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SUMMARY, CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LED BY SENATOR
FULBRIGHT RECEIVED ACCOMMODATING WELCOME BY PRC HOSTS,
HIGHLIGHTED BY NEARLY FOUR HOURS OF DISCUSSION WITH
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO kuan-hua, AND TWO HOURS WITH
VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING. TOPICS INCLUDED BOTH
BILATERIAL RELATIONS AND SURVEY OF MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. CHIAO KUAN-HUA DREW FOR THE CODEL
IN CLEAR TERMS THE VIEW THAT IF U.S. WANTS FURTHER
IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS WITH PRC IT MUST BREAK FORMAL
TIES WITH TAIWAN ON THE JAPANESE PATTERN. TENG AND
CHIAO BOTH ELABORATED THE VIEW THAT THE SOVIET THREAT
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PRC IS PREPARED TO IMPOSE PROTRACTED WAR ON THE RUSSIANS
IF THEY SHOULD ATTACK CHINA. TENG INDICATED PREMIER CHOU
EN-LAI WOULD VERY LIKELY HAVE RECEIVED THE GROUP WERE HE
NOT MORE GRAVELY ILL THAN DURING THE VISIT OF SENATOR JACKSON.
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1. CHINESE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE AND FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS
HAVE GIVEN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LED BY SENATOR FULBRIGHT
A GENERALLY RELAXED AND ACCOMMODATING RECEPTION CAPPED BY
LENGTHY EXPOSURE TO VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA
AND VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING. FOUR DAYS OF SIGHTSEEING
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AND OFFICIAL TALKS IN PEKING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO
DAY TRIP BY TRAIN TO TAIYUAN AND TACHAI PRODUCTION BRIGADE,
THEN TO CHANGSHA BY PLANE WITH VISIT TO MADIS BIRTHPLACE
AT SHAOSHAN, A FURTHER PLANE TRIP TO RESORT AREA OF
HANGCHOW FOR TWO DAYS, WITH FINAL TIME IN SHANGHAI BEFORE
DEPARTURE ON MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 14.
2. FIRST SESSION WITH CHIAO, ON SEPTEMBER 3, BEGAN WITH
THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER NOTING THE CONTRIBUTION FULBRIGHT
HAD MADE TOWARD IMPROVING U.S.-PRC U.S. PRC RELATIONS, HE COMMENTED
ON THE GREAT CHANGES IN OUR RELATIONS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE
IN RECENT YEARS, DESPITE REMAINING TRACES OF THE POLICIES
OF THE TRUMAN ERA. REPRESENTATIVE FRELINGHUYSEN ASKED
IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN THINGS AMERICAN IN THE PRC
EQUIVALENT TO AMERICAN INTEREST IN CHINA, AND INVITED THE
PRC TO SEND DELEGATIONS EQUIVALENT TO THE CODEL TO THE
U.S,
3. CHIAO THEN WENT INTO A DISCUSSION OF THE OBSTACLE
TO SUCH VISITS=-TAINAN, TAIWAN, AND U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE ROC.
HE SAID THE PRC DID NOT ATTACH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO THE
QUESTION OF TAIWAN, BUT THAT IF THE U.S. WISHES TO NORMALIZE
RELATIONS WITH THE PRC IT MUST "GO IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
JAPANESE SOLUTION" AND SEVER ITS TIES TO THE ISLAND.
SENATOR FONG ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE TWO CHINESE
SIDES NEGOTIATING THEIR DIFFERENCES. CHIAO REPLIED THAT
WHILE THIS WAS HIGHLY DESIRABLE, IT WAS THE BASIC VIEW OF
THE PRC THAT "PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY".
HE ADDED THAT THE U.S, SHOULD NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH THIS
PROBLEM, BUT TAKE STEPS TO ASSURE THAT THE CHINESE CAN SETTLE
THE TAIWAN ISSUE AMONG THEMSELVES.
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4g REPRESENTATIVE ZABLOCKI OBSERVED THAT CHIAO'S VIEW
ON A SOLUTION OF THE TAIWAN QUESTION SEEMED TO BE IN
CONTRADICTION WITH THE PRC'S SUPPORT FOR PEACE. THE
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER THEN RECALLED OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE U.S. SINCE 1955 WHERE THE AMERICAN SIDE TRIED TO
GETAR R. FUND
GET THE PRC TO COMMIT ITSELF TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION
OF THE TAIWAN QUESTION. HE NOTED THAT THE PRC HAD REFUSED
TO DO so AS THIS IS AN INTERNAL AFRAIR FOR THE CHINESE
THEMSELVES TO RESOLVE. HE ADDED THAT THE PRC IS NOT IN A
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HURRY AND IS PREPARED TO WAIT A HUNDRED YEARS FOR THE
RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE, CHIAO NOTED THAT THE U.S. TREATY WITH
ROC WAS SIGNED IN THE EISENHOWER ERA AND BORE THE MARK
OF JOHN FOSTER DULLES, THE DISCUSSION CONTINUED WITH
CHIAO OBSERVING THAT "THE COMMITMENT" (OF THE U.S. TREATY
WITH THE ROC) IS YOUR AFFAIR AND IT IS YOUR PROBLEM
WHAT TO DO WITH IT. BUT TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH THE
PRC IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE BREAK WITH TAINAN."
5. SENATOR HUMPHREY COMMENTED FAVORABLY ON CHIAO'S EXPRESSION
OF PATIENCE IN RESOLVING THE TAIWAN ISSUE, AND EXPRESSED
HOPE THAT U.S.-PRC RELATIONS WOULD BE STRENGTHENED IN THE
MEANWHILE. THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER REPLIED THAT THE
PRAMEWORK FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN U. s. -PRC RELATIONS
EXISTED IN THE TERMS OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, WHICH
SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT MORE FULLY. FINALLY, SENATOR FONG
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PROMOTING THE REUNITING OF CHINESE
WITH THEIR RELATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, CHIAO WAFFLED
ON THE REPLY, NOTING THIS WAS ONE OF THE DIFFICULT ISSUES IN OUR
RELATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO EASY SOLUTION UNDER PRESENT
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FIRST SESSION CONCLUDED WITH CHIAO
COMMENTING THAT HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO FOCUS so EXCLUSIVELY
ON BILATERAL MATTERS, AND LOOKED FORWARD TO A SECOND SESSION
ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
6. SECOND SESSION WITH THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON
SEPTEMBER 4 WAS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES. CHIAO POLITELY DERIDED FULBRIGHT'S EXPRESSION
OF HOPE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS COULD BE STRENGTHENED AS
AN ORGANIZATION FOR PEACE. HE SIMILARLY DERIDED THE
POSSIBILITY OF DETENTE IN VIEW OF SOVIET BEHAVIOR,
CHIAO DETAILED AT LENGTH THE PRC'S EXPERIENCE IN DEALING
WITH THE RUSSIANS. HE SAID THERE WERE TWO CONCLUSIONS
FROM THIS HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE: THE SOVIETS WERE PERFIDIOUS,
AND THEY BULLY THE WEAK AND FEAR THE STRONG. IN RESPONSE
TO SENATOR HUMPHREY'S COMMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING
A STRONG NATO, CHIAO OBSERVED THAT WHILE IN PRINCIPLE THE
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PRC CALLED FOR THE WITHDRAWAL TO THEIR HOME TERRITORY
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OF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS, THE FACT THAT THE SOVIETS MAINTAINED
A TROOP PRESENCE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST
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MILITARY PRESENCE IN EUROPE AND JARAN, HE STRESSED THE
NEED FOR THE U.S. TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN.
7. RAISING THE ISSUE OF VIETNAM, SENATOR FONG INQUIRED
ABOUT CHINESE AND SOVIET MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
TO NORTH VIETNAM AND THE VIETCONG. CHIAO COMMENTED THAT
PRC AID TO ITS FRIENDS IN VIETNAM AMOUNTED TO ONLY A
"SMALL HILL" IN COMPARISON WITH THE "HIGH MOUNTAIN" OF
AMERICAN AYD. HE NOTED THAT THE PRC HOPES THE PARIS
AGREEMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT, AND CALLED ATTENTION TO PRC
RESTRAINT ON THE VIETNAM QUESTION,
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8, RETURNING TO THE ISSUE OF THE SOVIET THREAT, THE VICE
FOREIGN MINISTER OBSERVED THAT CHINA DID NOT FEAR THE
RUSIANS, AND INDEED MAY HAVE OVERESTIMATED THE SOVIET
THREAT IN THE PAST. HE SAID CHINA WOULD NOT PROVOKE
THE RUSSIANS, BUT WAS PREPARED TO FIGHT IF NECESSARY.
