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11/75
C
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George Bush Personal Papers
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11/75
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RE: Flight Crews (4 pp.)
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11/75
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RE: Press Matters (6 pp.)
COLLECTION
George Bush Personal Papers
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11/75
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George Bush Personal Papers
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F-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
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F-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
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NCNA CARRIES PRESIDENT FORD'S SPEECH AT PEKING BANQUET
OW011622Y REF OW011510Y (PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011500--TENG BANQUET
SPEECH)
TAKE 1 OF SEVERAL--FORD BANQUET SPEECH
PEKING NCNA IN ENGLISH 1615 GMT 1 DEC 75 OW
((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- FOLLOWING
IS THE TEXT OF U.S. PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD'S TOAST
AT THE BANQUET IN HIS HONOUR HERE THIS E.VE.NING:
MR. VICE-PREMIER, MR. FOREIGN MINISTER, AND ALL
CHINESE FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT:
ON BEHALF OF MRS. FORD, OUR DAUGHTER SUSAN, THE
MEMBERS OF OUR PARTY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, LET ME EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR YOUR FRIENDLY
RECEPTION. IT IS SYMBOLIZED BY THIS GRACIOUS BANQUET
YOU HAVE ACCORDED US TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS MY SECOND VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA, IT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN TO
YOUR COUNTRY AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN 1972
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A NUMBER OF YOUR LEADERS,
INCLUDING PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI. I LEARNED SOMETHING OF
THEIR VIEWS, AND SAW THE IMPRESSIVE WORK OF THE PEOPLE
OF CHINA IN DEVELOPING THEIR COUNTRY. I RECALL YOUR
HOSPITALITY WITH PLEASURE.
IT IS NOW MORE THAN FOUR YEARS SINCE OUR TWO COUN-
TRIES STARTED DISCUSSING HOW TO BUILD A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE
RELATIONSHIP. REALITY AND COMMON NECESSITIES BROUGHT
US TOGETHER IN A BOLD AND FARSIGHTED MOVE.
IN THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS
RECOGNIZED THAT "THERE ARE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND
FOREIGN POLICIES." BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO
AGREED THAT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WOULD BE IN THE
MUTUAL INTEREST OF OUR PEOPLES, AND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE SECURE INTERNATIONAL ORDER.
WE THEREFORE ESTABLISHED CERTAIN PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE
GROWTH OF OUR RELATIONS ANDRVUR APPROACH TO THE INTER
NATIONAL SCENE.
THE MOVES THAT WERE TAKEN IN 1971 AND 1972 BY THE
LEADERS OF CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES WERE OF HISTORIC
SIGNIFICANCE.. I TAKE THIS OCCASION TO REAFFIRM MY COM-
MITMENT TO THE OBJECTIVES AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT EMERGED
FROM THOSE FIRST STEPS AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE NORMALIZA-
TION OF OUR RELATIONS. 011615 UTT KY 01/1641Z DEC MORE
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NCNA TRANSMITS EXPANDED REPORT ON PRESIDENT FORD'S ARRIVAL
OW 011022Y REF OW.010722Y (PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 010715--INITIAL
NCNA REPORT ON ARRIVAL)
PEKING NC NA IN ENGLISH 1012 GMT 1 DEG 75 OW
((TEXT) ) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- GERALD:
R. FORD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARRIVED
IN PEKING BY SPECIAL PLANE THIS AFTERNOON ON A VISIT TO
CHINA AT THE INV ITATION OF CHOU EN-LAI, PREMIER OF THE
STATE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
OFFICIAL MEMBERS ACCOMPANYING PRESIDENT FORD ON HIS
VISIT ARE HIS WIFE BETTY FORD AND DAUGHTER SUSAN FORD;
DR HENRY A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE; GEORGE
BUSH, CHIEF OF THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA, AND
HIS WIFE; JAMES LYNN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET, AND HIS WIFE; ROBERT T. HARIMANN, COUNSELLOR
TO THE PRESIDENT; RICHARD B. CHENEY, ASSISTANT TO THE
PRESIDENT ; BRENT T. SCOWCROFT, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS; JOSEPH J. SISCO, UNDER
SECRETARY OF STATE RON NESSEN, PRESS SECRETARY TO THE
PRESIDENT; PHILLIP HABIB, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS; AND WINSTON LORD,
DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT POLICY PLANNING STAFF.
GREETING THEM AT THE AIRPORT WERE TENG HSIAO-PING
AND LI HSIEN-NIEN, VICE-PREMIERS OF THE STATE COUNCIL
WU TEH AND LI SU-WEN, VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE STANDING
COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS; CHIAO KUAN-
HUA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; LI CHIANG, MINISTER
OF FOREIGN TRADE; HUANG CHEN, CHIEF OF THE LIAISON OFFICE
OF CHINA IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND MADAME
LIN CHIA-MEI.
ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND PREMIER CHOU
EN-LAI, VICE-PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING EXTENDED A. WELCOME
TO THE AMERICAN GUESTS.
PEKING AIRPORT TODAY FLEW THE NATIONAL FLAGS OF CHINA
AND THE UNITED STATES. AT 3 P.M. THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S
SPECIAL PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT THE AIRPORT. A WELCOMING
CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE AIRPORT. THE BAND PLAYED
THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
PRESIDENT FORD, ACCOMPANIED BY VICE-PREMIER TENG HSIAO-
PING, REVIEWED A GUARD OF HO NOUR MADE UP OF MEN OF THE
GROUND, NAVAL AND AIR FORCES OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S
LIBERATION ARMY
ON THEIR ARRIVAL AI THE GUEST HOUSE PRESIDENT AND
MRS FORD WERE GREETED BY MESDAMES KANG KO-CHING AND
TENG YING-CHAO
AMONG THE MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE GREETING THE AMERICAN
GUESTS AT THE AIRPORT WERE ALSO LEADING MEMBERS OF
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS THE PEKING MUNICIPAL REVOLUTIONARY
COMMITTEE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS CO NCER NED WANG HAI JUNG,
CHU MU-CHIH, HSIEH CHING-I, YEN YU-MIN, LIU CHENG
CHING CHIANG HUI-LIEN, LU CHIN-TUNG, LIU HUA-CHING,
LIU TSUN-HSIN, TENG KANG, WANG YEH CHIU, LIU CHUAN-
HSIN, CHANG HAN-CHIH, CHU LIN, LIN PING, CHIN CHIA-
LIN AND CHU CHUAN-HSIEN AS WELL AS PERSONAGES OF VARIOUS
CIRCLES WHO HAD VISITED THE UNITED STATES.
PRESENT WERE ALSO GEORGE BUSH, CHIEF OF THE U.S.
LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA, AND MRS BUSH: OFFICIALS OF THE
LIAISON OFFICE AND MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ADVANCE PARTY.
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PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011500 XXX GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE
((TEXT)) MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO, PRESIDENT NIXON VISITED
CHINA, AND THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN SIDES ISSUED THE
FAMOUS SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. THIS IS A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL
DOCUMENT. IT EXPLICITLY SETS FORTH THE FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICIES OF CHINA AND THE UNITED
STATES, WHICH ARE DETERMINED BY THEIR DIFFERENT SOCIAL
SYSTEMS, AND AT THE SAME TIME POINTS OUT THAT IN TODAY'S
WORLD OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAVE MANY POINTS IN COMMON.
AN OUTSTANDING COMMON POINT IS THAT NEITHER SHOULD SEEK
HEGEMONY AND THAT EACH IS OPPOSED TO EFFORTS BY ANY OTHER
COUNTRY OR GROUP OF COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH HEGEMONY.
THE COMMUNIQUE PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SINO-U.S. RELATIONS AND INDICATES ITS DIRECTION AND
GOAL. ITS ISSUANCE ACCORDS NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMON
DESIRE OF OUR TWO PEOPLES BUT ALSO WITH THE INTERESTS
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. AND IT HAS MADE A DEEP
IMPACT INTERNATIONALLY.
SINCE THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, THERE HAVE BEEN ON
THE WHOLE AN INCREASE IN THE CONTACTS AND FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES AND AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. SINCE HE TOOK
OFFICE, PRESIDENT FORD HAS STATED MORE THAN ONCE THAT HE
WILL ADHERE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE
AND WORK TO PROMOTE SINO-U.S. RELATIONS, A STATEMENT WHICH
WE WELCOME. TO REALIZE THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES CONFORMS TO THE COMMON DESIRE OF
THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN PEOPLES. WE BELIEVE THAT, SO
LONG AS THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE ARE
EARNESTLY OBSERVED, THIS DESIRE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REALIZED
THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF OUR TWO SIDES.
AT PRESENT, A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION CONFRONTS THE
CHINESE AND AMERICAN PEOPLES -- THAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SITUATION. OUR BASIC VIEW IS: THERE IS GREAT DISORDER
UNDER HEAVEN AND THE SITUATION IS EXCELLENT. THE BASIC
CONTRADICTIONS IN THE WORLD ARE SHARPENING DAILY. THE
FACTORS FOR BONT REVOLUTION AND WAR ARE CLEARLY INCREASING.
COUNTRIES WANT INDEPENDENCE, NATIONS WANT LIBERATION, AND
THE PEOPLE WANT REVOLUTION THIS TORRENTIAL TIDE OF OUR
TIME IS MOUNTING. IN PARTICULAR, THE THIRD WORLD HAS
EMERGED AND GROWN IN STRENGTH, AND. HAS BECOME A FORCE
THAT IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
ARENA, A FORCE THAT MUST NOT BE NEGLECTED. ON THE OTHER
HAND, THE CONTENTION FOR WORLD HEGEMONY IS INTENSIFYING
AND, STRATEGICALLY, EUROPE IS THE FOCUS OF THIS CONTENTION.
SUCH CONTINUED CONTENTION IS BOUND TO LEAD TO A NEW WORLD
WAR. THIS IS INDEPENDENT OF MAN'S WILL. TODAY IT IS THE
COUNTRY WHICH MOST ZEALOUSLY PREACHES PEACE THAT IS THE
MOST DANGEROUS SOURCE OF WAR. RHETORIC ABOUT "DETENTE"
CANNOT COVER UP THE STARK REALITY OF THE GROWING DANGER
OF WAR. 011500 UTT KY 01/15272 DEC
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PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011500 XXX DANGER OF WAR
((TEXT)) THE WIND SWEEPING THROUGH THE TOWER HERALDS A RISING
STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE WIND IS BLOWING HARDER AND
HARDER, AND NOTHING CAN PREVENT THE STORM. IN THE FACE
OF THIS INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, THE CRUCIAL POINT IS WHAT
LINE AND POLICY TO PURSUE. WE CONSIDER THAT IT IS IN THE
INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD TO POINT OUT THE SOURCE
AND DANGER OF THE WAR, DISPEL ILLUSIONS OF PEACE, FULLY
AROUSE THE PEOPLE, MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS, UNITE WITH ALL
THE FORCES THAT CAN BE UNITED WITH AND WAGE A TIT-FOR-TAT
STRUGGLE. HEGEMONISM IS NOT TO BE AFRAID OF IT IS WEAK
BY NATURE IT BULLIES THE SOFT AND FEARS THE TOUGH. ITS
EXPANSION IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BEARS THE SEED OF DE-
FEAT. THE OUTCOME OF A WAR IS DECIDED BY THE PEOPLE,
NOT BY ONE OR TWO NEW TYPES OF WEAPON. IN THIS REGARD, THE
CONSISTENT POLICY OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE
IS: DIG TUNNELS DEEP, STORE GRAIN EVERYWHERE AND NEVER
SEEK HEGEMONY. WE BASE OURSELVES ON INDEPENDENCE, SELF-
RELIANCE AND MILLET PLUS RIFLES.
THE PEOPLE ARE THE MAKERS OF HISTORY. MANKIND AL-
WAYS ADVANCES IN STORM AND STRESS. THE ROAD IS TORTUOUS,
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. WE ARE FULL OF OPTIMISM AND CONFI-
DENCE IN THE FUTURE OF MANKIND.
PRESIDENT FORD VISIT TO CHINA IS A MAJOR EVENT IN
THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. IT IS BENEFICIAL
FOR LEADERS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES TO HAVE A DIRECT EXCHANGE
OF VIEWS ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST. WE WISH PRESIDENT
FORD A SUCCESSFUL VISIT.
IN CONCLUSION, I PROPOSE A TOAST
TO THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN
PEOPLES,
TO THE HEALTH OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD,
TO THE HEALTH OF THE OTHER AMERICAN GUESTS, AND
TO THE HEALTH OF ALL COMRADES AND FRIENDS PRESENT
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TENG HSIAO-PING HOSTS PEKING BANQUET FOR PRESIDENT FORD
OW011758Y REF OW011224Y (PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011219--SHORT
REPORT ON BANQUET)
REF OW011510Y (PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011500--TENG BANQUET SPEECH)
REF OW011622Y (PEKING NCNA ENGLISH 011615--FORD BANQUET SPEECH)
PEKING NCNA IN ENGLISH 1749 GMT 1 DEC 75 OW
((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) 2- ENTRUSTED BY PREMIER
CHOU EN-LAI, TENG HSIAO-PING, VICE-PREMIER OF THE STATE
COUNCIL, HOSTED A BANQUET HERE THIS EVENING IN HONOUR
OF-GERALD R. FORD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AND MRS. BETTY FORD.
AMO NG THE AMERICAN GUESTS PRESENT AT THE BANQUET
WERE SUSAN FORD, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT FORD, HENRY
A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE, GEORGE BUSH, CHIEF OF
THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA, AND MRS. BUSH, OTHER
OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT FORD'S PARTY,
THE PRESS CORPS, THE TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND THE AIRCRAFT
CREW ACCOMPANYING PRESIDENT FORD ON HIS VISIT, AND OFFICIALS
OF THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA.
PRESENT WERE LI HSIEN-NIEN, VICE-PREMIER OF THE STATE
COUNCIL, WU TE AND LI SU-WEN, VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE STANDING
COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, CHIAO KUAN-
HUA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LI CHIANG, MINISTER OF
FOREIGN TRADE, YU HUI - YUNG , MINISTER OF CULTURE, HUANG
CHE N, CHIEF OF THE LIAISON OFFICE OF CHINA IN THE U.S.,
AND MADAME LIN CHIA-MEI.
THE BANQUET WAS HELD IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE.
THE NATIONAL FLAGS OF THE U.S. AND CHINA WERE HUNG SIDE
BY SIDE IN THE BANQUET HALL.
VICE-PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING AND PRESIDENT FORD DELIVERED
TOASTS AT THE BANQUET. AFTER THEIR TOASTS, THE BAND PLAYED
THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
IN THE COURSE OF THE BANQUET, THE BAND PLAYED CHINESE AND
AMERICAN MUSIC.
PRESENT AT THE BANQUET WERE:
MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS CHANG WEN-YU, WU HSIN-YU, LIN CHIAO-
CHIH, CHAO CHUNG - YAO AND TUNG TI-CHOU;
LEADING MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PEKING
MUNICIPAL REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE WANG HAI-JUNG, CHU MU-CHIH,
HSIEH CHING-I, YEN YU-MIN, HSIAO PENG, LIU CHENG-CHING,
CHIANG HUI-LIEN, LU CHIN-TUNG, LIU HUA-CHING, LIU TSUN-
HSIN, WANG YEH-CHIU, LU YING, TENG KANG, MU CHING, WU
CHUNG, LIU CHUAN-HSIN, CHANG HAN-CHIH AND CHU LIN; AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS AND PEOPLE'S COMMUNE
MEMBERS CHEN FU-HAN, CHEN CHING-TAI, TU PAO-JUNG, CHEN
YUNG-HSIANG, KUO LI-YUN AND KUO FU-CHIN, REPRESENTATIVES
OF MINORITY NATIONALITIES YANG TSUNG, HALIFU TAWUTI,
CHEN CHIA-TSAI, CHEN YU-FANG AND TIEN CHUNG-SHAN, AS
WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS CIRCLES.
PRESENT WERE ALSO TU YU-MING, HUANG WEI, CHANG HAI-
SHANG, CHAO I-HSUEH AND YANG NAN-ISUN. 011749
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) - FOLLOWING
IS THE TEXT OF U.S. PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD' TOAST
AT THE BANQUET IN HIS HONOUR HERE THIS EVENING:
MR. VICE-PREMIER, MR. FOREIGN MINISTER, AND ALL
CHINESE FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT:
ON BEHALF OF MRS FORD, OUR DAUGHTER SUSAN, THE
MEMBERS OF OUR PARTY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, LET ME EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR YOUR FRIENDLY
RECEPTION. IT IS SYMBOLIZED BY THIS GRACIOUS BANQUET
YOU HAVE ACCORDED US TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS MY SECOND VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA, IT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN TO
YOUR COUNTRY AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN 1972
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A NUMBER OF YOUR LEADERS,
INCLUDING PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI. I LEARNED SOMETHING OF
THEIR VIEWS, AND SAW THE IMPRESSIVE WORK OF THE PEOPLE
OF CHINA IN DEVELOPING THEIR COUNTRY. I RECALL YOUR
HOSPITALITY WITH PLEASURE.
