THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents Nixon’s China Game, the story of an operation so secret that it managed to elude the international press, the members of Nixon’s cabinet, and even the US State Department. The documentary features never-before-seen footage of Kissinger’s secret mission to China, newly released transcripts of the negotiations, private diaries, Nixon’s own handwritten notes, and interviews with American and Chinese officials -- including those who were in on the covert plan, and those who were kept in the dark.

David Ogden Stiers

Narrator (audio)

• Michael SimkinDirector
• Bill LattanziWriter

Release date

January 31, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

56m

Genres

Documentary, History

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