1. The 1969 Chinese and Soviet War
China dismissed Moscow's aggressive posture and Mao was reluctant to respond to peace negotiations. According to Thomas Robinson, author of The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute: Background, Development, and the March 1969 Clashes, CIA Director Richard Helms told the Associated Press in late summer of 1969 that "Moscow had been approaching foreign governments to inquire about their reactions to a potential Soviet preemptive strike (p. 1187). Mao Zedong deemed this information as being credible and believed that an attack was imminent, so he agreed to peace negotiations with Moscow. ... Nume...
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