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TELCON (San Clemente) Dobrynin/Kissinger 12:10 p.m. - 7/2/73 K: Hello. D: Hello, Henry. K: Anatol, how are you? D: Thank you very much. K: Anatol, I'm calling you about the following. In the spirit of the conversation between Brezhnev and the President, the Chinese have told us they wanted to deliver a message to us this week so we have invited them to come out here to deliver it on Friday. D: I see. K: Which is the latest day this week we could do it. D: understand. Who it will be? K: Huang Chen. The head of the Liaison Office. D: Oh yes, I understand. I see. K: And we just - on a confidential basis wanted you to know about this. D: I think it good gesture. K: We will announce it but we wanted you to know that while it will be said that we invited them the context is that they want to deliver something and I will discuss it with you next week. D: When it will be announced? K: Later today. D: Today. Is it a message from o K: They didn't say. It's a message from their government. D: Oh, I see. You don't know what is the theme of it? K: No, but I have a pretty good idea and so do you. D: (Laughs) OK, Henry.