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"Peace in Asia and peace in the world requires efforts both to reduce immediate tensions and to eliminate the basic causes of conflict. The United States will work for a just and secure peace: just, because it fulfills the aspirations of peoples and nations for freedom and progress; secure, because it removes the danger of foreign aggression." (Joint Communique, February 28, 1972).

As part of the Shanghai Communique, the United States and China pledged that it was in their interest to work towards normalization in their relations. They also agreed that neither will seek hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. This bit was important to China, since they shared a militarized border with the Soviet Union.

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How Nixon created Peaceful Relations with the Soviet Union and China

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How Nixon created Peaceful Relations with the Soviet Union and China

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When Nixon was elected President of the United States, he decided to focus more on foreign affairs than domestic affairs. Nixon wanted to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. Nixon was invited to speak with Soviet Premier, Leonid Brezhnev from Russia (Moscow, May 1972). Nixon signed an agreement with the Soviet Union to limit arms in both countries. This reduced the danger of nuclear warfare. Nixon also improved relations with China. Nixon started Kissinger to to secret meetings with China. Nixon eventually visited China in February 1972 which was widely televised. This was the real first step for China and the U.S to peace.  He and Brezhnev signed 7 agreements covering arms control. It was important to maintain peaceful relations with China for better trade relationships. The U.S and China still trade presently today. It was also important for the U.S to have peaceful relations with the Soviet Union so they wouldn't spread communism to any other countries. It also kept both countries from Nuclear War.

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Expanding Detente in International Affairs

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Expanding Detente in International Affairs

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Nixon attempted to increase the peace (detente) with the Soviet Union, and shoot down nuclear war, by meeting with many important figures from the Soviet Union. This was following Brezhnev's announcement for a Program for Peace.

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President Nixon Meets with Leonid Brezhnev 

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President Nixon Meets with Leonid Brezhnev 

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In this meeting, aimed at improving the relations between the US and the USSR, Brezhnev proposed a semi alliance between the US and the USSR against China. It was supposed to work to prevent nuclear war. Nixon made many changes, including the removal of the anti-Chinese implications.

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Nixon's Thoughts Regarding Peace with the Soviet Union

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Nixon's Thoughts Regarding Peace with the Soviet Union

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"It is essential that both nations, being the super powers that we are, continue to make progress toward limiting arms, toward avoiding confrontations which might explode into war...." (President Richard Nixon, Press Conference, February 25, 1974).

Key message: Nixon wants peace with the Soviet Union, especially after the Cold War. Nixon does not want the country in danger if the countries were to go to war. Nixon knew it was better to keep peace than to continue to push the Soviet Union away from communism.

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After improving relations with Mao Zedong, Nixon met with the Premier Chou En-lai. This meeting resulted in Nixon's decision to entirely reverse the United States' diplomatic relationship with Communist China.

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This Political Cartoon deals with the Detente which means the release of tensions between the U.S and the Soviet Union. This Political Cartoon shows the agreement between the U.S and Soviet Union to ease tensions. The Soviet hand is in chains because their government system did not give their people a lot of freedom because it wasn't a Democracy like the U.S.

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Nixon extended relations with China for the first time in 100 years in 1972. Here, Nixon negotiated the Shanghai Communique with Mao Zedong (a major communist figure in China).