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The ‘Normalisation’ of Intra-African Diplomatic Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

David H. Johns
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The first substantive point raised in the 1972 communiqué issued by Premier Chou En-Lai and President Richard Nixon at the conclusion of their meetings in Peking, was that ‘extensive, earnest and frank discussions were held… on the normalisation of relations' between their two countries.1 In other words, after more than 20 years of non-recognition and hostility, it was agreed to accept areas of disagreement, and to move towards co-operation in matters of mutual interest. There was an implicit acknowledgement of the futility of efforts, either to initiate instant revolution, or to prevent basic changes inside the nation-state system, and of the inevitable need to work within the realities of international power.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1972 , pp. 597 - 610
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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Page 609 note 1 Source: as for Table 1. Minimum normalisation = at least unilateral exchange of diplomats. Intermediate normalisation = at least unilateral establishment of missions. Complete normalisation = reciprocal establishment of missions.