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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection: Donated Historical Materials
Collection/Office of Origin: Bush, George H.W., Collection
Series:
Personal Papers
Subseries:
China Files, Subject File
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25877
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25877-004
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VTR Arrival and Return Schedule
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JF,
The following tapes were returned to CBS
today:
1. 2 tapes of "Wallace & Haldeman"
2. 2 tapes of "The Catholics"
7-14-75
L OU
TO SOCSTATE
TAGS ;
SUBJ: SHIPMENT OF VTR CASSETTOS
PASS USIA FOR FRANK SCOTTON
AIRPOUCHING CASSeTTeS Juny 16
UNDER RegisTRY 2253487,
SEE 22 7 12 AM '75
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
TELEGRAM
INDICATE
COLLECT
CHARGE TO
1798
FROM
CLASSIFICATION
USLO PEKING
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
E.O. 11652:
N/A
TAGS:
ACOM, CH
SUBJECT:
VTR Cassettes
ACTION:
SecState WASHDC
PEKING
1798
C&R
PASS FRANK SCOTTON, USIA
AMB
DC
"Moses" cassettes being air pouched under Registry
ADMIN
CHRON
225 3489 on September 22.
MAN
THAYER
DRAFTED BY:
DRAFTING DATE
TEL. EXT.
CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION APPROVED BY:
CAR:JCAcguavella:cs
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CLEARANCES:
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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
11-72 FS-413
CLASSIFICATION
DEPARTM
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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Classification
LIAISON WE
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UNITED 1 STATES OF (1)
Department of State
16 4 35 PM '75
INDICATE:
TELEGRAM
COLLECT
CHARGE TO
DISTRIBUTION
ACHOUX
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: ASUP
SUBJECT: Shipment of VTR Cassetts
C&R
ACTION: Secstate WASHDC
AMB
ADMIN
CHRON
PEKING 1308 )
PLEASE PASS FRANK SCOTTON, USIA
Cassettes are being returned via air pouch on July 17
under registries 2253487 and 2253488.
BUSH
DRAFTED BY:
DRAFTING DATE
TEL EXT.
APPROVED BY:
CLEARANCES: C&R: JAcquavella:dh in
7/16/75
GJLevesque
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Classification
FORM
FS-413
4-68
From the desk of
GEORGE BUSH
JF -
These tapes have been returned to US:
2 tapes of Beacon Hill
2 tapes of Jane Pittman
2 tapes of House of Brede
2 tapes of Mash: Alcoholics Unanimous
(Tron) Guts Kelly
7-16-75
CAREY CRUTCHER
Mary Tyler Moore - recorded 8-7-75
Episode #4023
" - recorded 6-30-75
" 11
"will Jail" Mary Richards Go to
N.Y. Cosmos vs, Reel I + 2
Dallas Tornado, Recorded 7-11-75
Recorded 5-12-75
Cher # 0110
Mash-"Adams recorded 8-7-75
Ribs. -
Episode B-316
Newcombe VS Reel 1-2+3 +
Conners
recorded 5-15-75
Returned 10-14-75
DEPART
STATE
Department of State
: AMERICA DELING
TELEGRAM
UNCLASSIFIED
ACTION:
AMB
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ACTION JF COPY
INFO:
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FOR AMBASSADOR BUSH FROM USIA FRANK SCOTTON
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1. SENDING YOU FOURTEEN VTR CASSETTES:
OBS REPORTS: THE GUNS OF AUTUMN (THREE REELS).
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OBS REPORTS: INTERVIEW WITH MRS. FORD CONE REEL).
CHER (O NE REEL).
PHYLLIS "PILOT EPISODE" (O NE REEL).
MASH "WELCOME TO KOREA" CONE REEL).
US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP (SEVEN REELS).
