I remember the legend that Khrushchev took off his shoes and struck the table at the joint meeting, as if there were some ridicule and sarcasm in it at that time, but now I think about it.

There are different opinions about the past 4 years ago.

Did Khrushchev knock on the table with his shoes?

It was widely circulated that Nikita Khrushchev, the former Soviet leader, knocked on the table with his shoes at the United Nations General Assembly in October 196. Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Khrushchev, who is now an American citizen, recently published an article in the Russian newspaper Izvestia about this matter.

Sergei said that several years ago, NBC asked him to talk about his father knocking on the table with leather shoes at the UN General Assembly meeting, and said that they had TV pictures. Sergei asked them to give him a copy of the picture. But after a week, the Americans apologized to him and said that they didn't have that kind of information, and they looked for many archives, and they didn't. Later, a Canadian TV company also came to see him, saying that they were making a film about Khrushchev and wanted to find the scene of knocking on the table. Sergei pointed out that it seems that such a lens does not exist.

Many people have put forward different opinions about this matter, including General zakharov, director of the KGB Security Bureau of the former Soviet Union, and others.

zakharov recalled: "The United Nations is having an intense debate on the issue of eliminating the colonial system put forward by the Soviet delegation. At this time, a Filipino stepped onto the podium and said that the Soviet country was a concentration camp. Khrushchev was very angry when he heard this. I was sitting behind him, and I saw that he asked to speak after consulting with gromyko (the foreign minister of the Soviet Union). Khrushchev raised his hand, but Barton, the Irish representative who presided over the meeting, either didn't see it or pretended not to see it. Khrushchev stood up and raised his hand again. But the speaker was still speaking, while the head of the Soviet delegation continued to stand and raise his hand.

"At this moment, Khrushchev took off his light low-cut leather shoes from his feet and began to tap on the table, just like hitting a metronome. Later, Barton let the Soviet delegation speak. Khrushchev stepped onto the rostrum and waved in front of the Filipino's nose, telling him to go away. The angry Khrushchev began his speech. "

Another lady who served the conference that day said, "Khrushchev arrived at the meeting later than others. He went up to the heads of socialist delegations and shook hands with them. Journalists ran after him, pushing and shoving, and microphones reached him from all directions. Just when Khrushchev was one step away from his seat, a reporter accidentally stepped on his heel and stepped off his low-heeled shoes. I quickly picked it up, wrapped it in a napkin, and quietly handed it to Khrushchev from under the table after he was seated. There is little space between the seat and the table, and Khrushchev is too fat to bend over and put on his shoes. He just holds it and plays with it under the table from time to time. When he was angered by another representative's speech, he couldn't help banging on the objects in his hand. If he had an umbrella or cane in his hand at that time, he would have beaten them. "

There is another story about whether Khrushchev hit the table with leather shoes. James Ferro, a journalist working in The New York Times at that time, said, "I didn't see Khrushchev beating leather shoes. On that day, they * * * producers and representatives of the third world all banged their fists on the table, because they thought that the Filipinos who spoke on the rostrum were American lackeys. Khrushchev bent down, took off his low-cut leather shoes, held them over his head, shook them rhythmically, and then put them on the table in front of him. There are photos to prove that Khrushchev is sitting in his seat, with low-cut leather shoes on the table in front of him. There is no photo of hitting the table with leather shoes. "

so, how did Khrushchev knock on the table at the joint meeting come about? It turned out that the Associated Press wrote it first, but other newspapers copied it, so the news of knocking on the table spread. ▲