The Kitchen Debate
When two Cold War leaders argued about living standards in their countries.
Witness History · BBC World Service
July 24, 20188m 54s
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Show Notes
US Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had an argument about living standards when Nixon visited Moscow in 1959. They spoke at an exhibition of a 'typical' American house full of modern domestic appliances.
Photo: The two leaders surrounded by press at the exhibition in Moscow, 1959. (Photo credit: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)