Calculated Thrust.

KHRUSHCHEV, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971; EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

The article reports on the international visit of Soviet statesman Nikita Khrushchev in the U.S. It reveals that Khrushchev has attacked U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on a level of invective without precedent even in cold-war diplomacy. It also notes that Khrushchev's outburst was a calculated tactical thrust that fitted into a sinister pattern of alternating promises and punches, which was to destroy U.S. prestige around the globe by stirring doubt and divisions within the country.