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China, 1977
Folder Citation: Collection: Office of the Chief of Staff Files; Series:
Hamilton Jordan's Confidential Files; Folder: China, 1977; Container
34a
To See Complete Finding Aid:
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Chief_of St
aff.pdf
WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)
FORM OF
CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE
DATE
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Peking to SecState #9013
08/22/1977
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Peking to White House #9017
08/23/1977
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Peking to SecState #9029
08/24/1977
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Peking to SecState #9045
08/25/1977
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3/29/07
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Tokyo to SecState #9057
08/26/1977
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Chief of Staff(Jordan), Confidential File China, 1977 Box 34
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1429 (6-85)
NATIONAL ARCHISES ARD SERVICE
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CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE
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Ddmnis Chapman to Rick Inderfurth (14 PP.)
8/29/77
2PP OPENÓD 8/15/00
FILE LOCATION
Shief of Staff
China 1977
(Jerdan)
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 1-81)
\
8/29
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
/tamilton,
Here's a complete set of
Vance's cables from Peking.
See especially there cables at
Tabs B,C and D.
I suggest you get together
with make Oksenberg to discass
the trip. His impressions are
quite positive.
Rick
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SUBJECT: FIRST MEETING WITH PRC
THE TONE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WAS ONE OF EXPECTATION.
WHILE THE CHINESE LISTENED 41TH POLITENESS AND AT CERTAIN
TIMES DRVIOUS INTEREST TO MY TWO AND ONE-HALF HOUR PRESENTATION
OF GLOBAL ISSUES, " Y INTERLOCUTOR, FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG
HUA, SIGNALED CLEARLY SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WANTED
TO HEAR GUR VIEWS ON NORMALIZATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL PRESENT IT TOMORROW MORNING,
THE MEETING SERVED $ USEFUL PURPOSE, AS IT OFFERED
THE NEWLY RECC EDONSTITUTED PRC LEADERSHIP A PICTURE OF THE
COMPLEXITY AND BREADTH OF OUR WORLDWIDE POLICIES THAT IS
DIFFERENT IN THRUST AND EMPHASIS FROM THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS
THAT THEY HAVE MAD ITH USG VISITORS. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT
YET HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND, THEIR INTEREST APPEARED TO
BE HIGHEST DURINGMY COMMENTS ON KOREA, THE SOVIET UNION,
INDIA, Ane ous POLICY TO STRENGTHEN NATO. TOMORROW MORNING
I MILL COVER AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, AND BRIEFLY GLOBAL ISSUES
BEFORE TURNING TO MORMALIZATION. DURING DINNER
TONIGHT, I ALSO DISCUSSED THE RHODESIAN SITUATION WITH
HUANG HUA,
AT THE END OF THIS AFTERMOON PRESENTATION, HUANG
HUA SATO HE PROBABLY HOULD BE UNAVAILABLE TOMORROW
AFTERWOON. THEREFORE, HE ASKED, COULD WE MOVE ON TO THE
BILATERAL ISSUES TONORROW MORNING STARTING EARLIER THAN
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USUAL'. THIS, COMING BEFORE HE HAD MADE ANY RESPONSE TO
MY PRESENTATION, SUGGESTS TO YE STRONGLY THAT THE PRC
LEADERSHIP IS INTERESTED IN HEARING OUR VIEWS ON NORMALI-
ZATION AND THEM PERHAPS ALLOWING THEMSELVES ENOUGH TIME
TO REFLECT J4 THEY REFORE WE RESUME ON WEDNESDAY.
I NAS STRUCK TODAY BY THE M000 IN PEKING. THREE
CAYS AFTER THE 11TH PARTY CONGRESS, THE CITY IS STILL
CELEBRATING, THETHER BY DESIGN OR INADVERTENCE, THERE
WERE LITERALY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE STILL
PRADING IV AND OUT OF TIEN AN MEN SQUARE AS WE DROVE INTO
TOWN. THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP IS CLEARLY ON A RISING
CURVE OF CONFIDENCE. THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE COME
THROUGH A LONG AND DIFFICULT STRUGGLE- THEIR EQUIVALENT
OF AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY OF A VERY
PECULIAR SORT. THIS IS REFLECTED IN EVERYTHING THEY
ARE SAVING AND DOING, ALTHOUGH WHAT IT AUGERS FOR OUR
NORMALIZATION PROPOSAL REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
DINNER TONIGHT AS ARKED BY A TOAST THA AS AS MILD
AS THEY COULD POSSIBLE 00 IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES,
DURING THE DAY ALSO, THE-CHINESE RELEASED SELECTED
EXCERPTS FROM CHAIRMAN HUAIS SPEECH TO THE PARTY CONGRESS,
NOT COINCIDENTALLY, THEY CHOSE TO PUBLISH A STANDARD
STATEMENT 0 % TAIWAN.
