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President Richard Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai

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This primary source comes from the Collection RN-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration).

National Archives Identifier: 194409

Full Citation: NLRN-WHPO-C8487-24A; Photograph of President Richard Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai; 2/21/1972; Nixon White House Photographs, January 20, 1969–August 9, 1974; Collection RN-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration),; Richard Nixon Library Yorba Linda, CA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/nixon-chou-enlai/, April 30, 2026]

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