A CLOSER GLIMPSE OF RUSSIA'S RULER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R000301040029-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: June 20, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP74-00297R000301040029-6
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lock.' ? This,iSacAtork0f? an ;Old p.eaSintli '
woman? Chilch woman.'
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.white. bullOek--'olit ,tO'irrize,'_and :'forever
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. t1s.. coming ',back', to.rthe village, ,to report
, MOSCOW.?After ? you are settled in that the bullock strayed ',aW-ay,,1
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your seat and the,;Sbviet airliner-, 14 ? Totthis-obServer,t. "rusliehev:Seeined
gained 4 altitude, a?-,iirettyr.'hoiteSsi.? ftus: to believe,ever-Y,',w6i-d 'AtiNli.`ill'e:`?siitik.
This was not .''propaganda' that'he, Was
siert model, offers.'' the pasSengeiii
? 1 ' .? ? ? ,putting I:but' fort, a , chile of -,rePO'riers
magazines;!. There are-,
tWo;,the Soviet-Union' arid diplomats -an an enibassypdrawing
illustrated, Monthly a rooin,-; -For in ihis sold& affirmation' this
fairly Professionaliple-
.
, Short;qhick ,man ; in, a nondescript.. gray
;ture ? nagazine; n'cll
Suit was ,the 4 center,- the cote, of na,tional
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Culture and'
conviction, :ag , beaMed ,.to ? ,the '..farthest
, Lif e, con-
?taining- ,articles on' ' i: cornerS . of, the,,Enrasiantind Mass 'by
ar,iety of ubjeCts
every..nieani.'ot?ithderir CornManicaticin.
'. ' ,'" s' , . -i'.? r ?????-? ? ? . ,,' ?...,,,--.1.-",./0? 1
from choosing' a ta-
reel'', to 'decorating !:in,111 THIS IS-the me'a'ning of ;?KhrushcheV
and the-. Soviet system today;rand?;iti is
The ". nute,',istr'u.ek!,'tle,, , .,. ? ?. , breathtaking' in "its Com'preheoSiventss
peatedly and! eOntis- il? -..-:chiltts .i and its pervasiveness. Whatever.: ititig-'
tently:,throughout -bothniagaiineS ,W1459.' 'gle 6nd 'rivalry May lie belOw-Tth4,Stif- ?
Ost, c; the ,,h,appiness", and, well-being. of face, no?onednaYin the ordinary course
, si`
theSoviet people andecOnd, their ?de- of events, ?see.':,,. And it is i'only,:the out-
'sire for ipeace3` an& their abhorrence . Of ; sider 'who mai, speculate ' about Whit
war:. To one visiting.Jhe:.?Soviet ,UnIt'ni happens behind the Kremlin swans:
,
for 'the. first time, this was the initial But what this great, solid, seeiningly,?1
. impressiOn, of, Wliaf , apiears in:eVitably, impervious *mass ;Means for the 'future `
and a negotiatecitsettlernent is .some- ?
as :the outstandinv,difference, between
thing 'else: The ?-hrst tentative step?t
- the. two worlds of ,East-,and West. It is cultural exchange?has been taken' and I
I the total-rind conipiete:IndoctrinatiOri of the heralds ,of culture and learning' are,
1 the'SOviet citizen'''-' ,' ? ? ??' flying back and forth as - though the :There is nothing .ifew in this: i It cot-
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responds, With :the',:fundamental belief great divide not exist:'. "--',.. -, - ... ?. .
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Van Cliburn was a Jhuge success; ? en.;
of , the Communist ;order. But - to,' the ?:_ nanting a people ' who 'love music- -Ind
f
hitt tithe, how . 200, 1million people are vlsitor from the. West;' seeing ..for 'the ti
, for whom the tali; dramatic young Texan
represented Somethint.neWl? and speetac-,
,
enclosed within , this ," doctrinal -.,? frarne= ular: The ?joyou's,?Vigor :and Vitality of
work, it must seem to be an astonishing the Moiseyev - dancers .,have' tsimilarly
phenomenon. ..:' , ., - ' -; . ,caPtivated Anierica:"The Bolthoi Ballet
For the great mass 'Of the Ruiiians, has 'been appearirigini Paris, ' where 1
it would' appear to' belaken for kiranthct! every seat Was sold-out months' before, t
- There' are some whoilook longingli`Ouf,an-d the ballet; and-.'HUSsia'i^ether, prize r
, and perhaps a few Who -?traV.Bl 'cultural exhibits aree,Oieirii sent?to,",the'
' the-great mass W?lia of "those who WO/16A). iBr 'Ssels World'e'Fair ',iri,'-*!layiSh .i,dis-l'
, hard, lo 'intently,' so 'fiercely, the num- ,pla ;of what this country,cati3Offer:? , , '
ber must be very small. ' . ' .?:. ,..,?The`?PhiladelPhia -Circhegtra has just
,von wide' acclaim, here,- ,both 'frbm
THIS REPORTkribn his ,first'-dai 'audiences and fromreviewiers-,,who"are
/Often critical not only ,of , foreign .artists
loscoWN'llad?? an exchange' with Nikita? ?
but their 'own... ''.
S. IthruShchey .that''Was Proof to hi .
that in discpSsing the Russian ikisitio
On ;the issues dividing gest :and ..'Wes.t, /
it is Wrong to use, the?!?Word ."prOria,-
ganda." 4: The exdharige, toiik 'fplaCe),Pat ,
onebf4he big embassy receptions- Oheie
the miernbers of the Presidium' of the
?? SupremeilSoviet, ordinarilY`1to;sichis$Ve
I make ,themselves available lo:.all(cbineiFs'
in, a ,ctoWded .coektail-;Partatmospherk
''KliriisticheV spoke . with klielhalf-nn=l '
mOiVis,-?half-stern,Manner,iViaracterigtie 1
of him ahont the truth whiclqshatilelhe"
evident 'to everionen,the kireat;'iisuelit
of, war i and ? peace. ;?'Btit WaS'Iliere:ritar '
the -reporter suggested)ti,41:litliltliattliSI.
e'rspCtetq; .
'somewhere between.:' the'4Iigc-10
iSsiZrt
spective mid the- American ;P ,
and wasn't it ?necessary .tOrtrP514afd
Lthat ' truth? - -': . 4 ..jrctrYLk.11if:Lr ,. ,
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP74-00297R000301040029-6