HE FURTHER DEPRECATED THE SOVIET PROBLEM BY COMMENTING
THAT RUSSIAN TROOP STRENGTH IN THE FAR EAST WAS BARELY
ENOUGH FOR DEFENSE LET ALONE AN OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY.
CHIAO DISPARAGED THE FIRST SALT AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERPRETATION
THAT THE SOVIETS HAD BROKEN IT BY GOING AHEAD WITH QUALITATIVE
IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR STRATEGIC WEAPONS. THE SUBSTANTIVE
DISCUSSION CONCLUDED WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIDING
THE DELEGATION FOR DEBATING STRATEGIC ISSUES so PUBLICLY.
HE CITED THE ISSUE OF DIEGO GARCIA, WHICH HAD DRAWN SOME
OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS. CHIAO CONTRASTED THE AMERICAN
APPROACH WITH THE SOVIETS, WHO HAD QUIETLY GONE AHEAD
AND ESTABLISHED THREE OR MORE NAVAL FACILITIES IN THE INDIAN
OCEAN.
9. THE TWO HOUR SESSION WITH VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING
ON SEPTEMBER 5 WAS HELD IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE
WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTERS CHIAO KUAN-HUA AND WANG
HAT-JUNG, FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS LIN PING, TING
YUAN-HUNG AND CHAO CHI-HUA, AND PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE LEADERS
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CHOU CHIU-YEH AND KING TAI-SHA IN ATTENDANCE. TENG BEGAN BY
OBSERVING THAT "IF PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI WERE NOT ILL, I'M
SURE HE WOULD HAVE MET WITH YOU. HE ADDED THAT "SENATOR
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JACKSON MET BRIEFLY WITH PREMIER CHOU IN THE HOSPITAL,
BUT HIS ILLNESS IS GRAVER NOW, so IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
HIM TO RECEIVE YOU EVEN IN THE HOSPITAL.
10.1 ALMOST THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION WITH THE VICE PREMIER
FOCUSSED ON THE SOVIET UNION. TENG BEGAN BY RECALLING
THE LINE OF "PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE" WHICH HAD BEEN PUT
IT
FORWARD BY KHRUSHCHEV. HE THEN QUERIED THE GROUP AS TO
WHO HAD GAINED AND WHO HAD LOST BY THE "PEACEFUL
COEXISTENCE" OF THE PAST TWO DECADES. HE NOTED THAT THE
RUSSIANS HAD TRIED TO PUT CHINA ON THE SPOT BY SIGNING
THE PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY IN 1963, AND OBSERVED THAT THEY
WOULD NOW TRY TO DO THE SAME THING TO THE U.S. WITH THE
SALT AGREEMENT. HE COMMENTED ON THE ASTOUNDING BREED WITH
WHICH THE SOVIETS WERE PROCEEDING TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC
WEAPONS. HE POINTED TO THE INCREASING SOVIET MILITARY
STRENGTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST, PERSIAN GULF,
INDIAN OCEAN, AND IN THE PACIFIC AND SAID THE U.S. SHOULD
TAKE HEED AND MAINTAIN VIGILANCE. HE DEBUNKED "DETENTE"
AND THE CONCEPTS OF "A GENERATION OF PEACE" AND
'LASTING PEACE."
11: IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM SENATOR FULBRIGHT ABOUT
WHY THE CHINESE MEDIA LUMPED "U.S. IMPERIALISM" TOGETHER
WITH "SOVIET SOCIAL-IMPERIALISM", TENG SAID A CLOSE
READING OF PRC STATEMENTS WOULD SHOW A DIFFERENCE IN
EMPHASIS. HE COMMENTED THAT THE CHINESE "ARE MORE AT
EASE WITH THE U.S. CTHAN THE RUSSIANS) FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE." THE VICE PREMIER DUCKED AN INQUIRY FROM
REPRESENTATIVE ZABLOCKI ABOUT HOW LONG "THE FORESEEABLE
PUTURE" MIGHT BE. TENG REITERATED CHIAO KUAN-HUAIS THESIS
THAT THE SOVIET THREAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARD THE WEST, NOT THE
EAST. HE RIDICULED WHAT HE SAID HAD BEEN REPORTS FROM A
"RELIABLE SOURCE" THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE PLANNING TO
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ATTACK CHINA IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. HE
SAID THE SAME "RELIABLE SOURCE" WAS NOW PREDICTING AN
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ATTACK IN THE FALL. HE DETAILED THE PRC'S ANALYSIS THAT
LISAARY
THREE-QUARTERS OF THE SOVIET TROOPS WERE DEPLOYED TOWARD
THE WEST, AND THAT THESE TROOPS WERE QUALITATIVELY SUPERIOR
TO THOSE ON THE CHINESE FRONTIER. TENG ADDED THAT THE PRC
WAS HOWEVER, PREPARED FOR A PROTRACTED WAR WITH THE RUSSIANS
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AND HAD CONFIDENCE THEY COULD COPE WITH AN ATTACK IF IT
SHOULD OCCUR.
12. REPRESENTATIVE FRELINGHUYSEN CALLED ATTENTION TO AN
APPARENT DEBATE IN THE PRC PRESS ON THE QUESTION OF
IMPORTING FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY. HE ASKED IF THE CHINESE
WERE RECONSIDERING THEIR TRADING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
WEST. TENG COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THE
PRINCIPLE OF "SELF RELIANCE" IN CHINAIS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
BUT THAT THE PRC WOULD CONTINUE TO ABSORB FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
ACCORDING TO ITS ABILITY TO PAY FOR IT, OR WITH DEFERRED
PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WHERE CHINA HAS THE ABILITY TO GUARANTEE
ITS ABILITY TO MAKE A REPAYMENT. HE PREDICTED
THERE WOULD BE A SLOW EXPANSION IN THE VOLUME OF THE
PRCIS FOREIGN TRADE.
13,1 IN CONCLUSION, TENG ASKED THE DELEGATION TO CONVEY
THE GOOD WISHES OF CHAIRMAN MAO AND PREMIER
CHOU TO PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY KISSINGER.
14, COMMENT: THESE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE DRAWN FOR THE
CODEL IN SHARP RELIEF PRC CONCERNS ABOUT BOTH BILATERAL
AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, CHIAO'S DISCUSSION OF THE
TATWAN QUESTION EXPLICITLY RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE FUTURE
OF THE U.S. -ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY, ALTHOUGH HE HELD BACK
FROM MAKING THE EXPLICIT ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. MUST
ABANDON TAIWAN TO ITS FATE, THE COMMENTS BY CHIAO AND
TENG ON THE SOVIET THREAT DREW IN ALMOST STYLIZED TERMS
A PICTURE OF A RELAXED CHINA FACING A PROBLEM THEY
NOW ASSERT "THE WEST" WILL HAVE TO COPE WITH. THE FULL
IMPACT OF THESE THEMES IN THE OFFICIAL TALKS ON THE
THINKING OF MEMBERS OF THE CODEL WILL PHERHAPS BECOME EVIDENT
AS THE REMAINING DAYS OF THE TOUR PROCEED. THE DELEGATION
GIVES A RETURN BANQUET FOR THE CHINESE THIS EVENING,
ALL THE OFFICIALS THEY HAVE MET WERE INVITED TO ATTEND. THE
FOREIGN MINISTRY LIST OF ACCEPTANCES PRESENTED THIS NOON HAD
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG HAI-JUNG THE HIGHEST RANKING
OFFICIAL TO ATTEND. ONE HOUR BEFORE THE BANQUET THE
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INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD APPEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE BANQUET TO AT LEAST GREET THE DELEGATION. WE
RESIST ANY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN
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1, INFORMATION FROM POLISH AND JAPANESE SOURCES HERE
NOW SUGGESTS THAT LANGUAGE USED BY TENG HSIAO-PIING IN
DESCRIBING CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH TO CODEL FULBRIGHT
WAS CAREFULLY NUANCED LINE WHICH HAS BEEN USED ON AT
LEAST THREE OTHER OCCASIONS, DEPARTMENT WILL RECALL
TENG TOLD CODEL FULBRIGHT THAT CHOU'S CONDITION
WAS "GRAVER" THAN WHEN SENATOR JACKSON VISITED PEKING
TN EARLY JULY, AND PREMIER THEREFORE UNABLE TO RECEIVE
FOREIGN VISITORS. WE TREATED TENG'S REFERENCE TO CHOUIS
HEALTH WITH SOME RESERVE AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS
MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPRESSING REGRETS THAT THE
PREMIER WOULD NOT MEET THE GROUP. WE SUSPECTED THEN
THAT TENG WAS SENSITIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY THE GROUP
WOULD FEEL SLIGHTED AT NOT RECEIVING THE SAME TREATMENT
ACCORDED SENATOR JACKSON.
