When Mrs. Ghandi went to Moscow, Khrushchev took her for a tour of the city
in his limo. Recalling his visit to India, He started giving her a hard
time about the sanitary conditions there. “When I was in Delhi, I saw human
excrement lying everywhere.” Poor Mrs. Ghandi was terribly embarrassed, but
only for a moment, because just ahead was a man sitting on his heels,
shitting on the side of the road. She pointed this out.
Khrushchev was livid and didn’t hesitate: “Driver, get out immediately and
shoot that man!” The driver got out, walked up to the man with his gun
drawn, spoke briefly, and then returned to the car. “Sir, I can’t shoot
that man, he’s the Indian ambassador.”