Nixon pushes rapprochement -- A new mood in Beijing -- Tentative steps and the Warsaw channel -- The post-Cambodia chill and the Pakistani channel -- Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing -- Reassuring allies and pursuing the Moscow Summit -- Chinese at the UN and Kissinger's second visit to Beijing -- Sino-U.S. Rapprochement and the Indo-Pakistani crisis -- Homestretch to the Beijing Summit -- The Beijing Summit -- Conclusion.