MEMOIRS SHED LIGHT ON NIXON'S BEIJING VISIT
By Cai Hong | China Daily | Updated: 2019-08-12 07:11
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At 7:30 pm on July 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon spoke to the nation from a television studio in Burbank, California.
"I have requested this time tonight to announce a major development in our efforts to build a lasting peace in the world," he began, before reading an announcement that was also being made in Beijing.
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