2, JAPANESE HAVE INFORMED US THAT TENG HAS USED ALMOST
TDENTICAL LANGUAGE RECENTLY WITH TWO OF THEIR DELEGATIONS,
THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WHICH JUST DEPARTED CHINA AND THE
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VOMIRUI SHIMBUN DELEGATION WHICH SAW HIM ON AUGUST 20,
OW WELL BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. ON BOTH
OCCASIONS TENG SAID CHOU'S CONDITION WAS "GRAVER"
(GENG YANZHONG) THAN IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY. YOMIURI
DELEGATION DID NOT REPORT TENG'S REMARKS BECAUSE THEY
CONSIDERED THEM SENSITIVE. POLES INFORM us THAT MFA
OFFICIALS HAVE USED IDENTICAL LANGUAGE WITH THEM.
3, COMMENT: IT APPEARS THAT CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH DID
DETERIORATE DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOLLOWING HIS
APPEARANCE AT ARMY DAY, AND CHINESE ARE QUIETLY PASSING
THE WORD ON A PRIVATE BASIS. THAT THEY REMAIN SENSTIVE
TO PUBLIC STATEMENTS, HOWEVER, IS INDICATED BY RECENT
STORIES ATTRIBUTED TO TENG TO THE EFFECT THAT CHOU IS
RECUPERATING.
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AS THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CELEBRATED ITS
THENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY THERE WERE SIGNS THAT
PREPARATIONS HAD ACCELERATED FOR THE TRANSITION TO A
LEADERSHIP COALITION DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE PERIOD
FROM THE DEMISE OR WITHDRAWAL FROM ACTIVE POLITICAL
LIFE OF MAO TSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN-LAI TO THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW
GENERATION OF LEADERS. THIS PROCESS
DATES BACK AT LEAST TO THE TENTH PARTY CONGRESS AND
PROBABLY BEFORE, BUT IT HAS BEEN MADE MORE URGENT IN
RECENT MONTHS BY THE DECLINING HEALTH OF CHOU EN-LAI.
DESPITE CHOU'S RECENT APPEARANCES, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT
HE WILL NOT RESUME THE DAY TO DAY CONTROL HE ONCE
EXERCISED OVER CHINESE GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS AND
THAT THESE FUNCTIONS ARE NOW INCREASINGLY IN THE HANDS
OF A COLLEGIUM OF POLITBURO LEADERS.
: A VARIETY OF THEORIES EXIST ABOUT THE NATURE OF PEKING'S
LEADERSHIP, BUT THERE ARE A FEW FACTS WHICH ARE OBSERVABLE.
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FORD
AND MEETING VISITORS) APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BETWEEN
VICE PREMIERS TENG HSIAO-PING AND LI HSIEN-NIEN,
GERALD
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OWN RIGHT. BASED ON PERSONAL APPEARANCES; LI HSIEN-NIEN
CONTINUES HIS PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON THE ECONOMY AND FORIGN ECONOMIC
RELATIONS, WHILE TENG APPEARS TO EXERCISE A PRIMARILY
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POLITICAL AND FOREIGN POLICY ROLE. ALTHOUGH MAJOR
DECISIONS UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO BE CLEARED WITH CHOU AND
WHEN NECESSARY THE CHAIRMAN AS WELL, THE TWO VICE PREMIERS
PROBABLY ARE THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTORS OF PRC GOVERNMENTAL
POLICIES. BOTH APPEAR TO ACT WITH CONFIDENCE, ALTHOUGH
THEY SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN FEW INITIATIVES IN POLICY MATTERS.
3. WITHIN THE POLITBURO, SPECIFIC POLICY AREAS APPEAR TO BE
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF VARIOUS DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS ACTING AS A
SORT OF SUPER CABINET. FOR EXAMPLE, A RECENT SWEDISH
AGRICULTURAL DELEGATION MET WITH HUA KUO-FENG AND WERE
TOLD THAT HE WAS THE POLITBURO MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR
AGRICULTURAL POLICY. THE ACTIVITIES AND APPEARANCES OF
CHI TENG-KUEI INDICATE HE EXERCISES THE SAME FUNCTIONS IN
THE LABOR FIELD. THE FIELD OF CULTURE IS CLEARLY THE
DOMAIN OF MADAM MAO AND HER PROTEGE YAO WEN-YUAN WHO ALSO HAS
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH MAJOR FOREIGN
MEDIA CIRCLES. BASED ON RECENT PUBLIC APPEARANCES, CHANG
CHUN-CHIAO SEEMS TO HAVE A MAJOR PARTY FUNCTION AND MAY BE
ACTING AS DE FACTO SECRETARY GENERAL, ALBEIT WITHOUT THE TITLE.
4. PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL LEADERSHIP FUNCTION IS IN THE
MILITARY FIELD. THE YOUTHFUL WANG HUNG-WEN HAS FIGURED WITH
INCREASING PROMINENCE IN MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND IT IS
REPORTED THAT HE, POSSIBLY ALONG WITH TENG HSIAO-PING, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTY CONTROL OVER THE PLA WITHIN THE MILITARY
AFFAIRS COMMISSION. FROM THE RANKS OF THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY
COMMANDERS, CHEN HSI-LIEN SEEMS TO HAVE ASSUMED A CENTRAL
LEADERSHIP ROLE, AND IT IS RUMORED THAT HE MAY BECOME THE
R.
NEXT MINISTER OF DEFENSE.
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5. BASED ON THE VOLUME OF THEORETICAL WRITINGS ON THE
SUBJECT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT A
LIGRARY
KEY REMAINING UNSOLVED ISSUE FOR THE PRC IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE PARTY AND THE ARMY. THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH WANG
HUNG-WEN EXERTS PARTY CONTROL OVER CHINA'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT
WILL BE AN IMPORTANT TEST OF HIS ABILITY TO ASSUME THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PARTY AFTER MAO, A POSITION FOR WHICH HE
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NOW SEEMS TO BE UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF TUTELAGE. THIS ROLE
COULD LEAVE HIM EXPOSED, PARTICULARLY SHOULD HE BE
CONFRONTED WITH AN EARLY TEST OF STRENGTH.
6. THE POSITION OF CHIANG CHING CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING
OF A MYSTERY. CLEARLY HER STATURE HAS GROWN DURING THIS
TRANSITION PERIOD, OR AT LEAST A DEFINITE EFFORT IS BEING
MADE TO BUILD HER UP. RECENT APPERANCES WITH VISITING
HEADS OF STATE AND OTHER INDICATORS STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT
MADAM MAO, LONG A MAJOR FACTOR IN BEHIND THE SCENES
PARTY POLITICS, HAS NOW BEEN ALLOCATED A POSITION OF
AUTHORITY IN THE OFFICIAL STATE HIERARCHY AS WELL. RECENT
DISCUSSION OF THE TANG DYNASTY EMPRESS WU APPEARS TO BE AN
ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY A NEW AND MORE IMPORTANT ROLE FOR CHIANG
CHING, ALTHOUGH IT MAY ALSO REFLECT CONTINUING OPPOSITION
TO THIS MOVE.
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% IN SUM, A LEADERSHIP COALITION APPEARS TO BE FORMING,
THUS FAR SUCCESSFULLY, THE DISPLAY OF UNITY ON OCTOBER 1.
FOR EXAMPLE, was IMPRESSIVE. IT CLEARLY IS NOT A LONG TERM
SOLUTION, HOWEVER, AND JOCKEYING FOR POSITION IN A POST-
MAO AND, PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT, POST-CHOU ERA WILL CONTINUE.
MANY OF THE TRANSITION LEADERS ARE THEMSELVES ELDERLY. TENG
TS SEVENTY, AND LI HSIEN-NIEN SIXTY EIGHT. MANY IN PEKING
POSTULATE THAT CHANG CHUN-CHIAO IS THE LOGICAL EVENTUAL SUCCESSOR
TO THE PREMIERSHIP. A MAJOR IMPONDERABLE AFFECTING THE SUCCESS
WITH WHICH CHINA CAN MAKE THE TRANSITION TO A NEW GENERATION OF
LEADERS IS THE LONGEVITY OF MAO AND CHOU. THEY ARE THE
GLUE THAT HOLDS THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT TOGETHER, AND THEIR
EARLY DEMISE WOULD SERIOUSLY INTENSIFY EXISTING
POWER RIVALRIES. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MILITARY
MIGHT MOVE TO REGAIN ITS POWER POSITION AND WOULD BE A
CRITICAL FACTOR TO WATCH.
8. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TRANSITION PERIOD
FOR THE UNITED STATES? FIRST, WE SEE NO MAJOR SHIFT AWAY
FROM THE COURSE OF NORMALIZATION SET IN THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE, REGARDLESS OF WHO EVENTUALLY EMERGES AS PRIMUS
INTER PARES AMONG CHINA'S LEADERS. WE CAN FIND NO ELEMENTS
WITHIN THE LEADERSHIP WHO WOULD FIND IT IN THEIR
INTEREST TO VEER SHARPLY AWAY FROM SINO-U.S. DETENTE AND
R.