IT IS NOW MORE THAN FOUR YEARS SINCE OUR TWO COUN-
TRIES STARTED DISCUSSING HOW TO BUILD A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE
RELATIONSHIP. REALITY AND COMMON NECESSITIES BROUGHT
US TOGETHER IN A BOLD AND EARSIGHTED MOVE.
IN THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS
RECOGNIZED THAT "THERE ARE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND
FOREIGN POLICIES." BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ALSO
AGREED THAT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WOULD BE IN THE
MUTUAL INTEREST OF OUR PEOPLES, AND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DEVELOPM
WE THEREFORE ESTABLISKED CERTAIN PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE
PT OF A MORE SECURE INTERNATIONAL ORDER.
GROWTH OF OUR RELATIONS AND OUR APPROACH TO THE INTER
NATIONAL SCENE.
THE MOVES THAT WERE TAKEN IN 1971 AND 1972 BY THE
LEADERS OF CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES WERE OF HISTORIC
MITMENT TO THE OBJECTIVES AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT EMERGED
SIGNIFICANCE. I TAKE THIS OCCASION TO REAFFIRM MY COM-
FROM THOSE FIRST STEPS AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE NORMALIZA
TION OF OUR RELATIONS. 011615 UTT KY 01/1641Z DEC MORE
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((TEXT)) DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1972 VERIFY THE WISDOM OF TH
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. WE STILL DIFFER ON CERTAIN ISSUES,
BUT WE HAVE PROGRESSED TOWARD A MORE NORMAL RELATION-
SHIP. OUR MANY AUTHORITATIVE DISCUSSIONS HAVE ENABLED
OUR TWO NATIONS TO EXPLORE AREAS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND
TO. UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S VIEWS ON THE ISSUES ON WHICH
WE DISAGREE. THE TWO LIAISON OFFICES WHICH WE ESTABLISHED
IN OUR RESPECTIVE CAPITALS FACILITATE OUR CONTACT AND
UNDERSTANDING. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AND SCIEN-
TIFIC EXCHANGES, AND TRADE, STRENGTHENS THE TIES BETWEEN
THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN PEOPLES.
IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD, WE HAVE A MUTUAL INTEREST
IN SEEING THAT THE WORLD IS NOT DOMINATED BY MILITARY
FOR CE OR PRESSURE -- WHAT IN OUR JOINT STATEMENTS WE HAVE
CALLED HEGEMONY.
IN PURSUING OUR OBJECTIVES, EACH OF US WILL, OF
COURSE, DETERMINE OUR POLICIES AND METHODS ACCORDING TO
OUR DIFFERING POSITIONS IN THE WORLD AND OUR PERCEPTIONS
OF OUR RESPECTIVE NATIONAL INTERESTS.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. THE WORLD CONFRONTS US
ALL WITH DANGERS, BUT IT ALSO OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES. THE
UNITED STATES WILL STRIVE BOTH TO REDUCE THE DANGERS AND
TO EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE WITHOUT ILLUSIONS.
THE CURRENT SITUATION REQUIRES STRENGTH, VIGILANCE, AND
FIRMNESS. BUT WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO
ACHIEVE A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD EVEN AS WE REMAIN DETER-
MINED TO RESIST ANY ACTIONS THAT THREATEN THE INDEPENDENCE
AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FRANK AND BENEFICIAL DISCUS-
SIONS. WE WILL EXPLORE AREAS OF AGREEMENT, AND SEEK TO
FOSTER UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR PERSPECTIVES DIFFER. IN
THAT SPIRIT, WE REMAIN FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THE PROCESS
OF BUILDING A NORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUN-
TRIES ON THE BASIS OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, AND TO
ENLARGING THE AREAS OF COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES OF MUTUAL C
ONCERN.
SO AS I BEGIN MY VISIT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A
TOAST:
-- TO THE HEALTH OF CHAIRMAN MAO;
-- TO THE HEALTH OF PREMIER CHO U EN-LAI;
-- TO THE HEALTH OF VICE-PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING;
-- TO THE HEALTH OF OTHER OFFICIALS AND FRIENDS
HERE TONIGHT;
-- TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE THIS WEEK;
-- AND TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDSHIP AND
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF CHINA AND
THE UNITED STATES. 011615 UTT KY 01/16402 DEC
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) TENG HSTAO-PING,
VICE-PREMIER OF THE STATE COUNCIL, HOSTED A BANQUET IN
THE NAME OF PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI IN THE GREAT HALL OF
THE PEOPLE HERE THIS EVENING IN HONOUR OF GERALD R. FORD,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND
MRS BETTY FORD.
AMONG THE AMERICAN GUESTS PRESENT AT THE BANQUET
WERE SUSAN FORD, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT FORD, DR HENRY
A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND GEORGE BUSH,
CHIEF OF THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA, AND MRS BUSH.
PRESENT WERE LI HSIEN-NIEN, VICE PREMIER OF THE
STATE COUNCIL, WU TE AND LI SU-WEN, VICE-CHAIRMEN OF
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS,
CHIAO KUAN-HUA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND OTHER
LEADING MEMBERS OF DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED. 011219
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- CHU TE,
CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, MET HERE THIS EVENING WITH GERALD
R. FORD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND MRS BETTY FORD AS WELL AS ALL THE AMERICAN GUESTS,
THE PRESS CORPS, TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND AIRCRAFT
CREW WHO ARE ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT ON HIS VISIT.
PRESENT ON THE OCCASION WERE CHINESE LEADERS TENG
HSIAO-PING, CHIANG CHING, LI HSIEN-NIEN, WU TE AND
LI SU-WEN; MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIAO KUAN-HUA,
MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE LI CHIANG, MINISTER OF CULTURE
YU HUI-YUNG, CHIEF OF THE LIAISON OFFICE OF CHINA IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HUANG CHEN, AND OTHERS.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT ON THE AMERICAN SIDE WERE SUSAN
FORD, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT FORD; DR HENRY A. KISSINGER,
SECRETARY OF STATE; AND GEORGE BUSH, CHIEF OF THE
LIAISON OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CHINA,
AND MRS BUSH.
HOSTS AND GUESTS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER.
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 1, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- FOLLOWING
IS THE TEXT OF VICE-PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING'S TOAST
AT THE BANQUET IN HONOUR OF U.S. PRESIDENT GERALD
R. FORD HERE THIS EVENING:
MR. PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD,
LADIES AND GECWLEMEN,
COMRADES AND FRIENDS,
WE ARE VERY GLAD TODAY THAT PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD,
TRAVELLING THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS THE OCEAN, HAVE
ARRIVED IN CHINA FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT. AS THE REPUBLICAN
LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MR. FORD VISITED
CHINA BEFORE IN JUNE 1972 WITH MRS. FORD, SO THEY ARE
ALREADY KNOWN TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE. AT THIS BANQUET
WHICH I AM ENTRUSTED BY PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI TO HOST, I
WISH TO EXPRESS WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD AND THE OTHER AMERICAN GUESTS
ACCOMPANYING THEM ON THE VISIT.
THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN PEOPLES ARE BOTH GREAT
PEOPLES. OUR TWO PEOPLES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY
TO EACH OTHER. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO CONVEY THE CORDIAL GREETINGS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE
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((TEXT)) A RECEPTION WAS HELD IN PEKING ON 1 RPT I DECEMBER IN
HONOR OF U.S. PRESIDENT FORD WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CHINA ON OFFICIAL
VISIT. TENG HSIAO-PING SPOVE AT THE RECEPTION. HIS SPEECH WAS
PUNGENT WITH ANTI-SOVIETISM AND PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENTS. OUR STATION
POLITICAL OBSERVER GLEBOV WRITES IN THIS CONNECTION:
AS IS COMMONLY KNOWN, ANGER AND HATRED DO NOT LEAVE GOOD
IMPRESSIONS ON PEOPLE'S MIND. NEVERTHELESS, IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS
AND MEETINYS WITH FOREIGN POLITICAL ACTIVISIS AND STATESMEN,
REPRESENTATIVES-OF THE PEKING LEADERSHIP'S INNER CIRCLE ARE FULL OF
ANGER AND HATRED IN THEIR PRONOUNCEMENTS. THIS NATURALLY PREVENTS
THEM FROM MAKING AN OBJECTIVE-ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SITUATION. WE FIND NO EXCEPTION IN TENG HSIA0-PING'S SPEECH AT THE
RECEPTION FOR U.S. PRESIDENT FORD. WHAT MAKES THE MAOIST LEADER-
SHIP SO ANGRY? PRIMARILY, IT IS THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL DETENTE
WHICH RUNS CONTRARY TO THE PEKING ADVENTURISTS' DARK PRONOUNCEMENT
ON THE GATHERING STORM AND INEVITABILITY OF A NEW WORLD WAR.
CONTRARY TO MAO TSE-TUNG'S PREDICTIONS OF "GREAT DISORDER" AND SO
FORTH, THE PROCESS HAS GAINED MOMENTUM AND STRENGTH. WITH THE
SOVIET UNION AND THE OTHER SOCIALIST COUNTRIES STANDING IN THE
FOREFRONT OF THE DEFENDERS OF PEACE AND PEOPLES SECURITY AND-THE
OBVIOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORLD POLITICAL CLIMATE AND, TO A GREAT
EXTENT, AS A RESULT OF THE UNTIRING ENDEAVOR OF THE SOVIET UNION AND
THE OTHER SOCIALIST COUNTRIES AND THEIR STEADFAST SOCIALIST POLICY
AND THE GROWTH IN REAL STRENGTH OF THE SOCIALIST COMMUNITY, ALL OF
THIS HAS BECOME POSSIBLE. AND ALL OF THIS HAS INVITED THE ANGER OF
MAO TSE-TUNG AND HIS CLOSE ASSOCIATES.
MAO TSE-TUNG AND HIS CLOSE ASSOCIATES' ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE THEIR
HATRED FOR MANKIND AND THEIR ADVENTRUIST POLICY ON THE
LEADERS OF WESTERN COUNTRIES HAS BANKRUPTED. THIS, TOO, CAUSES
THEIR ANGER AND HATRED. AS WE KNOW, THE PEKING LEADERS TRIED EVERY
POSSIBLE MEANS TO SABOTAGE THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERA-
TION IN EUROPE ((CSCE)), BUT THEIR EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN. THE
POLITICAL AND STATE LEADERS OF THIRTY-THREE 33 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
AND THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA DID NOT BELIEVE, IN THE PEKING
PROPHETS, BUT, RATHER, INSCRIBED THEIR NAMES ON THE CSCE FINAL ACT.
THIS DID NOT HELP MAO TSE-TUNG AND HIS FOLLOWERS TO SOBER UP.
RATHER, THEY CONTINUE TO ATTACK THE RESULTS OF THE HELSINKI CONFERENCE
AND PERSIST WITH THEIR ATTEMPT TO POISON THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF
EUROPE AND THE WORLD.
THEY TRIED TO FIND AN UNDERSIANDING EAR IN WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR
SCHMIDT, FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER SAUVAGNARGUES AND U.S. SECRETARY OF
STATE KISSINGER IN THEIR TALKS ABOUT THE INEVITABLILITY OF WAR,
IMPOSSIBILITY OF ELIMINATING TENSION AND DEFENDING PEACE. BUT, THEY
FAILED TO WIN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT. FOR INSTANCE,
ACCORDING TO AFP, THE DEPARTURE POINT BETWEEN THE PEKING AUTHORITIES
AND THE WESTERN LEADERS IS DRAWN ON THE KEY ISSUES OF WAR AND PEACE
AND RELAXATION OF INTERNATIONAL TENSION.
THE FOREIGN PRESS IS FULL OF SHARP REMARKS ON THE MAOIST LEADER-
SHIP'S ATTEMPT ((? TO INFLUENCE): OTHER COUNTRIES' POLICES AND POINTS
OF VIEW. IT IS INTERESTING TO POINT OUT THE FOLLOWING: THE NEW
YORK TIMES WROTE ON THE EVE OF THE PEKING RECEPTION FOR U.S. PRESIDENT
FORD THAT "IN AN EFFORT TO UNDERLINE THE FACT THAT THE U.S. GOVERN.
-
MENT WILL NOT SACRIFICE DETENTE FOR U.S.-CHINESE RELATIONS, KISSINGER
HAS SAID IN HIS SPEECH IN DETROIT THAT A COUNTRY'S POLICY CANNOT BE
THE OBJECT OF DICTATE BY ANOTHER COUNTRY." IN THEIR COMMENTS ON THE
SPEECHES BY TENG HSIAO-PING AND U.S. PRESIDENT FORD AT THE PEKING
RECEPTION, ALL FOREIGN PAPERS AND NEWS AGENCIES HAVE CALLED ATTEN-
TION TO U.S. PRESIDENT FORD'S REPLY TO TENG HSIAO-PING'S PROVOCATIVE
REMARKS--THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR
FOR PEACEFUL EXISTENCE.
WHERE DOES THE CAUSE OF THE SERIOUS FAILURES OF THE MAOIST CLIQUE'S
FOREIGN POLICY GUIDELINE LIE? THE FAILURES ARE PARTICULARLY OUTSTAND-
ING RECENT YEARS. BLIND WITH THEIR HAIRED FOR THE SOVIET UNION AND
SOCIALISM, MAO TSE-TUNG AND HIS SERVANTS EITHER FAIL TO SEE OR ARE
UNWILLING TO ACCEPT THE OBVIOUS FACT. FOR INSTANCE, THEY DO NOT SEE
THAT AS A RESULT OF THE OBVIOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CLIMATE A PROFOUND CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PEOPLE'S MINDS.
PEOPLE HAVE LONGED FOR PEACE, BUT NOW THEY HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT
PEACE CAN BE MAINTAINED. THIS HAS BECOME AN OBJECTIVE POSSIBILITY
UNDER SUITABLE CONDITIONS: THUS, THE ASPIRATION AMONG PEOPLR
TO OUTLAW WAR FROM THIS AND NEXT GENERATIONS OF MANKIND IS STRONVER
THAN EVER. MAO TSE-TUNG'S RIGID STAND ON THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR
AND HIS UNCOMPROMISING STRUGGLE AGAINST PEACE AND DETENTE HAVE
CAUSED CHINA TO BECOME THE ENEMY OF MANKIND AND HAVE INJURED THE
GOOD NAME OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND THEIR PEACE-LOVING AND DILIGENT
TRADITION IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLES. ALL THIS MAKES MAO TSE-TUNG'S
FOREIGN POLICY LINE A MOST HARMFUL, REACTIONARY AND HOPELESS ONE.
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 2, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- U.S. PRESIDENT
GERALD R. FORD AND MRS. FORD ATTENDED A PERFORMANCE OF
THE MODERN REVOLUTIONARY DANCE DRAMA "ODE TO YIMENG"
HERE THIS EVENING.
OTHER AMERICAN GUESTS ATTENDING THE SOIREE WERE
SUSAN FORD, DAUGHTER OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT, DR. HENRY
A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE, GEORGE BUSH, CHIEF OF
THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA
AND MRS. BUSH, AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT FORD'S PARTY.
ACCOMPANYING THE AMERICAN GUESTS AT THE SOIREE WERE
LI HSIEN-NIEN, VICE-PREMIER OF THE STATE COUNCIL, AND
HIS WIFE LIN CHIA-MEI; WU TE, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS;
CHIAO KUAN-HUA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; YU HUI-
THE LIAISON OFFICE OF CHINA IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HIS
YUNG, MINISTER OF CULTURE, AND HUANG CHEN, CHIEF OF
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BROAD CASTS IN MANDARIN UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
HAIKOW 0340: 1-3, FORD ARRIVES IN PEKING, MEETS
CHU TEH AND OTHERS, ATTENDS WELCOMING BANQUET: FORD AND.
TENG SPEECHES; 4, FISH IN HAINAN (RIB); 5, RAPE SOWING
QUOTA FULFILLED IN CHANGCHIANG COUNTY; 6, MEDICINAL HERBS
IN TAN COUNTY.
CANTON (CANTONESE) 0400: 1,2, LEARNING FROM TACHAI
IN SSUHUI COUNTY AND A BRIGADE; 3, SMALL CEMENT WORKS IN
WANGTUNG (RIB); 4, COAL PRODUCTION IN CHANCHIANG PREFECTURE.
KWEIYANG 0400: 1, IMPROVED WORKSTYLE OF
CHIENHSI COUNTY CCP COMMITTEE; 2-4, WINTER AGRICULTURAL
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION IN CHENGAN COUNTY, A COMMUNE AND A
WEIYANG DISTRICT.
CHANGSHA 1100: 1, HUNAN TELEPHONE CONFERENCE ON
INDUSTRY AND COMMUNICATIONS (PROC); 2, RECORDED TALK ON
ACHIEVING AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, BY (WU YEN-FAN), SECRE_
TARY OF YU COUNTY CCP COMMITTEE; 3,4, STUDY OF THEORY
IN LUNGSHAN COUNTY AND ON A BRIGADE.
CHE NG CHOW 1100: 1-3, HAIKOW 0340/1-3; 4, TACHAI
MOVEMENT IN CHI COUNTY; 5, RUNNING SCHOOL WITH DORRS OPEN
ON A COMMUNE; 6, BUILDING A NEW TRACTOR BY A BRANCH FACTORY
OF LOYANG DIESEL ENGINE WORKS; 7, TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS
IN A CHEMICAL FERTILIZER PLANT.
