Word: khrushchevism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Khrushchev's letter and a letter sent to Kennedy three days later were both delivered to the U.S. embassy in Moscow where they were translated and transmitted to the Department of State in Washington...
...next day, acting United Nations Secretary-General U Thant announced that Kennedy and Khrushchev had agreed to avoid an immediate showdown in the Caribbean...
...that day, as the crisis was waning, Khrushchev wrote Kennedy a long letter quietly chastising the President for his action but saying "Let us normalize relations...
...Khrushchev wrote: "You threaten us with war...We must not succumb to light-headedness and petty passions, regardless of whether elections are forth-coming in one country or another...
...Khrushchev said that North American fears of an attack from Cuba were groundless because the Russians were sane people, not barbarians...