UK Prime Minister Macmillan is Interrupted by Soviet Premier Khrushchev

Soviet Premier Khrushchev bursts as Macmillan defends UN Secretary General Hammarskjöld 's Congo policies before the United Nations audience, after being accused by the USSR that disarmament and such were fronts for Cold War balancing in the African continent.

Khrushchev then apparently bangs the table with his shoe repeatedly. Upon seeing the Soviet premier's tantrums, Macmillan jokingly remarked, "I'd like that translated." which is followed by an applause and laughter from the delegates who were shocked by Khrushchev's etiquette.

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Far from his staunchness early in his career; Nikita Khrushchev views towards Communism changed later on in his life. Saying "I'm old and tired...The fear is gone, and we can talk as equals." He later on may have contributed largely to the decline of Communism through many reforms and compromises to the disapproval of many of his hardline colleagues. He was removed from office and lived under pension in his house and later on in an apartment or smaller house suffering from depression.

When one of his grandsons was asked what the former premier was doing nowadays, the boy would reply, "Grandfather weeps."

He was considered as a persona non grata by the Soviet Union to an extent that his name was removed from the Soviet Encyclopedia from the list of commissars during the Great Patriotic War. Nevertheless, he became greatly favored by Russian conservative writers, artists, government officials and individuals, many who have visited him including Richard Nixon who he was glad to see.

"Mr. Khrushchev opened the doors and windows of a petrified structure. He let in fresh air and fresh ideas, producing changes which time already has shown are irreversible and fundamental." - New York Times

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[TheHighlanderGeneral]

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