Interaction with Delegates

Interaction with Delegates him if his late wife had been a Muslim. He replied negatively, explaining that she had been associated with the Orthodox Church. However, he mentioned an interesting point about her. Even in the bitter cold of Moscow, she would step out in the mornings for a walk and would return after a long time. There was never any change in this practice of hers. Liquor glasses were being placed on the table. I requested a hotel worker for some water. It led to us talking about the issue of liquor. Acknowledging the harms of alcohol, Mr. Gorbachev said that when he was the President of the Soviet Union, he had tried to place restrictions on vodka, a Russian alcoholic drink, but the Russian public had become so habituated to alcohol that they could not accept this reform. Mr. Gorbachev appeared to be a heavily-built person. I said to him that he seemed to be healthy. He said that this was deceptive. It seemed that he knew little English, so the entire conversation took place through a translator. I felt that Mr. Gorbachev would reply at once to any question put to him. Perhaps he did not have the habit of first thinking and only then speaking. In contrast to this, my experience is that Chinese leaders do not reply to a question at once. They first