7/9 July 9 – 1971: After dropping from public view in Pak. with a fictional illness, Henry Kissinger arrives in Beijing for talks with Zhou & Mao. After the secret trip, the PRC & USA announce Nixon’s visit in 1972, forcing the USSR to make concessions in superpower relations. #OTD
June 4 –1965: Zhou Enlai arrives in Tanzania where he calls for anti-American revolutions in Africa. His radical rhetoric, fanned by the coming Cultural Revolution, alienates many African states, and eventually leads to the collapse of the Bandung Movement. #OTD