The Nixon Foundation has produced a new documentary short about President Nixon’s vision for peace, and strategy to win the Cold War, featuring former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Winston Lord (1985-1989).

In addition to being America’s representative in Beijing at the end of the Cold War, Lord served as State Department Director of Policy Planning (1973-1977), President of the Council on Foreign Relations (1977-1985), and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1993-1997).

In the Nixon administration, Lord was the principal assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. In this position, Lord was involved in every major diplomatic initiative that took place during the Nixon years.

The documentary film highlights the following historic events:

- Secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese in Paris to end the Vietnam War.

- Rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China.

- Strategic Arms Limitations Talks and Détente with the Soviet Union.

- The October 1973 Middle East War, and Shuttle Diplomacy between Israel and Egypt.

“Although I have great admiration for the leaders I served, none have thought so strategically about foreign policy as President Richard Nixon,” Lord argues in the film.

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