Criticising the US Strategic Defense Initiative
• Time (11 Mar 1985)
• Time (11 Mar 1985)
“
[The world may end up] under a Sword of Damocles … on a tightrope over the abyss.
— Andrei Gromyko
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• Time (11 Mar 1985)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (O.S. 5 July 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet Belarusian communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988).
About Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (O.S. 5 July 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet Belarusian communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988).
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