Malenkov Influence Is Reported Rising As Molotov's Wanes; MALENKOV POWER REPORTED ON RISE Molotov Appears on Wane Zhukov in Hey Role
By Harrison E. Salisbury
Molotov reptdly opposed USSR rapprochement
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April 20, 1956
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Cooler Summer Uniforms Approved for City's Police
By The New York Times
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KHRUSHCHEV ASKS BRITAIN TO AVOID PRESSURE IN TALK; Sees Failure if Hosts Demand 'the Impossible' of Soviet --Avows 'Open Heart'
By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times
LONDON, April 19--Nikita S. Khrushchev warned his hosts today that nothing would come of the present talks if Britain tried to put pressure on the Soviet Union and demand the impossible.
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DUTCHMAN TRIED BY JAKARTA DIES; Jungschlaeger Has Stroke-- Case Lasted 14 Months DUTCHMAN TRIED BY JAKARTA DIES Aged Ten Years in Two International Friction
By Greg MacGregor Special To the New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 19--Leon Nicolaas Jungschlaeger, a Dutchman on trial here for fourteen months on charges of subversion, died today of a, cerebral hemorrhage. He was 53 years old.
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Soviet Offers Loans As Aid to Indonesia; SOVIET OFFRING AID TO INDONESIA
By Robert Alden Special To the New York Times
SINGAPORE, April 19--The Soviet economic offensive in neutral Indonesia has begun.
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Notable Births
1956Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice[†]
Eva Carin Beatrice Ask is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Governor of Södermanland County from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2025.
1956Peter Chelsom, English film director, writer, and actor[†]
Peter Chelsom is a British film director, writer, and actor. He has directed such films as Hector and the Search for Happiness, Serendipity, and Shall We Dance? Peter Chelsom is a member of the British Academy, the American Academy, The Directors Guild of America, and The Writers Guild of America.
1956Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician (died 2014)[†]
Kakha Bendukidze was a Georgian statesman, businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Knowledge Foundation and head of the supervisory board of Agricultural and Free Universities.
Historical Context for April 20, 1956
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]