The United States Congress had recently passed a resolution condemning the Soviet Union for its control over the captive peoples of Eastern Europe.7 The debate began when Khrushchev directed a protest against this resolution toward Nixon. Discussion of The United States’ technological advances followed. Nixon and Khrushchev debated over the superiority of their country through this comparison of technology. Nixon argued that America’s expectation for new technology was to assist in the development new skills. Khrushchev argued that The Soviets built new technology for the success of future generations stating, “We haven’t’ quite reached 42 years, but in another 7 years, we’ll be at the level of America, and after that we’ll go farther”.7
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