WE MEET AT 9130 TUESDAY MORNING PEKING TIME. I
EXPECT TO FINISH THE GLOBAL DISCUSSION AND THEN INVITE
THEIR COMMENTS. THE "E WILL MOVE ON TO NORMALIZATION,
VANCE
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FM USDEL SECRETARY IN TOKYO
TO SECSTATE ASHOC IMMEDIATE 3537
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DEPARTMENT FOR MARREN CHRISTOPHER ONLY
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGS: DVIP (VANCE, CYRUS)
SUBJECT: AUGUST 26 REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT
1. NE LEFT PEKING ON SCHEDULE. ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT
HUANG RJA INDICATED THAT THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE
VISIT. HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF MY DISCUSSIONS
WITH TENG HSIAD-PING AND CHAIRMAN HUA. HE NOTED THAT I
HAD NOW BEEN TWICE TO CHINA AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR STYLE, AND
THAT THIS AS GOOD. NE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF OTHER
MATTERS VARYING FROM OFF-SHORE DRILLING TO THEIR ENERGY
PROGRAMS, TO VARIOUS DOMESTIC MATTERS, ABOUT WHICH I
WILL REPORT TO YOU LATER.
2. Snny AFTER "Y AGRIVAL IN TOKYO, I MET WITH PRIME
MINISTER FUKUNA FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS, THE LAST 40 MINUTES OF
WHICH E ERE ALOVE. HE FIRST GAVE ME A FULL ACCOUNTING
OF HIS TRIP TO SOUTHEAST ASIA AND HIS MEETING WITH THE
ASEAN LEADERS. HE IS 08VIDUSLY PLEASED KITH THE POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC IFICANCE OF THIS FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRIP
OF A JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD.
I TOLD HIM THAT YOU WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH
AND ADMIRED THE INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP HE HAD SHOWN
IN THIS EFFORT. ME SEAMED.
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3. I ALSO GAVIF HIM A GENERAL BRIEFING ON THE CHINA
DISCUSSIONS. THE E WERE ALONE, I WENT INTO A BIT MORE
DETAIL ox ONE OR TX7 KEY POINTS. I ALSO RAISED WITH HIM
THE ISSUE OF TOKAI AND SAID THAT, AS HE KNEW, GERRY SMITH
WOULD BE COMING OVER TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
NEXT neek. HE ASKED ME To TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE TO NIM AND HE HOPED THAT BY COMMUNICATION WITH
YOU HE MIGHT REACH A SOLUTION EVEN BEFORE HE SAW GERRY.
HE SAID THAT THE MATTER HAS THE MOST SENSITIVE QUESTION
HIS GOVERNMENT FACED. I INDICATED THAT WE ARE SENSITIVE
TO THIS PROBLEM 180 WISHED TO FIND A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION.
I ALSO MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF 808 STRAUSS' MISSION
AND SATD THAT I HOPED THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
HE ALSO DISCUSSED BRIEFLY THE ILO MATTER, CIVIL AVIATION
AND ECONOMIC STIMULATION. ON THE LATTER POINT, HE SAID
THAT IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO *ISS THEIR 5.7
PERCENT REAL GROWTH TARGET, AND THAT HE HAD GIVEN
INSTRUCTIONS TO AMOUNCE A PROGRAM BEFORE THE END OF THE
MONTH IN WHICH THEY WOULD GO IN FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
WHICH LE EXPECTED MULD PRODUCE THE NECESSARY STIMULATION
TO MEET THE GREATH TARGET OF 5.7 TO BEGIN TO CORRECT
THE CURRENT ACCOUNT IMBALANCE. I TOLD HIM THAT YOU WOULD
BE VERY PLEASED TO LEARN OF THIS ACTION. HE FURTHER SAID
THAT HE AS WELL AVARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STRAUSS
MISSION AND WOULD INSTRUCT HIS COLLEAGUES TO ACT ACCORDINGLY.
