During the 1970s, Kissinger along with President Nixon sought to improve relations with two of the United States' communist opponents, China and the Soviet Union. “In 1971 Kissinger made two secret trips to the People's Republic of China” (“Henry…” 1). These trips were made with the ultimate goal of facilitating President Nixon's visit in 1972. These were not the first attempts to re-establish political relations with China. However, those first attempts were a total failure. Furthermore, the invasion of Cambodia made dialogue with China difficult. The main objectives were to “open another front in the Cold War against the Soviet Union” and contain a potential nuclear threat (Burr 1). Kissinger tried to get closer to China through the Pakistani ruler, Yahya Khan, through the Romanian government and an old friend in the Chinese embassy in Paris. The time finally came when Zhou Enlai expressed through a third connection his interest in meeting President Nixon. However, the US recognition of Taiwan has complicated the re-establishment of US-China relations. Kissinger did his best to remain neutral on this issue, which led Zhou to declare himself “optimistic about Sino-American rapprochement” (Burr 1). However, the relationship remained on hold until General Form became president. It was not until 1979 that Kissinger “completed