The "Kitchen" Debate

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Description

This news report covers the debate between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. It was called the Kitchen Debate because the two men talked, through interpreters, inside a model American kitchen inside a model house at the American National Exhibition that was being held in Moscow.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 48887

Full Citation: Motion Picture 306.2520; Nixon ‘Kitchen’ Debate: Nixon-Khrushchev Moscow Debate; 7/24/1959; Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities , 1982 – 1999; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/kitchen-debate/, January 20, 2026]

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