Nixon is very well-remembered in the former USSR.
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] "I like rightists"
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 3:06 PM
>
> On May 5, 2009, at 2:58 PM, SA wrote:
>
> > A propos Nixon in China....Here are some of the actual
> quotations. It doesn't say so here but the original source
> for this scene is Nixon's memoir, RN.
> >
> > SA
> >
> > ---
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/filmmore/description.html
> >
> > The Chinese surprised Nixon almost immediately. Taken
> to the government’s guest house to rest, Nixon was
> interrupted just as he was about to enter the shower:
> Chairman Mao wanted to meet the president. Mao and Nixon
> joked about their unlikely encounter, with Nixon telling the
> Chairman, "You’re quite aware of my sentiments with
> regards to Communism. I’m considered to be a rightist."
> Mao responded, "Oh, I like rightists." To which Nixon
> countered, "Sometimes those on the right can do things which
> those on the left can only talk about."
>
> I await commentary from Cde Cox on this passage.
>
> Doug
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