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Price SHANGHAI TOAST2126 THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN FIRST DRAFT (Not cleared by Mr. Kissinger) We are coming now to the end of our visit - to the end of a week that has truly changed the world. Looking back over this week, I think of the warm incompoisble and gracious hospitality we have been shown throughout our stay i- and for this, on behalf of Mrs. Nixon, of the rest of our party, and of the newsmen and others wo have accompanied us here, I wish most especially and most sincerely to thank our Chinese hosts, to thank all who have done so much to make this stay pleasant as well as constructive. I think also of all that we have seen -- of the examples of the progress of modern China, and the timeless wonders of ancient China - - of the beauty of China's countryside and the strength of its people. Most important, of course, I think of the talks that we have held. For it is in these talks that we have laid the basis for a new era in the relationship between our two nations. When Dr. Kissinger was in China last October, Prime Minister Chou noted in a toast that our respective world outlooks are totally different, but that this should not prevent us from finding common ground. It is because we shared that belief that we came here. Our talks have demonstrated that that belief is true. These talks have been wide-ranging. They have been frank. They have been constructive. The frankness with one another - the openness