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Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 to Lewis L. Strauss and Alice H. Strauss

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.27 Author/Creator: Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 Place Written: Peking, China Type: Autograph note signed Date: February 25, 1972 Pagination: 1 postcard Height: 10 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Pat Nixon sends a postcard picturing the Monument to the People's Heroes with greetings from Peking, China. Written during the Richard Nixon-Zhou Enlai talks on the first ever presidential visit to China. Also signed "RN" by Richard Nixon.

Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Strauss, Lewis L., 1896-1974
Strauss, Alice Hanauer, 1903-2004

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