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Richard Nixon: It is a tragedy of this century that for 20 years a great wall of hostility has separated the 800 million people of the…

On the recordJanuary 11, 1973
It is a tragedy of this century that for 20 years a great wall of hostility has separated the 800 million people of the People's Republic of China and the 200 million people of the United States of America.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Reception Honoring Members of the Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe of the People's Republic of China.

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