HE EXPRESSED GREAT APPRECIATION FOR OUR CONSULTATIONS AND
FOR THE CLOSE ICATIONS WHICH WERE BEING MAINTAINED
BETWEEN DUR TAB COUNTRIES.
4. THIS EVENING AT DINNER, I TALKED WITH THE RIME
MINISTER ABOUT THE 13/UK RHODESIAN INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS
OUR HOPES AND PLAYS FOR A MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT. HE
INDICATED THAT THEYNOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH US IN
SUPPORTING THESE IMITIATIVES IN THE UN, nR ELSEWHERE.
IN SHORT, THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. T
WILL BE CONTINUING Y DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER
IN THE ORNING REFORE TAKING OFF FOR WASHINGTON.
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TO SECSTATE MASHOC IMMEDIATE 3537
WHITE HOMSE IMMEDIATE
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$ E = a # T SECTO 9945
NODIS CHEROKEE
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BRZEZINSKI ONLY
DEPARTMENT FOR MARREN CHRISTOPHER ONLY
E. 0. 116521 XG0S-3
TAGS: DVIP (VANCE, CYRUS)
SUBJECT: AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH CHINESE
1. TODAY AS OUR LAST WORKING DAY IN PEKING. I MET FOR
AN HOUR -ITd FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG THIS MORNING TO
COMPLETE DISCUSSIONS ON BIALTERAL QUESTIONS. WE SPOKE
ABOUT CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND TRADE. 02 EXCHANGES IT IS
CLEAR THE CHIMESE "ISH THEY TO CONTINUE AT ABOUT THE
PRESENT LEVEL. or TRADE, I RECEIVED THE IMPRESSION THAT
HUANG, MHILE LINKING TRADE TO NORMALIZATION, WAS RESPONSIVE
TO THE SUGGESTION THAT NE LOOK FOR HAYS TO INCREASE TRADE
BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES. THIS IS SOMETHING #HICH I WILL HAVE
FOLLOWED IP On *ITHOUT DELAY. AT THE END OF OUR MEETING
HUANG AND I AGREED THAT A FORMAL COMMUNIQUE HAS NOT
NECESSARY. *E HERE PREPARED TO HAVE A BRIEF ONE BUT
INSTEAD I USED THE GIST OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID IN A
BRIEF ON-THE-RECORD PRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT.
2. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS AN HOUR AND QUARTER
WITH CHAIRMAN H.TA KUD-FENG. THIS IS OF GREAT SYMBOLIC
AS "ELL AS SOME SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST. THE PRESS
COVERED THE OPENING MINUTES OF THE MEETING, DURING WHICH
HUA COMMENTED FAVORABLY ON CAMERA THAT HE HAD NOTED
YOUR STATEMENT ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
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SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AS THE BASIS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP,
AND THE DESIRABILITY OF EXPLORING EACH OTHERS VIEWS,
AND ON THE DESIRABILITY OF ENHANCING OUR MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING,
3. NHEN THE PRESS LEFT, HUA SPOKE AT SOME LENGTH COVERING
INTERNAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA FROM THE LAST
YEAR OF MAC TO THE PRESENT, SPOKE OF NATURAL DISASTERS
WHICH HAD TO BE OVERCOME IN 1975, AND THEN REFERRED WITH A
TOUCH OF PRIDE TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE "GANG OF FOUR" AND
THE SUCCESS OF THE ELEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS.
4. HE SPENT A 6000 BIT OF TIME CASTIGATING THE "NEW CZARS"
OF THE SOVIET UNION, FOR ITS "SOCIAL IMPERIALIST"
EXPANSIONIST POLICY AND REMINDED ME THAT SOVIET IMPERIALISM
STARTED WITH PETER THE GREAT. THEY CONTINUE TO FEEL IT
NECESSARY TO REKIYO US AT EVERY TURN HOW BAD THE SOVIETS ARE,
5. ON OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS, HE SPOKE AGAIN OF THE
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, NOTED THAT THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN
EXTENSIVELY DISCUSSED WITH HUANG HUA AND TENG HSIAO-PING
AND SAID WE 8HOULD MOVE FORWARD, HE AGREED THAT WE
SHOULD CONSIDER EACH OTHERS VIEWS FURTHER AND CONTINUE
OUR DISCUSSIONS. I RECEIVED NO SENSE OF BEING PRESSED,
BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SUBJECT IS AS LIVE AS EVER.
