Big Time 1958

Chapter 79: kitchen debate

"The little comrade explained some issues to the people very vividly, and we leaders must applaud him!" Under Khrushchev's lead, everyone present, including Nixon, applauded Serov, and Khrushchev brought Always conceited, he stepped onto the podium and asked Nixon, "How many years has the United States been founded?" Although Nixon did not know what Khrushchev meant, he still answered Khrushchev's question.

"This is the level of the United States in 182 years? Haha! It's been 42 years since the founding of our country, and there is still a slight gap between the people's living standards in the Soviet Union and the United States! But soon..." Khrushchev forced He waved his hand and said, "We can reach the same standard as the United States!" Including some representatives from various industries, all of them were encouraged by Khrushchev's words, and the tsunami-like applause sounded for a long time. Everyone looked longing, Khrushchev confidently said to Nixon, "When we catch up with you and pass by you, we will definitely wave to you!" Two electronic cameras waved, it was Khrushchev's imagined America.

  Shelov faced Khrushchev like a sculpture, stretched out his hand and gave a military salute and made a mechanical voice, "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics! Ulla! The Communist Party of the Soviet Union! Ulla! Khrushchev, Ulla..."

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics! Ulla! Communist Party of the Soviet Union! Ulla! Khrushchev! Ulla…

Khrushchev accepted the tsunami-like cheers with a confident expression, and the repeated urans made the expressions of the Americans around Nixon and scattered in the exposition changed. This powerful collective force was also shocked.

Khrushchev obviously wanted to use this opportunity to launch an attack. As for the target of the US Vice President Nixon, Khrushchev liked debate very much, and of course he used the guise of debate to humiliate his opponents. If the addition is too much, some members of the Central Presidium are not less sprayed, naturally including Brezhnev and Sherepin.

"Look at this ordinary worker!" Khrushchev pointed his hand to the Soviet worker who was working not far from the crowd, "Look at this mental outlook and the satisfaction he gets from labor, it's like The communist slave some people say?"

"We also have such workers!" Not to be outdone, Nixon pointed to an American worker and said, "We are strong with people like him! But these people, the Soviets and the Americans, can work together well for peace. Just as they worked together to build this exhibition hall. If you're going to catch up to our race for the benefit of our two peoples and other peoples, then we have to exchange ideas freely. You Don't be afraid of the exchange of ideas, after all, you don't know everything.\" Khrushchev heard something in Nixon's words and roared: \"If I don't understand everything, then you don't know anything about communism except Apart from being afraid of it, I don’t know anything about it.”

"We may be ahead of you in some areas; for example, in developing rockets to explore outer space; also, in some other areas we are ahead of you—for example, in color television." Nixon Walking and chatting with Khrushchev, both of them are trying their best to convince each other and let each other accept their ideas. This made Shelov know how the real big shots talk, isn't it great? I don't see how high the level is.

"Vice President Nixon, you are wrong, the Soviets are better than the United States in any field! This includes any aspect of technology, whether it is used in the military or in life!" Khrushchev did not give in at all. said.

   The two walked and chatted to a counter in an American interior home improvement with a typical American residence written on it! Serov, who followed Khrushchev, frowned and looked at this beautifully decorated counter, which contained washing machines, juicers, dishwashers, and refrigerators! Any fool knows that this should be the site of the famous kitchen debate in history.

Nixon: "We didn't want to surprise the Russian people. We wanted to show our diversity and the right to make choices. We didn't want everything to be decided by one high-ranking government official who was Make all houses the same. Wouldn't it be a better thing if we could compete on the quality of our dishwashers instead of spending all our energy on improving the range of our rockets? Isn't that what you think The kind of competition you want?"

"Then you will definitely lose. No one can doubt the quality of Soviet products! As long as we control the quality, anything we make can be used forever!" Khrushchev said with a confident smile, " Of course I agree with some of your points, but you've also seen our product and it's not all the same as you say!"

While speaking, Nixon poked his finger on Khrushchev's chest to accentuate his tone, \"It is meaningless to discuss who is stronger at this time today. If war breaks out, neither of our two countries will be the winner.\" Nixon paused, as if to wait for Khrushchev's response. Khrushchev gave an inscrutable smile and let Nixon continue. \"I hope the Prime Minister understands the full meaning of our speech, if any of our two great powers are put in such a situation that they will have to fight if they are not at the mercy, there is no choice but to play the world The most destructive trick ever.\"

   "We want to be good neighbors and friendly with all countries, including the United States of course!" Khrushchev ended the debate between the two.

  The two did not continue arguing, but took a step forward when Nixon stretched out his hand, reminding Nixon to pay attention to the impact, which of course caused the reaction of the American guard behind Nixon. After the debate between the two ended, Khrushchev took other high-ranking Soviet officials to another booth before he said lightly, "Mr. Nixon, two of the four guards behind you just now wanted to step forward. Stop me, one right hand squeezes a fist, and the other one seems a little nervous!"

   "General Shelov seems to be very professional, and you don't seem to be a real combat hero at your age!" Nixon's view of Shelov is quite bad now, and Shelov has messed up too many things today.

   "Mr. Dulles's cancer is already very serious, and Mr. Nixon even paid a special visit before he came to the Soviet Union. It seems a little rude!" Shelov looked at Nixon with a smile, and saw that the other party's face instantly paled, but he was still calm! I knew that the later report I made was true. Nixon really visited Secretary of State Dulles before he came to the Soviet Union, that is, the brother of the CIA director.

   Shelov left a meaningful smile looking at Nixon, creating the illusion that everything was under control! Immediately leave here and walk behind Khrushchev to hide his merits and fame. Let Nixon guess for himself...

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