1964: Japanese Delegation Visit Khrushchev in Sochi as Smokescreen Before His Ouster Ten Days Later

During his October 1964 vacation in Sochi, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev held a notable meeting with a visiting Japanese parliamentary delegation that ultimately became one of his very last diplomatic acts before being overthrown. While a similar meeting in September 1964 saw Khrushchev aggressively issuing nuclear warnings against China to a Japanese cohort, the OctoberContinueContinue reading “1964: Japanese Delegation Visit Khrushchev in Sochi as Smokescreen Before His Ouster Ten Days Later”