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1970年10月1日，毛泽东邀请美国作家埃德加-斯诺登上天安门城楼参加国庆典礼。同年12月18日，毛泽东会见斯诺时表示：“如果尼克松愿意来，我愿意和他谈”。
On October 1，1970，Chairman Mao Zedong invited American writer Edgar Snow to the National Day celebration on the Tian'anmen rostrum，sending a signal to the United States that China was willing to improve her relations with the Uni ted States.On December 18，Mao Zedong asked Snow to pass the message to Washington that Nixon would be welcome to Beijing for talks.In July and October，1971，Dr.Henry Kissinger，the national security assistant of the United States，twice visited China in secret to pave the way for the visit by President Richard Nixon.
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