26 JULY 1975, Page 7

The handshake

The CIA work undergiound

To bait the Russian bear. They do their utmost to confound, And pen him in his lair. No matter, for in space above,

A handshake shows undying love!

The KGB have spread their net To snare poor Uncle Sam. They'll any dirty deed abet,

Which will his knuckles slam. Don't worry, for high up in space, A handshake joins the human race!

The talks the UN have designed, The rise in arms to halt, Are taken by both sides, we find, With a large pinch of "Salt." Rest quiet, for up in space so high, A handshake links across the sky!

So should events upon this earth Seem poised upon the brink, And make you doubt our human worth, Just pause, and humbly think,

That earthly things cannot belie

That costly handshake in the sky! Basil Charles