China Calls : Paving the Way for Nixon's Historic Journey to China
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Madison Books, 2012
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781568332666 MWT15822282, 1568332661 15822282
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In 1971 the United States had no diplomatic relations or established route of communications with China. Despite that, in a stunning act of diplomacy, President Richard Nixon announced that he would travel to China to meet with its leaders. Ron Walker, director of the White House Advance Office, was chosen to make it all happen. This is the story of Walker and his team. "China Calls" is based on the actual transcripts of telephone calls between the advance team in Peking and the White House in Washington. Much is known about Nixon's actual visit, but the story of how it all came together has never been told until China Calls
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