Diplomacy, beginning with artifacts from the cold war. We are in the thick of the cold war now. And1950s, the late 1950s, there was some not so much thawing, but conversations happening. To exchange culture and to understand each other better between the United States and the soviet union. And so in 1959, there was this big exchange of National Exhibitions. So the soviets sent their National Exhibition to new york city. That was in 1959. Here is the exhibition booklet. As you can see on the cover they , featured sputnik. Their grandest achievement. So their exhibition covered sputnik and soviet industry, agriculture and cultural arts. Foretelling americas role, president eisenhower flew to washington for a preview tour in a lastminute decision. As for Vice President nixon, he and the russian delegation toured the elaborate show. The show is a counterpart of an american exhibition to be opened in moscow next month by mr. Nixon. In an elaborate cultural exchange, fullscale models of our