6. WE WILL NOV SORT OUT THE TOTAL OF OUR IMPRESSIONS
AND THE SUM OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WHICH I WILL REPORT TO
YOU WHEN I GET TO WASHINGTON, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN
LISTENED TO SERIOUSLY, TALKED TO WITH PRECISION AND
DELIBERATE PATIENCE, AND THE WAY HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN TO
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, WE NOW KNOW WITH SOME ACCURACY
WHERE VE ARE ON THIS ISSUE, AND WE HAVE TIME TO DECIDE
HOW WE "ISH TO PROCEED.
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MESSAGE AVROTATIONS:
NO MESSAGE ANNOTATIONS
MESSAGE:
IMMEDIATE
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FM USNEL SECRETARY PEKING
TO SECSTATE *ASHCC IMMEDIATE
WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE
BT
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NODIS CHEROKEE
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BRZEZINSKI ONLY
DEPARTMENT FOR MARREN CHRISTOPHER ONLY
E. 0, 116521 XG08-3
TAGS: OVIP CVANCE, CYRUS)
SUBJECT: AUG. 24 MEETINGS KITH CHINESE
1. THE DAY INCLUDED MORNING MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG
HUA, Aⁿ⁰ AFTER\OON MEETING WITH TENG HSIAO PING, AND A DINNER
WITH TENG. AT THE VERY END OF THE DAY, AS WE WERE LEAVING
THE SUMMER PALACE, TENG HSIAO PING INFORMED ME THAT WE
WOULD BE MEETING TONORROW WITH CHAIRMAN HUA Kun FENG.
2. ALTHOUGH THERE HERE MANY OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS, THE MOST IMPORTANT EXCHANGE CAME IN
THE LATTER PART OF THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING WITH TENG.
IN THE MORNING HUANG HUA HAD DELIVERED A RATHER STANDARD
STATMENT OF THEIR TAINAN POSITION, BUT HE HAD BEGUN BY
SAYING THAT HIS PEHARKS WERE ONLY PRELIMINARY. TENG PICKED
IT UP IN THE AFTER-100N WITH A DIFFERENT TACK. HE BEGAN
BY REPEATING, I HIS CONSIDERABLY MORE COLORFUL STYLE,
A FAIRLY STANDARD CRITIQUE OF THE NEED FOR AMERICAN
RESOLUTENESS AND VIGILANCE WORLOWIDE AGAINST THE SOVIETS.
HE FEARED THAT E - JULD NOT BE RESOLUTE, AND JRGEO US ON,
WITHOUT OFFERING ANY SUGGESTION THAT CHINA MIGHT 00 ANY-
THING HERSELF. THE 40ST INTERESTING CAND AMUSING) PART
OF THIS DISCUSSION AS HIS CONTINUAL RAISING OF PRM-10,
FOR WHICH HE REQUESTED AN EXPLANATION. AT THE END OF THIS
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LONG EXCHANGE, IN WHICH I CONTINUED TO LAY OUT OUR VIEWS
AND POLICIES, RE BACKED OFF HIS GENERAL CRITIQUE, STATING
THAT HE HAD MANY POINTS IN COMMON.
3, HE THEN SAID HE ISHED TO TURN TO BILATERAL ISSUES AND
ASKED IF I hAs ANYTHING I WISHED TO ADD AS HE HAD CAREFULLY
STUDIED <HAT HAD BEEN REPORTED TO HIM ABOUT MY DISCUSSION WITH
HUANG PUA OUR VIE-S nw NORMALIZATION, WHICH MERIT CAREFUL
STUDY. I SAID I BELIEVED THEY HELD THE KEY TO PROGRESS, T
ADDED THAT OUR VIEWS HERE CONSISTENT NITH THE VIEWS WHICH THE
PRC HAD TAKEN. I FURTHER SAID IT IS NOW OUR TASK TO FIND A
WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH FIRM
PRINCIPLES AND TAXES INTO ACCOUNT PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS,
TENG BEGAN A CRITIQUE OF OUR NORMALIZATION PROPOSAL. IT
WAS EVIDENT THAT Hg HAD STUDIED IT CAREFULLY, AND MUCH OF
THE TIME HE WAS *EADING FROM NOTES DURING THIS PART OF
THE DISCUSSION. HE SAID THAT OUR PROPOSAL CONSTITUTED
A RETREAT, NOT A FORWARD STEP, FROM THE POSITION OFFERED
BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1975 IN TWO WAYS, HE RECALLED
FIRST THAT FORD INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE PEKING AFTER HIS
ELECTION ALONG THE LINES OF THE JAPANESE FORMULA, AND
SECOND THAT KISSINGER HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE US OWED
CHINA A DEST. AFTER A STRONG REAFFIRMATION OF THE
CHINESE HISTORICAL RIGHT TO TAINAN, HE REITERATED THAT
THE AMERICANS OWED CHINA A DEBT, DEFINING IT AS A
DEBT ACCUMULATED OVER DECADES OF AMERICA'S ROLE IN CHINA.
