Eisenhower-Khrushchev Meeting 50th Anniversary

Sep 26, 2009

Eisenhower Institute

The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College commemorated the 50th anniversary of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower at his farm in Gettysburg. Susan Eisenhower and Sergei Khrushchev held a discussion moderated by Daun van Ee, co-editor of the Eisenhower Papers. They spoke about their memories of the .. Read More
The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College commemorated the 50th anniversary of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower at his farm in Gettysburg. Susan Eisenhower and Sergei Khrushchev held a discussion moderated by Daun van Ee, co-editor of the Eisenhower Papers. They spoke about their memories of the visit and the political implications. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. This concluding event of the weekend was at 8:00 p.m. on September 26, 20009, at the Majestic Theater.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:01:00 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:01:03 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION IN THE 1950s. WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL GUESTS,...
00:02:48 Unidentified Speaker KRUSHCHEV, THE SOME OF THE CHAIRMAN IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT BROWN INSTITUTE, THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY...
00:06:31 Unidentified Speaker YOU WERE A SPORTS FAN AT THE TIME. I ACTUALLY WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN GETTYSBERG, PENNSYLVANIA....
00:07:43 Unidentified Speaker DOES IT SURPRISE YOU THAT SOME HISTORIANS THINK THAT THE VISIT TO THE FARM WAS ACTUALLY A TURNING...
00:07:56 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EISENHOWER STRATEGY, IT'S CALLED DEPLOYING THE GRANDCHILDREN. NO, I THINK,...
00:09:04 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE READ THAT THE CHAIRMAN INVITED YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS ON ALONG ON THE GREAT VISIT THAT WAS TO...
00:09:14 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL THERE'S ALL KINDS OF EXCITEMENT FOR KIDS BECAUSE THEY ARRIVED FROM CAMP DAVID IN A HELICOPTER....
00:10:39 Unidentified Speaker BUT YOU DID WIND UP WITH SOME SOUVENIRS, DID YOU NOT? MEDALS OR BADGES?
00:10:44 Unidentified Speaker THE EXCITING THING ABOUT IT ALL WAS FIRST OF ALL THE PRESENCE OF THE SOVIET PREMIER, BUT IN THOSE...
00:13:11 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU KNOW WHY YOUR FATHER WAS MAKING THE TRIP? WERE YOU AWARE OF THE FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THE...
00:13:26 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE. IT WAS REALLY THE ATMOSPHERE IN MY DAY, IN THE 1950s, WHERE WE HAD IN...
00:20:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU YOURSELF ACCOMPANIED THE
00:20:37 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:20:39 Unidentified Speaker HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
00:20:43 Unidentified Speaker I ALSO WAS EXCITED TO GO BECAUSE FOR US, THE UNITED STATES WAS SOMETHING THAT -- WE KNEW ABOUT AMERICAN...
00:21:52 Unidentified Speaker WERE YOU AND YOUR FATHER EXCITED TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULD BE GOING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT AT CAMP...
00:21:59 Unidentified Speaker NO, WE DIDN'T GO TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT. IT WAS TWO PRESIDENTS WILL GO TO SPEAK TOGETHER WHILE...
00:26:58 Unidentified Speaker WHAT SORT OF RECEPTION DID YOUR FATHE R RECEIVE FROM BOTH PUBLIC OFFICIA AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?...
00:27:13 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. BECAUSE THE PUBLIC MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT AMERICANS TRANSLATE, WE DIDN'T...
00:33:44 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO TURN BACK TO SUSAN FOR A MINUTE. LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEARS, IN OUR OWN EXPERIENCE...
00:33:59 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT VISIT FOR ALL THE REASONS SERGEI JUST DESCRIBED. DURING THE...
00:36:50 Unidentified Speaker DID THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON YOUR OWN LIFE?
00:36:52 Unidentified Speaker AS A KID WHAT, I THOUGHT WAS VERY EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THIS, FIRST OF ALL, MY FAMILY EAGERLY WELCOMED...
00:40:11 Unidentified Speaker AFTER THE VISIT AND AFTER THE E EVENTS OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE U-2 SPY PLANE INCIDENT AND THE COLLAPSE...
00:40:30 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE SPIRIT OF CAMP DAVID HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF MORE BROADLY. THEY DON'T COME AND GO. I THINK...
00:42:39 Unidentified Speaker AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE SEEKING THESE THINGS, NOTHING DISAPPEARS. THESE VERY DIFFICULT TO CHAINNGE...
