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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev speaking at Georgian Hall in the Kremlin

Image File

96B05397

Title

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev speaking at Georgian Hall in the Kremlin

Description

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech at the reception in the Kremlin's Georgian Hall following the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) on August 5, 1963. Photo is stealthily taken by Glenn T. Seaborg with his tiny Minox camera. Adlai E. Stevenson is visible on the right.

Seaborg's Comments

Following the signing of the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty in Moscow there was a reception in the Kremlin's Georgian Hall. Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev took this opportunity to make an impromptu speech. Dr. Seaborg, ever the thrill seeker, decided this would be a wonderful moment to try his hand at covert photojournalism. "I took my life in my own hands and took a picture of Khruschev with my Minox camera," says Dr. Seaborg. "I took it out, snapped a picture, and then put it away hoping I wouldn't be caught. I don't know what would have happened then."

Citation Caption

Seaborg Lecture - My Service with Ten Presidents, slide H0769

Date

August 5, 1963

People

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Adlai E. Stevenson

Site

Georgian Hall, Kremlin, USSR

TEID Doc ID

XBD 9611-05397.TIF