Peking’s Other Face

There is no question that Henry Kissinger’s ingeniously contrived secret visit to Peking caught everyone by surprise. Actually Kissinger’s trip was merely to firm up final agreements and arrangements. Nicolae Ceausescu, Secretary General of the Rumanian Communist Party, who recently returned from Peking, Hanoi and Moscow, apparently acted as middleman in the delicate diplomatic negotiations.

How Kissinger made his two-day visit to Peking is now known.