SUMMARY: This offering is a letter
from Richard Nixon about his China initiative. Price:$3950.00
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Richrd M.
Nixon (1913-1994).Nixon candidly discusses US policy on
China, recollecting the important influence of German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer in the establishment of US-Chinese relations
in 1972. Typed Letter Signed. One page, large octavo, d. April
28th, 1983, on "Richard Nixon" personal letterhead
stationary, New York City. Reads in part:
"You are correct in
observing that Chancellor Adenauer played an important role in
my consideration of U.S. policy toward Peking. It is interesting
to note that I confirmed my recollection when I reviewed some
handwritten notes I made after a talk with Former President Hoover
in 1954. I had raised the issue with him and he disagreed with
Adenauer's recommendation. With warm regards, Sincerely, Richard
Nixon".
Nixon's most important achievements
as president were in the arena of foreign policy, particularly
détente —his grand strategy designed to promote a
"triangular" balance of power among the United States,
Soviet Russia, and the People's Republic of China, and thus contain
the expansion of Communism. The key to its success was the opening
of Chinese relations with the United States. As early as 1954,
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had recognized the growing
friction in Russo-Chinese relations while ideological preconceptions
clouded American foreign policy. Adenauer perceived opportunities
and strategic advantages from a Sino-Soviet split. Nixon, too,
correctly reasoned that China had more to fear from the Russians,
who had amassed 40 divisions along its border in the summer of
1969, than the United States. It was in China's self-interest
to cooperate with the United States. Nixon sent Henry Kissinger
on a secret mission to China in July 1971, which led to the dramatic
and unprecedented visit by Nixon in February of 1972 and the
signing of the Shanghai Communiqué. The opening of China
was Nixon's keystone in his "structure of peace." It
brought the Russians and the Chinese closer to the United States
than each other, and led to a series of diplomatic breakthroughs,
including the end of the Vietnam War, the lessening of Soviet
influence in the Middle East, and the SALT treaty. A fine letter
of historical associations with one of the great diplomatic achievements
of the twentieth century.
The letter will come with a letter
of authenticity as to its origin,
history and authenticity.
Price: $3950.00
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