2. RETURN TO FRANK SCOTTON BY FEB. 1.
KISSINGER
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UNCLASSIFTED
OF STATE
Department of State
of AMERICA UNITED
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FOR AMB BUSH FROM USIA FRANK SCOTTON
E.O. 11652: N/A
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SUBJ: BUSH CASSETTES
1. SENDING YOU NINE VTR CASSETTES:
MARY TAYLOR MOORE "MARY MOVES OUT" CONE REEL)
MARY TYLER MOORE "MARY'S AUNT" (ONE REEL)
KOJAK " A QUESTION OF ANSWERS" (TWO REELS)
CBS REPORTS "AMERICAN WAY OF CANCER" CONE REEL)
RHODA "IDA'S DOCTOR" CONE REEL)
RHODA "SOMEBODY DOWN THERE LIKES HIM" CONE REEL)
MAGAZINE REPORT CONE REEL)
STEVE LAWRENCE GERSHWIN SPECIAL CONE REEL)
2. RETURN TO FRANK SCOTTON BY MARCH 1. KISSINGER
BT
2305
UNCLASSIFIED
VIDEO TAPES
TO
USIA
STATE - AID USIA
REGISTRY NUMBER
DIPLOMATIC POUCH MAIL REGISTRATION
Nov 28 9 30 PM '75
PEKING
UNITED AMERICA STATES OF
LIAISON OFFICE OF
No. 2491411
SENDER
OFFICE SYMBOL
CLASSIFICATION
UNCL
DATE 1/28/15 OF REGISTRATION
ADDRESSEE
IDENTIFICATION
10-67 FORM JF-14
(Signature)
(Formerly DS -1022)
[To Be Retained by Registering Officer)
GPO 1972 0 465-641
Films returned to CBS - November 30, 1975
Ben
The Statesman, 1 & 2
Franklin:
The Rebel, 1 &2
The Ambassador, 1 & 2
The Whirlwind, 1 & 2
CBS Reports:
Echoes of the Guns of Autumn, 1, 2 & 3
Wallace & Sofer: Interview with President Ford
NOTE: Mr. Bensley of CBS took the following tapes, which
he will bring back with him from Peking:
Cher 9-775
Phyllis 9-26-75
Mash 9-9-75
JF.
please note schedule for returning casettes.
Make up a inventory showung which we have
USIA
when they arrive - when they go
back etc
GB
UNITED STATES
INFORMATION AGENCY
WASHINGTON 20547
May 19, 1975
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
UNCLASSIFIED
Ambassador George Bush
Chief: U.S. Liaison Office
PEKING
People's Republic of China
Dear Ambassador Bush:
Since returning to Washington I have been working with the Inter-
Agency Task Force on Viet Nam. This week I have been able to
resume China-related activity, and so the first task is to send you
a letter concerning the CBS video-tape cassettes.
You have already received the initial cassettes which were made
available from CBS through my office. These cassettes may be re-
tained by USLO until sometime in late July, and then returned to
me by pouch. I will take care of returning them by mail from USIA
to CBS.
CBS will continue to exercise their best judgement in selecting pro-
grams for USLO, and they will welcome any suggestion which you
wish to forward through me. The matter of specific rights may cause
some delay occasionally, but I am impressed by the networks desire
to be helpful and by its intention to accommodate you.
I did not intend to be so much into the mechanics of the loan arrangement,
but since there seems to be no problem on anyone's part let's continue
on this basis. CBS will send cassettes to me. I will send them to
you by pouch, and alert you by Department telegram. In the telegram I
will give a date for returning them to me, and although the pouch will
not be mentioned it will be understood that they will be coming that
way. Then, after I have received the cassettes, they will be returned
by my office to CBS.
- -2-
There are a couple of other topics which I would like to address, but
I will handle them in a separate letter.
I appreciated the hospitality which you and other USLO members
extended to me during my stay in Peking.
Frank Scotton.
FrankScettan
United States Liaison Office
Peking, People's Republic of China
August 25, 1975
Frank Scotton, Esq.,
Country Affairs Officer -
East Asia and Pacific,
United States Information Agency,
Washington, D.C. 20547.
Dear Frank:
Thanks for your letter of August 18. The "Moses"
reels will be great.
The pouch carrying "Visions of the Past", both.
film and VTR, arrived today. I assume that these are
for our permanent library here.
I would like to have a VTR with Chinese narration
of this one, if it isn't an imposition. I have already
shown the VTR on China to some US-bound Chinese travelers.
It was great.
I received Tom De Mitor's cassette on the track
team.
Perhaps I am not an objective judge, but I, too,
feel that the Fourth of July affair was a big success.
It was very, very different for Peking. Next year we
will do even better. "That's Entertainment" went over
well.
