The Kitchen Debate
The first excerpt below is a transcription from a cspan video of the conversation between nixon and khrushchev when they met to attend the exhibit.
The kitchen debate. It is like those of our houses in california. I want to show you this kitchen. On july 24 1959 the monumental struggle between the u s.
There is no complete record of all of nixon and khrushchev s conversations and versions vary. The kitchen debate russian. And the ussr in the cold war all boiled down to two men in a make believe kitchen.
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In the kitchen of the exhibit s model house built by general electric nixon and soviet premier nikita khrushchev began an impromptu series of debates on the merits of capitalism and communism. The kitchen debate was an informal exchange between us vice president richard nixon and soviet leader nikita khrushchev in july 1959. Food was never more political.
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For a few moments in the confines of a modern kitchen the diplomatic gloves had come off and america and the. Vice president richard nixon then 46 and soviet first secretary nikita khrushchev 65 at the opening of the american national exhibition at sokolniki park in moscow on july 24 1959. This was the second of two cross cultural exhibitions the soviets also holding one in new york.