Pictured: Mao Tse-Tung, President Richard M. Nixon. Subject: Trip to China.
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Pictured: Mao Tse-Tung, President Richard M. Nixon. Subject: Trip to China.
This primary source comes from the Collection RN-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 194759
Full Citation: President Nixon meets with China’s Communist Party Leader, Mao Tse-Tung; 2/29/1972; Collection RN-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration),. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/nixon-mao/, April 4, 2026]
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