...serious to be solved by the Sino-American ambassadorial talks, and that only talks at foreign minister level could relax and eliminate tension in the Taiwan...contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union in a strategic sense, and pursue a breakthrough in Sino-American relations. Thus, we must adopt...

...significance." As Marshall Chen Yi, one of the authors of the report, explained in an additional memorandum: "because of the strategic need for dealing with the...contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union in a strategic sense and pursue a breakthrough in Sino- American relations."17 Nixon's message...

...collaboration.83 Chen Yi, one of the four marshals, added a personal note to the final report. He wrote that "it is necessary for us to utilize the contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union in a strategic sense." He also called for "a breakthrough in Sino-American relations." Chen admitted...

...the one against the other.8' In some "further thoughts," Chen Yi spelled out what this could mean : "It is necessary for us to utilize the contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union in a strategic sense and to pursue a breakthrough in the Sino-American relations."88 He had some...