The Soviet Union was on the brink of launching a nuclear attack against China in 1969 and only backed down after the US told Moscow such a move would start World War Three, according to a Chinese historian.
Diogenes wrote:USSR planned nuclear attack on China in 1969
And Nixon saved them.
The Soviet Union was on the brink of launching a nuclear attack against China in 1969 and only backed down after the US told Moscow such a move would start World War Three, according to a Chinese historian.
I read about this in a Jerry Pournelle piece a long time ago. China owes the US more than they could ever pay for this. If I were China I would do everything I could to have a Nixon or Reagan in office and everthing i could to keep a Carter or Obama out.