CHENGTU 1100: 1, TACHAI MOVEMENT IN NANCHUNG
PREFECTURE; 2, SPRING-HARVESTED CROP TENDING ON A COMMUNE;
3, RAPE PRODUCTION ON A COMMUNE; 4-6; QUOTA FULFILMENT IN
THREE FACTORIES; 7, PHYSICAL CULTURE ACTIVITIES IN A PLAYGROUND.
KUNMING 1100: 1-2, HAI KOW 0340/1,3; 3, YUNNAN MILITARY
DISTRICT CALLS ON MILITIA TO PLUNGE INTO TACHAI MOVEMENT
(PROC); 4, SUPPORT FOR LEARNING FROM TACHAI BY A CERTAIN
PLA UNIT; 5, CADRES' PARTICIPATION IN LABOUR IN A YUNNAN
METALLURGICAL SURVEY TEAM.
NANNING 1100: 1-3, HAIKOW 1-3; 4,5, 012300/1-2;
6, TIMBER PROCUREMENT QUOTA FULFILLED BY A FORESTRY FARM.
SIAN 1100: 1, SHENSI INDUSTRY OFFICE PARTY COMMITTEE
TRAINS LEADERSHIP CADRES (RIB); 2, QUOTA FULFILMENT IN A
TUNGCHUAN COALMINE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT; 3, FIFTEEN'
NANKING YOUTHS SETTLE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN YENAN;
4, 7 MAY SCHOOLS AND PEASANTS' SPARE-TIME UNIVERSITIES
SET UP IN SHANG COUNTY.
TAIYUAN 1100: 1, CHINCHUNG PREFECTURE SCHOOLS RUN
FARMS AND SMALL FACTORIES; 2, TACHAI MOVEMENT IN CHINTUNG NAN
PREFECTURE; 3, SAME, IN LAN COUNTY; 4, LEARNING FROM TACHAI BY
PUPILS OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL; 5, ARTICLE BY A PRIMARY SCHOOL
PARTY BRANCH ON RUNNING SCHOOL WITH DOOPS OPEN; 6, SERVING
AGRICULTURE BY A COUNTY HOSPITAL; &7, SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURE
BY COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENTS IN YING COUNTY.
CANTON 1300: 1, STATION REPORTER'S ROUND-UP ON GOOD
PROSPECTS IN HAINAN IN LEARNING FROM TACHAI, FOLLOWING
HAINAN MEETING OF CADRES AT THREE LEVELS; 2, WINTER
FARMWORK ON A COMMUNE.
WUHAN 1300: 1, RECTIFICATION IN YANGHSIN COUNTY CCP
COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE LEARNING FROM FACHAI ;; 2, NATIONAL FORUM
ON NEW METHOD OF MIDWIFERY HELD IN YINGCHENG COUNTY (PROC);
3, NEWSLETTER ABOUT SERVING PEASANTS BY A TEACHER IN A
HILLY BRIGADE; 4, TENDING OF WHEAT IN KUANGHUA COUNTY AND ON
A COMMUNE; 5, PRODUCTION IN A FORESTRY FARM; 6 FORESTRY
IN A BRIGADE.
NANNING (CANTONESE) 2300: 1, MAO MEETS FORD;
2, CULTIVATING NEW CADRES IN A NANNING COAL MINE; 3, EXTRACTS
FROM A FORUM OF RUSTICATED EDUCATED YOUTH IN SHANGSSU COUNTY
ON THE LETTER FROM 12 YOUTHS TO MAO; 4, CULTIVATING
INTELLECTUALS IN NANNING NO.2 MIDDLE SCHOOL; 5, HARVEST OF
SUGAR-CANE IN LIUCHENG COUNTY. WALL 03/04432 DEC
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 2, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- =- CHAIRMAN
MAO TSETUNG THIS AFTERNOON-MET WITH PRESIDENT-GERALD
R. FORD OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MRS BETTY
FORD AND MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT FORD'S PARTY.
THE MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT FORD'S PARTY WHO TOOK PART
IN THE MEETING WERE SUSAN FORD, DAUGHTER OF THE
PRESIDENT; DR HENRY A. KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE;
GEORGE BUSH, CHIEF OF THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICE IN CHINA;
BRENT T., SCOWCROFT, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS; JOSEPH J. SISCO, UNDER-
SECRETARY OF STATE; PHILLIP HABIB, ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFEAIRS; WINSTOM
LORD, DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT POLICY PLANNING
STAFF; AND RICHARD SOLOMON, SENIOR STAFF MEMBER ON THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
AFTER SHAKING HANDS WITH EACH OF THE AMERICAN GUESTS,
CHAIRMAN MAO HAD EARNEST AND SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS
WITH PRESIDENT FORD ON WIDE-RANGING ISSUES IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE. TAKING PART IN THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE
AMERICAN SIDE WERE HENRY A. KISSINGER, GEORGE BUSH,
BRENT T. SCOWCROFT AND WINSTON LORD.
TAKING PART IN THE MEETING AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE
CHINESE SIDE WERE TENG HSIAO-PING AND LI HSIEN-NIEN,
VICE-PREMIERS; CHIAO KUAN-HUA, FOREIGN MINISTER;
HUANG CHEN, CHIEF OF THE LIAISON OFFICE OF CHINA IN
THE UNITED STATES; WANG HAI-JUNG, VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER;
AND TANG WEN-SHENG AND CHANG HAN-CHIH, DEPUTY DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. 021445 CHERRY SU
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 2. AFP - - PRESIDENT GERALD FORD OF
THE UNITED STATES WAS RECEIVED HERE THIS AFTERNOON BY CHAIRMAN
MAO TSE-TUNG, A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED. 020856
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC. 2 (AFP) PRESIDENT FORD SAT DOWN TO
TALKS AT 10 A.M. (0200 GMT) TODAY WITH CHINESE VICE PREMIER
TENG HSIAO-PING. -
MR. FORD ARRIVED IN PEKING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ATTENDED
A BANQUET CHAIRED BY MR. TENG LAST NIGHT AND TURNED UP AT
THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS THIS MORNING IN A HONG CHI
(RED FLAG) CHINESE LIMOUSINE. HE ENTERED THE CONGRESS PALACE
WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE PRESS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THIS FIRST SESSION OF TALKS WERE
SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER, GEORGE BUSH, THE HEAD
OF THE U.S. LIAISON MISSION HERE; PHILIP HABIB, ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS, AND WINSTON LORD,
DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT POLICY PLANNING STAFF.
THE CHINESE SIDE AT THE TALKS INCLUDED FOREIGN MINISTER
CHIAO KUAN-HUA; VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG HAI-JUNG,
WHO IS A NIECE OF CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG; AND THE HEAD
OF THE CHINESE LIAISON MISSION IN WASHINGTON, HUANG CHEN.
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DECEMBER 3, 1975 (HSINHUA) -- CHINESE VICE-
PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING AND U.S. PRESIDENT GERALD R.
FORD CONTINUED TALKS HERE THIS MORNING. 030700 WRIGHT
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HEREWITH SAMPLING LOCAL PRESS COMMENT FORD VISIT:
SY
CHRON-1
1. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST-CENGLISH, CONSERVATIVE) "THE PRESIDENTIAL
VISIT HAD THUS GONE SMOOTHLY, THOUGH ON A VERY MUCH MORE SUBDUED
WH-10
NOTE THAN THAT OF MR FORD'S PREDECESSOR, MR RICHARD NIXON.
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"THE TEMPO OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL VISIT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
CHANGE AS THE WEEK PASSES AND WHILE MANY A SEASONED OBSERVER
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HAS BEEN FIRM IN HIS OPINION THAT NO MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH COULD
COME ABOUT, THERE COULD NEVER BE A NOTE OF ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY
ABOUT SUCH A VISIT."
2. MR. MINE PAJ (CHINESE, NEUTRAL) : "BOTH CHINA AND U.S. DO NOT WISH
TO SEE THE OUTBREKA OF A MAJOR WAR; BUT SHOULD SUCH A WAR BE
CONSIDERED AS INEVITABLE, CHNA WISHES THAT THE U.S. WILL FIGHT
SOVIET RUSSIA FIRST WHILE THE U.S. WISHES THAT CHINA WILL FIGHT
THE RUSSIANS FIRST. BUT I.T IS NOTEWORTHY THAT LEADERS OF CHINA
AND U.S. ARE SERIOUSLY DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM OF DETENTE, AND
THIS MEANS THAT THEY ARE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A JOINT STRATEGY
AGAINST SOVIET RUSSIA. THEIR STRATEGY MAY NOT AGREE, BUT THEIR
MAIN COMMON TARGET OF DEALING WITH SOVIET RUSSIA IS SET. AND
THIS CAN BE THE FOUNDATION OF A. MILITARY ALLIANCE IN THE
FUTURE."
3. TIN TIN (CHINESE, CONSERVATIVE): "KNOWING THAT THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE IS ABOUT A PIECE OF WASTE PAPER, FORD STILL GOES ON
WITH HIS VISIT TO MAINE AND WITH THE HOPE THAT IT WILL PROMOTE HIS
PRESTIGE IN THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND HELP TO DEAL
WITH SOVIET RUSSIA.".
4. TIN FENG (CHINESE, PRO PRC): "THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK
THAT FORD CHINA VISIT IS OF NO. IMPORTANCE. THIS IS A VERY
CHILDISH VIEW. IN A REALISTIC WORLD, HOW CAN WE SAY THAT IT
IS MEANINGLESS FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT PERSON LIKE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CROSS THE OCEAN TO VISIT CHINA?
FORD WOULD NOT WASTE HIS TIME TO RECEIVE ANYONE WHO VISITS USA,
SHOULD THE VISIT BE CONSIDERED MEANINGLESS.'
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WA032318 TAKE 1 OF 2 (FBIS CHINA TRENDS-3 DECEMBER)
1.) "FRIENDLY" TALK WITH MAO HIGHLIGHTS PRESIDENT'S CHINA TRIP
CHINESE MEDIA TREATMENT OF PRESIDENT FORD AND HIS PARTY SINCE THEIR
ARRIVAL IN PEKING ON 1 DECEMBER THUS FAR HAS GENERALLY ADHERED TO
THE STRICT PROTOCOL PATTERN FOLLOWED DURING FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON'S
FEBRUARY 1972 CHINA TRIP. THE U.S. DELEGATION'S 2 DECEMBER
"FRIENDLY" MEETING WITH MAO, AS WELL AS INITIAL CHINESE COMMENT
WELCOMING THE VISITORS, UNDERLINED THE MEASURED IMPROVEMENT IN
SINO-U.S. RELATIONS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
HOWEVER, THE CHINESE COMMENT SOFTPEDALED THE NEED FOR FORMAL
NORMALIZATION OF BILATERAL RELATIONS AND STRESSED INSTEAD THE
IMPORTANCE OF COMPATIBILITY IN U.S. AND CHINESE INTERNATIONAL
POLICIES, PARTICULARLY VIS-A-VIS THE SOVIET UNION. VICE PREMIER
TENG HSIAO-PING ON 1 DECEMBER INDICATED, IN THE MOST EXPLICIT
TERMS TO DATE, THAT CHINA SEES A STRONGER U.S. STRATEGIC RESOLVE
AGAINST SOVIET EXPANSIONISM AS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION THE
FORD-ADMI NISTRATION CAN CURRENTLY MAKE TO ENHANCE THE SINO-AMERICAN
RAPPROCHEMENT
AS IN THE 1972 WELCOME FOR PRESIDENT NIXON, PRESIDENT FORD WAS GREETED
ON ARRIVAL AT PEKING AIRPORT BY A CHINESE OFFICIAL DELEGATION LED BY
THREE CCP POLITBURO MEMBERS, HEADED THIS TIME BY VICE PREMIER TENG
HSIAO-PING. THE DELEGATION WAS RECEIVED THAT EVENING BY NPC CHAIRMAN
CHU TE AND FOUR OTHER POLITBURO MEMBERS, INCLUDING MAO'S WIFE CHIANG
CHING, AND WAS THEN FETED AT A WELCOMING BANQUET HOSTED BY TENG
HSIAO-PING AND ATTENDED BY TWO OTHER POLITBURO MEMBERS. TENG LED
THE CHINESE SIDE IN WORKING-LEVEL TALKS WITH THE VISITORS ON 2 AND
3 DECEMBER. ON 2 DECEMBER MAO RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY
FOR WHAT NCNA DESCRIBED AS "EARNEST AND SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS
...
ON WIDE-RANGING ISSUES IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE."
THE NCNA CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAO MEETING MARKED AN ADVANCE FROM
NCNA S DESCRIPT-ION-OF THE 1972 SERIOUS AND-FRANK" DISCUSSIONS MAO
HAD WITH PRESIDENT NIXON. OTHERWISE CHINESE MEDIA HAVE AVOIDED, AS
THEY DID IN 1972, CHARACTERIZING THE ATMOSPHERE AT SINO-U.S. MEETINGS
AND BANQUETS.
PEKING'S MEDIA TREATMENT AGAIN, AS IN 1972, HAS REFLECTED THE FACT
THAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S VISIT IS ONE BY A CHIEF OF STATE FROM A
COUNTRY WITH THICH CHINA LACKS NORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. THUS,
THERE WERE NO PEKING REPORTS OF EDITORIAL COMMENT ON THE VISIT OR
POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT, AND PEKING
CHARACTERIZED THE REMARKS AT THE WELCOMING BANQUET AS "TOASIS"
RATHER THAN THE CUSTOMARY OFFICIAL SPEECHES WHEN CHIEFS OF STATE
VISIT. NCNA HANDLING D-ID REFLECT A SLIGHT ADVANCE OVER ITS COVERAGE
IN 1972 BY NOTING-THAT A "WELCOMING CEREMONY" GREETED THE GUESTS
AT THE AIRPORT, AND TENG IN HIS 1 DECEMBER BANQUET REMARKS SAID THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAD COME FOR AN "OFFICIAL" VISIT. NIXON HAD BEEN
DESCRIBED AS MERELY MAKING "A VISIT" IN 1972.
REPORTS OF PRESIDENT FORD'S ARRIVAL, HIS MEETINGS WITH CHINESE
OFFICIALS, AND TEXTS OF HIS AND TENG'S BANQUET TOASTS HAVE BEEN
CARRIED IN NCNA'S CHINESE AND ENGLISH TRANSMISSIONS. NCNA FOLLOWED
PAST PRACTICE IN MUTING COMMENT CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES DURING
THE COURSE OF THE VISIT, THOUGH IT HAS MAINTAINED ITS TOUGH LINE
AGAINST. SOVIET POLICIES. IN REPORTING THE 28 NOVEMBER WASHINGTON
MEETING OF PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY MISSINGER WITH A VISITING
CHINESE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, NCNA HAD NOTED THE PRESIDENT'S
CHARACTERIZATION OF HIS UPCOMING TRIP AS "OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE." NCNA
ALSO REPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S 29 NOVEMBER REMARKS UPON DEPARTURE IN
WHICH HE STRESSED THE IM045-, :3 9! 8,9-U.S. RELATIONS FOR THE
STABILITY IN ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. (MORE) BIETZ/BAPTIST/GS
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XXX AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
TENG HSIAO-PING'S REMARKS AT THE 1 DECEMBER BANQUET ECHOED STOCK
CHINESE ASSESSMENTS OF SINO-U.S. BILATERAL RELATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN
SET FORTH MOST RECENTLY IN FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA'S REMARKS
WELCOMING SECRETARY KISSINGER'S VISIT TO CHINA IN OCTOBER. TENG
ASSERTED THAT "ON THE WHOLE" RELATIONS HAD IMPROVED, AND HE PRAISED
NIXONS 1972 VISIT AND THE RESULTING SINO-U.S. SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE,
CALLING THE LATTER A "UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENT WHICH UNDERLINED
BOTH THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES" AND THE "MANY POINTS IN COMMON"
HELD BY THE TWO SIDES. TENG EXPRESSED PEKING'S "WELCOME" TO PRESIDENT
FORD'S PAST AFFIRMATIONS THAT THE UNITED STATES YOUTH ABIDE BY THE
COMMUNIQUE AND IMPROVE SINO-U.S. RELATIONS, AND HE VOICED ROUTINE
CONFIDENCE THAT RELATIONS WOULD BE NORMALIZED "EVENTUALLY" THROUGH
BOTH SIDES' "JOINT EFFORTS."
