Material relating to the documentary film series Playing the China Card: Nixon and Mao , 1999, concerning the relationship between the USA and China since the end of World War Two, made by Brook Lapping Productions Ltd and broadcast on Channel 4 as two programmes in 1999, including interview transcripts with US, Chinese and Russian contributors, notably William Frank Buckley, General Alexander Meigs Haig, Henry Alfred Kissinger, James Addison Baker III, General Brent Scowcroft, Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin, Fang Lizhi and Ji Chaozhu; complete post-production scripts of the two programmes; a file of questions put to participants for filmed interviews; transcripts from sections of David Frost's interview with President Richard Nixon (1977), relating to US relations with China; books, articles, essays and pamphlets used as background material for the series; background documents, including transcripts of US government archive material, mainly relating to the Nixon administration, and pre-publication extracts from The Kissinger Transcripts (National Security Archives, 1999) by William Burr.
Playing the China Card: Nixon and Mao
This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 97 PLAYING THE CHINA CARD
- Dates of Creation
- 1999
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English , Chinese , Russian
- Physical Description
- 3 large boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Playing the China Card was made in 1999 by Brook Lapping Productions Ltd in conjunction with Channel 4 and PBS.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in sections as outlined in the Scope and Content.
Access Information
Open.
Acquisition Information
Given by Brooke Lapping Productions Ltd in 1999.
Other Finding Aids
Box list available.
Archivist's Note
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright retained by donor.
Location of Originals
The originals of the archive material may be found at the US National Archives in Maryland, the Library of Congress, and the National Security Archives, both in Washington DC.