Nixon receives two Soviet academics. Afterwards, Nixon and Dobrynin discuss Brezhnev's latest letter to Nixon and Nixon's plans to "force" Israel to agree to a peace settlement. Dobrynin comments on Watergate.

Kissinger concedes to Dobrynin that the United States had made a "significant mistake when it rushed to introduce heightened combat readiness."

A summary of a conversation between Mao Zedong and Edward Heath. Topics covered include the Watergate scandal, European security, bilateral relations between the PRC and the UK, and the foreign policy of the Soviet Union.

An analysis of Sino-American relations following the Nixon's invitation to visit China, US interests driving the rapprochement with China, and the potential effect of this relationship in the Asia-Pacific region.

L.N. Tolkunov and Hubert Humphrey discuss Soviet-American and Sino-Soviet relations, as well as domestic politics in the United States.