Richard Nixon actually said...

As long as we continue to recognize Taiwan, which we do, as long as we continue to have our defense treaty with Taiwan, which we will, the People's Republic will not have diplomatic relations in the conventional sense with that country.

Context

A Conversation With the President, Interview With Dan Rather of the Columbia Broadcasting System

01/01/1972

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