Interjections By Mr K

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29324, 1 October 1960, Page 13

Interjections By Mr K

NEW YORK September 29. Mr Khrushchev angrily pounded the table and interjected loudly during Mr Macmillan’s speech to the General Assembly, but Mr Macmillan, with his usual “unflappability" remarked drily: “It would be well if Mr Khrushchev would give a translation.” Observers described the scenes as unprecedented in the history of the United Nations. There have been shouts from the flow before, but never on such ■ solemn occasion, and involving two Heads of Government

Several times the Assembly President (Mr Frederick Boland) gavelled loudly for order, Mr Khrushchev’s first outburst came when Mr Macmillan rejected the idea of changing the post of Secretary-General into a three-man panel. Applause greeted Mr Macmillan’s remarks, and just as suddenly Mr Khrushchev began to pound his desk with his fists. The Soviet Foreign Minister (Mr Andrei Gromyko), and other members of the Soviet delegation joined in the table banging. When Mr Macmillin began to give his version of the cause of the breakdown in the Paris summit talks, Mr Khrushchev, leaning forward tn his «eat, pointed a wagging finger at Mr Macmillan and shouted: “Yes, let us talk about Paris. Don’t send your spy aeroplanes to our country Don’t send U-2,"