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Coverage Of The Nixon Library’s Dinner For America’s Vietnam POWs
Through this weekend, C-SPAN will periodically be broadcasting President Nixon's toast to the American POWs of the Vietnam War, at the dinner held on May 24, 1973 to celebrate their return home - to this day, the largest dinner of any kind at the White House. The...
In China With Christopher Nixon Cox
Yesterday saw the conclusion of the ten-day visit of President Nixon's grandson Christopher Nixon Cox, heading a party of forty visitors, to the People's Republic of China. The group, traveling under the auspices of the Richard Nixon Foundation, included former...
Creating the Shanghai Communiqué
President Nixon and Dr. Kissinger with Premier Chou En-lai meeting on the Shanghai Communiqué. The Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, more commonly referred to as the Shanghai Communiqué, is one of the most important...
Cold War Game Change
President Nixon's China game brought Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev to the negotiating table in May 1972. Since the rise of the Iron Curtain after World War II, the US-Soviet relationship was based on a balance of power. That is, both sides tried to ensure the other...
A Consequential Toast
President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai toast at the Great Hall of the People. In his toast at the Welcome Banquet on February 21st, 1972 in the Great Hall of the People, President Nixon laid out the potential that trip held for the future of the US-Chinese...
An Important Handshake
Premier Chou receives President Nixon's extended hand upon his arrival in Peking Walking down the steps from the “Spirit of ‘76” after landing on the small tarmac of the Peking Airport, President Nixon made it a point to extend his hand toward Premier Chou En-lai....
The South Lawn Departure
The President and First Lady waiving goodbye from the South Lawn News crews filmed the small crowd, including Republican and Democratic Congressmen, the Vice President and Mrs. Agnew, and the President’s two daughters, Tricia and Julie, which had all gathered around a...
Dinner with Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux, French Minister of Information and Culture After accepting the invitation to visit China, President Nixon began to prepare himself for exchanges with the Chinese leadership. One of the most important, and most difficult, aspects of the preparation was...
When Presidents Gather (And Are Alone)
On Thursday, the George W. Bush Presidential Center was dedicated on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The Center includes the forty-third President's Library and Museum as well as the George W. Bush Policy Institute and the offices of the George...
The Announcement
The July 26, 1971 cover of Time Magazine featuring RN and Dr. Kissinger. To a very keen observer, President Nixon’s acceptance of Premier Chou En-Lai’s invitation to China would not have had as great a shock as it did to the rest of the nation. President Nixon, in...