Were Khrushchev’s warnings “prophetic”?

Question by tracy: Were Nikita Khrushchev’s warnings “prophetic”?
Were Nikita Khrushchev’s warnings “prophetic”?

November 1956

During a diplomatic reception at the Kremlin, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told Western diplomats:

“About the capitalist states, it doesn’t depend on you whether we (Soviet Union) exist. If you don’t like us, don’t accept our invitations, and don’t invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you.”

In 1959, while attending the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice-President Nixon, recalling Khrushchev’s prediction that our grandchildren will live under communism, stated:

“Let me say that we don’t object to his saying this will happen. We only object if he tries to bring it about… We prefer our system. But the very essence of our belief is that we do not and will not try to impose our system on anybody else. We believe that you and all other peoples on this earth should have the right to choose the kind of economic or political system which best fits your particular problems without any foreign intervention.”

Both Khrushchev’s and Nixon’s statements fueled the anti-Communist sentiment prevalent in the United States.

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Here it cites Nikita S. Khrushchev as saying: “I once said, “We will bury you,” and I got into trouble with it.

Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.”

It does not state when Khrushchev commented on his earlier comment.
But at least it confirms that he made it.
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Excerpts from a speech by Secretary of Agriculture under the Eisenhower Administration, Ezra Taft Benson:

“Your children will live under communism.” Khrushchev said.
“On the contrary,” Secretary Benson replied, “My grandchildren will live in freedom as I hope that all people will.”
Khrushchev then retorted: “You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright; but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; we’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.”

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Were Nikita Krushchev’s warnings “prophetic”?

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Answer by Boo
It appears to be. Yes

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