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Buddies, or the Hole in the Summit

A one-act satirical playlet in the Village Voice — an imagined conversation between President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev.

“Buddies, or the Hole in the Summit: An Apocryphal and Interrupted Transcript.” The Village Voice, 16 September 1959, 1, 4–5.

A one-act play staging a conversation between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Rpt: Advertisements for Myself (59.13, without the subtitle and with a slightly different accompanying note).

First published: 1959-09-16
Form: play
Lennon & Lennon: 59.9
Cite as: /works/1959-09-16-buddies-or-the-hole-in-the-summit
Last updated: 2026-05-23