Richard Nixon - The Opening of The American National Exhibition in Moscow

Time: Friday Jul 24, 1959

Place: Moscow, Russia

Details: In July 1959 President Eisenhower sent Nixon to the Soviet Union for the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow. On July 24, Nixon was touring the exhibits with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev when the two stopped at a model of an American kitchen and engaged in an impromptu exchange about the merits of capitalism versus communism that became known as the "Kitchen Debate".

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