After several years of negotiations, agreement was reached at the highest levels in 1979, and two monitoring stations were set up in Xinjiang. This marked the start of US-China cooperation on gathering intelligence on the USSR.
經過幾年的交涉，一九七九年，兩國高層達成共識，在新疆設立兩座偵聽站，成為美、中對蘇聯情蒐合作的開端。