consequences of underdevelopment struck home with many Latin American delegates, but Castro's 100% line-up with the Reds hit home even harder. Said Chile's delegation chief, Daniel Schweitzer: "Castro exposed himself in all ways." Among the Latin Americans, only the delegation from Mexico applauded him, with occasional support from Venezuela and Bolivia. But with Khrushchev cuing...
...received visits from India's Nehru and from Bulgarian Red Boss Todor Zhivkov, but paid only one call on fellow Latin Americans, attending a Uruguayan reception. Said Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa: "Of all the men Dr. Castro met, next to Khrushchev, he felt a bond for Nasser. Nehru is weak. Not Nasser-he really...