I roto i te 1978, i whakaputaina e Nixon tona memoirs, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, te tuatahi o nga pukapuka tekau i ia ki te kaituhi i roto i tona reti. Ko te pukapuka i te bestseller, me te kukume i te urupare tino pai. tae Nixon te White House i roto i te 1979, i karangatia e Carter mo te state dinner mo Chinese Vice Pirimia Deng Xiaoping. kihai i hiahia Carter ki te karanga Nixon, engari Deng i kī e haere ia ki te Nixon i California ki te kore i te peresideni mua i karangatia. Nixon i te hui tūmataiti ki Deng, ka tae Beijing ano i waenganui-1979.On August 10, 1979, hokona te Nixons te New York City townhouse i 817 Fifth Avenue i muri i te whakakahoretia e rua co-op. ka mate te Shah o Iran i roto i te Hōngongoi o Ihipa i roto i te 1980, Nixon whakakeke i te State Department, i nei i whakaaro ki te tono i tetahi U.S. māngai, e māngai i te tangihanga.
Ko Shah o Iran