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OPERATION MARCO POLO: Kissinger & China, 1971
On top of container ships in Halifax with an indirect tie to Eric Schmidt and CM social media, guess we now have to add Kissinger (Nixon era) secret mission to China…
TL;DR
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Soviet Union deemed a threat by both China and US, but latter two didn't have relations (Korean War, etc.)
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the enduring image of Sino-American relations during this era was American Secretary of StateJohn Foster Dullesrejecting Chinese Premier Zhōu Ēnlái 周恩来’s outstretched hand at a 1954 peace conference in Geneva.
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More than 100 secret meetings had taken place between the two sides by the time the U.S. table tennis team went to China (April 1971)
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breakthrough came in an April 1971 message from Zhou Enlai, which read in part, “The Chinese government reaffirms its willingness to receive publicly in Peking a special envoy of the U.S. (for instance, Mr Kissinger).”
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Arrangements for Kissinger’s visit were completely secret. Even the American State Department was cut out of the loop.Pakistanwas the medium.
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The first part of the scheme was distraction. Kissinger left July 1 on a fact-finding tour of Asia. A week of travel, including stops in Guam, Saigon, Bangkok, and New Delhi, preceded Kissinger’s arrival in Islamabad.
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Pakistani President Yahya Khan had taken the lead in facilitating the connection between the Americans and Chinese, and he enabled“Operation Marco Polo”to be put into motion
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Kissinger fakes being unwell and is flown to China for secret visit / talks. (Pakistani Airlines 707)
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Over the course of 48 hours, the two sides discussed the Soviet Union and the war in Vietnam, but most crucially for Nixon’s planned visit to go forward, the American side affirmed that it “supported neither two Chinas, nor one China — one Taiwan, nor an independent Taiwan.”
Sauce: https://supchina.com/2020/07/09/kissingers-secret-trip-in-1971-that-paved-the-way-for-u-s-china-relations/
moar MARCO POLO: https://qresear.ch/?q=marco+polo