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From today's email for anyone remotely interested

National Security Archive Update, June 12, 2001

*The Sino-Soviet Border Conflict, 1969: U.S. Reactions and Diplomatic
Maneuvers*

During the summer of 1969, some U.S. government officials wondered whether the
ongoing Sino-Soviet border clashes would escalate; some even speculated that
the Soviet Union might launch attacks on Chinese nuclear weapons facilities.
An Electronic Briefing Book of recently declassified U.S. government documents
captures some of those apprehensions, as well as those of the Chinese and the
Russians, by publishing some of the most significant sources cited in an
article in the current issue of _Cold War History_: "Sino-American Relations,
1969: Sino-Soviet Border Conflict and Steps Toward Rapprochement," by William
Burr, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive.

The documents highlight Washington's perceptions of the border tensions that
escalated during March 1969 and the internal U.S. government discussions of
the possibility of a wider Sino-Soviet war. They also elucidate the Soviet
Union's use of military threats to coerce Beijing into entering diplomatic
negotiations over the disputed borders. Information acquired by the CIA and
other agencies suggested that the Chinese were worried and interested in a new
relationship with Washington. Archival documents also illustrate secret White
House initiatives to turn a page in Sino-American relations by opening secret
communications channels through Pakistan.

The documents are available at the following URL:
http://www.nsarchive.org/NSAEBB/NSAEBB49

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Ignorance is like a gun in hand. Reach out to the promised land. Your history books are full of lies. Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes. You’re 18 you wanna be a man. Your grandaddy’s in the ku klux klan. Taking two steps forward and four steps back. I wanna go to the White House and paint it black.

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you must have _really_ boring email.

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who did you piss off ?

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Very funny

I find this stuff intresting. Its keeps me busy. Besides I am doing Cold War studes, so the NS Archive along with Russian equivalent is intersting too me.

I like getting sent new stuff that is declassified. It makes me feel all warm inside having information that very few people have seen.

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Ignorance is like a gun in hand. Reach out to the promised land. Your history books are full of lies. Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes. You’re 18 you wanna be a man. Your grandaddy’s in the ku klux klan. Taking two steps forward and four steps back. I wanna go to the White House and paint it black.

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i was right when i called you a political fanatic. i dont no anyone else who would willingly research the cold war.

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Originally posted by prozacjones:
i was right when i called you a political fanatic.

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