PRC EDUCATIONAL POLICY: NEW SHIFT AWAY FROM THE IDEOLOGICALLY
MOTIVATED EDUCATIONAL REFORMS ANNOUNCED DURING THE CULTURAL
REVOLUTION APPEARS UNDERWAY IN CHINA, AS INDICATED BY RECENT CHINESE
PROVINCIAL BROADCASTS URGING IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
IN LRI SCHOOLS. THE NEW DRIVE TO RAISE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
AND ACHIEVE A BETTER BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL
ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AND POLITICAL STUDY BEGAN LAST MONTH IN SHANGHAI
WITH AN UNUSUALLY FRANK 10 NOVEMBER BROADCAST WARNING THAT IT WAS
NOT PERMISSIBLE TO RELAX "INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION." FOLLOWING UP ON
ITS ENDORSEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL TRAINING, SHANGHAI RADIO ON
29 NOVEMBER NOTED THAT THE PRESENT OBJECTIVE OF "OPEN DOOR" EDUCA-
TION, A PRINCIPLE USED IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION TO ADMIT MANY
SCHOLASTICALLY UNQUALIFIED BUT HIGHLY POLITICAL STUDENTS, IS TO
DEVELOP A "WELL PLANNED AND WELL ARRANGED PROGRAM SO THAT THE
SCHOOL NOT ONLY OPENS ITS DOORS TO SOCIETY BUT ALSO IMPROVES THE
QUALITY OF ITS EDUCATION IN THE PROCESS." SHANGHAI'S INITIATIVE
IN OPENLY UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
WAS EMULATED IN A 29 NOVEMBER BROADCAST FROM NEIGHBORING ANHWEI
PROVINCE. THIS BROADCAST CALLED UPON LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO
PLACE MORE STRESS ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TO URGE TEACHERS "TO
IMPROVE THEIR. PROFESSIONAL LEVELS IN ORDER TO DO THEIR PART IN
ACHIEVING THE MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, NATIONAL
DEFENSE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY."
3.) PRC-EAST TIMOR: PEKING HAS RESPONDED CAUTIOUSLY TO THE 28 NOVEMBER
PROCLAMATION OF EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE FROM PORTUGAL AND THE ESTABLISH
MENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF EAST TIMOR BY THE REVOLUTIONARY
FRONT FOR INDEPENDENCE OF EAST TIMOR (FRETILIN). CLAIMING THAT FRETILIN
"ACTUALLY GOT CONTROL" OF EAST TIMOR IN MID-AUGUST, A 1 DECEMBER NCNA
REPORT FAVORABLY CHARACTERIZED FRETILIN'S ADVOCACY OF THE FORMATION OF
A "DEMOCRATIC, ANTICOLONIAL AND ANTI-IMPERIALIST REPUBLIC" AND OF A
NONALINED FOREIGN POLICY AS "IDEAS WHICH HAVE WON THE SUPPORT OF THE
PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR." THE REPORT DID NOT MENTION OPPOSITION TO
FRETILIN ON THE PART OF TWO OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS, AND IT DID NOT
REFER TO INDONESIA'S CONCERN OVER THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
SINCE PEKING BROKE ITS SILENCE ON EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY IN MID-OCTOBER,
THE CHINESE HAVE RESTRICTED COVERAGE TO INFREQUENT NCNA DISPATCHES
FAVORABLY NOTING FRETILIN PRONOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIONS IN OPPOSITION TO
OTHER EAST TIMOR POLITICAL GROUPS AND TO INDONESIA, WHILE AVOIDING
EXPLICIT CRITICISM OF FRETILIN'S OPPONENTS. MOST RECENTLY, NCNA ON
29 NOVEMBER REPLAYED WITHOUT COMMENT A REUTER REPORT OF A 25 NOVEMBER
FRETILIN MILITARY APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AGAINST
INDONESIA. ARMED AGGRESSION" IN EAST TIMOR, NOTING ANOTHER WESTERN
PRESS DISCLOSURE THAT "INDONESIAN TROOPS WERE PREPARING FOR A FULL
SCALE INVASION." (ENDALL) BIETZ/BAPTIST/GS 03/2355Z DEC
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC 3--AFP (XXXX A PEKING STADIUM. ))
THE SECOND SESSION OF TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT FORD AND MR.
TENG LASTED 2-1/2 HOURS, LONGER THAN THE EXPECTED TWO-HOUR
INTERVIEW.
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SERVICE HERE SAID THAT THE TWO
MEN, EACH ACCOMPANIED BY NINE AIDES, AGAIN HAD SIGNIFICANT
DISCUSSIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. "
THE TALKS, WHICH LASTED FROM ABOUT 9:45 TO 12:15 (0145
TO 0415 GMT) BROUGHT THE LENGTH OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE
U.S. PRESIDENT AND THE CHINESE VICE-PREMIER TO FIVE HOURS.
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((TEXT)) TODAY S FUKIEN DAILY CARRIES ON ITS FRONTPAGE
NEWS ABOUT CHAIRMAN MAO'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FORD
AND OTHER AMERICAN GUESTS. IT ALSO CARRIES A RADIOPHOTO
SHOWING CHAIRMAN MAO MEETING PRESIDENT FORD. 03.0300 DH/KLINE
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC 3--AFP--CCXXX IN FEBRUARY 1972.
THE PEKING PEOPLE'S DAILY, THE COMMUNIST PARTY ORGAN,
CARRIED A LARGE PICTURE OF MR FORD WITH CHAIRMAN MAQ ON ITS
FRONT PAGE TODAY. MR FORD IS SEEN IN PROFILE WEARING A DPRK
PIN-STRIPED SUIT. A PICTURE OF THE OPENING OF YESTERDAY MORNING'S
TALKS ALSO APPEARS ON PAGE ONE.
THAT FIRST SESSION WITH MR TENG LASTED TWO-AND- A HALF HOURS.
IT WAS DESCRIBED BY AN AMERICAN SPOKESMAN AFTERWARD AS
CONSTRUCTIVE" AND "BENEFICIAL", WHILE A CHINESE
OFFICIAL USED THE TERMS "CANDID" AND "BENEFICIAL".
AIDES WERE PRESENT AGAIN TODAY. THE MEETING, HELD THIS TIME AT
THE RESIDENCE MR FORD IS OCCUPYING IN SUBURBAN PEKING WAS
SCHEDULED TO LAST TWO HOURS. YESTERDAY'S MEETING
WAS AT THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLY.
MR FORD AND MR TENG ARE TO MEET AGAIN TONIGHT AT A
WORKING DINNER. BEFORE THEN MR FORD WILL HAVE VISITED AN
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION AND WATCHED A GYMNASTICS MEET STAGED IN
HIS HO NOR AT A PEKING STADIUM. 030504 KLINE NY 03/05172 DEC
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC 3 (AFP) PRESIDENT FORD BEGAN A SECOND
DAY OF TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADERS AT 9:30 A.M. (0130 GMT) TODAY.
MR FORD RESUMED DISCUSSION WITH VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO
PING, THE DE-FACTO HEAD OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AFTER A
FIRST TWO-HOUR ROUND OF TALKS YESTERDAY MORNING.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON MR. FORD MET FOR AN HOUR AND 50 MINUTES
WITH CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG. 030322 KLINE YK 03/0333Z DEC
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HONG KO NG AFP IN ENGLISH 0421 GMT 3 DEC 75 OW
((TEXT)) PEKING DEC 3 (AFP) ((XXX CHAIRMAN MAO
TSE-TUNG)) VICE-PREMIER TENG REMARKED AS TODAY 'S SESSION
BEGAN THAT THE MAO-FORD CONVERSATION HAD BEEN "SIGNIFICANT"
MR FORD CONCURRED, ADDING THAT THEY DISCUSSED "A VERY
WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS INVOLVING THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AS
WELL AS OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS
NEW CHINA, THE OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY, LAST NIGHT. SAID THE
CLIMATE AT THE MAO FORD MEETING WAS FRIENDLY AND DISCUSSION
WAS EARNEST AND SIGNIFICANT".
IN THE VIEW OF OBSERVERS, THESE CAREFULLY SELECTED QUALIFIERS
CAN BE TAKEN AS INDICATING THAT THE DISCUSSION WAS USEFUL.
IT WAS NOT SAID TO BE "FRANK" -MEANING THAT CLEAR
DISAGREEMENT AROSE--AS WAS OFFICIALLY SAID OF THE PREVIOUS
TALK BETWEEN CHAIRMAN MAO AND AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT, DURING
FORMER PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT HERE IN FEBRUARY
1972. 030421 KLINE YY 03/0435Z DEC
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WITH CHINESE LEADERS)
HONG KO NG AFP IN ENGLISH AT 0424 ON 3 DECEMBER TRANSMITS
A SERVICE MESSAGE CORRECTING FROM THE PENULTIMATE LINE OF THE
SECOND PARA TO READ XXX AFTER A FIRST TWO-AND-A-HALF-HOUR
BT SESSION YESTERDAY MORNING. XXX PEPRWR KLINE FC 03/04472 DEC
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SUBJECT: PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CHINA -MEDIA REACTION REPORT
B&F
1. EDITORIAL COMMENT IN CHINESE PRESS SPARSE ALTHOUGH PRESIDENT -s
SY
VISIT CONTINUES TO BE FRONT PAGE NEWS WITH EMPHASIS UPON MAO-FORD
CHRON-1
MEETING AND THE GENERALLY "GOOD ATMOSPHERE."
MISSIONE
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST FEATURE STORY INCLUDES
I
FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS "THE ICE HAS BEEN BROKEN THE THIRD DAY OF
S/S-15
PRESIDENT GERALD FORD CHINA VISIT YESTERDAY PASSED IN A MORE
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NEETING PRESIDENT FORD HAD HAD WITH THE AGEING CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG
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LATE off TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
4: "AND THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BUREAU HANDED OUT A TEXT BY THE
NONA, AT THE VERY MOMENT IT WAS BEING PUBLISHED BY THE AGENCY.
5. "ANONG OTHER THINGS, THE AGENCY SAID CHAIRMAN MAO "HAD
EARNEST AND SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS' WITH PRESIDENT FORD ON
'WIDE RANGING ISSUES IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE.
6. "ONE U.S. JOURNALIST COMMENTED WRYLY THAT IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD USED A FOREIGN PRESS AGENCY TEXT
AS A COMMUNIQUE.
7. "IT IS PLAIN THAT THE WHITE HOUSE DECIDED TO USE THE NCNA
TEXT AS A GESTURE OF RESPECT FOR THE USUAL CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY DEMAND THAT ALL AUDIENCES WITH CHAIRMAN MAO BE SHROUDED
IN NEAR-TOTAL SECRECY, ONE KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCE SAID."
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC 4 (AFP) PRESIDENT FORD SAT DOWN TO
A THIRD DAY OF TALKS TODAY WITH THE ACTING LEADER OF THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT, VICE-PREMIER- TENG HSIAO-PING.
TODAY'S SESSION, WHICH STARTED AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S
GO INGRESS HALL AT 10 AM (0200 GMT), WAS THE LAST PLANNED
BEFORE MR FORD'S SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TOMORROW. HE ARRIVED ON
MONDAY.
IT WAS DUE TO LAST ABOUT 90 MINUTES, AFTER A TOTAL OF 5
HOURS OF TALKS GROUPING THE FORD AND TENG DELEGATIONS TUESDAY
AND YESTERDAY.
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((TEXT)) PEKING, DEC 4 (AFP) THE ABSENCE OF AN OFFICIAL
COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF PRESIDENT GERALD FORD'S VISIT
TO CHINA MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STYLE IN SINO-AMERICAN
RELATIONS. WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR. THIRD SESSION OF TALKS AT
THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS HALL HERE TODAY MR FORD
AND ACTING LEADER OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, VICE PREMIER
TENG HSIAO-PING PLAYED DOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF A FINAL
COMMUNIQUE. MR TENG REFERRED TO A COMMUNIQUE AS A "SUPERFICIAL
THING" AND FOR MR FORD IT WAS JUST A "PIECE OF PAPER."
MR TENG ADDED THAT THE IMPORTANT THING WAS THE "VISIT
ITSELF" AND THE "CO NSTRUCTIVE" TALKS WHICH WERE TAKING PLACE.
ONE CHINEQE OFFICIAL EMPHASISED THAT THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON'S
VISIT IN FEBRUARY 1972 REMAINED THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENT WHICH
STILL GOVERNED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.
TODAY'S MEETING WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
HENRY KISSINGER AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO
KUAN-HUA. WHEN MR FORD ARRIVED FOR THE MEETING MR. TENG
GREETED HIM WITH THE WORDS "DID YOU HAVE A GOOD REST."
MR FORD REPLIED THAT HE HAD AND SAID HE HOPED THE FINAL
SESSION OF TALKS WOULD BE "VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE AND
SIGNIFICANT AS THE ONES BEFORE." MR TENG COMMENTED, "AND
WE ARE ALSO VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE TWO SIDES
APE SETTING A NEW STYLE THIS TIME, THAT IS, WE DON'T THINK
WE ARE COMPELLED TO ISSUE A COMMUNIQUE."
HE ADDED, "WE THINK THE IMPORTANCE LIES IN THE VISIT
ITSELF AND THAT OUR TWO SIDES HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSIONS.
WE DONT THINK THE IMPORTANCE LIES IN SUCH A SUPERFICIAL THING
AS A COMMUNIQUE.'
MR FORD REPLIED," I WOULD AGREE THAT ACTIONS AND
AGREEMENTS ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WORDS AND I THINK
DISCUSSIONS ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN A PIECE OF PAPER.
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MR. NESSEN: OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS YOU HAVE
RECEIVED SUCH A WEALTH OF COLORFUL DETAIL AND SUB
STANT-IVE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE MEETINGS, I. DON'T KNOW
WHETHER- YOU REALLY NEED TO TALY TO THE SECRETARY TONIGHT.
BUT, IF YOU FEEL THERE ARE ANY SMALL DETAILS YOU HAVEN'T
GOTTEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, it" HAVE THE SECRETARY
OF STATE. I THINK HENRY WILL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY
TO YOU IN SUMMARY OF THE MEETINGS AND THEN WVLL RESPOND TO
YOUR QUESTIONS.
SECRETARY KISSINGER: LET ME SUMMARIZE WHAT HAS GONE ON,
AND LET ME DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS.
THERE ARE THREE ASPECTS OF OUR REI ATIONSHIP. THERE IS
THE ATTITUDE OF BOTH THE PEOPLE REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED
STATES TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.
SECONDLY, THERE IS THE PROBLEM OF THE NORMALIZATION OF
RELATIONS AND THIRDLY, THERE ARE THE VARIOUS BILATERAL
ARRANGEMENTS THAT EXIST IN SUCH FIELDS AS TRADE, CULTURE,
AND SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGES.
AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, IN ALL OF THE TOASTS AND ALL OF
THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS, THE BASIC CONCERN OF BOTH SIDES,
WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND WHAT HAS STAYED THE
RELATIONSHIP IS THE CONCEPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT, AND THE GREATER PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS
HERE CONCERN THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION.
THIS HAS BEEN REAFFIRMED BY THE PRESIDENT HERE, BOTH IN
PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND TOWARDS THE LEADERS OF CHINA.
UNCLASSIFIED
WITH RESPECT TO THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS, WE HAVE
AGREED TO PURSUE THEM, AND WE WILL BE IMPROVING THEM
THE ILL BE IMPROVED STEADILY IN THE CHANNELS APPRO
PRIATE FOR THEM; THAT IS TO SAY, TRADE, IN THE TRADE
CHANNELS, AND THE OTHERS IN THE CHANNELS THAT ARE
APPROPRIATE.
THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION THAT
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED
STATE HAVE COOLED THIS IS NOT THE PERCEPTION OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND I AM CONFIDENT IT IS NOT THE PER
CEPTION OF THE CHINESE LEADERS
WE BEL IEVE THAT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARE GOOD AND
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE IMPROVED STEADILY IN
THE MONTHS. AND YEARS AHEAD.
WE REVIEWED THE GLOBAL SITUATION IN CONSIDERABLE
DETAIL, BOTH IN THE TALKS BEIWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE
VICE PREMIER, AS WELL AS IN THE RATHER SEARCHING AND
DETAILEDATALKS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN CHAIRMAN MAO AND
THE PRESIDENT
WHILE OBVIOUSL Y THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES, THERE ARE
AL SO MANY COMMON APPROACHES, AND THE TALKS WERE EXTREMELY
USEFUL IN ENABLING THE LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES TO UNDERSTAND
THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE OTHER AND TO SEE WHERE PARALLED
POLICIES CAN BE PURSUED.
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION, THERE IS
REALLY LITTLE TO ADD TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID IN THE
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AND TO THE FUNDAMENTAL STATEMENTS
WHICH WERE MADE THERE EXCEPT TO CONFIRM THAT DIRECTION
AGAIN.
AS FOR TRADE, THE EXCHANGES, AS I HAVE SAID, THEY WILL
BE CONTINUED AND DEVELOPED IN THE FORUMS THAT ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR THEM.
WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE VISIT WE THINK THE IALKS
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN
EXCELLENT. I WAS SOMETIMES SHAKEN WHEN I READ SOME
ACCOUNTS OF THE /LOCAL RESIDENTS BUT I- WAS REASSURED
AGAIN WHEN I WENT TO THE MEETINGS $0, THE ATMOSPHERE
WAS GOOD AND THE TALKS WERE, AS I SAID, EXTREMELY USEFUL.
I THINK WITH THIS, I WOULD RATHER GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS
AND SEE WHAT MORE I CAN SAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ONE THING. DURING THE COURSE
OF TODAY, THE VICE PREMIER, IN CONVERSATION WITH THE
PRESIDENT THIS MORNING, RESPONDED TO SOME REQUESTS WE HAD
MADE TO THE PEOPLE'S PEPUBLIC OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS
WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN MISSING IN
ACTION IN OR NEAR CHINA OVER THE LAST DECADE, GND WE
RECEIVED SOME DETAILED INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO SOME
OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND ALSO INFORMATION
ABOUT THE REMAINS OF TWO MISSING IN ACTION.
