Zhou enlai was the prime minister under mao zedong. zhou made the following comment in a discussion with u. s. president richard nixon on february 23, 1972: "you know our policy. we don't discuss our policy. we of course support revolutions raged by the peoples of the world, but we don't send a single soldier abroad. the revolution of any country must depend on the people of their country. that was the case with george washington, in your eight-year war of independence. of course, at the time you had the assistance of the volunteers of lafayette; they were not troops sent by the state of france." --zhou enlai, 1972 source: the national security archive what does the above statement say about china's government under mao zedong and zhou enlai?