President JFK & Soviet Leader KHRUSHCHEV Meet | Rare Silent Archival Footage | John F. Kennedy

Bright Enlightenment Опубликовано: 29 мая 2013 г. President JFK & Soviet Leader KHRUSHCHEV Meet in Austria at Vienna Summit - Rare Silent Archival Footage | John F. Kennedy The Vienna summit was a summit meeting held on June 4, 1961 in Vienna, Austria between President John F. Kennedy of the United States and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the two superpowers of the Cold War era discussed numerous issues in the relationship between their countries. When the two men first met in Vienna, Kennedy somewhat awkwardly looked Khrushchev up and down several times, unable to hide his curiosity about the Soviet leader.[1] The discussions touched on a range of topics, including the position of Laos and the broader conflict in Indochina, nuclear disarmament, and ideological musings. Discussions over Berlin, however, dominated the meeting. Khrushchev threatened to sign a peace agreement with East Germany that would impinge on Western access to Berlin by turning over co