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He had an agenda. And he carried it out. Those visits were to ensure Red China and the USSR "didn't panic" when Tricky Dick (his nickname back in those days) blasted Hanoi with B52s during operations Linebacker and Linebacker II. These two bombing campaigns were a prelude to his withdrawal moves.

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