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Richard Nixon was alone in his hotel room in Beijing, uncertain and on edge.
He had traveled halfway around the world, and he still didn’t know if he would meet China's leader, Mao Zedong.
He had traveled halfway around the world, and he still didn’t know if he would meet China's leader, Mao Zedong.
Grip and grin: When Nixon met Mao
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China
American History
Beijing
World History
Communism
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Nixon's presidency and timing of circumstances were right for the meeting. Nixon's background as an anti-Communist showed that he would engage in talks without being seen as weak or sympathetic. Sino-Soviet split was ongoing and US wanted to exploit it for further isolation of USSR from international community.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The main purpose of the trip was for China and the United States to become friends, for each man to judge the other. Nixon needed Mao's stamp of approval.
He was sitting in his room, alone and undressed, about to take a shower after the long journey.
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“I had actually taken off my clothes, and was sitting in my shorts, prior to taking a shower,” Nixon would later tell his former aide Frank Gannon in an interview, “when Henry [Kissinger] came in, again rather breathless, and said, ‘Mao wants to see you right away!’ ”
President Nixon dressed and was whisked away, accompanied by only two aides, including Kissinger – and no Secret Service agents.
This dumbfounded the rest of his team. Bob Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff, wrote in his diary, “You wonder what's going on when you have the Red Army surrounding the president.”...
..."The main purpose of the trip was for China and the United States to become friends, for each man to judge the other. Nixon needed Mao's stamp of approval.
He was sitting in his room, alone and undressed, about to take a shower after the long journey.
WBUR is a nonprofit news organization. Our coverage relies on your financial support. If you value articles like the one you're reading right now, give today.
“I had actually taken off my clothes, and was sitting in my shorts, prior to taking a shower,” Nixon would later tell his former aide Frank Gannon in an interview, “when Henry [Kissinger] came in, again rather breathless, and said, ‘Mao wants to see you right away!’ ”
President Nixon dressed and was whisked away, accompanied by only two aides, including Kissinger – and no Secret Service agents.
This dumbfounded the rest of his team. Bob Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff, wrote in his diary, “You wonder what's going on when you have the Red Army surrounding the president.”...
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From Nixon first meeting now to now the united front influence in Congress to make rules that favor China and to stop us from competing abroad. The green New Deal also goes to China because we don't have the capacity to make this stuff and it's going to hurt our economy if we're brainwash to get away from fossil fuels. It all started with Nixon meeting Chairman Mao back in the early 70s.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states
https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states
The Threat Posed by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party to the Economic and...
FBI Director Christopher Wray’s remarks at the Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C.
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