CHP Ten-Year Anniversary Series | U.S.-China Relations: 1969-1972 (Part 5)
The drama continues in this Part 5 episode….Kissinger is briefing Nixon on his secret visit in July 1971. Not everything was nailed down in this one single visit. It would take another trip in October to almost but not quite get all the negotiations and preparations taken care of.
Nixon announced this breakthrough to the American people in prime time. The secret was out. The problem of how to handle Taiwan was still not settled and a lot remained to be discussed. Lots of action going on…including an attempted coup by Lin Biao.
In this episode, we finish off the 1972 visit of Richard Nixon to the PRC. The series finale looks at the exciting meeting between the two leaders, Nixon and Mao, and relive “the week that changed the world.”