THE POLITICAL/STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES IT OFFERS,
THAT SAID, WE MAY FIND CHINESE POSITIONS ON TAIWAN AND OTHER
YSSUES RELATED TO U.S. INTERESTS SOMEWHAT LESS FLEXIBLE
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THAN PREVIOUSLY. THIS MAY IN PART BE TACTICAL. GIVEN TAIWAN'S
GROWING POLITICAL ISOLATION, PEKING PROBABLY sees
LESS NEED FOR HASTE IN NORMALIZING RELATIONS. IF OUR ASSESSMENT
78 CORRECT THAT CHINESE CONCERN OVER THE THREAT OF A
SOVIET ATTACK HAS DIMINISHED, THIS WOULD ALSO BE A FACTOR IN
DECREASING THE SENSE OF URGENCY WITH WHICH THE LEADERSHIP
APPROACHES THE IMPROVEMENT OF SINO-U.S. RELATIONS.
NEW RTHELESS, TO THESE CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE ADDED
THE PROBABILITY OF INCREASED CAUTION ON THE PART OF CHINESE
LEADERS DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY AND TRANSITION.
9. WE MAY ALSO BE IN FOR A PERIOD OF AMBIGUITY IN CHINA'S
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LINE, A PHENOMENON WHICH WE THINK
PS ALREADY OBSERVABLE. THE NECESSITY TO REACH A CONSENSUS
WHEN NO SINGLE ACTIVE LEADER HOLDS A CLEAR-CUT POSITION OF
PREEMINENCE WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE CONFLICTING AND SOMETIMES
CONFUSING INDICATORS. THE PROLONGED DEBATE OVER PRC FOREIGN
TRADE POLICY AND RELIANCE ON FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IS A CASE IN
POINT.
10, IN CONCLUSION, A COALITION RESUMBLING THE THREE
WAY COMBINATION OF YOUNG, MIDDLE AGED AND OLD CALLED FOR
DURING THE TENTH PARTY CONGRESS SEEMS THUS FAR TO BE
WORKING AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS LONG AS THE
VARIOUS ELEMENTS FEEL THAT THEY NEED EACH OTHER. DECISION
MAKING HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT, A SITUATION WHICH WILL
RE EXACERBATED BY THE DEMISE OF CHINA'S TOP TWO LEADERS.
THIS IS A FACTOR WHICH MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
IN U.S. PLANNING OF THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATIONS.
HOLDRIDGE
GERALD R. FORD
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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PEKING 1835
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TAGS: PFOR, CH
SUBJECT: BUSH CALL ON ACTING PROTOCOL CHIEF
1. MR. RUSH AFTERNOON OCTOBER 23 PAID INITIAL CALL ON MFA
PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT ACTING DIRECTOR CHU CHIUAN-HSIEN.
ALSO PRESENT ON THE CHINESE SIDE WERE PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT
FUNCTIONARIES T'ANG LUNB-PIN AND CHENG HO-KIANG.
CHU CONDUCTED ENTIRE 25 MINUTE INTERVIEW HIMSELF IN CAREFUL
ENGLISH. HE SAID HE HAD REPORTED MR. BUSH'S ARRIVAL TO
VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAD KUAN-HUA, FOREIGN MINISTER
CH PIENG-FEI, AND VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG HAI-JUNG (HE NAMED
THEM IN THAT ORDER), OFFERED THE FULL FACILITIES OF THE
PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN ARRANGING VISITS AND TRAVEL
OUTSIDE OF PEKING, AND SAID HE WOULD SET UP A PROGRAM OF COURTESY
CALLS, REGINNING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MFA AMERICAN AND
OCEANIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR LIN PIING
AND THE OTHER MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEN GOING ON TO
MOTHER OFFICIALS."
2. BIOGRAPHICAL COMMENT: IN RESPONSE TO À COMPLIMENT ON THE HIGH
REPUTATION OF HIS DEPARTMENT AMONG U.S. OFFICIALS, CHU
NOTED THAT BOTH HE AND TIANG LUNG-PIN HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY
ENGATED IN PROTOCOL WORK FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. CHU SEEMED
COMPORTABLE USING ENGLISH AND H&D NO DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING U.S. SIDE'S
SOMETIMES FAST-PACED DELIVERY.
BUSH
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SECTO 201
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR
SUBJECT: BOUTEFLIKA'S BEHAVIOR ON THE KHMER AND KOREAN QUESTIONS
1. I FIND BOUTEFLIKAIS BEHAVIOR ON THE KHMER AND KOREAN
QUESTIONS OUTRAGEOUS. ON TOP OF ACTIONS IN THE CHAIR IN
PREVIOUS DEBATES, HE IS NOW MAKING A FURTHER TRAVESTY OF WHAT
SHOULD BE IMPARTIAL BEHAVIOR. THE IDEA THAT HE CAN FEEL
FREE TO ADJUST AND MANIPULATE DEBATE AND VOTING PROCEDURES
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO UNQUESTIONED AND UNCHALLENGED,
2. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE OUR OBJECTIONS CLEAR ON
EACH OCCASION THAT HE USES HIS AUTHORITY AS PRESIDENT OF
THE GA IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO WHAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO
EXPECT. IF YOU THINK IT APPROPRIATE, YOU SHOULD CHALLENGE
HIS RULINGS AND EVEN FORCE A VOTE IN FLAGRANT CASES,
THIS IS PARTICULARLY 30 IF WE WIN FIRST KHMER VOTE
AND HE TRIES TO FORCE A SECOND VOTE ON OPPOSITION RESOLUTION.
R.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO NOT AGREE.
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TO EAGLEBURGER FROM BREMER
E.O. 116521 GOS
TAGS: OVIP CHENRY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT: SCALIGRAM ON CERDS
REF: TOSEC 477
1. THE SANDBAGS ARE PILING UP HERE TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD
LAY THEM END TO END AND WALK BACK TO WASHINGTON.
2. SECRETARY'S INITIAL REACTION TO REFTEL IS THAT THESE IDEAS
WERE ADVANCED BEFORE HAVING BEEN CAREFULLY SCRUBBED CLEAN AND
THOUGHT THROUGH.
3. BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS MATTER FURTHER, WE WILL THEREFORE
NEED TO HAVE DEPARTMENT'S VIEW ON SCALTIS SUGGESTIONS RE THE
RABASA GAMBIT. CAN YOU ARRANGE THIS?
4. RE SCALI'S PROPOSAL OF APPROACHING DOBRYNIN, IT WILL COME AS
NO SURPRISE THAT THE SECRETARY WANTS THIS MOVE QUASHED. WILL YOU
SEE TO THIS.
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FOR MR. SISCO FROM THE SECRETARY
SECTO 216
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TAGS: PFOR, OVIP, UN
SUBJ: UNDOF RESOLUTIONS
REF: USUN 5433
1. I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED WITH REPORT THAT UNDOF RESOLUTIONS
MAY BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO RESOLUTIONS 344.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THIS BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
THIS TEXT HAS BEEN FULLY WORKED OUT WITH THE EGYPTIANS
AND ISRAELIS. YOU SHOULD STICK CLOSE TO THIS LINE.
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SUBJ: MESSAGE TO ICELANDERS ON KHMER REPRESENTATION
REF: TOSEC 513
SECRETARY APPROVES PROPOSED MESSAGE IN REFTEL.
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AMCONSUL HONG KONG
NCRE PEKING 2282
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR CH us
SUBJECT: SENATOR MANSFIELD'S MEETING WITH CHOU EN-LAI
1. SENATOR MANSFIELD, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. MANSFIELD,
HAD 55-MINUTE MEETING WITH CHOU EN-LAI EVENING OF
DEC 12. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD ASKED BEFOREHAND HOW
LONG MEETING SHOULD LAST AND WAS TOLD ABOUT 10 TO 15
MINUTES, HE HAD THEN ASKED CHINESE TO LET HIM KNOW
DURING SESSION WHEN HE SHOULD BREAK OFF. LENGTH OF
MEETING HAD BOTH SURPRISED AND PLEASED MIM.
2. ACCORDING TO SENATOR MANSFIELD, CHOU EN-LAI
APPEARED TO BE IN QUITE GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.
CHOU LOOKED THIN, BUT NO MORE so THAN AT MANSFIELD'S
LAST MEETING WITH HIM IN 1972, CHOU'S MIND WAS ALSO
VERY CLEAR. THE TWO REMINISCED ABOUT THEIR WARTIME
EXPERIENCES IN 1944-45 AT TIME WHEN SENATOR MANSFIELD,
THEN A REPRESENTATIVE, HAD BEEN SENT ON SPECIAL MISSION
TO CHUNGKING BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. CHOU HAD BEEN OUT
OF CHUNGKING IN YUNNAN PROVINCE DURING THAT PERIOD,
BUT THEY SPOKE OF MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCES.
