US-China Relations 1969-1972 (Part 6)
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In Part 6 of this CHP 10-Year Anniversary Series, Kissinger is deftly trying to get Zhou Enlai to back off on few points. Because the communique could not be finalized General Al Haig was sent back in January to nail down final details for the visit of Nixon in February 1972. And then the moment happens. Nixon lands in Beijing and has that magic moment with Zhou Enlai at the steps of Air Force One.
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| 0:59.8 | Welcome back again everyone. Lauslah Montgomery with Part Six in our special 10-year anniversary |
| 1:05.2 | programma especial covering the visit to China in 1972 of Richard M Nixon and the historic |
| 1:12.2 | meetings he had with Mao Zed Dung and Joanne Lai. |
| 1:16.6 | We left off last time with Joe and Kissinger putting on their miner's hat and digging deep |
| 1:21.5 | into the minutia of the wording of the final |
| 1:24.4 | communique that would be signed in February 1972 at the conclusion of the |
| 1:29.3 | U.S. presidential visit. On the final day of Kissinger's October trip, the two sides were still performing microsurgery |
| 1:37.0 | on the matter of the joint communique. |
| 1:40.2 | During the past several days since Kissinger had arrived, the U.S. and Chinese side had enjoyed |
| 1:45.4 | little in the way of sleep. |
| 1:47.2 | Both Kissinger, Joe, and their respective aides had pulled one all-nighter after another. Still at an impasse. |
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