Kitchen Debate Full Transcript

Following the video is my own transcript of james baldwin s famed 1965 debate speech at cambridge university s union hall.

Kitchen debate full transcript. The debate was moderated by fox news host chris wallace. I have done my utmost to transcribe his words faithfully adding only the emphasis of stars around words he uttered forcefully during his presentation. Embassy moscow soviet union both men enter kitchen in the american exhibit nixon. It is like those of our houses in california.

Congress condemning the soviet union for its control over the captive peoples of eastern europe. Kukhonnye debaty was a series of impromptu exchanges through interpreters between u s. I want to show you this kitchen. The kitchen debate was an impromptu debate through interpreters between vice president richard nixon and soviet premier nikita khrushchev at the opening of the american national exhibition in moscow on july 24 1959.

Vice president nixon and premier krushchev waged an impromptu debate on the benefits of communism vs. In the kitchen of the exhibit s model house built by general electric nixon and soviet premier nikita khrushchev began an impromptu series of debates on the merits of capitalism and communism. There is no complete record of all of nixon and khrushchev s conversations and versions vary. This is the full transcript from tuesday night s first presidential debate between republican president donald trump and democrat joe biden.

The kitchen debate russian. The kitchen debate transcript 24 july 959 vice president richard nixon and soviet premier nikita khrushchev u s. The kitchen debate took place in a number of locations at the exhibition but primarily in the kitchen of a suburban model house cut in half for easy viewing. Trade and cultural fair in sokolniki park.

Vice president richard nixon then 46 and soviet first secretary nikita khrushchev 65 at the opening of the american national exhibition at sokolniki park in moscow on july 24 1959. Richard nixon and nikita khrushchev kitchen debate july 24 1959 cspan. The first excerpt below is a transcription from a cspan video of the conversation between nixon and khrushchev when they met to attend the exhibit.