Nikolai T. Fedorenko, left, chief Soviet delegate to the United Nations, is shown with Merv Griffin, the host of a coast-to-coast television variety show, during the taping in New York yesterday for last night's show. Fedorenkom usually screened in grim U.N. debate with envoys from the west, turned on the folksy charm for the U.S. viewers.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10.5 x 8.25 inches.