When Nikita Khrushchev died, a humorous story circulated in political circles.
The Communist party who’d cast Mr Khrushchev aside were uncomfortable about burying his body on Soviet soil.
So they called the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, asking if the U.S. would take Khrushchev’s corpse.
Nixon had his own problems at the time and declined.
Then the Soviet leaders tried Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel.
She was agreeable but added,
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