00:44:38 Unidentified Speaker PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SAID THAT IF CHAIRMAN KRUSHCHEV GOT TO KNOW THE UNITED STATES BETTER, JUST THAT...
00:44:55 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. EVEN WITH THIS VERY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL LOOK AT THE COUNTRY FROM THE WINDOW...
00:46:39 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A DIFFICULT QUESTION. WERE THE GOALS OF CHAIRMAN KRUSHCHEV AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER,...
00:46:52 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN THE COLD WAR. NOBODY WANT THIS COLD WAR. IT IS ONLY JUST PRESIDENT REAGAN...
00:51:50 Unidentified Speaker THIS THERE'S A STORY OF WHY HE FIX ORDER A FIGURE OF 900 ICBMs AND HE REPLIED IT WAS THE SMALLEST...
00:52:11 Unidentified Speaker SOVIET UNION WAS VERY DIFFERENT SOCIETY. HERE YOU HAVE THIS POLITICAL PRESSURE. SOVIET UNION, IT...
00:56:02 Unidentified Speaker RUNNING OUT OF TILE.FOF TIME. I'D LIKE TO OFFER SUSAN'S POINT.
00:56:06 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER THIS THING THAT MADE THIS SUCH A PIVOTAL MOMENT WERE THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY....
00:56:49 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, NOTHING ENDED WITH THE COLD WAR.FRAMEWORK WOULD SPIN OUT OF CONTROL.
00:56:53 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, NOTHING ENDED WITH THE COLD WAR. NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OUR ENEMIES AROUND THE WORLD....
00:57:15 Unidentified Speaker ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO OFFER THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. DOCTOR KHRUSHCHEV AND...
00:57:47 Unidentified Speaker THEY PROBABLY CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS IF WE CANNOT SEE THEM.
00:57:49 Unidentified Speaker YES, SECOND ROW.
00:57:52 Unidentified Speaker KHRUSHCHEV WAS THE PREMIERE OF THE SOVIET THE UNION AND THEN ONE DAY HE WASN'T. WE HAVEN'T HEARD WHY...
00:58:21 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, IT HAD NOTHING WITH THE SPACE RACE AT THAT TIME. WE WERE MAYBE NOT SO MUCH AHEAD WITH...
01:01:53 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR.
01:01:56 Unidentified Speaker WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE. THIS IS ON C-SPAN.
01:01:59 Unidentified Speaker A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS BRIEFBRIEFLY, IF IT CAN BE ADDRESSED...
01:02:12 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS NOT ABOUT BALANCE OF POWER BECAUSE AMERICANS AT THAT TIME HAVE ABOUT 400 DIFFERENT TYPE OF...
01:05:59 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR.
01:06:16 Unidentified Speaker WHOHEIZE SEND IZEIZETHEIZEIZEN EISENHOUR ADMINISTRATION AND KHRUSHCHEV'S GOVERNMENT WAS URGING THAT...
01:06:26 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION ABOUT PREVENTIVE WAR, WHO WAS ABDICATING FIRST STRIKE AGAINST THE OTHER ONE.
01:06:31 Unidentified Speaker I'VE GOT TO SAY, I CAN'T -- NOBODY IN THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION ITSELF COSTS TO MIPD, BUT THERE...
01:06:55 Unidentified Speaker CLAIRE BOOTH LUKES ONCE DIRECTED IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY TRUSS FREIGHTED WITH THE WAY THE COLD...
01:07:09 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS NOT OUR A ADMIN MINUTE STRAGS POLICY AND, THEREFORE, CLAIRE BOOSTER LU IT TZ, IN CASE YOU...
01:07:26 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF SUCH PEOPLE WERE IN THE SOVIET ADMINISTRATION. FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO...
01:09:39 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS THE SAME IN THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY PRESENTED PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WITH WAR...
01:10:04 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT'S WORTH BACKING UP AT BIT ON YOUR QUESTION HERE BECAUSE AT THAT PERIOD WHEN THE UNITED...
01:11:27 Unidentified Speaker YES, MA'AM.
01:11:28 Unidentified Speaker HAVING HAD THIS EXPERIENCE, HOW DID THIS CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU PERCEIVED PEARL HARBOR -- NOT PEARL...
01:11:43 Unidentified Speaker THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION?
01:11:45 Unidentified Speaker HAVING HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF THE KHRUSHCHEV HOME, HOW DID YOU PERCEIVE THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
01:11:52 Unidentified Speaker REMEMBER, I WAS STILL QUITE YOUNG DURING THAT PERIOD. BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR...
01:16:30 Unidentified Speaker I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN THANK OUR WONDERFUL

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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