Word: khrushchevism
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...encourage an anti-Castro revolt "probably the most dangerously irresponsible [statement] that he's made in the course of this campaign," and one that might lose the U.S. its friends in the U.N. and Latin America, perhaps lead to civil war and an "open invitation to Mr. Khrushchev." Kennedy countered that the U.S. economic embargo of Castro was too little and too late. And even though both Kennedy and Nixon now agree substantially on the Quemoy-Matsu policy, Nixon still wanted to hear Kennedy say, "I now will depart, or retract my previous views. I think I was wrong...
...Mike. Kennedy rejoined with a flash of fire: "I really don't need Mr. Nixon to tell me about what my responsibilities are as a citizen. What I down grade, Mr. Nixon." said he, "is the leadership the country is getting, not the country. You yourself said to Khrushchev [in the famed Kitchen Debate]. 'You may be ahead of us in rocket thrust, but we're ahead of you in color television.' I think that color television is not as important as rocket thrust...
...that any U.S. action should include the other Latin American nations. Since these nations are not about to sanction U.S. intervention of any sort (which would violate the letter and the spirit of the treaties they have induced the U.S. to sign), and since any U.S. threat would remind Khrushchev of his promise last May to defend Cuba, Kennedy is actually on safe, albeit blustering and ineffectual ground...
Taking the debatable position that Khrushchev should not have appeared on the show at all, the Wall Street brokerage firm, Sutro Bros. & Co., a longtime sponsor of Open End, canceled its commitments to the show. Susskind's final muddled reaction to Khrushchev: "The guy is one part Santa Claus, one part doctrinaire, one part demeaning uncle." Khrushchev's reaction to Susskind: "You have good eyes. I could negotiate with...
Good Eyes. During commercial breaks, the Open End station (New York area's WNTA-TV) ran advertisements for Radio Free Europe, showing barbed wire, a symbolically gagged resident of a satellite country, etc. When a Soviet aide passed a note into the studio telling Khrushchev what was going on, he waited until the next station break, then raged about "trickery"; suddenly, he broke into a smile and said, "Do what you like, enjoy yourselves, we will win, we will win." Susskind later apologized, said he knew nothing of the commercials...