On October 21, 1975, it was late autumn in Beijing, the maple leaves of Xiangshan were red, and the eighty-two-year-old *** had just finished the Double Ninth Festival a week ago, and he still received guests from the United States despite his health.
In the study, then US Secretary of State Kissinger and *** were chatting heartily, and the elder Bush was also present as the director of the US Liaison Office in Beijing.
** looked at the young man and asked a question that caught him off guard: "This ambassador, why don't you usually come to see me?".”
Bush Sr. was very young at the time, and he was soft-spoken, and in the face of ***'s question, he said with sincere fear: "It will be a great honor, but I am afraid that you are too busy and may not have time." ”
** said: "I'm not busy, I don't care about domestic affairs, I only read international news, you must come to see me in the future." ”
At that time, the elder Bush thought that this was just a polite remark from the old man, but later realized that he was not joking when he said this.
At this time, the old man's health had deteriorated, and the elder Bush, as the director of a small liaison office, did not have the courage and identity to meet ***
In fact, at this meeting with Kissinger, he also made a joke that was not big or small, which seemed to be very meaningful.
When *** talked to Kissinger about Nixon, the old man did not very much agree that the "Watergate scandal" had to be at the expense of ***, and Kissinger was already Ford's secretary of state at this time, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.
The always humorous *** quickly diverted the topic, pointed to the young old Bush in front of everyone and said: "I think he can also become a ** in the future."
Everyone present laughed, and this seemingly indifferent joke was quickly drowned in the torrent of history.
When the time came to 1988, the 13-year-old Bush Sr. was added, and he defeated the Democratic opponent in the United States and became the 51st in the United States.
But *** had already passed away in 1976, and the elder Bush may have understood why the old man asked him to talk to him often at that time.
The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States is a major event in the history of New China, and it is also very important to the United States, so the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States can be called a major event in the history of world diplomacy.
However, restarting China-US relations is not a simple matter, and it involves many issues.
From the point of view of national interests, there is no problem with this judgment, he has always had a grasp of international relations beyond ordinary people, and in terms of identity, as the supreme commander who has defeated the United States, such a restart involving the ideological changes of the masses of the people is the most convincing only when he puts it forward.
However, at that time, some cities in our country did not have runways for Boeing 707 planes to take off and land, and Nixon was willing to visit China the next day, and he had to arrange it little by little.
From March 28 to April 7, 1971, the 31st World Table Tennis Championships were held in Nagoya, Japan, and China invited the American table tennis team to visit China.
After the ball turned, he approved the "Report of the Politburo on Sino-US Talks" and sent a "message" to Nixon welcoming the visit, and Nixon also had this intention to first let his think tank Kissinger visit China and hold preliminary secret talks to pave the way for his official visit to China.
In June of that year, the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages and Chinese urgently enrolled 800 new students in preparation for the translation work of Nixon's visit to China.
In July, while visiting Pakistan, Kissinger made a secret visit to Beijing, and the two sides achieved a dialogue in the true sense of the word.
White House minutes and published documents show that Nixon began to establish ties with Beijing on his first day in office, and on July 16, China and the United States issued simultaneous announcements announcing that Nixon would visit China sometime before May 1972.
Soon after, on October 25, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, restoring all the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.
On November 30, Xinhua News Agency issued an announcement announcing that Nixon's visit to China would begin on February 21, 1972.
In the second year, the Nixons took off from the United States on the "Air Force One" special plane, flew to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 9 a.m. Beijing time, and flew to Beijing after a short stop.
At 11:30 on the same day, Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon, Rogers and Kissinger finally arrived in Beijing, and when they were welcomed at the airport, Nixon met them in the afternoon of the same day, which shows that we attach great importance to the arrival of the United States this time.
During the conversation, Nixon said that "**'s writings moved the whole country and changed the world", while *** said wittily and humorously: "It has not changed the world, only a few places near Beijing."
The meeting between the two visionary statesmen now appears to have become the most important and unexpected diplomatic art of the 20th century.
On February 27, the Sino-US joint communiqué was finally finalized, and the communiqué was published in Shanghai on the 28th, officially breaking the ice in Sino-US relations. ”
Indeed, China-US relations have broken the ice and opened up the world pattern and made an undeniable contribution to world peace.
