15. Editorial Note
Vice President Richard M. Nixon visited the Soviet Union July 23–August 2 and took part in the opening of the U.S. exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 25. The visit resulted from the invitation extended to the Vice President by Georgi Zhukov during their conversation in Washington on December 5, 1958 (see Document 7). Documentation on the Nixon visit to Moscow is in Part 1, Documents 92–107.
On his return to the United States, Nixon visited Poland, August 2–5; see Documents 73–79.