16 JANUARY 1971, page 11

The Missing Manuscript

The KGB is a tainted source, and the pro- venance of the document cannot but cast grave doubts upon its genuineness. Yet in itself this is no proof that the Khrushchev 'memoirs'......

Good At Forgetting

Nevertheless, even taking all these bizarre circumstances into account, it should still be possible to establish (a) whether Khrushchev really is the author of the fragments,......

A Surfeit Of Lies

But even allowing for the selection and editing by the KGB, might there not remain some worthwhile facts concerning a country about which we know so little? The book does......