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OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL WANT TO NOTIFY THE NEXT OF KIN: BUT
WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THIS GESTURE BY THE PEOPLE
REPUBLIC:
Q: WILL ANY OF THEM TURN UP ALIVE, DR KISSINGER?
SECRETARY: NO. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO BODIES AND
INFORMATION ABOUT SEVERAL OTHERS. THE BODIES WILL BE
RETURNED.
UNCLASSIFIED
Q: HOW MANY OTHERS?
SECRETARY: I THINK THE INFORMATION CONCERNED EIGHT
PEOPLE ALTOGETHER.
Q: YOU WILL RELEASE INFORMATION ON THE TWO DEAD?
SECRETARY: YES. AS SOON AS THE FAMILIES ARE NOTIFIED;
WE WILL RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.
Q: HOW S001 WILL THEY BE NOTIFIED?
SECRETARY: WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
Q: WHAT WAS THE TOTAL?
SECRETARY: SEVEN--TWO DEAD, FIVE MISSING.
Q: IF THE 1972 VISIT BY PRESIDENT NIXON WAS THE WEEK
THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE
THIS ONE?
SECRETARY: IN 1972, WE ESTABLISHED 4 NEW RELATIONSHIP,
AND IN 1975, THE PROBLEM WAS TO FIT THAT RELATIONSHIP
AND TO ELABORATE THAT RELATION IN AN EXISTING ARCHI
IECTURE. IT, THEREFORE, OBVIOUSLY BY DEFINITION
COULD NOT HAVE THE CHARACTER OF A NEW DEPARTURE, B.U.T. IT
IS NOW A MORE MATURE RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH ONE NOW DOES
NOT DISCUSS HOW TO: BEGIN BUT HOW IN THE PRESENT
ENV IRONMENT THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPL REPUBLIC
OF CHINA CAN PURSUE PARALLEL POL ICIES WHERE THEIR
INT ERESTS CONVERGE
Q: CAN YOU, DR. KISSINGER, GIVE US ANY INFORMATION
TO ITEMIZE THIS LAST REMARK YOU MADE, SIR?
Q: MAY WE HAVE THE QUESTION AGAIN, SIR?
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SECRETARY: THE QUESTION IS, COULD I GIVE EXAMPLES OF
WHERE WE HAVE PARALLELED POLICIES. I WOULD THINK THAT
THE UNITED STATES' PERCEPTION AND THE CHINESE PERCEPTION
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EUROPEAM UNITY AND EUROPEA CO
OPERATION AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION WITH THE U. ITED STATES &
WOULD BE ONE. I THINK THE PERCEPTION OF BOTH COUNTRIES
ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN FOULD EE VERY SIMILAR:
AND IN MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, THERE WOULD BE AS I
SAID, PARALLEL CONCEPTIONS. I JUST MANTED 10 GIVE SOME
EXAMPLES.
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Q: WOULD YOU REJECT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE PARALLEL
POLICIES SEEM TO CO NVERGE PRIMARILY ON A MUTUAL FEAR OF
WHAT THE SOVIET UNION MIGHT BE DOING?
SECRETARY: I WOULD SAY THAT THE PARALLEL POLICIES
CONSIST, OR THE PARALLEE VIEWS CONSIST OF THE
PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN WORLD PEACE
AND EQUILIBRIUM?
Q: COULD YOU MENTION HOW MUCH TIME THAT YOU SPENT
NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHINESE THAT YOU SPENT ON THE
SUBJECT OF SOVIET DETENTE, AND CAN YOU GIVE US SOME
INFORMAT ION ABOUT WHAT THE CHINESE WERE REQUESTING OF THE
UNITED STATES AND HOW THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED?
SECRETARY: I DO NOT INTERPRET FIRST OF-ALL, THE
CHINESE DID NOT REQUEST ANYTHING OF THE UNITED STATES
W ITH RESPECT TO DETENIE, AND WE DIDNT REQUEST ANY OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE CHINESE, AS IS KNOWN
FROM THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENT, AS CANNOT BE AVOIDED IN
THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS, HAS SOME VERY FIRM VIEWS IN THE
NATURE OF THE THREAT THAT THEY BELIEVE THE WORLD FACES.
WE ARE NOT AS CONVINCED OF THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR
BUT SHOULD THE CHINESE INTERPRETATION BE CORRECT,
AND SHOULD THERE BE MILITARY EXPANSION, I BELIEVE THAT
THE INITED STATES WOULD SEE THE PROBLEM QUITE SIMILARLY.
THE UNITED STATES IS OPPOSED TO MILITARY EXPANSION AND
WERE IT TO HAPPEN THE UNITED STATES AS OUR WHOLE
RECORD IN THE POST-WORLD WAR PERIOD MAKES CLEAR FOR 30
YEARS WOULD RESIST IT. WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AM
OP1 IGAT ION TO OUR PEOPLE, TO OUR ALLIES, TO SEEK TO
IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT WE WILL NOT DO SO AT
THE COST OF VITAL INTERESTS OR THAT WE WILL NOT BUY IME
BY SACRIFICING OTHER COUNTRIES SO, I THINK WE CAN LET
THE FUTURE DETERMINE WHOSE PREDICT ION WAS RIGHT
NOT MUCH IME WAS SPENT ON THIS THE STATEMENT OF
EOTH SIDES HAVE SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES, BUT IT IS NOT A
CONTENTIOUS ISSUE AND IT IS NOT ONE IN WHICH EITHER SIDE
IS TRYING TO CONVINCE THE OTHER TO ADOPT ITS PREFERRED
POLICY
Q: MR. SECRETARY, COULD YOU SPECIFY WHAT OTHER
SUB, ECTS THE CHINESE WERE INTERESTED IN, BESIDES
IMPRESSING UPON us THE UNWISDOM OF DETENTE?
SECRETARY: I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IN THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT TOOK PLACE YOU ALL HEARD THE TOAST OF THE VICE
PREMIER THE FIRST NIGHT. BEYOND THAT STATEMENT, THERE
WAS NO OTHER FORMAL STATEMENT OF THIS PO-INT OF VIEW.
THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY DISCUSSIONS. THERE HAVE TO BE
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DISCUSSIONS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WORLD SITUATION,
ABOUT THE SOVIET ROLE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION, SAS I. SAID, ON
EUROPE, AND INDEED ON EACH AREA OF THE WORLD, BUT THE
DEBATE ABOUT DETENTE WAS NOT A CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE
DISCUSSION.
Q: DID THE CHINESE DISCUSS THE NEW US GRAIN DEAL "ITH
THE SOVIET UNION?
SECRETARY: IT WAS MENTIONED IN PASSING.
Q: WERE THEY CRITICAL OF IT?
Q: QUESTION, PLEASE.
SECRETARY: THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE CHINESE WERE
CRITICAL OF THE GRAIN DEAL WITH THE SOVIET UNION.
I WOULD SUPPOSE THAT IF THEY WERE REQUESTED TO SELL GRAIN,
THEY MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION, BUT SINCE WE ARE NOT
TELLING THE CHINESE HOW TO CONDUCT THEIR RELATIONS WITH
THE SOVIET UNION, YOU SHOULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MAJOR
THRUST OF THESE DISCUSSIONS FS FOR ELTHER SIDE TO TELL THE
OTHER HOW THEY SHOULD CONDUCT THEIR RELATIONS WITH SOME
THIRD PARTY.
SO, THIS WAS MENTIONED IN PASSING AS AN ILLUSTRATION,
BUT IT WAS NOT A CENTRAL FEATURE.
Q: HOW MUCH TIME WAS SPENT ON ANGOLA?
SECRETARY: IT WAS DISCUSSED.
Q: HOW MUCH TIME, SIR?
SECRETARY: THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION
2: 2 MR SECRETARY, WOULD THAT BE AN AREA THIS PROCESS
OF PARALLEL INTEREST COULD BE INCLUDED IN?
SECRETARY: I THINK IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO
SPEAK FOR THE CHINESE SIDE, BUT I THINK ANGOLA IS A
QUESTION ALSO OF CONCERN HERE.
Q: MR. SECRETARY, HOW MUCH OF THE TIME WAS SPENT IN
DISCUSSION OF THE TAIWAN ISSUE?
SECRETARY: THERE WAS A REVIEW OF THE TAIWAN ISSUE.
THE CHINESE SIDE EXPLAIMED AGAIN ITS WELL-VNOWN
POSITION WITH RESPECT TO NORMALIZATION. WE MADE CLEAR
THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
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SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AND IT IS CLEAR THAT SOME TIME WILL
BE NEEDED TO BRING THE PROCESS OF NORMAL ZATION TO A
FINAL CONCLUSION BUT ALSO THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE
CONTINUED TO A FINAL CONCLUSION.
Q: TO FOLLOW THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT YOU EXPECTED
PROGRESS TOWARD NORMAL IZATION AND YOU JUST MENTIONED
THIS SPECIFIC POINT. SPECIFICALLY WHAT PROGRESS WAS
MADE TOWARD NORMALIZATION AND WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE
TO TAIWAN?
SECRETARY: OF COURSE UNTIL NORMALIZATION IS COMPL ETED
THERE IS ALWAYS SOME PROGRESS STILL TO BE MADE. AS I
HAVE SAID, I EXPECT THAT OVER THE MONTHS TO COME OUR
RELATIONS WILL BE IMPROVED IN A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT
IMPROVEMENT BY DEFINITION WILL BE A STEP TOWARDS
NORMAL IZATION.
THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU READ THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE
IN WHICH WE STATED CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS ABOUT OUR
ACT IONS IN THE AREA, AS TENSIONS DIMINISH WITH RESPECT
TO OUR TROOP LEVELS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WILL CONTINUE
THAT PROCESS. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESS OF
NORMAL IZATION CAN BE SAID TO CONTINUE.
Q: TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE DIPLOMATIC POSITION OF
THE CHINESE COINCIDE WITH THEIR PROPAGANDA?
SECRETARY: ON WHAT SUBJECT?
Q: ON ALL SUBJECTS.
SECRETARY: THE QUESTION IS: TO WHAT EXTENT DO
THE PRIVATE POSITIONS COINCIDE WITH THEIR PUBLIC
PROPAGANDA?
OF COURSE I DON'T FOLLOW THE PUBLIC PROPAGANDA AS
MUCH AS THOSE OF YOU WHOMARE HERE AND I AM MORE
FAMILIAR WITH THE PRIVATE COMMENTS AND THEREFORE,
I AMI NOT A GOOD WITNESS ON THIS SUBJECT.
Q: STR YOU ARE SPEAKING IN CODE WORDS ON THE SUBJECT OF
TAIWAN WHAT DOES NORMAL IZ 1 ION MEAN? WHAT DO THE
CHINESE EXPECT US TO DO AND WHAT IS NECESSARY BEFORE
THAT ISSUE CAN BE NORMALIZED?
SECRETARY: I THINK THE CHINESE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THE
GENERAL MODEL THAT THEY WANT IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE
JAPANESE MODEL I THINK WE HAVE ALSO MADE CLEAR THAT IT
WILL TAKE TIME FOR THIS PROCESS TO MATURE AND FOR CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES TO EXIST. WE HAVE POINTED OUT OUR
INTERESTS IN A PEACEFUL SOLUTION, - IN AN ULTIMATE PEACEFUL
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
Q: MR. SECRETARY, DID YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION-
SECRETARY: WE MADE THAT CLEAR IN THE SHANGHAI COMMUNI-
QUE.
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Q: -- - ABOUT POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO THE CHINESE IN
DEVELOPMENTS OF THEIR OFF-SHORE OIL?
TRADE CHANNELS
SECRETARY: QUESTIONS LIKE THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE
Q: DID KOREA COME UP AT ALL?
SECRETARY: KOREA DISCUSSED BUT I WOULD SAY OUR
VIEWS ON THAT SUBJECT ARE NOT IDENTICAL BUT THEY ARE
UNDERSTOOD AND WE HOPE THAT BOTH SIDES WILL EXERCISE
RESTRAINT IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA
Q: WERE THERE POLICIES BEFORE THESE MEETINGS THAT SEEMED
TO BE CONVERGING THAT ARE NOV BACK ON WHAT YOU CALL
WERE, CAN
PARALLEL TRACKS AS A RESULT OF THESE TALKS AND, IF THEY
YOU BE SPECIFIC WHICH ONES?
SECRETARY: T BELIEVE THAT EVEN PRIOR TO THIS MEETING
THERE WAS A PERHAPS EXCESSIVE EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN PARTIAL
PUBLIC STATEMENTS SOWI HAVE NEVER SUBSCRIBED TO: SOME OF
THE I.NTERPRETATIONS THAT WERE MADE, EVEN PRIOR 10 THE
MEETING, BUT If WOULD SAY WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN THE
SITUATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING I MAINIAIN MY POSITION.
IT IS MY FIRM IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS SHARED BY OUR
CHIMESE HOSTS, THAT OUR RELATIONS ARE GOOD AND THAT IN
CERTAIN AREAS WE WILL BE PURSUING BETTER ACCORDS:
DID YOU SENSE ANY CONGERN ON THE PART OF THE
CHINESE ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE AMERICAN EXECUTIVE
BRANCH TO CARRY OUT ITS FOREIGN POLICY AS PLANNED BY
YOU AND THE PRESIDENT?
Q: QUESTION, PLEASE?
SECRETARY: THE QUESTION IS WHETHER I NOTICED AM CO N:
CERN ON THE PART OF OUR CHINESE HOSTS IN OUR ABIL
TO CARRY OUT OUR POL ICIES, OR OUR DECL ARED POLICY
LTHINK YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME OUR CHINESE HOSTS ARE
EXTREMELY HOUGHTS, POLITE AND THEY WOULD NOT EXPRESS SUCH
Q: - IN VIEW OF THE FACT SO LITTLE SEEMS TO HAVE
THE PAST FOUR DAYS?
HAPPENED HERE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE SECRETIVENESS OVER
SECRETARY: "LITTLE." PETER, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF
THE SECRETIVENESS ON OUR PART OVER THE PAST FOUR DAYS?
Q: EVEN IF A GREAT DEAL HAPPENED, COULD YOU EXPLAIN
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SECRETARY: WE HAD AGREED WITH OUR CHINESE HOSTS AND WE
HAVE TENDED TO FOLLOW IN THESE MATTERS THE PRACTICES
OF OURS THAT THE BRIEFING SHOULD TAKE PLACE ONLY AT THE
END OF THE VISIT
THIS WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE DISCUSSIONS WERE IN:
GREAT DETAIL AND ON A RATHER BROAD SCOPE, AND WE
COULD'N HAVE SAID MORE AT THE END OF EVERY DAY THAN I
AM SAYING IONIGHT AND I THINK TONIGHT WE ARE IN A
BETTER POSI TOM TO DPAW THE RESULTS OF II.
Q: MR SECRETARY, WERE THERE ANY AGREEMENTS REACHED
WITH THE CHINESE FOR POSITIVE ACTIONS IN ANY FIELD
FOR TRADE OR INTERNATIONAL POLICY?
SECRETARY I THINK WHE THE LEADERS OF TWO COUNTRIES
REVIEW THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND APPROACH A
CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PARALLEL INTERESTS THEY
HAVE THAT THIS IS BOUND TO HAVE PRACTICAL RESULTS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFIC ISSUES LIKE TRADE AS I
POINTED OUT, THERE WAS AGREEMENT REACHED TO PURSUE
THOSE, TO PURSUE POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION IN EXISTING
CHANNELS.
Q: DR. KISSINGER, I WONDER IF YOU com D CLARIFY ONE
POINT, PLEASE. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CHINESE MAKING
CLEAR THE JAPANESE POSITION VIS-A-VIS TAIWAN. YOU SAID,
WE MADE IT CLEAR IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THIS PROCESS.
DOES THAT SUGGEST THERE IS SOME SORT OF CALENDAR WHEN THE
UNITED STATES WILL BREAK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
TAIVAN?
SECRETARY: NO, THERE IS NO AGREED CALENDAR:
Q: IN THAT RESPECT, DID OUR SIDE, THE AME ICAN SIDE,
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT DOMESTIC POLITICS
AS DEVELORING OVER THE NEXT YEAR, MAY HAVE SOME DELAYING
EFFECT ON THIS PROCESS?
SECRETARY: OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF THESE MATTERS HAVE -DOMESTIC
COMPONENTS ON BOTH SIDES AND BOTH SIDES HAVE TO BE SENSI-
TIVE TO THE - EACH SIDE HAS TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE
NECESSITIES OF THE OTHER.
Q: THIS I'S THE END OF THE
Q: PLEASE FINISH THAT ANSWER.
SECRETARY: I HAVE FINISHED THAI ANSWER.
Q: THIS IS THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. DID THEY
SPEAK ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN OR WHAT IT WOULD
CONCER N?
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SECRETARY: NOT IN MY HEARING.
Q: MR. SECRETARY, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THE DECISION
WAS TAKEN NOT TO HAVE Ai COMMUNIQUE? MAS IL HERE OR IN
WASHINGTON BEFORE YOU LEFT WASHINGTON?
