Chapter 1002 – Kitchen Debate

A night of war of words, let Alan Wilson physically and mentally exhausted, here after all, is Moscow is not London, Foltseva is the Soviet Union counted the big man, he is not ah, some tension is inevitable, during the period also let the cultural tsar is not very satisfied, the consequences of this dissatisfaction, is his today’s listlessness.

“I’ve heard about you from Joseph.” Nixon greeted Allen Wilson, “He doesn’t have many friends, you’re one of the more frequent mentions, it looks like you two are kind of people, I heard that you got into a fight with the Soviets yesterday.”

Nixon was referring to the altercation on the tour itinerary, an event that had been made known to him through the relaying of the diplomats.

The distinguished Vice President of the United States, however, did not realize that yesterday’s heated argument was not confined to daylight.

“Toughness should be shown toward the Soviets when appropriate.” Alan Wilson had the look of a defender of the free world, which, in conjunction with his not-so-good mental state, really seemed to be the case.

As for Foreign Secretary Macmillan, he seized the time to show the special relationship between Britain and the United States, because Nixon was also a famous anti-Soviet fighter, coupled with Alan Wilson and McCarthy’s personal relationship, also became a living signboard to show the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

They all walked and talked together, in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, discussing how to raise the prestige of the free world.

Naturally Alan Wilson began to talk down the achievements of the Soviet Union again, knowing that not everything he said was true, but the position was such that it had to be said.

Many of the Soviet Union’s achievements were real, and it was a fact that the Infrastructure Monster was not a noble name. It proves nothing but the extent of Soviet development. For example, in Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, a lot of the construction had been done for a long time, and the post-war remodeling of London by the Labor Party was sufficiently modest.

Wouldn’t it be better to renovate all the cities of Britain? Wouldn’t that be duplication? And you still can’t avoid aging after refurbishment; the Soviet Union builds rather grand skyscrapers now that will be old and dilapidated in 20 or 30 years? And then what? Tear it down and build it back up?

It’s not like Allen Wilson doesn’t know how to stack houses, that’s what he did in the colonies, and what’s so commendable about a model of development that can be summarized as sloppy development? He didn’t see it anyway.

The Soviet Union is now showing the building is not worth much, although it looks very majestic, what is not shown is worth noting.

It was now the end of the Fifth Five-Year Plan, in the time frame of the coming sixties, the Soviet Union’s machinery manufacturing was showing serious overcapacity at this time, and the Soviet Union’s solution was industrial upgrading. One hundred and seventy-four fully automated assembly lines began to be put into production. During the Fifth Five-Year Plan, the Soviet mechanical industry invented more than two thousand seven hundred types of instruments and automated tools.

At this time, the Soviet Union could already produce five hundred types of precision machine tools, special machine tools increased by twenty-one times, precision machine tools increased by ten times, broaching machines increased by eight times, gear processing machine tools increased by five times, grinding machines increased by three and a half times, on the basis of the original on the retention of a sky-high amount of machinery.

Five hundred types of fully and semi-automatic machine tools can be produced, and a large number of low-end machine tools have been eliminated from the market.

Through the automation of machinery, the automation of assembly lines, the elimination of outdated machine tools, the replacement of gasoline engines with gas turbines, the replacement of small probability power generation equipment with high-power generation equipment, and the increase in the level of mechanization in the fields of light industry, food, and construction, the Soviet Union’s machinery manufacturing has surpassed the United States as a whole in terms of quantity for the first time in the history of the world.

The Soviet Union’s machinery manufacturing from the present is not backward, and later also imported machine tools from European countries as a supplement, so the Soviet Union needs Toshiba’s machine tools for submarines? Japan’s machine tools can surpass Europe? How could it.

The Toshiba incident was the result of the U.S. singling out Japan as the unlucky one to stand up to the Soviet Union at a time when virtually all the countries of the free world were doing business with the Soviet Union, and there was no such thing as Japan being so advanced as to make the Soviet Union dependent on it for its nuclear submarines.

Alan Wilson very much suspected that this was a bitter-sweet way to set up a persona for Japan’s advertisements in front of the rest of more backward Asia after Japan had been humiliated by the United States.

But these places where the Soviet Union is really strong, in front of the Foreign Secretary and the U.S. Vice President, he must do to turn a blind eye to any development in the Soviet Union must be crude development, and to some extent this is true, the Soviet Union’s advanced mechanical manufacturing, but also advanced, but Europe and the United States, but it is the application of innovation.

As long as the pull down face to generalize, there is nothing that can not be proved, he can also prove that the pyramids were built by Napoleon, what is so difficult.

This disparagement impressed Nixon, and the persona of a free world fighter was firmly grasped by Alan Wilson, “It’s time for the Soviets to see the gap between them and the free world.”

