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Episode 79: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 9) Welcome Home from China
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In this episode we witness President Richard Nixon's triumphant return to the United States. But it was not without real worry about how the trip and the Shanghai Communique would be received by millions of Americans who had spent a lifetime fearing the Chinese. It went better than Nixon could have imagined and though Watergate would derail the effort for a while by 1979, the Administration of Jimmy Carter would finally normalize relations with China.
Here we listen to President Nixon's arrival ceremony in Washington D.C. and hear speeches from Vice President Spiro T. Agnew…
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