3. NO MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE WERE DISCUSSED. WHEN
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IN US-PRC RELATIONS, CHOU REFERRED THE SENATOR TO
FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO kuan-hua FOR TALKS ON ANY
SUCH QUESTIONS. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD IMPRESSION FROM
THIS THAT CHOU WANTED TO STEP BACK FROM DAY-TO-DAY
MATTERS AND LEAVE THEM IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS.
4. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD NO IDEA WHERE MEETING TOOK
PLACE. IT WAS ALREADY DARK WHEN HE CALLED ON CHOU,
AND BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH PEKING HE COULD NOT SAY WHERE
HE WAS TAKEN. ALTHOUGH NCNA DESCRIBED MEETING AS TAKING
PLACE IN A HOSPITAL, SENATOR MANSFIELD MENTIONED THAT
THERE WAS RED CARPETING INSIDE MAIN ENTRANCE AND BEFORE
DOOR TO CHOU'S ROOM, SUGGESTING SOME KIND OF SPECIAL QUARTERS,
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TAGS: PFOR PINS CH
SUBJECT: ESPIONAGE ALLEGATION BY PRC AGAINST WILLIAM STOKES
REF: (A) STATE 281801 (B) PEKING 2232
1. AT END OF CALL ON TING YUAN-HUNG ON ANOTHER SUBJECT
JANUARY 3, USLO OFFICER REFERRED TO TING'S COMMENT ON
DECEMBER 4 ABOUT WILLIAM STOKES (REF B), AND AFTER NOTING
THAT HE WAS ACTING UNDER DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTIONS, READ
THE STATEMENT IN PARA 2 REF A.
?. IN REPLY, TING SAID HE WISHED TO MAKE SOME PRELIMINARY
REMARKS. HE SAID HIS COMMENT ON STOKES REPRESENTED THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION. HE ADDED "THE FACT THAT
STOKES WAS INVOLVED IN ESPIONAGE CANNOT BE DENIED." IT
WAS OUT OF CONSIDERATION OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO
COUNTRIES, TING SAID, THAT THE PRC AGREED TO STOKES ENTRY
THIS TIME. REFERRING TO HIS DECEMBER 4 COMMENT ON STOKES,
TING SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE
&
FORD
USA THAT "PEOPLE OF THIS KIND ARE NOT WELCOME TO CHINA. "
TN ORDER TO AVOID UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE FUTURE,
TING SAID, HE WISHES TO REMIND US OF THIS AGAIN. HE
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CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT HE MAY WANT TO MAKE SOME FURTHER
COMMENT TO US.
3. USLO OFFICER CLOSED DISCUSSION BY SAYING HE DID NOT WISH
TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME EXCEPT TO EMPHASIZE
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THAT THE STATEMENT HE READ TO TING EXPRESSED THE USG'S
POSITION IN THE MATTER VERY CLEARLY.
4. COMMENT: TING'S REMARKS, WHILE FORCEFUL IN TONE, DID
NOT GO BEYOND SUBSTANCE OF HIS EARLIER COMMENTS. IN THE
ABSENCE OF SOME FURTHER STATEMENT FROM THE CHINESE
SIDE, WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE SAY ANYTHING FURTHER ON
THE MATTER.
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SUBJECT: CHOU EN-LAI COMMENTS ON HIS HEALTH
OUTH AMBASSADOR HAS INFORMED US THAT DURING FONMIN
EXPIR EXPIR
VAN DER STOEL'S CALL ON PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI HIS APPEARANCE
IMPRESSED DUTCH VISITORS AS BEING ABOUT THE SAME AS USUAL
ALTHOUGH HE WAS PERHAPS SOMEWHAT THINNER. CHOU TOLD DUTCH THAT FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN AILMENT WHICH COULD
NOT BE COMPLETELY CURED EVEN THOUGH HIS OUTWARD APPEARANCE WAS
NOT BAD. HIS MENTAL VIGOR WAS UNIMPARIED, VIXSEBOXSE SAID,
AND HE WAS FULLY ON TOP OF ALL SUBJECTS WHICH OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS
HAD DISCUSSED WITH VAN DER STOEL.
BUSH
E.O. DECLASSIFIED 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02
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TAGS: PFOR, CH, US
SUBJECT: PRC VIEWS ON THE "JAPANESE FORMULA" AS APPLIED TO
US-REPUBLIC OF CHINA MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY
1. NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR HARLAND TELLS US THAT AT RECENT
RECEPTION ATTENDED BOTH BY HIM AND LIN PING, DIRECTOR OF MFA
AMERICAN AND OCEANIAN DEPARTMENT, HE ASKED LIN FOR EXPLANATION OF
WHAT CHINESE MEANT WHEN THEY SAID US SHOULD FOLLOW THE "JAPANESE
FORMULA", IN HANDLING THE TAIWAN PROBLEM. SPECIFICALLY, IN ADDITION
TO BREAKING OFF ALL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN, WOULD THE
US NEED TO FOLLOW THE JAPANESE PATTERN IN ITS TREATMENT OF THE
-ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY?
2. LE PING'S ANSWER WAS EMPHATICALLY "YES" HE DID NOT
ELABORATE FURTHER, BUT HARLAND TOOK THIS TO MEAN THAT WITH
RESPECT TO THE US-ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY THE PRC WOULD
REQUIRE THE US TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE SET BY JAPAN CIN THIS CASE
REGARDING THE PEACE TREATY) IN TAKING SOME SORT OF FORMAL, OVERT
ACTION TO DECLARE IT NULL AND VOID. WHEN HARLAND SAID THAT THE
SITUATIONS IN THE US AND JAPAN WERE DIFFERENT, LIN PING REPLIED TO
THE EFFECT THAT IT WAS ALL A QUESTION OF POLICY, AND THAT THE US
COULD CERTAINLY FIND A WAY.
HOLDRIDGE
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02
BY.
HR , NARA, DATE 2/4/03
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CINCPAC FOR POLAD
1, DEPARTING FRENCH AMBASSADOR MANACIMI PAID CALLI ON
TENG HSIAO-PING FEB 1 TO BID FAREWELLY AND DURING CONVERSATION
CONGRATULATED TENG ON HIS APPOINTMENT TO NEW INFLUENTIAL POSTS
IN PRC GOVERNMENT AND ARMED FORCES, TENG REPORTEDLY BECAME RATHER!
AGITATED AT THOUGHT HE WAS NOW IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE ANY
SPECIALI DEGREE OF INFLUENCE WHAT FOREIGNERS PAILED TO UNDERSTAND,
HE SAID, WAS THAT POLICY WAS DETERMINED BY CHAIRMAN MAO TSESTUNG
AND EXECUTED BY PREMIER CHOU EN-LAIT HE, TENS, WAS MERELY A "COLLUB"
ORATOR" OF CHOU EN-LAI1S,
2, SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION WAS CHARLES MALO, THEN DCM, AND NOW
FRENCH CHARGE, WHO ACCOMPANIED MANACTH, MALD FELT THAT TENGIS
REMARKS FAIRLY ACCURATELY SUMMED UP TENG'S POWER RELATIONSHIP TO
OTHER TOP CCP LEADERS's HE THEORIZED THAT TENG, HAVING BEEN
RESTORED TO A LEADERSHIP POSITION POLLOWING DENUNCIATION DURING
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AS A "CAPITALIST ROADER, WAS VERY MUCH
BEHOLDEN TO THOSE WHO RAISED MIM UP==PRESUMABLY MAD AND CHOUSE
AND WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP ANY INDIVIDUAL AUTHORITY. MALD ALSO
FELT THAT "WHEN THE SUCCESSION BEGINSN TENG WOULD BE AT A DISADVANTAG
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IN COMPETING WITH LEADERS SUCHI AS CHANG CHUN=CHIAO WHOSE POLETICAL
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FIRM JUDGEMENTS. ONE PURPOSE OF TENG TAKING LINE HE USED WITH
MANACIN MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN TO ESTABLISH MAO TSESTUNG AS
ENDORSER OF TENG'S POSITIONS DESPITEI MADIS ABSENCE FROM
PARTY PLENUM AND FOURTH NATIONAL: PEOPLE'S CONBRESS, IN THIS
RESPECT, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OGAWA, TENG TOLD
VISITING LDP LEADER HORI THAT MAD TSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN=LAI WERE
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AMERICA ORLINA
TELEGRAM
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CONFIDENTIAL 2410
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TAGS:PFOR CH us
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT FORD'S VISIT TO PRC - CLARE HOLLINGWORTH STORY
REF: PEKING 844
1. LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT CLARE HOLLINGWORTH
ACCOMPANIED PERRIGRINE WORTHORNE DURING HIS CALL ON
MR. BUSH MAY 4. IN THE COURSE OF A DISCUSSION OF
CHIAO KUAN-HUA'S REMARKS TO BRITISH JOURNALISTS MUCH
ALONG LINES REFTEL, HOLLINGWORTH SAID, ALMOST IN PASSING,
THAT A "SENIOR PRC FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL" HAD TOLD
HER THAT UNLESS THE U.S. WAS PREPARED "TO COMPROMISE"
ON THE CHINESE THREE CONDITIONS FOR NORMALIZATION,
PRESIDENT FORD'S VISIT TO PEKING MIGHT NOT MATERIALIZE.
