motives for rapprochement
- Created by: Jay Wynter
- Created on: 30-05-13 12:54
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- motives for rapprochement
- US MOTIVES
- nixn hoped chinese could put pressure on vietcong to negotiate peace settlement
- nixon wanted to exploit sino-soviet split
- nixon wanted to stop sov invasion of china because he didnt want china to become a russian satellite
- nixon hoped friendship with USSR would allow US to focus its entire nuclear arsenal on USSR
- CHINESE MOTIVES
- Mao was worried about a pre-emptive soviet strike
- china only had 3 real allies
- US MOTIVES
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