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TITLE: Brought their own "red" carpet

CALL NUMBER: CD 1 - Marcus, no. 36 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

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SUMMARY: Cartoon shows Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin outside a door labeled "London," unrolling two carpets, one labeled "'End' of Cominform" and the other "Middle East 'Peace' Gestures." In April 1956, the two leaders made a state visit to London. In an apparent effort to make this visit a success, the Soviet Union announced that it would be willing to endorse a United Nations effort to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict and that the Cominform (the international organization of Communist parties) had been dissolved. Despite these moves, the Communist leaders received a cool reception in London.

MEDIUM: 1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1956 Apr.]

CREATOR:

Marcus, Edwin, 1885-1961, artist.

NOTES:

(DLC/PP-1962:R3.35)

Published in: New York Times, Apr. 22, 1956.

jr / 860520; ljr / 951214.

Source: New York Times, Apr. 18, 1956, p. 1; April 19, p. 1; Apr. 22, Sect. IV, p. 9--ljr.

SUBJECTS:

Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich,--1895-1975.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich,--1894-1971.
Communist Information Bureau--1950-1960.
International relations--Soviet Union--1950-1960.
International relations--Middle East--1950-1960.
Cold War--1950-1960.

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