During the week-long visit, Nixon and his crew had in-depth exchanges in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, China, and the week changed the world.
It should be noted that at this time, we had only initially established diplomatic relations with the United States, and the full establishment of diplomatic relations would not be until 1979, so the issuance of the joint communiqué this time was another major strategy made by the older generation that would affect China's future direction.
The President has seen at least 50 years more than we do
Revolutionaries of the older generation once lamented that they had seen 50 years earlier than us, and this spoke to the hearts of many people.
Because he always looks at problems from the essence, long-term planning and layout, and sets a precedent for a generation, which requires superb wisdom and courage, in the ever-changing international situation, the proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation have the same vision and ability as Su Qin and Zhang Yi.
It's a pity that Nixon was taken over by his deputy Ford because of the Watergate scandal, but *** did not seem optimistic about Ford's succession, on December 2, 1975, when Ford visited China, he proposed to *** parallel development, when seeking the possibility of peace, ** pointed out to him in a humorous tone that we have no capital, we can only release empty cannons.
Apparently Ford ** did not understand ***'s words, after which *** continued to joke, saying that Kissinger interfered in my "internal affairs" and did not let me go to God.
This joke is at the beginning of the story, Bush Sr. and Kissinger happened in the *** study, when ***'s legs were no longer able to walk, he said that he received an invitation, not far from seeing God, and may be invited, at that time Kissinger said not to accept the invitation, China and the world need you.
As Nixon's deputy **, taking over after Nixon was forced to resign, he was obviously a bit of a "lucky" element, for such an important period, Ford seemed to be swaying from side to side, he wanted to please both sides, and neither side was offended.
Before Ford's visit to China, that is, in August of that year, Nixon had already sent an invitation to visit China again, at this time Nixon had resigned, to put it bluntly, he was a civilian, Nixon very much wanted to continue to complete his most important mission, but Kissinger suggested that if the former ** visited China before the current **, it would embarrass the new **.
After Nixon thought about it, he decided to wait for Ford's visit to China before leaving, obviously *** was quite satisfied with Nixon, it should be out of the sense of smell of politicians, let them appreciate each other, after all, not every United States ** has the courage to establish diplomatic relations with us at that time, which may also be Nixon's excellence.
Nixon's second visit to China was scheduled on February 21, 1976, four years after his last visit to China, and this time the reception specifications were exactly the same as the last time, and he was arranged at the No. 18 State Guesthouse, still holding a state banquet for him.
Although he is no longer **, we still have the same respect for this old Chinese friend.
After the state dinner, Nixon expressed his opinion on his visit to China, in which he felt that the treaty of four years ago was not the result of peace, that this paper document was only the beginning, and that it was far from enough, and that anyone who thought that it was enough to ensure world peace would be obviously naïve.
Such an evaluation obviously points to the attitude of Ford, as a seasoned politician, he has a common understanding with ***, especially Nixon knows China's "peace" very well.
Nixon once said that China's view of peace is not something that comes from prayer and charity, and that China's leaders, as revolutionaries, need a knowledgeable adversary and collaborator, that is, they need to truly achieve mutual trust, mutual assistance and mutual respect, rather than a child's diplomatic relationship.
Nixon's views are very much in line with Chinese culture's "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and he also knows that the character of Chinese is "friends from afar", friends can be made, but deception must not be used to obtain so-called friends.
During Nixon's visit to China, he had a long talk with Nixon, you must know that at this time, he could no longer speak, and could only express his thoughts by writing, Nixon wrote down his admiration and admiration for this great man in his memoirs with affectionate words, and the two finally took a group photo, which was also the last time Nixon saw him.
Half a year later, ** died, and two months later, the United States**, Ford failed the election, Carter ** came to power, he took over Nixon's efforts, continued to deepen Sino-US relations, and formally established comprehensive diplomatic relations with China in December 1978.
After Carter and Reagan, Bush Sr. took office in the 51st United States in 1989, during which he had very close relations with China and won the title of "old friend of the Chinese people."
Therefore, we have to say that ** has indeed seen many more years than us, and the sentence that said to Bush Sr. "I think you can become ** in the future, and you will come to see me more in the future" is indeed an accurate prediction made by a wise man to his juniors.
In the end, we have to admire, ** The accuracy of looking at people and things is very within the reach of people.
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