John Kennedy actually said...

If I were Mr. Khrushchev, however, and had spent some time in the West, I would take a somewhat different view of the tide of history.

It is, of course, our hope that the talks now proceeding at Evian will be successful.

I am hopeful that all members of the NATO Alliance will fulfill the goals to which they are committed.

In answer to the first part of the question, the answer was we have discussed these matters.