Top Russian at JFK funeral: U.S. 'does not want to involve us'

"Judging from everything, the U.S. government does not want to involve us in this matter, but neither does it want to get into a fight with the extreme rightists; it clearly prefers to consign the whole business to oblivion as soon as possible."

- Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, writing to his government after talks with U.S. officials at Kennedy…