Nixon Visits Communist Nations (12 mar 1972 ano – 12 mar 1974 ano)

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1972: visits the USSR (was the first president to visit the USSR since FDR visited for the Yalta conference)

SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks --> mutual reduction in arms


1974: Nixon visits China
- first president to ever visit China because China is locked down, isolated, and no information ever got out about it
- Nixon had the prestige to go to China and not be criticized about Communism
- "only Nixon could do it" saying

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