I Was Fourteen When Kissinger Made His Secret Trip To China, And Then There Was Subsequently Nixon's Trip To China, And I Was Very Much Seized With An Interest In China. - SearchQuotes

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I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very much seized with an interest in China.

John Pomfret

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