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Foreign Policy
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Seen as Nixon’s _______________________ achievement
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Helped ease ____________________tensions, established ties with______________, and crafted
stronger relations with the _________________________
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_____________________________= Greatly aided Nixon’s foreign policy through his skillful diplomacy
Henry Kissinger
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Nixon relied heavily on Kissinger in dealing with _________________________
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Public Opinion
– Knew how to use media to his advantage
– 1973 – one of the most-admired Americans in the Gallup Poll
Relaxing Tensions
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Détente – _____________________________________________________
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Nixon was willing to conduct talks with ______________________________
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this was a complete reversal in direction of postwar American foreign policy
Kissinger realized Soviet Union and China became bitter enemies and this had the potential to reshape global
politics
China
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1949, China became Communist
– U.S. did not formally recognize the _____________________________________________
1. American and Chinese Ambassadors met in ______________, Poland
2. Nixon began referring to China by its official title (PR of C)
3. U.S. gov’t lifted restrictions on travel to China
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4. “________________________________________” – U.S. table
tennis team accepted a Chinese invitation to visit the mainland
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Nixon went to China in ________________________________
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Result: tensions eased between the U.S. and China!
Soviet Union
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Nixon met with Premier ______________________________ in the Soviet Union
– to figure out how to work together to __________________
– to ease longstanding trade limits
– to complete negotiations on a __________________________
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Arms control was a vital part of Nixon’s foreign policy
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U.S. and Soviet Union were making bigger and more powerful bombs
Shuttle Diplomacy
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Kissinger traveled between _______________________________ to arrange peace after the ArabIsraeli War in 1973
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1974 – Kissinger secured a ___________________________ agreement between Israel and Syria
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Nixon visited Middle East to show his support of the efforts to reduce tensions
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All Secretary of States since Kissinger have used ___________________________to further U.S. foreign
policy goals