In July 1971, Kissinger, did not miss an opportunity to engage in discussions with China. He was sent in secrecy for negotiations that would lead Nixon to lead the first official visit of an American president in PR China on 21 February 1972. The negotiations, hidden behind an aggressive public rhetoric toward the communist threat, were conducted while already, without realizing it to Nixon, Kissinger had already established contacts end of 1969.
Kissinger, shows his admiration for China's diplomatic practice. Chou Enlai, his main contact at the time, led him to say what were the US basic needs, explained those of the Chinese, and therefore we could start to write a text corresponding to the needs of both opponents. This technique was contrary …show more content…
The negotiation of the treaty was gradual and always in secret. The ultimate goal was to push the person in charge to act in a limited way and with maximum creativity to bring more stability and peace in the world.
These two diplomatic offensives, conducted in secret and in accordance with the ideas of the two leaders of the US foreign policy have showed the Kissinger diplomats qualities, a great practitioner of secret diplomacy via the back channels and especially his taste for direct meeting with his counterparts.
Following the method of realism as what foreign policy can not be based on feelings but on the sentiment of power, Kissinger policy will be based on diplomatic negotiations but while using "a mix of pressure and encouragement ". The diplomatic action, including negotiations with North Vietnam, were well supported by an assertion of American military …show more content…
While secretly negotiating in Paris, Kissinger therefore ordered several secret major operations , including the bombing of Cambodia, a neutral country but whose neutrality was violated by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops. The strategy was therefore to use both the force and diplomacy to always increase more military pressure on the ground and in the air, while offering compromises in negotiating: more strike force and more diplomatic maneuvers. Kissinger tried to link the ending of US bombing in Hanoi on the limitation of infiltration troops in the south and be more productive in the negotiations on the settlement of the
Kissinger, shows his admiration for China's diplomatic practice. Chou Enlai, his main contact at the time, led him to say what were the US basic needs, explained those of the Chinese, and therefore we could start to write a text corresponding to the needs of both opponents. This technique was contrary …show more content…
The negotiation of the treaty was gradual and always in secret. The ultimate goal was to push the person in charge to act in a limited way and with maximum creativity to bring more stability and peace in the world.
These two diplomatic offensives, conducted in secret and in accordance with the ideas of the two leaders of the US foreign policy have showed the Kissinger diplomats qualities, a great practitioner of secret diplomacy via the back channels and especially his taste for direct meeting with his counterparts.
Following the method of realism as what foreign policy can not be based on feelings but on the sentiment of power, Kissinger policy will be based on diplomatic negotiations but while using "a mix of pressure and encouragement ". The diplomatic action, including negotiations with North Vietnam, were well supported by an assertion of American military …show more content…
While secretly negotiating in Paris, Kissinger therefore ordered several secret major operations , including the bombing of Cambodia, a neutral country but whose neutrality was violated by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops. The strategy was therefore to use both the force and diplomacy to always increase more military pressure on the ground and in the air, while offering compromises in negotiating: more strike force and more diplomatic maneuvers. Kissinger tried to link the ending of US bombing in Hanoi on the limitation of infiltration troops in the south and be more productive in the negotiations on the settlement of the