Kissinger Video Interview
1. How did you first hear, from the President, of the idea of a China opening?
Henry Kissinger: I had read it in an article he had written for Foreign Affairs, and Nixon talked about a China opening in general terms in the first few weeks of the administration because he thought he could use it to bring pressure on the Soviet Union to help us in Vietnam. But it was not a very precisely formed concept other than that he would like to do it. But we had no idea how to do it and what opportunities might present themselves.
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