BY STRESSING THE ACTION OF A DEBT, TENG INDICATED THAT
THE NORMALIZATION PROCESS DID NOT INVOLVED RECIPROCAL
MEASURES.
4. HE THEN BEGAN TO SOFTEN HIS LINE, AND IT BECAME APPARENT
THAT IV THE FORM OF A LECTURE, HE HAS BEGINNING TO NEGO-
TIATE OVER DUA OFFER. HE SAID THAT TWO THINGS BOTHERED
HIM ABOUT OUR POSITION: FIRST, THAT WE WERE ASKING
CHINA TO VIOLATE ITS HISTORIC PRINCIPLE THAT TAINAN WAS
AN INTERNAL AFFAIR BY REQUIRING A STATEMENT OF PEACE-
FUL SETTLEMENT: AND SECOND, THAT WE WANTED 4 "FLAGLESS
EMBASSV* IN TAINAS, "IN ESSENCE A LIAISON OFFICE."
5, TEAG THEN MADE A CAREFUL RESPONSE: CHINA COULD BE
PATIENT, HE SATO, AND QUOTED A COMMENT MAO TSE-TUNG HAD
MADE TO KISSINGER: "CHINA COULD WAIT TEN-TWENTY-OR EVEN
A HUNDRED YEARS FOR TAIWAN." HE ALSO SAID: "WE ARE
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MESSAGE:
IMMEDIATE
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WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE
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NODIS CHEROKEE
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BRZEZINSKI ONLY
DEPARTMENT FOR "ARREN CHRISTOPHER ONLY
PREPARED TO SEEK PEACEFUL MEANS WITHOUT us PARTICIPATION
AND US INTERVENTION, BUT WE DO NOT EXCLUDE FORCEFUL
MEANS. # HE SAID CHINA COULD BE PATIENT, AND DISCUSS THIS
IN A MORE PATIENT AND LEISURELY STYLE," BUT CHINA'S
PATIENCE WAS NOT LIMITLESS. TENG SAID THAT HE
UNDERSTOOD THAT DUR PROPOSAL REFLECTED CAREFUL AND SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION, BUT SAID AGAIN THAT THE FORMULA RE-
PRESENTED A RETREAT, NOT A STEP FORWARD.
6. TENG SEVERAL TIMES EXPLAINED TO US THAT WE COULD
USE THE JAPANESE FORMULA--ATHAT IS, YOU MAY MAINTAIN NON-
GOVERNMENTAL CONTACTS. WE CAN'T AGREE TO YOUR FORMULA,
BUT WE CAN CONTINUE FURTHER TALKS."
7. TENG EMPHASIZED THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY CANDID, BUT
WE HAD TOO, WHICH HE APPRECIATED. HE SAID THAT WE
SHOULD TALK FURTHER ABOUT THE MATTER AND, AS I HAD SUG-
GESTER TO THEM, I DID NOT HAVE TO RESPOND NOW. HE SAID
WE MIGHT WISH TO REFLECT ON WHAT HE SAID AND DISCUSS HIS
COMMENTS WITH PRESIDENT CARTER.
8, I RESPONDED BRIEFLY, SAYING THAT I HAD FOUND HIS
DISCUSSION USEFUL AND HELPFUL. I SAID HE WAS CORRECT
IN NUTING THAT ThE STARTING POINT WAS THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE AND THAT IS WHERE ME HAD STARTED IN ACKNOWLEDG=
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ING THAT THERE IS BUT ONE CHINA AND THAT TAIWAN IS A PART
OF CHINA. I MADE THE POINT THAT OUR POSITION
WAS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PRC,
AND, HAVING HEARD HIS EXPOSITION, I NOW UNDERSTOOD
MORE CLEARLY HERE THE POINTS OF DIFFERENCE LAY.
