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I think more important than this is to remember that Mao was a Yale stooge. He was essentially asian skull and bones.
GHWB was skull and bones.
Remember this is much bigger than you think. "The start of us secrets" was not the start. These wheels have been turning for hundreds of years, maybe thousands. I suspect the plan wasn't "us vs china" but rather "power 1 vs rising power 2" likely very similar to how Rome was defeated.