WHEN IT WAS NOTED THAT "A SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY
OFFICIAL" SOUNDED LIKE CHIAU KUAN-HUA, HOLLINGWORTH DID NOT
DISSENT AND APPEARED TO WANT TO CONVEY THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WAS CHIAO, MR. BUSH INDICATED HE HAD NO SUCH
INDICATIONS FROM ANY SOURCE WHATSOEVER.
2. IN STRICT CONFIDENCE WE HAVE CHECKED WITH THE BRITISH
HERE TO DETERMINE A) WHETHER THEY HAVE HEARD A SIMILAR
STORY FROM HOLLINGWORTH OR OTHERS ON THE BRITISH PRESS
DELEGATION (THEY HAVE NOT) , AND B) WHAT CREDIBILITY THEY
WOULD ATTACH TO SUCH A STORY FROM HOLLINGWORTH.
BRITISH EMBOFF, WHO IS AN OLD FRIEND OF HOLLINGWORTH'S
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review
STATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02
CONFIDENTIALI BY
HR NARA, DATE ATE2/4/03
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT
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PAGE 02 PEKING 00851 050814Z
SAID THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IN PEKING AND
OCCASIONALLY "TENDS TO FANTACIZE". HE NOTED THAT
HOLLINGWORTH DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CHIAO KUAN-HUA,
BUT NORMALLY SEES OFFICIALS OF THE MFA INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT. HE ADDED THAT SHE HAD RETURNED TO PEKING
ONLY TWO DAYS AGO AFTER A RATHER LONG ABSENCE, AND THAT THE
ONLY TIME SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN CHIAO SINCE HER RETURN WOULD
HAVE BEEN WITH THE JOURNALIST DELEGATION, NONE OF WHOM
HAVE COME UP WITH A SIMILAR STORY. HE CONCLUDED BY
SAVING THAT WHILE HE FINDS IT USEFUL TO DISCUSS EVENTS
IN CHINA WITH HOLLINGWORTH, HE TREATS HER MORE
SENSATIONAL STORIES WITH GREAT SKEPTICISM.
3. WE ARE REPORTING THE ABOVE INFORMATION A) BECAUSE
HOLLINGWORTH MAY TRY IT OUT ON OTHERS IN THE
DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY AND IT MAY APPEAR IN THE PRESS;
AND B) IT IS AN INDICATION THAT CLARE HOLLINGWORTH IS
CAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING "INFORMATION", BOTH IN
PURSUIT OF A STORY AND TO BUILD UP HER OWN REPUTATION
AS A REPORTER HAVING INSIDE SOURCES IN PEKING. BUSH
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
WITHOUTYHE AUTHORIZATION
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SUBJECT: CONTACT WITH VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATIVES
1. DURING GENERAL DISCUSSION OF SITUATION IN EAST ASIA WITH
USLO POLITICAL OFFICER, ROMANIAN EMBOFF MENTIONED HANOI'S
DESIRE TO ESZABLISH TIES WITH THESUS AND ASKED IF USLO HAS
CONTACT WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS STATIONED IN PEKING.
WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT WE DO NOT, HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED
EXEMS EXPIS
THE VIETNAMESE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT AND OFFERED
TO SET UP A MEETING. USLO OFFICER SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO
CHECK WITH HIS SUPERIORS.
2. REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS. BUSH
DECLASSIFIED
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FOR EA/PRCM GLEYSTEEN FROM AMB BUSH
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: OVIP CH US
SUBJECT: SCHEDULING OF CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL TO PRC
1. 00 YOU HAVE ROSTER OF PERCY/JAVITS GROUP?
2. I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY CONGRESSMAN MONTOGMERY (DEM-MISS)
AND CONGRESSMAN HAMMERSCHMIDT (REP-ARK) ABOUT VISITING CHINA.
WOULD THERE BE ROOM FOR THESE TWO FIFTH TERM CONGRESSMEN TO
BE ADDED TO THAT DELEGATION?
BUSH
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NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT KULL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 15, folder \"People's Republic of China - State\nDepartment Telegrams: To SECSTATE - EXDIS (1)\" of the Presidential Country Files for\nEast Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. 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CHIAO KUAN-HUA DREW FOR THE CODEL\nIN CLEAR TERMS THE VIEW THAT IF U.S. WANTS FURTHER\nIMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS WITH PRC IT MUST BREAK FORMAL\nTIES WITH TAIWAN ON THE JAPANESE PATTERN. TENG AND\nCHIAO BOTH ELABORATED THE VIEW THAT THE SOVIET THREAT\nFORD & AIBRARY 076839\nis DIRECTED PRIMARILY TOWARD THE WEST, ADDING THAT THE\nPRC IS PREPARED TO IMPOSE PROTRACTED WAR ON THE RUSSIANS\nIF THEY SHOULD ATTACK CHINA. TENG INDICATED PREMIER CHOU\nEN-LAI WOULD VERY LIKELY HAVE RECEIVED THE GROUP WERE HE\nNOT MORE GRAVELY ILL THAN DURING THE VISIT OF SENATOR JACKSON.\nEND SUMMARY.\n1. CHINESE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE AND FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS\nHAVE GIVEN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LED BY SENATOR FULBRIGHT\nA GENERALLY RELAXED AND ACCOMMODATING RECEPTION CAPPED BY\nLENGTHY EXPOSURE TO VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA\nAND VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING. FOUR DAYS OF SIGHTSEEING\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFEDENTIAL:\nHR 5/14/01\nof\nSTATE\nUNITED\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nOF\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 02 PEKING 01530 01 OF 02 0510542\nAND OFFICIAL TALKS IN PEKING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO\nDAY TRIP BY TRAIN TO TAIYUAN AND TACHAI PRODUCTION BRIGADE,\nTHEN TO CHANGSHA BY PLANE WITH VISIT TO MADIS BIRTHPLACE\nAT SHAOSHAN, A FURTHER PLANE TRIP TO RESORT AREA OF\nHANGCHOW FOR TWO DAYS, WITH FINAL TIME IN SHANGHAI BEFORE\nDEPARTURE ON MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 14.\n2. FIRST SESSION WITH CHIAO, ON SEPTEMBER 3, BEGAN WITH\nTHE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER NOTING THE CONTRIBUTION FULBRIGHT\nHAD MADE TOWARD IMPROVING U.S.-PRC U.S. PRC RELATIONS, HE COMMENTED\nON THE GREAT CHANGES IN OUR RELATIONS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE\nIN RECENT YEARS, DESPITE REMAINING TRACES OF THE POLICIES\nOF THE TRUMAN ERA. REPRESENTATIVE FRELINGHUYSEN ASKED\nIF THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN THINGS AMERICAN IN THE PRC\nEQUIVALENT TO AMERICAN INTEREST IN CHINA, AND INVITED THE\nPRC TO SEND DELEGATIONS EQUIVALENT TO THE CODEL TO THE\nU.S,\n3. CHIAO THEN WENT INTO A DISCUSSION OF THE OBSTACLE\nTO SUCH VISITS=-TAINAN, TAIWAN, AND U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE ROC.\nHE SAID THE PRC DID NOT ATTACH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO THE\nQUESTION OF TAIWAN, BUT THAT IF THE U.S. WISHES TO NORMALIZE\nRELATIONS WITH THE PRC IT MUST \"GO IN THE DIRECTION OF THE\nJAPANESE SOLUTION\" AND SEVER ITS TIES TO THE ISLAND.\nSENATOR FONG ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE TWO CHINESE\nSIDES NEGOTIATING THEIR DIFFERENCES. CHIAO REPLIED THAT\nWHILE THIS WAS HIGHLY DESIRABLE, IT WAS THE BASIC VIEW OF\nTHE PRC THAT \"PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY\".\nHE ADDED THAT THE U.S, SHOULD NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH THIS\nPROBLEM, BUT TAKE STEPS TO ASSURE THAT THE CHINESE CAN SETTLE\nTHE TAIWAN ISSUE AMONG THEMSELVES.