SECRETARY: THE DECISION WAS TAKEN IN A PRELIMINARY WAY
AT THE ENDIOR MY LAST VISIT AND ET WAS CO IRMED ON THE
FIRST DAY IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER
Q: WHY WAS IT DECIDED THERE WOULD BE NO COMMUNIQUE?
Q: QUESTION?
SECRETARY: FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE BOTH SAID IT IN THE
VARIOUS TOASIS.
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Q: WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
SECRETARY: THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS IT DECIDED TO
HAVE NO COMMUNIQUE.
ONE REASON, NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, WAS
THAT THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT T SAID HERE HAS ALREADY
BEE SAID IN VARIOUS PUBLIC STATEMENTS. SECONDLY, WE
DID NOT WANT TO SPEND THE TIME THAT IS NEEDED TO PREPARE
SUCH A COMMUNIQUE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SINCE ON
THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, ESPECIALLY ON TAIWAN, THEPE REALLY
ISN'T MUCH THAT CAN BE ADDED TO WHAT WAS SAID IN THE
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE AS TO THE DIRECTION. IT DID NOT
SEEM APPROPRIATE OR WORTHWHILE TO TRY TO FIND SOME
NUANCES ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
Q: NE IT HER SIDE SEEMS PREPARED TO CHANGE ON THE TAIWAH
ISSUE. HOW CAN YOU SAY THIS WHOLESOME RELATIONSHIP
WILL IN FACE KEEP GOING ON LINE IN THE FUTURE?
SECRETARY: I HAVE SAID THIS IS OUR INTENTION, WHICH ME
HAVE REPEATEDLY REAFFIRMED IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS, AND
THAT WE WILL WORK OUT WITH DILIGENCE OVER TIME.
Q: IS THERE INDICATION THAT EITHER SIDE IS WILLING TO
CHANGE AT ALL?
SECRETARY: I SAID WE WILL WANT TO WORK THIS OUT OVER
T.IME.
0: DID PRESIDENT FORD EXTEND ANY INVITATION TO THE
CHINESE LEADERS TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES?
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SECRETARY: THEY HAVE A STANDING INVITATION, AND THEY
HAVE REAFFIRMED A STANDING OBSTACLE.
Q: MR. SECRETARY, ON THE SUBJECT OF KOREA
Q: WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES?
SECRETARY: THAT THEY DON T WANT TO VISIT WASHINGTON
UNTIL FULL NORMAL IZATION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.
Q: MR SECRETARY, CAN YOU EL ABORATE ON THE KOREAN
QUESTION? WAS THERE ANY EXPLICIT REQUEST THAT THE
UNITED STATES WITHDRAW FORCES FROM SOUTH KOREA?
SECRETARY: I THINK THE CHINESE POSITION ON KOREA HAS
BEEN STATED REPEATEDLY I THINK IT IS CLEAR THAT IN
THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL CONIEXI ANY EXACERBAT ION OF
THE SITUATION BY EITHER SIDE WOULD NOT SERVE COMMON
PURPOSES, AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS UNDERSTOOD BY BOTH
SIDES.
Q SIR, IN DISCUSSING THE KOREAN QUESTION, WAS THERE
A SUGGEST ION THAT CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES HAD A
COOPERATIVE ROLE IN PERHAPS RESTRAINING THEIR RESPECTIVE
FRIENDS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH?
SECRETARY: I THINK I HAVE POINTED OUT THAT OUR PER
CEPTIONS IN KOREA ARE NOT IDENTICAL. WHAT CONCLUSIONS
EACH SIDE SHOULD DRAW FROM THE NEED FOR RESTRAINT I
THINK IS FOR EACH SIDE TO DETERMINE.
IF YOU DON'T LET ME OUT OF HERE SOON, I AM GOING TO BE
DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA. I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT.
Q: BY WHOM?
Q: NO MATTER HOW VALUABLE AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS MIGHT BE,
WOULD YOU SAY THIS MEETING AMOUNTED TO AN EXCHANGE OF
VIEWS AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT?
SECRETARY: NO, I WOULD SAY THIS MEETING AMOUNTED TO A
VERY DETAILED TO A VERY SUBSI ANTIAL, AND IN MANY AREAS
VERY CONCRETE DISCUS ONS THAT WENT BEYOND AN EXCHANGE
OF VIEWS, BUT GIVEN THE SCOPE OF IT; ITHIS NOT NECES
SARIL SOMETHING THA CAN BE ENCOMPASSED IN ONE DOCU
MENT
Q: HAS THE DECISION IN FACT BEEN MADE NOW THAT WHEN
THERE WILL BE NORMALIZATION WITH TAIWAN -- I MEAN,
NORMAL IZAT IO BETWEEN PE ING AND WASHINGTON THAT IT
WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE JAPANESE MODEL?
SECRETARY: I THINK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DECIDED WHEN
THE NORMALIZATION IN FACT TAKES PLACE:
Q: YOU SUGGESTED THAT BEFORE.
SECRETARY: I SUGGESTED THIS IS THE CHINESE POSITION,
WHICH WE UNDERSTAND
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Q: WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE DEFENSE TREATY?
SECRETARY: I THINK CHINA HAS MADE CLEAR ITS VIEW AND
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WERE PREPARED TO ANSWER ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS NOW, WE COULD HAVE SETTLED THE ISSUE RIGHT
NOW.
Q: DR. KISSINGER, DID THE PRESIDENT INDICATE TO THE
CHINESE LEADERS THAT, IF HE IS STILL IN OFFICE IN 1977
THAI THE TIMING WOULD BE BETTER TOWARD MAKING SPECIFIC
PROGRESS TOWARD NORMALIZATION?
SECRETARY: THE DISCUSSION DID NOT REACH THAT DEGREE
OF CONCERN ABOUT SPECIFIC EVENTS ON OUR DOMESTIC
CALENDAR. BUT AS I SAID, BOTH SIDES HAVE TO BE SENSI-
TIVE TO THE DOMESTIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE OTHER
Q: WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES DISAGREE WITH THE
CHINESE POSITION ON THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR?
SECRETARY: BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAI WAR CAN EE AVOIDED
BY A COMBINATION OF FIRMNESS, PREPAREDNESS AND WILLING
NESS TO SETTLE OUTSTANDING ISSUES, AND THAT IS OUR
POLICY.
MR. NESSEN: LET S HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
Q: WHAT IS THE DATE ON WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO MOSCOW?
SECRETARY: THE DECISION ABOUT GOING TO MOSCOW HAS NOT
YET FINALLY BEEN MADE, PUT IT WILL BE DECIDED WITHIN THE
NEXT WEEK OR SO. BUT, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT I WILL
GO:
Q: YOU SAID THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT NOT TOWARDS
NORMALIZATION, BUT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE MONTHS TO COMES YOU
ME NT IONED BROAD AREAS LIKE CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND TRADE.
CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHATEVE CAN
EXPECT.
SECRETARY: THAT WILL HAVE TO: SE WORKED OUT IN DETAIL.
Q: YOU SAID THERE WAS NO COOLNESS IN THE MEETINGS. DID
YOU DISCOVER ANY WARMNESS IN THE SPEECH BY MR. TENG
HSIAO-PING TONIGHT?
SECRETARY: I THINK FOR THOSE WHC UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE
CHINESE CONTEXT, THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CHINESE SITU-
ATION AND THEIR METHOD OF EXPRESSING THEMSELVES I
BELIEVE IT EXPRESSED WHAT I HAVE STATED: THE CHINESE
COMMITMENT TO GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
I AM CONFIDENT OUR CHINESE HOSTS, IF YOU ARE IN COM
TACT WITH THEM, WILL CONFIRM THIS.
Q: MR. TENG DEVOTED ONLY ONE SENTENCE OF HIS TOAST
TO THE TALKS. THERE IS ONLY ONE SENTENCE IN THAT
TOASI IN WHICH HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE TALKS
SECRETARY: I HAVEN'T COUNTED THE NUMBER OF SENTENCES
THAT THE PRESIDENT DEVOTED TO THE TALKS AND I HAVEN'T
ANALYZED WHAT MR. TENG SAID WITH THAT CARE. I CAN ONLY
TELL YOU WHAT OUR IMPRESSION IS, AN IMPRESSION WE TOOK
OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE ARE BRIEF ING HERE IN CHINA WE TOOK
SOME CARE TO CHECK WITH OUR CHINESE HOSTS AND I AL
CONFIDENT WHAT I HAVE SAID HERE REFLECTS A VIEW THAT
WILL NOT BE DISPUTED.
MR. NESSEN: LET'S HAVE THE LAST QUESTION FROM BOB.
Q: BEFORE THE TRIP YOU SAID SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS
WERE NOT A BAR TO BETTER RELATIONS WITH CHINA. DO
YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY?
SECRETARY: I STILL FEEL THAT WAY, YES. ANY MORE THAN
WE WILL PERMIT WHEN WE ARE IM MOSCOW, WE DO NOT
DISCUSS OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA. BUT I WOULD MAINTAIN
WHAT I HAVE SAID.
Q: IS THERE ANYTHING MORE YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE
FRIENDLY FORD MEETING WITH CHAIRMA MAO, THAT IS BOTH
AS TO ATTITUDE AND SUBSTANCE AND CAN YOU TELL US
WHETHER HE HIMSELF MADE ANY EXPRESSION ON THE CHINESE
POSITION ON DETENTE?
SECRETARY: THE ATMOSPHERE -- THIS "AS THE FIFTH
MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN MAO THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ATTEND. I WOULD DESCRIBE THE ATMOSPHERE AS FRIENDLY
AND CORDIAL. THE DISCUSSIONS DID NOT CONCERN DETENTE
EXCEPT IN A VERY MINIMAL WAY, A REALLY MINIMAL WAY
OF COURSE, I HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS ON
THAT SUBJECT A/LFEW WEEKS EARLIER. THE OVERWHELMING
PART OF THE CONVERSAT IO CONCERNED A REVIEW OF THE WORLD
SITUAT BUT NOT OF AMERICAN DETENTE POLICY, WHICH
PLAYED A VERY MINIMAL ROLE IN THE DISCUSSIONS.
Q: CAN YOU GIVE US. AN IDEA OF WHAT SUBSTANTIVE AREAS
WERE DISCUSSED IN THAI MEETING?
SECRETARY: IT WAS A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE WORLD SITU-
ATION IN ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE WORLD.
THE PRESS: THANK YOU. CAT 10:15 P.M. PEKING TIME).
END OF TEXI. INGERSOLL
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UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM
Mr.
quos
TO
: Mrs. Bush
DATE: December 2, 1975
FROM
: Mr. William W. Thomas, Jr.
SUBJECT: Your Participation in Mrs. Ford's Visit
On December 3, Mrs. Ford will visit the Palace Museum and
the Peking Dance School. She boards the motorcade at Guest
House Number 18 escorted by a Chinese official. You should
be there at approximately 10:15 A.M. You will ride in Car
Number 2 with Sheila Weidenfeld who works with Mrs. Ford on
press (The advance man, Mr. Sorum, and her photographer, Mr.
Kinley, will be in the second car.) The visit will end at
11:30 A.M. when Mrs. Ford concludes her tour and boards the
motorcade to return to the Guest House.
At 1:30 P.M., Mrs. Ford will leave the Guest House for the
Peking Dance School. You should arrive approximately at
1:15 P.M. At the Dance School, she will be given the tea
and explanation after which she will visit classrooms on
the Fourth Floor. She then will come back down to the audi-
torium where she will watch a short performance. At some
point, the students will teach her a dance step. The motor-
cade will leave the Peking Dance School to return to the
Guest House at 3:05 P.M.
On Thursday, December 4 due to the President's visit to the
USLO Residence, you will not accompany Mrs. Ford to the car-
pet factory. She will arrive at USLO Residence from the car-
pet factory at 11:50 A.M. accompanied by Susan Ford. She
will enter to greet USLO personnel. The President will arrive
at 11:55 A.M. A scenario for his visit is attached. We do
not yet know whether Mrs. Ford and her party of seven will
remain for lunch. If she does remain, she and Susan may pre-
fer to eat upstairs. We also have not been informed whether
Secretary Kissinger, General Scowcroft, Mr. Habib, Mr. Lord
and Mr. Solomon will remain. Nor do we know whether Mr. Hart-
mann and Mr. Sisco will accompany the motorcade. The list of
those who may be present is attached. The President will lunch
separately with Mr. Bush in the USLO office building conference
room. Since they will be alone, sandwiches and soup will be
the best solution to the logistic problem.
The President will leave at 1:30 P.M. to go directly to the
Summer Palace. You and Mr. Bush should escort him to his
automobile directly in front of the USLO Residence.
Trip File
(Translation)
Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping's Toast at the Farewell
Banquet Given by President Gerald R. Ford
December 4, 1975
Mr. President and Mrs. Ford,
Mr. Secretary of State,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Comrades and Friends,
President Ford will conclude his visit to China
tomorrow. Here, on behalf of my Chinese colleagues
present, I would like to thank President Ford for giving
this banquet on the eve of his departure.
In the last few days, our two sides have held
several beneficial talks on matters of mutual interest.
What is particularly important, Chairman Mao Tsetung had
an earnest and significant conversation with President
Ford on wide-ranging issues in a friendly atmosphere.
China and the United States have different social systems,
our two sides have different ideologies, and naturally
there are differences of principle between us. At the
same time, in the present international situation, our
two countries face problems of mutual concern and share
many common points. The direct exchange of views between
the leaders of our two countries on this occasion helps
to increase mutual understanding and serves to promote
efforts by both the Chinese and American sides toward
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the direction and goal defined in the Shanghai Communique.
Both sides agree that the Shanghai Communique is a docu-
ment of historic significance and constitutes the basis
of Sino-U.S. relations. As facts prove, it remains full
of vitality today.
President and Mrs. Ford and their party have also
visited places of interest in Peking and come into con-
tact with people of various circles in our capital. Our
American guests must have found that the Chinese people
are friendly to the American people. On the eve of the
departure of President and Mrs. Ford from China, I would
like to take this opportunity to convey the best wishes
of the Chinese people for the American people.
I wish President and Mrs. Ford and their party a
pleasant journey.
In conclusion, I propose a toast
to the friendship between the Chinese and American
peoples,
to the health of President and Mrs. Ford,
to the health of the other American guests, and
to the health of our comrades and friends present!
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PRESIDENT'S TOAST AT RETURN BANQUET
December 4, 1975
Mr. Vice Premier, Mr. Foreign Minister, and all
Chinese friends here tonight.
On behalf of Mrs. Ford and all the Americans present,
I extend to you a warm welcome.
Tomorrow morning we leave China. It has been a
significant visit.
The wide-ranging talks which I have held with
Chairman Mao and with Vice Premier Teng have been friendly,
candid, substantial and constructive. We discussed our
differences, which are natural in a relationship between.
two countries whose ideologies, societies, and circumstances
diverge. But we also confirmed that we have important
common points.
We reviewed our bilateral relationship. The visit
confirmed that although our relations are not yet normalized,
they are good; they will be gradually improved because we
both believe that a strengthening of our ties benefits
our two peoples. I am confident that through our mutual
efforts we can continue to build a relationship which advances
the national interests of the United States and the People's
Republic of China. In our talks, I reaffirmed that the
United States is committed to complete the normalization
of relations with the People's Republic of China on the
basis of the Shanghai Communique.
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Our bilateral ties are important. But both of us
attach even greater significance to the international
aspects of our relationship. It was certain common
perceptions and common interests which brought our
countries together four years ago. Among these is our
agreement not to seek hegemony over others and our
fundamental opposition to the efforts of others to
impose hegemony in any part of the world. This reflects
the realism which is a hallmark of our relationship.
And realism is a firmer basis than sentiment for sound
and durable ties.
It is only natural that the People's Republic of
China and the United States will follow their own
policies and tactics, governed by their perceptions of
their own national interests, The United States is
firmly dedicated to an international order of peace,
justice and prosperity for all. The task which confronts
us -- which confronts all peoples of the world -- is not
easy. It requires both firmness of principle and tactics
adapted to particular circumstances. It requires national
strength and the will to use it, as well as prudence to
avoid unnecessary conflict. It requires acceptance of
peaceful change to accommodate human aspirations for
progress. All must help to build a durable and equitable
international system, though inevitably contributions
will often be diverse.
I believe that our discussions this week have
significantly promoted those objectives we share concern-
ing both our bilateral relations and the international
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scene. They will benefit our two peoples as well as the
peoples of the world.
In closing, I wish to express the sincere appre-
ciation of Mrs. Ford and myself, and those traveling with
us, for the warm hospitality we have received. Mr. Vice
Premier, I hope that you will convey my personal thanks
to all who have helped to make our visit SO pleasurable.
I ask you to join me in a toast:
-- to the health of Chairman Mao;
-- to the health of Premier Chou En-lai;
-- to the health of Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping;
-- to the health of all Chinese friends here tonight;
-- to the friendship between the American and
Chinese people,
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
PRESIDENT'S VISIT
All USLO staff and wives, unless other confirmed arrangements
have been made, are expected to participate in the following
events; travelling to and from them by USLO bus:
Monday Afternoon: Airport arrival (incl. children)
Monday Evening:
Welcome banquet
Tuesday Evening:
Ballet
Wednesday Evening: Sports event (incl. children)
Thursday Noon:
Reception at USLO (incl. children)
Thursday Evening: Return banquet
Friday Morning:
Airport departure (ind. children)
Attached is the USLO bus transportation schedule, except for
the airport arrival ceremony. You must be prepared to leave
USLO for each event at the time indicated.
