Nixon ya ziyarci Fadar White House a shekarar 1979, wanda Carter ya gayyace shi don cin abincin dare na mataimakin Firayim Ministan kasar Sin Deng Xiaoping. Carter ba ya son gayyatar Nixon, amma Deng ya bayyana cewa zai ziyarci Nixon a California idan ba a gayyaci tsohon shugaban ba. Nixon ya yi ganawa ta sirri da Deng kuma ya sake ziyartar Beijing a tsakiyar shekarar 1979. A ranar 10 ga Agusta, 1979, Nixons sun sayi wani gidan birni na New York City a 817 Fifth Avenue bayan da wasu 'yan sanda biyu suka ƙi shi. Lokacin da Shah na Iran da aka yi watsi da shi a cikin watan Yulin 1980, Nixon ya yi watsi da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje, wanda ya yi niyyar ba da wakilcin Amurka ba, ta hanyar halartar jana'izar.
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