nikita khrushchev was waiting, also, for talks to explore such issues as berlin, nuclear testing and tell us what you think about this meeting between the young president and khrushchev? >> well, i think it was long overdue because the world needs peace and the world needs disarmament. >> for khrushchev, it is a chance to test the new president on a subject of berlin, khrushchev is tough and blunt. >> khrushchev said west berlin is a bone in my throat. and we must extract it. >> berlin, of course, is divided at the end of world war ii but berlin is 110 miles inside of the east german zone. khrushchev is threatening to force the integration and take over west berlin and kennedy says to him, berlin is part of our western commitment and world war ii. don't challenge us there. >> after two days, the talks end. >> kennedy did not do well. he allowed himself to be caught in an ideological argument with khrushchev. he'd been warned against it. he did it anyways and khrushchev bullied him and pushed him around. >> khrushchev has made the first move in the chess game. and the president knows i

i will never forget us going out there to look at the point that abroad nikita khrushchev to the united states.senior m he was the most senior master sergeant on the base, so there was a viewing area well back. he could get is pretty close. my brother and i. so it was wonderful. but what a treat. sit there and listen to stories about her grandfather and her grandmother and what they were like and see the things in the home but have a personal touch, this was disco this was where i used a simple mike rann was doing this, that, or the other. just fabulous. >> i don't know if he picked up peter carlson of the "washington post" book about nikita khrushchev's trip. >> it was a big deal. i'm old enough, the time was 59 so i was like 10 year old, nine, 10 years old. i remember it. very, very well and following it on television and all those sorts of things. again, she's got one story after churchill, montgomery coming there and walking the battlefield with her grandfather, fun stuff likere here's the barn come here's the horses i used to run off and the secret service will try to catch me, fol

khrushchev-- nikita issued the most politic statement he could muster. they are french of be as strong as the steel produced at the factory, which was etched into an obvious kathy factory. -- may our friendship the as strong as the steel produced at the factory. while soviet leaders expected a soviet steel mill, indian ministers really just wanted a steel mill. .he differences were evident historians have too often feared to tread. level, the basic sniping and backbiting gives lie itoats of friendship, but reveals the clash between predominant soviet and indian ideas and practices. when the any and ministry could not obtain a tracker the soviets needed, he made an arrangement with a private indian conglomerate. and when the delivery of electrical wire was repeatedly delayed, the whole electrical system was put out to bid. by the time it was commissioned in 1959, the so-called soviet ,teel that had otis elevators crop cranes, and my personal favorite -- j walter thompson publicity. outside india, it might be known as a soviet steel mill, but at the facili

nikita khrushchev saw the decision as a political endorsement. capping off one visit with "may are friendship be as strong as the steel as strong as the factory." a message then asked into it obelisk at the factory entrance. platitudesal discussed fundamental divergences between soviet union officials. basically soviet steel mill, but officials in the indian economic minister just wanted to steal no. the differences were evident in the day-to-day negotiations were historians have too often feared to tread. at its most basic level the extent of sniping and backbiting gives way to drunken notes of friendship. the heated discussions revealed the class between the predominant soviet and indian ideas and practices. when the indian ministry of real could not obtain a subcontractor that he needed, they purchased it from the private ending conglomerate. when deliveries of soviet delectable wiring were delayed the whole political system was put out to bid to the west. by the time a crane was commissioned in 1959 the soviet steel plant had otis elevators,

. >> nixon's not scared of the russians, as soviet premier nikita khrushchev finds out at a moscow trade >> it wasn't supposed to be much. it was supposed to be just a meeting. but it turned into a confrontation. >> there must be a free exchange of ideas. >> capitalism versus communism. back and forth, back and forth, jabbing with the fingers. the words didn't matter. it was the images that mattered. he was presidential. he seemed ready for the white house. >> meanwhile, traveling through the bleak wisconsin landscape, there is another man who believes he's destined for the white house. he's young, he's inexperienced, and he's almost unknown. his name is john f. kennedy, and he aims to win the wisconsin democratic primary. >> how are you this morning? >> and you would stand right there. my job would be to shake hands with jack kennedy. shake hands with teddy, bobby. >> bob kennedy. >> we worked hard. >> i come here today as candidate in the wisconsin primary. >> kennedy is smart. he knows that if he can prove himself a vote winner here in the primaries, the democratic party will have to

until 1954 when nikita khrushchev became president of the soviet union. tot: we are going to have leave it there so we can get back to our guest and some other callers. do you have any thoughts on her comments? making theink she is point that crimea has been in russia for a long time and was just transferred by chris child's in the -- khrushchev in the 1950's. crimea is an important country to the soviet union. it is an important agricultural, very important for russia. i think basically, we see russia nearg back some of its abroad in crimea. most of the people that want to be part of russia, eastern ukraine, they speak russia. ike do not condone that i do not invasion but i think the reason he did ukraine is because he fears ukraine will enter nato, and that is along the invasion route traditionally that has been a problem for russia. we always look at these things as offenses but he probably has more excuse for invading crimea then we did for iraq. has recently alleged russia is behind the hacking of democratic national committee e-mails. what does that

until 1954 when nikita khrushchev became president of the soviet union. are going to have leave it there so we can get back to our guest and some other callers. do you have any thoughts on her comments? making theink she is point that crimea has been in russia for a long time and was just transferred by chris child's in the -- khrushchev in the 1950's. crimea is an important country to the soviet union. it is an important agricultural, very important for russia. i think basically, we see russia nearg back some of its abroad in crimea. most of the people that want to be part of russia, eastern ukraine, they speak russia. ike do not condone that i do not invasion but i think the reason he did ukraine is because he fears ukraine will enter nato, and that is along the invasion route traditionally that has been a problem for russia. we always look at these things as offenses but he probably has more excuse for invading crimea then we did for iraq. has recently alleged russia is behind the hacking of democratic national committee e-mails. what does that tell yo