Monday afternoon airport arrival: The President arrives at
3:00 p.m. and airport ceremonies will last about 25 minutes.
USLO bus will depart at 1:35 p.m. You should arrive at USLO
at least 10 minutes before this. After arrival at the airport,
you will be conducted to the tarmac to a special USLO section.
After the President leaves, you will return to USLO by bus,
arriving back here before 4:30:
Monday evening welcome banquet: Your bus departs USLO at 1830
and arrives at the northern entrance of the Great Hall of the
People. between 184 0-and 1950. Go inside, but stay together so
that when called you can move as a group to the stand at the
top of the grand staircase where, around 1930, you will be.
photographed with the President and his official party, some
other visiting Americans, and the principal Chinese hosts.
After the picture is taken, remain in place until you are
invited to go into the Banquet Hall. As you enter the Banquet
Hall, go directly to your assigned table but remain standing
until the President and Vice Premier are seated. At the con-
clusion of the banquet, remain at your table for five minutes
after the principals depart. Leave by the grand staircase and
north entrance.
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Tuesday evening ballet: Your bus departs USLO at 1820 and
will take you to the eastern entrance of the Great Hall of
the People. On entering you will be guided to elevators to
the third floor, and then to a waiting area outside the
auditorium. There, stay together and await invitation to go
into the auditorium, where there will be open seating except
in the area down front reserved for the President's party and
the principal Chinese hosts. At the conclusion of the show,
remain at your places for a few minutes until a signal is
given. Leave by the same route as on entering.
Wednesday evening sport event: On arrival at the stadium,
you will be shown directly to the seating area (which is
expected to be in the upper tiers of the enclosed area of the
grandstand). Everyone will be expected to be seated well
before the President and the official party enter the stadium
at approximately 7:55 p.m. The combined pingpong, martial
arts and gymnastic show is expected to last one hour and 15
minutes. When the event concludes, the USLO group will wait
until the President and the official party have left the
stadium before leaving as they came in and returning to USLO.
Thursday noon reception at USLO: USLO staff, with wives and
children should be at the residence at 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Ford,
the President and Mr Bush plus some White House staff and
members of the official party, will arrive at USLO starting
at about 11:50. They will remain in the residence until
about 12:40. At the residence, the President will informally
greet USLO staff and families and may say a few words to the
staff Some USLO staff members may be asked to stay on at
the residence after 12:40 A small press and TV pool will
remain at the residence for the first five minutes or so
after the President arrives.
Thursday evening return banquet: The USLO bus departs at 1800
and will take you to the northern entrance of the Great Hall
of the People. Wait downstairs in a group until invited to
proceed to the Banquet Hall (no picture this time) As you
enter the Banquet Hall, go directly to your assigned table.
At the conclusion of the banquet, remain at your table for
about five minutes after the principals depart. Leave by the
grand staircase and north entrance.
Friday morning airport departure: The USLO bus will leave
at 7:30. The President's plane is scheduled to lift off at
9:30.
USLO
Guest House: Attached is a list of/automobiles that have been
cleared for access to the Guest House. No others will be per-
mitted to enter the grounds.
12/1/75
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Guest House control office: Mr. Ogden will man the USLO Guest
House control office throughout President's visit, assisted
by Jan Hunt. USLO wives on duty to help organize shopping and
sightseeing trips will also be located in this office. That
telephone number, not listed on the USLO assignment sheet,
is 863298. This telephone is neither a White House phone
number nor an extension of the Minzu Hotel. It is a direct
dial Chinese system telephone.
Gift Officer: Mr. Thomas will serve as liaison with both the
State Department gift officer and the Chinese on all questions
related to gifts.
Use of cameras: Limited and discreet use of cameras by USLO
staff will be permitted at the airport, ballet and sports
events, providing no flash shots are attempted. Cameras also
may be similarly used during the President's visit to USLO.
AM-1
11-30-75
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CAR NUMBERS Cleared for Access
to Villas
] 451
Mr Bush
] 452
S.W.
] 453
Blue Sedan (Office)
] 454
#2 Sun
] 455
S,W.
]456
Mr. Thayer
00237
#] Sun
00238
Truck
]478
Miss McCrory
] 482
Mr. Dewire
] 485
Mr. Ballou
] 488
Mr. Brooks
]2287
] 70663
]
7666
three rented Shanghai sedans
ATT-2
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO NOTICE A-198
November 27, 1975
-TO
: All American Personnel
FROM : Administrative Officer rn
SUBJECT: Taxi Use During Presidential Visit
Shanghai Sedans have been rented for the period Thursday,
November 27 through Saturday, December 6. They are to
be controlled by the watchstander at the front desk of USLO
Please do not leave them sitting idle at any other point
than USLO for a long period of time unless absolutely neces-
sary. If you are to hold one of these cars, inform USLO
watchstander immediately (522-033)
Their schedule:
0800
1000 - 1800 Car license numbers 12287 and 17663
1600 - 2400 Car license number 17666
(PREPARED BY CHINESS)
ATT - 3
PEKING
Dec. 1, 1975
Guest House
Name
Car No.
Room No.
Mr. Gerald R. Ford
I
18-206
Mr. Richard Keiser
5-204
Dr. William Lukash
01
18-204
Mrs. Ford
2
18-206
Miss Susan Ford
3
18-207
Col. Len Riley
03
6-204
Major Ken Pakula
6-204
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
4
18-210
Mr. George Bush
18-108
Mrs. Bush
18-108
Mr. Richard B. Cheney
5
18-104
Mr. Terry O'Donnell
18-202
Mr. Byron M. Cavaney, Jr.
6
---
18-202
Mr. Robert Goodwin
6-206
Captain Lee Domina
18-204
Mr. David Kennerly
6-208
Mr. James Lynn
7
5-203
Mrs. Lynn
5-203
Mr. Robert T. Hartmann
8
18-103
Mr. Brent T. Scowcroft
18-212
Mr. Joseph J. Sisco
9
6-201
Mr. Ron Nessen
10
5-202
Mr. Phillip Habib
5-107
Mr. Winston Lord
11
5-207
Mr. Richard Solomon
5-207
Mr. James LeGette
12
6-203
Mr. Alvin Adams
21
18-211
Mr. James Covey
18-211
ATT-3
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Name
Car No.
Room No.
Mrs. Nell Yates
21
18-203
Miss Nancy Chirdon
18-203
Mr. Artuto Bautista
18-205
Mr. Rogelio Guilliermo
18-205
White House Staff Office
18-105
State Secretariat
18-109
NSC Office
18-110
18-201
Chinese Protocol Office
18-101
(Tel. 86.3994)
Miss Sheila Weidenfeld
22
5-201
Miss Kathie Berger
5-205
Miss Connie Gerrard
5-205
Mr. Robert Lamb
5-206
Mr. Charles Baquet
5-206
Mr. Jerome C. Ogden (BEDROOM)
5-208
OFFICE 20
FLOOR
Mr. Peter Rodman
2.
ROAM
5-208
Mrs. Genevieve Harrell
5-104
Miss Jeannie Quinlan
5-104
Mr. James Merson
23
5-105
Mr. John Kelly
5-105
Mr. William Gleysteen
5-107
Mr. Peter Sorum
5-108
Mr. Milton Friedman
5-108
Chinese Protocol Office
5-101
(Tel. 86,3356)
Mr. Karl Shumacher
6-208
ATT- 3
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Name
Car No.
Room No.
Mr. Oscar V. Armstrong
23
6-202
Mr. Charles Maddox
6-203
Mr. Homer Luther
24
6-206
Miss Jean Gildea
6-207
Mrs. Dorothy Dunham
6-207
Miss Nancy Meinking
6-106
Miss Marilyn Biery
6-106
Miss Jacquie Hill
6-107
Miss Bonnie Long
6-107
Mr, Herb Oldenburg
25
6-108
Mr. Muriel Collins
6-108
Mr. William Cuff
6-109
Mr. Norm Stahl
6-109
Miss Marilou Shiels
6-110
Mr. Victoria Delacruz
6-111
Mr. Ron Jackson
6-111
WHCA Communications Centre
6-205
Chinese Protocol Office
6-102
(Tel. 86. 3297)
TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE (Not for Press)
The following is a: schedule of transportation for all
persons attending the welcome banquet, cultural ballet,
sports program and farewell banquet, and going to the airport
for departure on Friday but not travelling in the President's
motorcade.
THE TIME YOUR BUS WILL DEPART FROM THE:
GOING TO:
Minzu USLO Villa 18 Villa 5 Villa 6
Hotel
Welcome Banquet
6:35pm 6:30pm 6:30pm
6:30pm
6:30pm
Monday Night
Cultural Ballet
6:25pm 6:20pm 6:20pm
6:20pm
6:20pm
Tuesday Night
Sports Program
6:55pm 6:40pm 6:55pm
6:55pm
6:55pm
Wednesday Night
Farewell Banquet 6:05pm 6:00pm: 6:00pm
6:00pm
6:00pm
Thursday Night
Friday Departure 7:30am: 7:30am 7:20am
7:20am
7:20am
at Airport
NOTE:
1) Your return will be on the same bus leaving from where
you disembarked 10. minutes after the President's departure
2) Punctuality is VERY IMPORTANT to the Chinese, please
be on time!
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
December 1, 1975
SUBJECT: President's Visit - Some of the Chinese Principals
The Chinese have informed Mr. Goodwin that the following
leaders will participate in various events during the President's
Visit.
Greeting the Fords at the Airport
Gov't Position
Party Position
Teng Hsiao-p'ing:
Vice Premier of the
Vice Chairman
State Council;
of the Politburo
Chief of General
Staff, PLA
Li Hsien-nien:
Vice Premier of the
Member of the
State Council;
Politburo
Member of the Presidium,
National People's
Congress
Chiao Kuan-hua:
Minister of Foreign
Member of the
Affairs
Central Committee
Li Chiang:
Minister of Foreign
Member of the
Trade
Central Committee
Han Nien-lung:
Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs
Huang Chen:
Chief of PRCLO
Member of the
Central Committee
Wu Te:
Vice Chairman of the
Member of the
Standing Committee,
Politburo; 2nd
National People's
Political Commissar,
Congress; Chairman,
Peking Military
Peking Municipal
Region; First Secre-
Revolutionary
tary, Peking Munici-
Committee
pal Committee
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Li Su-wen (f.)
Vice Chairman of the
Member of the
Standing Committee,
Central Committee;
National People's
Member of the Stand-
Congress; Vice Chair-
ing Committee of
man of the Liaoning
Liaoning Provincial
Provincial Revolu-
Committee; Secretary
tionary Committee;
of the Liaoning
Vice Chairman of the
Young Communist
Shenyang Municipal
League; Secretary of
Revolutionary Committee
the Shenyang Munici-
pal Committee
Greeting Mrs. Ford at the Guest House
K'ang K'e-ch'ing:
(Wife of Chu Teh, who
is Chairman of the
Standing Committee of
the National People's
Congress) Member of
the Standing Committee,
National People's
Congress
Teng Ying-ch'ao:
(Wife of Premier Chou
Member of the
En-lai) Member of the
Central Committee
Standing Committee,
National People's Con-
gress; Vice Chairman
of the PRC Women's
Federation
FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM GEORGE BUSH
THRU: GENERAL SCOWCROFT ONLY
Brent, please pass the following to the President. I hope
it will be shared only with SecState and not be passed to NSC
staff or Department. It is pure politics, but I feel strongly
about it.
QUOTE: Dear Mr. President:
After talking to Rog Morton when he was out here about
domestic politics, I have a better feel for what is happening
at home. It is his impression and mine that there is little
focus in the US on the political aspects of your trip to China.
The Taiwan issue is on the back burner right now as it
relates to domestic politics. I am very concerned that as your
trip to China approaches this will change dramatically. Your
own personal interests dictate that serious thought be given
to what is possible from a purely political standpoint.
Answers to the Taiwan question that may have been possible
before the collapse in Cambodia and Viet Nam may no longer be
any answers at all. I would strongly suggest the following:
(a) An in-depth poll be taken to measure public opinion
on various solutions to the Taiwan question (the last poll, I
believe, was by Gallup late last year). The poll should probe
into opinion of conservatives and liberals and should sound
out attitudes towards various solutions. Obviously this
polling should be done in great confidence and commissioned
by outside sources.
(b) An in-depth research job be done on what the Conserva-
tives in the US have said and are likely to say on this issue.
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A similar study should be undertaken on what the leading
Democrats have been saying. N.B.: It seems to me that your
political problems arising from this issue are quite different
pre-GOP convention compared to post-GOP convention.
(c) Thought be given as to how to keep this issue from
building into a major weapon for your opponents be they
Republican or Democrat. Some will try to paint a China visit
without a final solution to Taiwan as a diplomatic failure, an
inability to solve the tough problems. Others, particularly
the right wing, will soon start criticizing the visit itself
and will be on guard to immediately criticize any concessions
as a sell-out of Taiwan.
In this communication I am not attempting to go into the
foreign policy merits of China options. I firmly believe,
however, that your coming to Peking this year, whatever the
concrete results, is the right thing to do. What is done at
this stage to assess the politics of the visit should be
separate from the foreign policy machinery and not in any way
inhibit the thinking and planning which undoubtedly is going
forward at the State Department and NSC. I am suggesting that
a trusted confidant who would not be involved with this planning
be encouraged to think out the domestic political implications
of your China visit.
I have already discussed with the State Department my
concern that work need be done fairly soon to minimize expec-
tations. Many journalists are saying, "The President can't
possibly go to China without solving the Taiwan problem."
-3-
It is to your advantage to have this talk dampened, so that
expectations be realistic not euphoric and that a visit that
does not solve the big Taiwan problem will not, post facto,
be considered a diplomatic failure.
Pardon my intrusion on your busy schedule, but, based on
my own political past, I worry that this issue can build into
a political nightmare unless a lot of pure political thought
gets into it soon.
Barbara and I are happy out here. We feel we are most
fortunate to be in this fascinating job in this fascinating
land.
Warmest regards to Betty.
Sincerely,
George
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II. Gymnastics
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2. Parallel Bars
Tsou Cheng-chiu, Chen Chun and
Peng Ya-ping
3. Balance Beam
grouph Hips or betwn.
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4. Uneven Bars
Hsu Lin, Fang Yu-shuang, Li Hung,
Li Hui-ping and Lu Lu
5. Horizontal Bar
Huang Yu-pin, Hsu Chung-hsuan,
Chen Chun, Peng Ya-ping and
Li Yueh-chiu
III. Wushu (Chinese Martial Arts)
1. Mass Sword Play Exercise
Hao Chih-hua, Huang Hsiao-feng
and others
2. Chinese Boxing
Li Lien-chieh
3. Chinese Boxing Match
Wang Chien-chun and Tang Lai-wei
4. Broadsword Against Spear
Yen Ping and Yang Yung-li
5. Twin Daggers Against a
Wang Chun and Huang Chiu-yen
Spear
6. One Boxing Against Two
Wang Chien-chun, Tang Lai-wei and
Li Lien-chieh
7. Long-tasselled Sword Play
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8. Exercise with Two
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9. Broadsword Against Three
Chang Kuei-feng, Yen Ping,
Spears
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10. Three-section Cudgel
Li Lien-chieh and Tang Lai-wei
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11. Bare-handed Fight Against
Hui Hsu-na, Yen Ping and
a Pair of Spears
Sun Chien-ming
12. Bare-handed Fight Against
Li Chih-chou, Li Lien-chieh and
a Broadsword and a Spear
Wang Chien-chun
13. Mass Cudgel Exercise
Chang Hung-mei, Chang Kuei-feng
and others
GUEST LIST
Lunch, Friday, November 21, 1975; 1:30 p.m. at the residence
HOSTS
Amb. and Mrs. Bush
GUEST:
Mr. Jack Steel - Houston, Texas
Preadvance Team
Mr. Cavaney
Mr. Lamb
Mr. Keiser
Mr. Solomon
Capt. Domina
Mr. Theis
Mr. Goodwin
USLO
Mr. Thayor
Mr. Brooks
October 22, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR
Mr. L. Paul Bremer
Mr. Bush has used his personal funds for the following expenditures
by the Secretary and should be reimbursed for the same:
¥700 - $355.75 - for the purchase of bronze lion
#193 - 98.08 - for the purchase of three animals
¥893
$453.83 TOTAL
Mr. Bush also paid ¥50.00 ($25.41) for the flowers the Secretary
asked to have delivered to Chou En-lai.
Paul, thank you so much for taking care of this.
Jennifer Fitzgerald
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PARTIAL LIST OF CHINESE GUESTS - Reception, Oct. 21, 1975
Huang Chen
Chu Lin (wife)
Lin Ping
Chu Chuan-hsien, Chief of Protocol
Chun Ta-yung, Consular Officer PRCLO
Tang Lung-pin, Protocol MFA
Ting Yuan-lung, Director American Affairs Division MFA
Chao Chi Hua, Deputy Director "
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Chao Chia, Staff Member
October 22, 1975
Mr. Terry Howe
A-6316
New State
Washington, D. C.