\n2E6\n4g REPRESENTATIVE ZABLOCKI OBSERVED THAT CHIAO'S VIEW\nON A SOLUTION OF THE TAIWAN QUESTION SEEMED TO BE IN\nCONTRADICTION WITH THE PRC'S SUPPORT FOR PEACE. THE\nVICE FOREIGN MINISTER THEN RECALLED OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS\nWITH THE U.S. SINCE 1955 WHERE THE AMERICAN SIDE TRIED TO\nGETAR R. FUND\nGET THE PRC TO COMMIT ITSELF TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION\nOF THE TAIWAN QUESTION. HE NOTED THAT THE PRC HAD REFUSED\nTO DO so AS THIS IS AN INTERNAL AFRAIR FOR THE CHINESE\nTHEMSELVES TO RESOLVE. HE ADDED THAT THE PRC IS NOT IN A\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCE WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION\nTHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\nOF\nand\nUNITED\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nOF\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 03 PEKING 01530 01 OF 02 0510542\nHURRY AND IS PREPARED TO WAIT A HUNDRED YEARS FOR THE\nRESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE, CHIAO NOTED THAT THE U.S. TREATY WITH\nROC WAS SIGNED IN THE EISENHOWER ERA AND BORE THE MARK\nOF JOHN FOSTER DULLES, THE DISCUSSION CONTINUED WITH\nCHIAO OBSERVING THAT \"THE COMMITMENT\" (OF THE U.S. TREATY\nWITH THE ROC) IS YOUR AFFAIR AND IT IS YOUR PROBLEM\nWHAT TO DO WITH IT. BUT TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH THE\nPRC IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE BREAK WITH TAINAN.\"\n5. SENATOR HUMPHREY COMMENTED FAVORABLY ON CHIAO'S EXPRESSION\nOF PATIENCE IN RESOLVING THE TAIWAN ISSUE, AND EXPRESSED\nHOPE THAT U.S.-PRC RELATIONS WOULD BE STRENGTHENED IN THE\nMEANWHILE. THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER REPLIED THAT THE\nPRAMEWORK FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN U. s. -PRC RELATIONS\nEXISTED IN THE TERMS OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE, WHICH\nSHOULD BE CARRIED OUT MORE FULLY. FINALLY, SENATOR FONG\nEXPRESSED INTEREST IN PROMOTING THE REUNITING OF CHINESE\nWITH THEIR RELATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, CHIAO WAFFLED\nON THE REPLY, NOTING THIS WAS ONE OF THE DIFFICULT ISSUES IN OUR\nRELATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO EASY SOLUTION UNDER PRESENT\nCIRCUMSTANCES, THE FIRST SESSION CONCLUDED WITH CHIAO\nCOMMENTING THAT HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO FOCUS so EXCLUSIVELY\nON BILATERAL MATTERS, AND LOOKED FORWARD TO A SECOND SESSION\nON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.\n6. SECOND SESSION WITH THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON\nSEPTEMBER 4 WAS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO INTERNATIONAL\nISSUES. CHIAO POLITELY DERIDED FULBRIGHT'S EXPRESSION\nOF HOPE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS COULD BE STRENGTHENED AS\nAN ORGANIZATION FOR PEACE. HE SIMILARLY DERIDED THE\nPOSSIBILITY OF DETENTE IN VIEW OF SOVIET BEHAVIOR,\nCHIAO DETAILED AT LENGTH THE PRC'S EXPERIENCE IN DEALING\nWITH THE RUSSIANS. HE SAID THERE WERE TWO CONCLUSIONS\nFROM THIS HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE: THE SOVIETS WERE PERFIDIOUS,\nAND THEY BULLY THE WEAK AND FEAR THE STRONG. IN RESPONSE\nTO SENATOR HUMPHREY'S COMMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING\nA STRONG NATO, CHIAO OBSERVED THAT WHILE IN PRINCIPLE THE\nR.\nPRC CALLED FOR THE WITHDRAWAL TO THEIR HOME TERRITORY\nFORD\nOF ALL FOREIGN TROOPS, THE FACT THAT THE SOVIETS MAINTAINED\nA TROOP PRESENCE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST\nGERALD\nPROVIDED A VALID REASON FOR THE U.S. MAINTAINING ITS\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\nA\nof\nSTATE\nUNITED\nDepartment of State\nyour\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 04 PEKING 01530 01 OF 02 0510542\nMILITARY PRESENCE IN EUROPE AND JARAN, HE STRESSED THE\nNEED FOR THE U.S. TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN.\n7. RAISING THE ISSUE OF VIETNAM, SENATOR FONG INQUIRED\nABOUT CHINESE AND SOVIET MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE\nTO NORTH VIETNAM AND THE VIETCONG. CHIAO COMMENTED THAT\nPRC AID TO ITS FRIENDS IN VIETNAM AMOUNTED TO ONLY A\n\"SMALL HILL\" IN COMPARISON WITH THE \"HIGH MOUNTAIN\" OF\nAMERICAN AYD. HE NOTED THAT THE PRC HOPES THE PARIS\nAGREEMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT, AND CALLED ATTENTION TO PRC\nRESTRAINT ON THE VIETNAM QUESTION,\nBRUCE\nGERALD R. FORD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCE VITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION\nTHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\nof\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nof 7 AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nCONFIDENTIAL 7001\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01530 02 OF 02 0511342\n13\nACTION SS-30\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 $80-00 NSCE-00 /031 W\n033361\nO R 0510002 SEP 74\nPM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2350\nINFO AMCONSUL HONG KONG\ne o N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 2 OF 2 PEKING 1530\nEXDIS\n8, RETURNING TO THE ISSUE OF THE SOVIET THREAT, THE VICE\nFOREIGN MINISTER OBSERVED THAT CHINA DID NOT FEAR THE\nRUSIANS, AND INDEED MAY HAVE OVERESTIMATED THE SOVIET\nTHREAT IN THE PAST. HE SAID CHINA WOULD NOT PROVOKE\nTHE RUSSIANS, BUT WAS PREPARED TO FIGHT IF NECESSARY.\nHE FURTHER DEPRECATED THE SOVIET PROBLEM BY COMMENTING\nTHAT RUSSIAN TROOP STRENGTH IN THE FAR EAST WAS BARELY\nENOUGH FOR DEFENSE LET ALONE AN OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY.\nCHIAO DISPARAGED THE FIRST SALT AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERPRETATION\nTHAT THE SOVIETS HAD BROKEN IT BY GOING AHEAD WITH QUALITATIVE\nIMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR STRATEGIC WEAPONS. THE SUBSTANTIVE\nDISCUSSION CONCLUDED WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIDING\nTHE DELEGATION FOR DEBATING STRATEGIC ISSUES so PUBLICLY.\nHE CITED THE ISSUE OF DIEGO GARCIA, WHICH HAD DRAWN SOME\nOPPOSITION IN CONGRESS. CHIAO CONTRASTED THE AMERICAN\nAPPROACH WITH THE SOVIETS, WHO HAD QUIETLY GONE AHEAD\nAND ESTABLISHED THREE OR MORE NAVAL FACILITIES IN THE INDIAN\nOCEAN.\n9. THE TWO HOUR SESSION WITH VICE PREMIER TENG HSIAO-PING\nON SEPTEMBER 5 WAS HELD IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE\nWITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTERS CHIAO KUAN-HUA AND WANG\nHAT-JUNG, FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS LIN PING, TING\nYUAN-HUNG AND CHAO CHI-HUA, AND PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE LEADERS\nFORD i LIBRARY 077830\nCHOU CHIU-YEH AND KING TAI-SHA IN ATTENDANCE. TENG BEGAN BY\nOBSERVING THAT \"IF PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI WERE NOT ILL, I'M\nSURE HE WOULD HAVE MET WITH YOU. HE ADDED THAT \"SENATOR\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFEDENTIAL\n7/\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\n(\nOF\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 02 PEKING 01530 02 OF 02 0511342\nJACKSON MET BRIEFLY WITH PREMIER CHOU IN THE HOSPITAL,\nBUT HIS ILLNESS IS GRAVER NOW, so IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR\nHIM TO RECEIVE YOU EVEN IN THE HOSPITAL.