September 15, 1959: Khrushchev Becomes the First Soviet Leader to Visit the United States

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"We cannot expect Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism." - Khrushchev

Collusion!

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