Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet Premier's Burma Trip

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited Burma as part of a trip around Asia. The country was then under the "Caretaker" government of General Ne Win. Khrushchev wrote in his memoir that he was very impressed with the welcome he received upon arrival. The New York Times, however, reported that Khrushchev was "welcomed cordially but with no great show of enthusiasm on his arrival in Rangoon". President Mahn Win Maung hosted a garden party at Government House and Khrushchev attended as the...