Harry Thayer is away, but when he gets back I'll
get back to you on both the Wireless File matter and
a possible consultation visit by you for next winter.
Incidentally, I will be in Washington at the State
Department from September a to 18 and would love to
see you. I will be trolling around EA's offices on
the 6th floor. I would like to begin talking to
someone at USIA about doing a couple of "specials"
out here next year for the Bicentennial. Needless
to say I would welcome any suggestions you, Bill
Payeff, or others might have. I would like to do
something with a little flair.
-2-
Thanks again, Frank, for your fantastic support.
Sincerely,
George Bush
Chief, US Liaison Office
CCS= DC - Theyou
PCL - Broo has
AUG 22 1075
USIA
UNITED STATES
INFORMATION AGENCY
WASHINGTON 20547
August 13, 1975
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
UNCLASSIFIED
Ambassador George Bush
Chief: U.S. Liaison Office
People's Republic of China
PEKING
Dear Ambassador Bush:
I received the CBS cassettes which you refer to in Peking LOU 1308, and
they have already been returned to the New York office.
Today we prepared ten additional reels for pouching to Peking. Six of
those are the series, "Moses: The Lawgiver". There is a shorter time
available for those six than for theother four. That is due to a stipulation
of the producer and accounts for the difference in dates of return to me
given in State 191115.
USIA has already sent two short VTR programs to you. One is of Washington,
D. C. and the other includes scenes of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
The special film on the Archeological Exhibit discussed during my March
consultation is completed. The film concludes with a hope that exchanges
between our country and the People's Republic of China will increase. We are
sending you two copies in 16mm film and two copies on VTR cassettes in a
pouch which is set for 18 August. I think you will find this short production
especially useful when the exhibit itself returns to Peking. If you decide that
you would like a VTR or a 16mm film with a Chinese narration, let me know. I
have also provided a courtesy copy of this film on 16mm to the Chinese liaison
office in Washington.
Still on VTR cassettes: I am sending a one hour cassette of the AAV track team
in China which was provided to me by Tom DeMiter of KTRK/TV in Houston.
He told me that you are expecting this program, and that it is a gift to you.
-2-
We heard that your 4th of July Affair was a tremendous success. Since
That's Entertainment finally found its way to East Berlin, all ended well.
When I was talking with you in March we discussed the possibility of installing
Wireless File equipment at USLO. The decision was made to wait until Harry
Thayer and Stan Brooks arrived, and then make a comparison between three
days transmittion of the file and the selected items which you now recieve.
I am reminded of this, as I look over my notes, by Peking 878 of 8 May which
asks to be kept fully informed on public statements concerning US-PRC commit-
ments. This kind of material is in the Wireless File. I am going to write to our
new Public Affairs Officer in Hong Kong, Jack Friedman, and ask him to send
up three days of the full transmission by pouchwith three days of the selections.
After you and your staff make the comparison, please inform me concerning
your further thoughts on installation of the equipment. I enclose with this
letter the East Asia Wireless File for August 11, just to give you a feel for one
day's contents.
I am planning travel in Asia this winter during January or February. I know
this is extreme advance notice, but you have a very active schedule. If you feel
a brief consultation in USLO will be of value, please let me know and I will
construct travel around any dates you suggest.
Frank FrankSitton Scotton
Country Affairs Officer
East Asia and Pacific
OF STATE
UNCLASSIFIEDE
Classification
UNITED STATES OF 11
Department of State
HUS 10
INDICATE:
TELEGRAM
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CHARGE TO
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DISTRIBUTION
ACTION
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS
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SUBJECT
: VTR Cassettes
C&R
ACTION
: SecState WASHDC
AMB
DC
1589
CHRON
PEKING
PASS FRANK SCOTTON, USIA
VTR cassettes being returned under registries 2253475,
2253476, and 2253477.
BUSH
DRAFTING DATE
TEL. EXT.
APPROVED BY:
DRAFTED BY:
CaR:JFAcquavella:cs
8/20/75
ADMIN: JMcCrory
CLEARANCES:
UNCLASSIFIED
Classification
08:39
FS-413
W191-6-001
1A-241C (REV.)
SHIPPING DATE
REFERENCE
(5-67)
U. S. INFORMATION AGENCY
MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION SERVICE
TRANSMITTAL NO.
