Who is the first US president to visit China and the USSR. Also what year was that?
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07-18-02, 09:19 AM
mozart56
Richard Nixon in february (China) and May(USSR) 1972.

07-18-02, 11:11 AM
DorianGreyed
Nixon was the first sitting US President to visit China, but Hoover was in China prior to taking office. FDR also beat Nixon to the USSR, going to a meeting in Yalta in early 1945.

07-19-02, 12:15 AM
samantha
You are so correct!

07-20-02, 11:08 PM
mozart56
The question implied "one president" with no "s" therefore a same an unique person, who visited both countries.!

07-20-02, 11:49 PM
DorianGreyed
One assumes you are correct, and yet the questioner seemed happy with the response.
Yes, It was a question that seemd to have to possible, distinct answers; one person fitting both conditions, and two people, each meeting one of the conditions. I chose the 2 person answer because I thought that was the response wanted, the intent of the questioner. Quite frankly, in a trivia contest, I would have asked for a clarification. In contests, it is very important that the questions ask only what you intend to ask and elicit one and only one answer.
By the way, one contest I was in asked about "the first President to visit the USSR." The only answer accepted was Nixon. Repeated attempts to get them to check was met with: 1) Where's Yalta ?
2) Where's the Ukraine ? 3) The Ukraine is not part of the USSR. 4) The Ukraine is not part of Russia. and finally 5) We meant 'Official Visit.'

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