美国对华核战略与一九六九年中苏边界冲突

American Nuclear Strategy toward China and Sino-Soviet Border Conflict in 1969

美国总统尼克松上台伊始,虽说有改善与中国关系的意愿,但其对华核战略与前任约翰逊并无本质区别,仍然在强调中国核威胁的情况下继续对华进行遏制。不过随着中苏矛盾的激化,特别是有关苏联打算对中国核设施进行先发制人的核打击的流言逐渐增多,甚至在官方渠道苏联外交官员开始对美国进行试探,这时美国政府才开始意识到,这是一个千载难逢的机会,美苏中三角关系初露端倪。因此中苏边界冲突为中美关系的改善提供了一个机遇,但是核因素却是加速美国调整对华政策的催化剂。

Nixon showed his willingness to improve relations with China when he took office as the president of the United States but he was not fundamentally different from his predecessor Johnson in his nuclear strategy towards China, still pursuing a policy of containment against China while stressing China＇ s nuclear threat. However, with the intensification of the Sino-Soviet contradictions, in particular the increasing rumor about the Soviet intention to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Chinese nuclear facilities and the feelers put out to Americans by Soviet diplomats through the official channel, the U. S. government began to realize that this was is a golden opportunity for the Americans. As a result, there appeared an inkling of triangular relationship of the U. S. , the Soviet Union and China. Therefore, the Sino-Soviet border conflict provided an opportunity for the improvement of Sino- US relations but the nuclear factor became a catalysis to urge Americans to accelerate their adjustment to their policy towards China.