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June 10th, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at American University in Washington, D.C., in which he touched upon a number of important international issues.

The speech was published in the Soviet press.

The editors in chief of the newspapers, Pravda and Izvestia, asked the chairman of the council

of ministers of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev, to comment on this speech by U.S. President.

Below are published the responses of Nikita Khrushchev.

Question. In his speechchev. Question.

In his speech, U.S. President John F. Kennedy focused particularly on the issue of war and peace.

He stated that in our age, total war makes no sense and that peace need not be impossible and war need not be inevitable.

He also stated that both the United States and its allies in the Soviet Union and its allies

have a mutually profound interest in a just and genuine peace and in enduring the arms race.

How do you assess these statements by the U.S. President?

U.S. President John F. Kennedy's speech attracted attention both in the United States and in other

countries, including the Soviet Union.

This speech by the President touches upon the most important question of our time.

War and peace in a situation where nuclear weapons have acquired colossal destructive power,

and the stockpiles of these weapons are constantly growing. I think that the

Soviet people read the U.S. President's introduction with interest, since this speech represents a step

forward in the realistic assessment of the international situation and speaks of the need

to find ways to free humanity from the arms race and the threat of a global thermonuclear war.

The international community and all Soviet people are well aware that the Soviet government's foreign policy

has always been guided by the Leninist principle of peaceful coexistence between the states with different social systems.

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