feb 21, 1972 - 'Nixon goes to China'

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"Nixon came to China in February 1972, and immediately established a meeting of minds... with Mao." (Gaddis 2006, p. 151)

It – Nixon and Mao – was a remarkable moment – what would Moscow make of it? Nixon and Mao had certainly intended to unsettle the Russians. They had little sense, however, of just how unsettled the Kremlin leadership already was." Gaddis 2006, p. 153)

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