hat in February of 1972 when he visited Communist China. There he met with the elderly Communist leader Mao Zedong. Nixon was in China for a week, where a new friendship had begun. In his final meeting with his Chinese host, Nixon told them his look on the future. "We have been here for a week, but this was the week that changed the world. " A few months after returning from China he traveled to Russia. The bond between Russia and the United States was weak. While visiting Russia, the Russian military was building large quantities of nuclear missiles. The U.S. military wanted the president to spend billions of dollars to make more American missiles. So that the American military would not fall behind Russian military in the missile race. Nixon tried to avoid a costly missile race. Nixon managed to start numerous agreements with the Russian government to limit the number of missiles constructed by both the United States and Russia. Those agreements would save them billions of dollars for only a decade. Nixon left Russia in June of 1972, knowing that his visit to Russia was a successful one. Before leaving Nixon presented to the Russian government the first Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty, known as the "SALT" agreement.
             When Nixon returned to the United States, he knew he had to start preparing for the election that was coming up that same year. Before he would go, out on the campaign trail, he took a short vacation in the Bahamas. While on vacation he was reading the Miami Herald newspaper. On the front page was a small story on how five men were arrested at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington's Watergate Hotel. The story stated that the men were trying to plant electronic "bugs," in the Democratic offices. Nixon didn't think much of the story. He returned to the White House on Monday, June 19. Upon his return to Washington, Nixon learned that one of the men work
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