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Khrushchev would concern
himself with the real interests
of the people of the Soviet
Union. that they have a high
er standard Of living, to protect
his own security, there is no
real reason why the United
States and the Soviet Union,
separated by so many thous-
ands Of miles of land and
water, both rich countries, both
with very energetic people.
should not be able to live In
peace.
But it is this constant de-
termination which the Chinese
show in the most militant
form, and which the Soviets
also have shown. that they
will not settle for that kind
of a peaceful world, but must
settle for a Communist world.
That is what makes the real
danger; the combination Of
these two systems in conflict
around the world in a nuclear
age is what makes the SOS so
dangerous.
Out Of Contact
Looking back on Cuba, what
is of concern is the fact that
both governments were so far
out of contact, really. don't
think that we expected that
he would put the missiles In
Cuba. because ite&ould have
seemed such an imprudent
action for him to take, as 1t
was later proved. Now, he OBJ
viously must have thought
that he could do it In secret
and that the United States
would accept it. So that he
did not judge our intentions
accurately.
Well. now, II you look at
~" history of this century,
where World War I really came
through a series of misjudg-
ments Of the intentions of
l. RS, certainly World War II,
where Hitler thought that he
could seize Poland, that the
British might not fight, and
If thew fought, after the defeat
Of Poland they might not con-
'"e 10 fight! Korea. where
obviously the North Koreans
did not think we were going to
come in; and Korea, when we
did not think the Chinese were
going to come in; when you
look at all those misjudgments
which brought on war, and
then you see the Soviet Union
and the United States so far
separated in their beliefs, we
believing In a world Of In
dependent sovereign and Diff
ferent diverse nations, they
believing in a monolithic Com
munist world, and you put the
nuclear equation into that
struggle. that is what makes
this, as I said before, such a
dangerous time. and that we
must proceed with firmness
and also with the best in
formation we can get, and also
with care. There is nothing
one mistake can make this
whole thing blow up.
I don't think 1t is our duty
to protect Mr.. Khrushchev.
This argument that his sue
cessor would be worse, / don't
know what his successor will
be like. What ! think is our
duty Is 10 try TO protect our
vital interests, protect the Sc
curity OF the free world, and
have Mr.. Khrushchev under
stand our intentions clearly
enough so that he can proceed
about his business In a way
which does not threaten our
security, and does not bring a
war.
We don't want 10 have 10
protect our security by means
OF war. But Mr.. Khrushchey
has 10 understand that there
are vital interests In the
United States for which we will
fight, and II he will come, he
and the Communists and the
Soviet Union will come TO de-
vote their energies 10 demon
strating how their system
works In the Soviet Union. II
seems TO me his vital interests
are easily protected with the
power that he has, and we
could have a long period OF
peace.
Then We could make a judg-
ment which system does do the
Job. We believe ours does. He
has argued that his does, In
ternally. But instead. by these
constant desires TO change the
balance Of power In the world,
that is what, IL seems 10 me,
introduces the dangerous ele-
ment.
Now, l do think in fairness,
II you read his speech this
week. you can see that we
would be far worse off-the
world would be If the Chinese
dominated the Communist
movement, because they believe