RICHARD NIXON: 1913-1994 : INTERNATIONAL REACTION

JOHN MAJOR, British prime minister

He praised Nixon’s “tireless work for a better understanding between East and West. He was a leading architect of the process which led to the end of the Cold War, and his judgement of international affairs was widely respected.”

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JIANG ZEMIN and LI PENG, Chinese president and premier, respectively

“A politician with strategic long-term vision and political courage (who) . . . opened the door for a new era in Sino-American relations.”

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MUON SAOKHAN, adviser to First Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh and Second Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia.

“Morally speaking, even if he did something bad while he has alive--we never relive the bad things--we only speak about his good deeds.”

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BORIS YELTSIN, Russian President

“I am shocked by the death not only of an extraordinary man but also of one of the greatest politicians in the world. I became convinced that he was one of the first major world politicians who have understood Russia and understood what it was fighting for.”

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YITZHAK RABIN, Israeli prime minister, who had maintained a close relationship with Nixon since 1966

“Israel lost a friend. I personally lost a personal friend.”

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HOA VAN TAP, retired Vietnamese soldier

“We won’t grieve over his death. But the war is over and he is dead, and, as we say, ‘Although there is hatred, death is the end.’ ”