I SAID I HOULD STUDY HIS COMMENTS IN DEPTH AND DISCUSS
THEM WITH YOU, AND THAT BOTH OF US SHOULD REFLECT ON WHAT
THE OTHER HAD SAID, I SAID THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUEMUR
DISCUSSION AND ADDED THAT PERHAPS 4E COULD DISCUSS THIS
DURING THE UNGA I VEN YORK, I TOO APPRECIATED HIS
CANDOR, AS CANCOR AS REQUIRED IN THE DISCUSSION OF SUCH
SERIOUS MATTERS,
9. THE ABOVE REPRESENTS A SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX AND SKILL-
FUL PRESENTATION BY TENG. I WILL RESERVE FINAL ANALYSIS
OF IT FOR MY RETURN. BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE MOOD
SURROUNDING THE VISIT CHANGED SHARPLY AFTER THIS
MEETING. THE CINNER WAS HELD IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF GENUINE
CORDIALITY KITH SHORT, BUT Goon TOASTS. I BELIEVE
THAT WHAT WE SAF TODAY WAS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG AND
UNDOUBTEDLY DIFFICULT ROAD, BUT ON ON WHICH WE ARE NOW
CLEARLY LAUNCHED.
10. I ILL ALSO MEET BRIEFLY WITH HUANG HUA TOMORROW
MORNING, AND I. PLAN TO HAVE A SHORT PRESS CONFERENCE
TOMORROW NIGHT. "E ARE ALSO GOING TO SUGGEST A BRIEF,
POSITIVE JOINT COMMUNIQUE.
VANCE
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WHITE HOUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND OR BRZEZINSKI
DEPT FOR THE ACTING SECRETARY ONLY
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TAGS: OVIP (VANCE, CYRUS)
SUBJI REPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT
1. TODAY'S SESSIO- WITH FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG HUA FELL
INTO THREE PARTS. AT THE OUTSET HE TOLD ME VICE PREMIER
TENG HSIAG-PING *AS INVITING ME TO A MEETING AND DINNER
TOMORROW AT THE SUMMER PALACE. AFTER THIS I CONCLUDED MY
GLOBAL PRESENTATION COVERING AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND NON-PROLIFERATION, I INVITED HIS RESPONSE, BUT
HUANG RESERVED HIS OVERALL RESPONSE FOR TOMORROW. ME ASKED SOME
MILDLY POINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MORN OF AFRICA, THE
MIDDLE EAST, SOUTHERN AFRICA AND YOUGOSLAVIA, AND INQUIRES
AS TO DUR VIE OF SOVIET STRATEGY. TO COUNTER THE
CHINESE VIE* OF SOVIETS NINE FEET TALL, I USED CONSIDERABLE
DETAIL TO ILLUSTRATE OUR IMPRESSION THAT THE SOVIETS ARE IN
TROUBLE BOTH IN THE HORN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA MHERE THEY
SEEM TO BE SEEKING TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY RATHER THAN
CONDUCTING A WELL THOUGHT OUT STRATEGY. I WAS SURPRISED
BY HUANG'S LACK OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ON THE MIDDLE EAST.
I REBUTTED SUGGESTIONS THAT WE WERE NOT SUPPORTING
SADAT ACEQATELY AVD REVIEWED OUR BASIC POLICY TOWARD A COMP-
REHENSIVE ARAB-ISRAELI SETTLEMENT. I THINK THE EXCHANGES
WERE USEFUL.
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2, WITHOUT DCUAT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MEETING WAS MY
PRESENTATION CN OUR APPROACH ON NORMALIZATION AND THE
NATURE OF OUR REDUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE PRC AS
THE SOLE LEGAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. I HAD THE FEELING,
SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUES, THAT THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE TABLE
FELT IT HAS A\ HISTORIC OCCASION. THEY WERE EXTREMELY
ATTENTIVE AND SOBER AND READILY ACCEPTED MY SUGGESTION
THAT NE BREAK OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY REMARKS so THEY
COULD HAVE TIME TO REFLECT. THE CHINESE SEEM TO HAVE
TAKEN OUR PRESENTATION AS A SERIOUS ONE. BUT OUR PROPOSALS
POSE VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS FOR THEM AND NOTHING TODAY
GIVES ME ANY 5ASIS FOR PROJECTING THE NATURE OF THEIR
RESPONSE. PERHAPS TENG WILL RESPOND TOMORRON. EVEN
IF HE DOES NOT, THE TONE OF HIS REMARKS "ILL GIVE us SOME
CLUE OF WHAT * E CAN EXPECT.
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