ROMANIA AND THE MEDIATION OF THE AMERICAN-CHINESE RAPPROCHEMENT. 1967-1971
ROMANIA AND THE MEDIATION OF THE AMERICAN-CHINESE RAPPROCHEMENT. 1967-1971

Summary/Abstract: One of the most daring and surprising foreign policy demarches that Romania made in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, when the Western democracies, in particular the U.S., were talking about Romania's independence from Moscow, was to accept and assume the role of mediator in the restoration of relations between the People's Republic of China and the U.S. Actions taken by the Romanian top officials, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, were numerous, vigorous and sincerely pursued the rapid resumption of Sino- American relations. President Nixon's request in August 1969 for Romania to take part in his so-termed triangular diplomacy flattered the Romanian leaders but also made them responsible for the way they would act. In this way, Romania was part of one of the most important events in the history of the Cold War, confirming that it had a special statute among the other socialist states in relations with the U.S.

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