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Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
10-1-1961
Description
Cartoon depicts Nikita Khrushchev holding a butcher knife, labeled "Ready for Berlin," as his bloody hand drips into a puddle, labeled "The Butcher of Budapest." As debates and discussions continued over the Berlin crisis, President John F. Kennedy made clear that he would not negotiate on Premier Nikita Khrushchev's terms, and Khrushchev gave no indication that he would change his terms.
Alternative title: Happy to Negotiate
Subject
Cartoons (commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
Hungary--Budapest; Soviet Union; Germany--Berlin; United States
Organizations Depicted
KGB
People Depicted
Krushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963; Andropov, IUrii (IUrii Vladimirovich), 1914-
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Budapest, Hungary, Nikita Khrushchev, Berlin, Germany, Negotiation, Political persecution, Knives, Blood, Butchers--Equipment and supplies, Berlin Wall (Germany : 1961-1989), World politics