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During a diplomatic reception at the Kremlin, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
told Western diplomats:
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"About the capitalist states, it doesn't depend on you whether we (Soviet
Union) exist. If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don't
invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it our not, history is on our
side. We will bury you."
In 1959, while attending the American National Exhibition in Moscow,
Vice-President Nixon, recalling Khrushchev's prediction that our grandchildren
will live under communism, stated:
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"Let me say that we don't object to his saying this will happen. We only object
if he tries to bring it about... We prefer our system. But the very essence of
our belief is that we do not and will not try to impose our system on anybody
else. We believe that you and all other peoples on this earth should have the
right to choose the kind of economic or political system which best fits your
particular problems without any foreign intervention."
Both Khrushchev's and Nixon's statements fueled the anti-Communist sentiment
prevalent in the United States.
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