11-03-2008, 05:33 PM
He never said that. Benson never heard it. It is a favorite story of the John Birch Society, and like most stories of the John Birch Society, it is utterly and completely false. Suggest you check here, page 59:
http://books.google.com/books?id=NCOEYJ0q-DUC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Benson+Khrushchev&source=web&ots=hAMyVBwYCG&sig=_BOdCsmcoe0U4DLEBz3aB9PZKMM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA59,M1
Edit: by the way, it is spelled "Khrushchev."
http://books.google.com/books?id=NCOEYJ0q-DUC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Benson+Khrushchev&source=web&ots=hAMyVBwYCG&sig=_BOdCsmcoe0U4DLEBz3aB9PZKMM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA59,M1
Edit: by the way, it is spelled "Khrushchev."