NU 175
FILM SHIPMENT NOTICE
51252
To
M10A TH10A
SHIPPING SYMBOL
USLO
IMV/OLS
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REP. OF CHINA
Shipped via:
AIR POUCH
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Attn: Ambassador Bush
OTHER
Number
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Reels
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Authorization No.
Title
Language
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Color
CE21450
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VISIONS OF THE PAST
ENGLISH
JJ
1. ORIGINAL
SHIPPING DATE
REFERENCE
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JRE AND TELEVISION SERVICE
TRANSMITTAL NO
FILM SHIPMENT NOTICE
51252
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SHIPPING SYMBOL
MIO: TH201
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FEITNG, PEOPLEM RFF.
Shipped via:
AIR POUCH
For
Ambassedor Bush
OTHER
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of Prints
Reels
Authorization No.
(MM)
Title
Language
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0721150
inch
VITIONS OF THE PAST
ENGLISH
When the material listed above has been received, please fill out the information requested below and return this
form to MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION SERVICE, 1776 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20547
Date Received:
Received By:
2. RECEIPTED COPY FOR SERVICES CONTROL BRANCH
STATE
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FOR AMBASSADOR BUSH FROM USIA FRANK SCOTTON
E.O. 11652: N/A
SBJ: BUSH CASSETTES
SENDING YOU TEN VIR CASSETTES:
NOVEMBER 1.
1. SIX REELS MOSES: THE LAWGIVER. SHOW AND RETURN TO FRANK SCOTTON BY
2. TWO REELS NY COSMOS VS DALLAS. SOCCER.
ONE REEL MASH: ADAMS RIB.
ONE REEL MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW.
RETURN MISSINGER TO FRANK SCOTTON BY JANUARY 1.
In
#1115
UNCLASSIFIED
From the desk of
JENNIFER FITZGERALD
Moses the law part 1 - 6 -
Mary Tyler moore
8-7-75
Mash- - Adams Ribs
N.Y. Cosmos Vs. Dallas
Torando
arrived 8/18
Jennifer
12 tapes
Belmont Many t. Moore
District attorney
The Preakness
Cher Mr Roomy gasto Washington
Mitzi Saynor
Charles Kanaet - On the Road
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JENNIFER FITZGERALD
Rojak "China Town Marders" Reel I + II
The General Flipper at Dawn
(mash N mash
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Purt I J II
returned 8/18/75
From the desk of
AMBASSADOR GEORGE BUSH
Masters golf
1-13-75 :-
Kells 1,5 5/2 301
CBS
( BS the 51 West 52 Street
New York New York 10019
HM
1212. 765-4321
John A Schneider President
fith
CBS bioaocast Group
CBS Television Network
CBS Television Stations
CBS Radio
CBS News
JUL 3 1974
Dear George:
June 19, 1975
Love the mandarin sleeve. I'm afraid, however
that my tailor is having some difficulty working
it in as a suitable accessory to any of my exis-
ting wardrobe. So I've decided that the only
solution is to create "a whole new me" sartori-
ally.
We heard today via Irwin Miller that you still
enjoy receiving our tape cassettes. Rest easy,
a new shipment is underway. It is my plan to
continue to provide you with 7 to 10 hours of
new programming a month, and I'm happy to hear
that you're the first kid on the block to run
this kind of entertainment center.
You have my very best wishes.
Cordially,
Jack
Ambassador George Bush
Chief, US Liaison Office
Peking, People's Republic of China
OF DEATH
Department of State
OF STATE AMERICA GRLINA
TELEGRAM
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ACTION:
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2
FOR AMBASSADOR BUSH FROM USIA FRANK SCOTTON
SENT YOU TEN VIR CASSETTES JULY 8:
For HM
JF,
MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW/2 EPISODES
1975 PREAKNESS
1975 BELMONT
MASH/ 1 EPISODE
CBS NEWS SPECIAL
1) MR. ROONEY GOES TO WASHINGTON
2) THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
3) ON THE ROAD WITH KURALT
KOJAK/ 1 EPISODE - PART 1 AND 2
RETURN TO FRANK SCOTTON BY DECEMBER 1.
KISSINGER
BT
#0784
UNCLASSISTED