Dear Terry:
In accordance with your telephone request, I have been able to do
most of John Thomas' shopping in spite of a temporary shortage of
first quality cloisonne. Jim Moran has been kind enough to take
the items back on the Secretary's plane as well as to hand carry this
note to you (with a copy to Assistant Secretary Thomas in case you
are not in the office).
The purchases consist of 8 pairs of vases and 2 bowls. The total
cost for these is $356.70 or $181.28 at the present rate of exchange.
Please have Mr. Thomas make his check payable to Mr. George Bush
for that amount.
Hope this all meets with your approval and that Mr. Thomas is
very satisfied with the purchases.
Sincerely,
Jennifer A. Fitzgerald
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TYPICAL PRESIDENTIAL
MOTORCADE
Car #
PRC Security
and Teach throw
Car #
US/PRC Protocol
Mr. Goodwin
Car # 1
The President
Car # 01
Follow-up
Dr. Lukash
Car #2
Mrs. Ford
Car #3
Susan Ford
Car #
Communications
Mr. Cavaney
Col. Riley
Capt. Domina
Car #4
Secretary Kissinger
Car #5
Ambassador and Mrs. Bush
Car #6
Mr. Cheney/Mr. O'Donnell
Car #
Press Car
Mr. Kennerly
Car #
Press Car
Mr. Rosenberger
Car #7
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn
Car #8
Mr. Hartmann/Mr. Scowcroft
Car #9
Mr. Nessen/Asst. Sec. Habib
Car #10
Mr. Lord/Mr. Solomon
Car #
Staff Bus: All others
Car #
Press Buses
AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DATES AND TIMES
AIRCRAFT
ARRIVAL
TIME
DEPARTURE
TIME
86970
19 Nov.
1615
22 Nov.
1100
C135
22 Nov.
1150
22 Nov.
1320
C141
23 Nov.
1135
23 Nov.
1550
Press A/ C#1 30 Nov/1 Dec.
30 Nov/1 Dec.
Press A/C#2 30 Nov/1 Dec.
30 Nov/1 Dec.
27000
1 Dec.
1500
5 Dec.
0930
26000
1 Dec.
1530
5 Dec.
1000
C135
5 Dec.
5 Dec.
C141
5 Dec.
6 Dec.
Press A/C#1
5 Dec.
5 Dec.
Press A/C#2
5 Dec.
5 Dec.
NOTE: Permission is being requested for a charter 707
aircraft to arrive in Peking at 1535 on 26 November carrying
50 press technicians and equipment.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
CLASS.
AND TYPE
06. Redaction
Redaction of Secret Service Information (1 pp.)
11/75
C
COLLECTION
George Bush Personal Papers
China File
Subject File
FILE LOCATION
President Ford Visit Plus Some Miscellaneous Late 1975 [2 of 2]
OA/ID Number
Date Closed
10/22/99
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
F-1 National security classified Information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
F-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
F-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRAJ
F-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advise between the President and
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
F-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
F-7 Release would disclose information complied for law enforcement
purposes ((b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
F-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
financial Institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
F-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical Information
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
-2-
MANIFEST SUMMARY
Official Party
14
Other Travelling Staff
63
Press Support
10
USSS
State Department Security
4
State Department Communicators
4
WHGA
28
Crews:
27000
17
26000
17
Press
167
Total persons requiring accommoations:
361
Crews:
86970
20
C135
16
C141
9
Press A/C #1
17
Press A/C #2.
17
Charter crew
11
NOTE: These crews will not remain in Peking.
Total persons entering Peking:
451
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
5010-104
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
:
DC - Mr. Thayer
DATE: Nov. 24, 1975
FROM :
ADMIN Jerry Levesgue
SUBJECT: Accèss to Guest Houses
The following USLO staff will require access to the Guest
Houses. In order to be in a position to utilize all of
our personnel resources, we are also including certain
dependent wives, a daughter, and several persons on TDY.
BALLOU, Christopher H.
BALLOU, Priscilla (wife)
BALLOU, Sylvia (daughter)
BOCSKOR, David P.
BOOTH, Robert D.
BROOKS, Thomas S.
BROOKS, Claire (wife)
CHORNYAK, John P.
DEWIRE, Evan L.
DICK, Catherine E.
DUNHAM, Dorothy ( temporarily assigned to Peking)
ETHERTON, Elizabeth F. (temporarily assigned to Peking)
FITZGERALD, Jennifer A.
FLORKEY, Roberta- A-
HUNT, Janice E.
KONOPIK, Yoko (wife)
KELLER, H. Evelyn
LEVESQUE, Gerard J.
MCCRORY, Janet C.
MOORE, Pamela H.
MORRIS, Henrietta
OGDEN, Jerome C.
OGDEN, Laura (wife)
PASCOE, Lynn B.
PASCOE, Patricia (wife)
PERITO, Robert M.
QUENAN, Sue (wife)
SOLOMON, Caryn
SWENDSEN, Martha (temporarily assigned to Peking)
THAYER, Harry E. T.
THOMAS, William W., Jr.
THOMAS, Sara
WARDLAW, Frank P.
Green, Theodore S. Jr. (temporarily assigned to Peking)
Chornyak, Patricia (wife)
White Houst
R.HARTHANN
CHANGY
STAFF OFFICE
103
104
105
P.P.C
PRC
P.C.
Office
foi
Chinese
AMB. $
side
5/3 OFFICE
NPS.
BUSH
113
112
III
NSC OFFICE
100
109
110
8
Entrance
VillaNo. 18
Ground Floor
PRESIDENTIAL
SUSAN
Pantry
Dining
FORD
Suite
Room
206
207
205
BOUTISTA
Steward
201
DR. Lukhsh
CAPT. Donsing
N. CHIRDOL
202
it YATES
202
a Goodwin
11. Luthce
R. CAUNICY
201
O'Donnell
Store-
thms
Scow CROFT
Room
COUCY
KISSINGER
212
211
210
Hairdresser's
Villa No. 18
First Floor
Sitting Room
Robm
Dining
Room
for talks
Office
for
101
Chinese
Health
side
men
PEC
FDC
Ladie:
Athern )
ENDOES
MIRSTO
HEATELL
KELLEY
TRATISON
106
105 101
103 10.1
Villa No 5
107
10R
Ground Floor
HABIB
Guayemay
Entrance
ENTERNAL
SUSUN
NES SEN
MR./MCS
LYNN
31 VNG
ROOM
SLO
202
OFFICE
203
Dining
Room
201
PEINEN
FELD
LAMB
Qutrlan
BAQUET
BEPARE
RESIT
KEISER
GHERARD
THE
206
205
201
207
203
LORD
SOLOMON
Villa No. 5
Ogders
First Floor
Villa No. G
Delaccur
Ground Floor
Guilleirmp
11,11
Soltis
10
Liauns
CUPT
Stah
100
Olderburg
108
Collins
State Dept.
Secy (z)
107
Micnking
100
PRC
Bicry
Ladies
Gentlemen
103
103
102
10-1
Dining Room
TRC
PRC
101
Office
PRC
for
Office
Chinese
for
Sitting
side
Chincry
Room
side
Sitting Room
:
Entrance
KENNERLY
Shumaches.
208
Villa No. G
First Floor
J. Gilders
11. SHICS
D. Duntism
207
206
Johnston
WHEN
SheRman
Comm. C/R
205
301
203
202
201
welch
Riler
LeGett
Room
inkula
for
Sitting
Service
Sitting
Room
Staff
Room
Mrs Fitzgeriald
Mr Bush
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO NOTICE A-198
November 27, 1975
TO
:- All American Personnel
FROM : Administrative Officer In
SUBJECT: Taxi Use During Presidential Visit
Shanghai Sedans have been rented for the period Thursday,
November 27 through Saturday, December 6. They are to
be controlled by the watchstander at the front desk of USLO.
Please do not leave them sitting idle at any other point
than USLO for a long period of time unless absolutely neces-
sary. If you are to hold one of these cars, inform USLO
watchstander immediately (522-033).
Their schedule:
1000 - 1800 Car license numbers 12287 and 17663
1600 - 2400 Car license number 17666
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO NOTICE A-199
November 27, 1975
TO
: All American Personnel
FROM
:
Administrative Officer pm
SUBJECT: - Courier Runs
All classified and unclassified material to be taken by
courier to the Minzu Hotel and/or villas will be deposited
with C&R. Couriers will pick up material from this cen-
tral point before departing USLO.
For Personnel with Material for Couriers:
It is your responsibility to deposit it, clearly addressed,
with C&R.
For Couriers, Including Persons on Special Runs:
It is your responsibility to pick up from C&R and deliver
any return items back to C&R.
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
OF
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO Telephone: 522033
Minzu Hotel: 668541, x514/512
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: USLO ASSIGNMENTS
Function
Name
Office
Home Tel.
USLO Control
Mr. Thayer
USLO
522195
Miss Keller
Minzu Control
Mr. Ogden
Minzu
At Minzu
Airport Events
Mr. Pascoe
USLO
522520
Great Hall Events
Mr. Brooks
USLO
522247
Site Visits
Mr. Perito
USLO
522301
Sports Event
Mr. Ballou
USLO
521338
Press Liaison
Mr. Pascoe
USLO
522520
Logistics
Mr. Levesque
USLO
522780
Miss McCrory
USLO
522615
Mr. Green
USLO
Peking Hotel
556531 #3034
Security
Mr. Dewire
USLO
521885
Communications
Mr. Acquavella
USLO
Mrs. Ford
Mr. Thomas
USLO
522267
Susan Ford
Mr. Wardlaw
USLO
522970
State Dept S/S-S
Liaison
Mr. Thomas
USLO
522267
Miss Solomon
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO NOTICE A-197
November 19, 1975
TO
: All USLO Personnel
FROM
:
ADMIN - Gerard J. Levesque
sn
SUBJECT: Access to the Minzu Hotel
Beginning today access for both personnel and vehicles to
the Minzu. Hotel will be strictly controlled by the Chinese
authorities. We have been issued a number of individual
and car passes. These will be controlled by the USLO
Reception Desk.
CAR PASSES
Our contract drivers are being informed of this arrangement
and will be responsible for picking up and promptly return-
ing the car pass used for each trip to the Minzu by office
cars. USLO personnel driving their own cars to the Minzu
should park on the street and walk in.
INDIVIDUAL PASSES
A few individual passes are being issued permanently to USLO
staff who will be going in and out of the Minzu frequently.
All other personnel having a need to go to the Minzu should
pick up an individual pass from the USLO Reception Desk and
return it immediately after the completion of the trip.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
CLASS.
AND TYPE
07. Redaction
Redaction of Secret Service Information (1 pp.)
12/1/75
C
COLLECTION
George Bush Personal Papers
China File
Subject File
FILE LOCATION
President Ford Visit Plus Some Miscellaneous Late 1975 [2 of 2]
OA/ID Number
Date Closed
10/22/99
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
F-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA)
F-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate B Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
F-3 Release would violate n Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
F-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advise between the President and
Information [(b)(4) of the FOIA)
his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRAJ
F-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted Invasion of personal
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
F-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
F-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
F-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
$
PEKING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
December 1, 1975
The following Guest House rooms can be reached by White
House telephone extensions by picking up any White House
instrument and asking for the individual by name. All
calls for Secretary Kissinger should ask clearly for his
office and not his bedroom. S/S (Sherman Johnstone) can
be reached by asking for the State Secretariat at USLO.
Villa 18
President
Susan
Hartmann
Cheney
WH Staff Office
Bush
Secretary' Office (Adams & Covey)
NSC
USSS
Caveny/O'Donnelly
Yates/Sheridan
Lukash/Comina
Secretary Kissinger (bedroom)
Adams/Covey
Scowcroft
Villa #5
Solomon/Lord
Quinlin
Nessen
Lynn
Habib/Gleysteen
Baquet/Lamb
Friedman/Sorum-
Villa #6
Military Office
Ron Jackson
Col. Rowley (WHCA)
Goodwin/Luther
Kennerly/Schomaker
UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE
Brance
PEKING. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
USLO Telephone: 522033
Minzu Hotel: 668541, x514/512
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: USLO ASSIGNMENTS
Function
Name
Office
Home Tel.
USLO Control
Mr. Thayer
USLO
522195
Miss Keller
Minzu Control
Mr. Ogden
Minzu
At Minzu
Airport Events
Mr. Pascoe
USLO
522520
Great Hall Events
Mr. Brooks
USLO
522247
Site Visits
Mr. Perito
USLO
522301
Sports Event
Mr. Ballou
USLO
521338
Press Liaison
Mr. Pascoe
USLO
522520
Logistics
Mr. Levesque
USLO
522780
Miss McCrory
USLO
522615
Mr. Green
USLO
Peking Hotel
556531 #3034
Security
Mr. Dewire
USLO
521885
Communications
Mr. Acquavella
USLO
Mrs. Ford
Mr. Thomas
USLO
522267
Susan Ford
Mr. Wardlaw
USLO
522970
State Dept S/S-S
Liaison
Mr. Thomas
USLO
522267
Miss Solomon
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AS CBS PRODUCER RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING OUR COVERAGE OF
PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO CHINA I WILL BE ARRIVING IN PEKING WITH
WHITE HOUSE PRE-AD VANCE GROUP ON AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 19 I PLAN TO STAY THERE UNTIL COMPLETION OF
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
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WOULD WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND
WILL CALL YOU AFTER ARRIVAL TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE ARRANGED
DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP ITSELF OUR ROSTER OF
CORRESPONDENTS WILL INCLUDE WALTER CRONKITE HE IS EXTREMELY
INTERESTED IN INTERVIEWING YOU AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THAT
COULD BE ARRANGED
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I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AND APPRECIATIVE OF AN Y
ASSISTANCE YOU CAN OFFER AS TOTAL STRANGER TO CHINA I NEED ALL
THE EXPERT ISE ISE I CAN GET
BEST REGARDS
RUSS BENSLEY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
RECEPTION AT THE UNITED STATES LIAISON OFFICE FOR THE PRESIDENT
AND MRS. GERALD R. FORD ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1975, AT
11:30 A.M.
OSTS: Ambassador and Mrs. George Bush
PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE
D. Cheney
R. Hartmann
J. Sisco
R. Nessen
Col. Riley
T. O'Donnell
R. Cavaney
B. Goodwin
D. Kennerly
Dr. Lukash
Major Pakula
Capt. Domina
FIRST LADY MOTORCADE
P. Sorum
S. Weidenfeld
K. Schumacher
N. Chirdon
G. Harrell
J. Merson
HEAD TO HEAD PARTICIPANTS (Who may or may not attend)
Secretary Kissinger
LtGen. Scowcroft
Asst. Sec. Habib
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W. Lord
D. Solomon
USLO STAFF
Mr- Harry E. T. Thayer, Deputy Chief
Mr. William W. Thomas, Jr., Counselor for Commercial/Economic
Affairs
Mrs. Sara Thomas
Mr. Gerard J. Levesque, Counselor for Administration
Mrs. Jane Levesque
Mr. Thomas S. Brooks, Counselor for Political and Cultural Affairs
Mrs. Claire Brooks
David Brooks
John Brooks
Jeffrey Brooks
Susan Brooks
Mr. Christopher H. Ballou, Political Officer
Mrs. Priscilla Ballou
Miss Sylvia Ballou
Mr. Robert M. Perito, Commercial/Economic Officer
Mrs. Patricia Perito
Robert Perito
Samantha Perito
Mr. Jerome C. Ogden, Consular Officer
Mrs. Laura Ogden
Christine Ogden
Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe, Political Officer
Mrs. Diana Pascoe
Jill Pascoe
Kim Pascoe
Miss Janet C. McCrory, Budget and Fiscal/Disbursing and Personnel
Officer
Mr. Frank P. Wardlaw (Pat), Commercial/Economic Officer
Mr. Roger E. Burgess, General Services Officer
Mrs. Jo Ann Burgess
Miss Jennifer A. Fitzgerald, Staff Aide to Mr. Bush
Miss Henrietta Morris, Secretary to Mr. Bush
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Mr. Joseph F. Acquavella, Supervisory Communications and Records
Officer
Mrs. Mary Ann Acquavella
Joseph Acquavella III
Miss Catherine E. Dick, Telecommunications Officer
Mr. Peter S. Quenan, Telecommunications Officer
Mrs. Sue Quenan, USLO Nurse
Skeeter Quenan
Miss H. Evelyn Keller, Secretary to the Deputy Chief
Mr. Marvin A. Konopik, Communications and Records Officer
Mrs. Yoko Konopik
Mr. Warren L. Salzer, Telecommunications Officer
Mrs. Jill Salzer
Scott Salzer
Shelly Salzer
Mr. Evan L. Dewire, Supervisory Regional Security Officer
Mrs. Merle Dewire
John Dewire
Annie Dewire
Mr. David P. Bocskor, Regional Security Officer
Mr.- John P. Chornyak, Regional Security Officer
Mrs. Patricia Chornyak
Miss Caryn Solomon, Secretary to the Commercial/Economic Counselor
Miss Janice E. Hunt, Secretary to the Political and Cultural
Counselor
Mr. Robert D. Booth, Regional Security Officer.
Miss Pamela H. Moore, Secretary to the Political and Cultural
Counselor
Miss Roberta A. Florkey, Secretary to the Administrative Counselor
Mr. Theodore S. Green, Temporary General Services Officer