The Gentleman Is a Liar

A committee of the Security Council was discussing the admittance to the United Nations of another Russian satellite. Russia's Alexei N. Krasilnikov, Gromyko's standin, thought it would be nice if Albania (which stands accused before U.N. of helping guerrillas to attack Greece) became a member. The U.S. and Britain thought that Albania should first blow its political nose.

Cried Krasilnikov: the Western powers are trying to undermine "young democracy" in Albania. "Albania is being asked to accept conditions dictated by foreign powers. There is no reason why she should be obliged to become the tool of the dollar-bag."

Said Britain's Valentine G. Lawford: "It is deplorable that we should be subjected to the same old junk we have heard meeting after meeting, day after day, week after week, month after month, about lies, provocations, noises and repetitions. We are a moderately intelligent and responsible group of men, not a gathering of illiterates. . . ."

Said Australia's Colonel William R. Hodgson: Mr. Krasilnikov is trying "to out-caesar his senior Caesars. ... In the past, the delegations here . . . have had to put up with calculated abuse and distortions from this particular Soviet representative."

Said U.S. Delegate Hayden Raynor: "I do not intend to dignify with a detailed refutation the utterly fantastic, ridiculous and irrelevant statement [of Krasilnikov]. . . ."

Said an observer: "There's no telling what this would lead to if there was no air-conditioning."

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