“Sir Wilson’s words, the Soviets would not be happy if they knew.” Nixon joked with derision on his face, oblivious to the fact that the man who complimented him had previously fallen under the stone skirt of the Culture Czar.

In the Soviet-controlled half of the world, Allen Wilson really didn’t dare to do anything about it, and could only be subservient to Foltseva. Just as he had pinned down Foltseva in London a dozen years earlier, the wind and water had turned.

The sound of Foltseva coming home was not loud, but it was still heard by her son, Alexeev came out of the room and looked at his mother with a peculiar gaze, “Mother, were you busy with work in the past two days?”

“Yes.” Foltseva was stunned then laughed, “There was a lot of work over at the Presidium, had to work overtime for two days.”

“Mother is really working hard.” Alexeyev looked like a good baby and the peculiar gaze disappeared.

Only he turned around with suspicion in his mind, why did mother lie? Just now Foltseva had behaved in a way that fit all the characteristics of a liar, and although the journey of the purge workers had only just begun, he was sure that he had not been mistaken.

For no reason at all he remembered the bridge in the movie, Dzerzhinsky’s line, “Look me in the eye ……”

Shaking off the tumultuous thoughts in his head, Alexeyev said to himself in his mind, “Mothers have mothers to think about, don’t think too much.”

The opening of the American Exposition was carefully prepared by Washington, and the fact that Nixon himself came to Moscow to preside over the opening is a proof of this in no more than obvious terms.

The items on display at the exposition naturally represented the advances of the American free market, but it would be a lie to say that the average American had seen them by now, and many of the products had not yet found their way into millions of homes.

This exhibition focuses on consumer goods and leisure goods, exhibits include high-fidelity audio equipment, movie theaters, household appliances and twenty-two cars, the products are carefully selected, the display is not so much freedom, rather than consumption.

The American Exposition opened in grand style under the auspices of Nixon, and the presence of British Foreign Secretary Macmillan underscored the unbreakable special relationship between Britain and the U.S. Friendly interactions with Nixon left the hosts somewhat shapeless.

The Soviet Union also attaches considerable importance to this exposition, the number one personage Khrushchev personally attended the exposition, and in the background behind him, there is a tall figure, and later a long time in control of the Soviet Union Brezhnev, the Soviet Union, there is also a woman in the team, is talking and laughing with Brezhnev, it seems that the relationship is quite good.

Nixon and Khrushchev had their first encounter during a visit to the model kitchen of the deal house. The conversation revolved around the housing issue, “Housing is a top priority, and for many people in capitalist countries, housing costs them a great deal of the fruits of their labor.”

Khrushchev spoke first, because before Nixon’s arrival in Moscow, Allen Wilson had disparaged the development of house-building in front of Foltseva, and Khrushchev, who knew about it, used it as a breakthrough to make a point.

Allen Wilson unconsciously took two steps back, pretending to be a bland presence in the midst of the crowd, only for the glances of some British diplomats to cause him to issue an order, lowering his voice, “Attention to what is important.”

“The housing problem is not a burden to the United States.” Nixon knew where the source was as soon as he heard it, and said, unperturbed, “Mr. Khrushchev, a house is not a luxury for the wealth of the American people, which can be quite different from what you think, and the wealth that the United States possesses nowadays is somehow a classless society in itself. And the model of housing you see is just what an average American could have in a suburban neighborhood, my words are definitely not an exaggeration.”

“The Soviet Union would have it as well, and the Soviets have it simply because they were born in the Soviet Union and don’t need any other additional factors.” Khrushchev tit for tat, “While Mr. Nixon claims that this is something that the average American can have, it doesn’t serve much of a practical purpose.”

“Mr. Khrushchev, let’s keep looking.” Nixon smiled slightly, he would need another exhibit area to corroborate this supposed practicality. It wasn’t long before the two came to an exhibit area called the Dream Kitchen.

In Nixon’s eyes, freedom was consumption, and the two were one and the same. Although at the opening ceremony, his speech was about what freedom is, but now the conversation with Khrushchev is all about what Americans can consume.

In the midst of the Dream Kitchen exhibit, which was running a sweeping robot, representing the advanced side of American society, it was then stated to Khrushchev, “It would replace what is called labor.”

“You’d think the Soviets would be stunned by this exhibit. But the fact is that all new Soviet homes will have this equipment. In the United States you have to have money to get this house, whereas with us you just have to be born a citizen of the Soviet Union. If an American citizen doesn’t have money, then he has the right only to sleep on the sidewalk. And you call us slaves!”

Khrushchev shook his head slightly and said, “Mr. Nixon, it’s amazing how much you push consumption.”

“Actually, I have a question.” At this time, Foltseva opened her mouth with a smile and inquired, “Vice President Nixon, your so-called sweeping robots, are they very common in the United States? Or is it limited to some upper class toys?”

Some American products are not universal, Foltseva has investigated everything, the source is absolutely reliable.