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Khrushchev presses Vatican meeting amid foreign policy push
Soviet Premier Khrushchev seeks a meeting with Pope John XXIII before the Second Vatican Council. He has instructed ambassadors to press Rome Paris and Washington for talks while Vatican aides demand concessions on church state relations and missionary access. The effort mirrors a broader Western split over Berlin and disarmament and follows new Soviet moves in Latin America Asia and Africa.
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