U.S. troops to march on Russia’s Red Square

Americans join ‘anti-Hitler coalition’ to mark World War II victory

By Ellen Barry

The New York Times
Moscow

U.S. troops march along the Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, Thursday.

There is a lot about Red Square these days that would make Khrushchev squirm. Three-hundred-dollar Italian negligees pool in the windows of the State Department Store, that showcase of proletarian output; a 20-foot Mercedes-Benz symbol glints on the skyline across the Moscow River.

But it is still worth considering how the irascible Soviet premier would react if he were treated — as all of Russia will be on Sunday — to the sight of American infantrymen marching through the gate toward Moscow’s great fortress, the Kremlin. He might do something with his footwear; the question is what.

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