\n10.1 ALMOST THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION WITH THE VICE PREMIER\nFOCUSSED ON THE SOVIET UNION. TENG BEGAN BY RECALLING\nTHE LINE OF \"PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE\" WHICH HAD BEEN PUT\nIT\nFORWARD BY KHRUSHCHEV. HE THEN QUERIED THE GROUP AS TO\nWHO HAD GAINED AND WHO HAD LOST BY THE \"PEACEFUL\nCOEXISTENCE\" OF THE PAST TWO DECADES. HE NOTED THAT THE\nRUSSIANS HAD TRIED TO PUT CHINA ON THE SPOT BY SIGNING\nTHE PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY IN 1963, AND OBSERVED THAT THEY\nWOULD NOW TRY TO DO THE SAME THING TO THE U.S. WITH THE\nSALT AGREEMENT. HE COMMENTED ON THE ASTOUNDING BREED WITH\nWHICH THE SOVIETS WERE PROCEEDING TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC\nWEAPONS. HE POINTED TO THE INCREASING SOVIET MILITARY\nSTRENGTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST, PERSIAN GULF,\nINDIAN OCEAN, AND IN THE PACIFIC AND SAID THE U.S. SHOULD\nTAKE HEED AND MAINTAIN VIGILANCE. HE DEBUNKED \"DETENTE\"\nAND THE CONCEPTS OF \"A GENERATION OF PEACE\" AND\n'LASTING PEACE.\"\n11: IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM SENATOR FULBRIGHT ABOUT\nWHY THE CHINESE MEDIA LUMPED \"U.S. IMPERIALISM\" TOGETHER\nWITH \"SOVIET SOCIAL-IMPERIALISM\", TENG SAID A CLOSE\nREADING OF PRC STATEMENTS WOULD SHOW A DIFFERENCE IN\nEMPHASIS. HE COMMENTED THAT THE CHINESE \"ARE MORE AT\nEASE WITH THE U.S. CTHAN THE RUSSIANS) FOR THE FORESEEABLE\nFUTURE.\" THE VICE PREMIER DUCKED AN INQUIRY FROM\nREPRESENTATIVE ZABLOCKI ABOUT HOW LONG \"THE FORESEEABLE\nPUTURE\" MIGHT BE. TENG REITERATED CHIAO KUAN-HUAIS THESIS\nTHAT THE SOVIET THREAT WAS DIRECTED TOWARD THE WEST, NOT THE\nEAST. HE RIDICULED WHAT HE SAID HAD BEEN REPORTS FROM A\n\"RELIABLE SOURCE\" THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE PLANNING TO\nR.\nFORD\nATTACK CHINA IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. HE\nSAID THE SAME \"RELIABLE SOURCE\" WAS NOW PREDICTING AN\nGERALD\nATTACK IN THE FALL. HE DETAILED THE PRC'S ANALYSIS THAT\nLISAARY\nTHREE-QUARTERS OF THE SOVIET TROOPS WERE DEPLOYED TOWARD\nTHE WEST, AND THAT THESE TROOPS WERE QUALITATIVELY SUPERIOR\nTO THOSE ON THE CHINESE FRONTIER. TENG ADDED THAT THE PRC\nWAS HOWEVER, PREPARED FOR A PROTRACTED WAR WITH THE RUSSIANS\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCE WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION\nTHE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\nARTMENT\nR\nand\nstate\nUNITED\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\n/\nOF\nCONF IDENTIAL\nPAGE 03 PEKING 01530 02 OF 02 0511342\nAND HAD CONFIDENCE THEY COULD COPE WITH AN ATTACK IF IT\nSHOULD OCCUR.\n12. REPRESENTATIVE FRELINGHUYSEN CALLED ATTENTION TO AN\nAPPARENT DEBATE IN THE PRC PRESS ON THE QUESTION OF\nIMPORTING FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY. HE ASKED IF THE CHINESE\nWERE RECONSIDERING THEIR TRADING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE\nWEST. TENG COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THE\nPRINCIPLE OF \"SELF RELIANCE\" IN CHINAIS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,\nBUT THAT THE PRC WOULD CONTINUE TO ABSORB FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY\nACCORDING TO ITS ABILITY TO PAY FOR IT, OR WITH DEFERRED\nPAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WHERE CHINA HAS THE ABILITY TO GUARANTEE\nITS ABILITY TO MAKE A REPAYMENT. HE PREDICTED\nTHERE WOULD BE A SLOW EXPANSION IN THE VOLUME OF THE\nPRCIS FOREIGN TRADE.\n13,1 IN CONCLUSION, TENG ASKED THE DELEGATION TO CONVEY\nTHE GOOD WISHES OF CHAIRMAN MAO AND PREMIER\nCHOU TO PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY KISSINGER.\n14, COMMENT: THESE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE DRAWN FOR THE\nCODEL IN SHARP RELIEF PRC CONCERNS ABOUT BOTH BILATERAL\nAND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, CHIAO'S DISCUSSION OF THE\nTATWAN QUESTION EXPLICITLY RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE FUTURE\nOF THE U.S. -ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY, ALTHOUGH HE HELD BACK\nFROM MAKING THE EXPLICIT ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. MUST\nABANDON TAIWAN TO ITS FATE, THE COMMENTS BY CHIAO AND\nTENG ON THE SOVIET THREAT DREW IN ALMOST STYLIZED TERMS\nA PICTURE OF A RELAXED CHINA FACING A PROBLEM THEY\nNOW ASSERT \"THE WEST\" WILL HAVE TO COPE WITH. THE FULL\nIMPACT OF THESE THEMES IN THE OFFICIAL TALKS ON THE\nTHINKING OF MEMBERS OF THE CODEL WILL PHERHAPS BECOME EVIDENT\nAS THE REMAINING DAYS OF THE TOUR PROCEED. THE DELEGATION\nGIVES A RETURN BANQUET FOR THE CHINESE THIS EVENING,\nALL THE OFFICIALS THEY HAVE MET WERE INVITED TO ATTEND. THE\nFOREIGN MINISTRY LIST OF ACCEPTANCES PRESENTED THIS NOON HAD\nVICE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG HAI-JUNG THE HIGHEST RANKING\nOFFICIAL TO ATTEND. ONE HOUR BEFORE THE BANQUET THE\n&\nFORD\nDELEGATION WAS INFORMED THAT WANG, AND INTERPRETER NANCY\nTANG, HAD SOME UNAVOIDABLE WORK OBLIGATION THAT WOULD\nGERALD\nPREVENT THEM FROM ATTENDING THE DINNER. IT WAS\nLIBRANY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITH AUTHO RIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nOF\nand\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES of\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 04 PEKING 01530 02 OF 02 0511342\nINDICATED THAT THEY WOULD APPEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF\nTHE BANQUET TO AT LEAST GREET THE DELEGATION. WE\nRESIST ANY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN\nFOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAIRMAN. END COMMENT.\nBRUCE\nEXEMS\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRA\nLETECKVW\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\nor\n\\\n'74\nDepartment of State\nOF STATES AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\n12 AM 9\nWOO NO WOOMNOIL\nE-HOUSE\nCONFIDENTIAL 2684\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01569 120444Z\n29\nACTION SS-30\nEXPIRES\nTNFO OCT-01 ISO-00 NSCE-00 1031 W\n114035\nR 120400Z SEP 74\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 2380\nINFO AMCONSUL HONG KONG\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nAMEMBASSY TOKYO\ne 0 N F I D E N 7 I A PEKING 1569\nEXDIS\nE.O. DECLASSIFIED 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nTAGS: PINT CH\nBY\nHR , NARA, DATE 2/4/03\nSUBJECT: CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH\nREF: PEKING 1399\n1, INFORMATION FROM POLISH AND JAPANESE SOURCES HERE\nNOW SUGGESTS THAT LANGUAGE USED BY TENG HSIAO-PIING IN\nDESCRIBING CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH TO CODEL FULBRIGHT\nWAS CAREFULLY NUANCED LINE WHICH HAS BEEN USED ON AT\nLEAST THREE OTHER OCCASIONS, DEPARTMENT WILL RECALL\nTENG TOLD CODEL FULBRIGHT THAT CHOU'S CONDITION\nWAS \"GRAVER\" THAN WHEN SENATOR JACKSON VISITED PEKING\nTN EARLY JULY, AND PREMIER THEREFORE UNABLE TO RECEIVE\nFOREIGN VISITORS. WE TREATED TENG'S REFERENCE TO CHOUIS\nHEALTH WITH SOME RESERVE AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS\nMADE IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPRESSING REGRETS THAT THE\nPREMIER WOULD NOT MEET THE GROUP. WE SUSPECTED THEN\nTHAT TENG WAS SENSITIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY THE GROUP\nWOULD FEEL SLIGHTED AT NOT RECEIVING THE SAME TREATMENT\nACCORDED SENATOR JACKSON.\n2, JAPANESE HAVE INFORMED US THAT TENG HAS USED ALMOST\nTDENTICAL LANGUAGE RECENTLY WITH TWO OF THEIR DELEGATIONS,\nTHE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP WHICH JUST DEPARTED CHINA AND THE\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\n1\nor STATE\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA ORLINO\nTELEGRAM\n-04 it\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 02 PEKING 01569 120444Z\nVOMIRUI SHIMBUN DELEGATION WHICH SAW HIM ON AUGUST 20,\nOW WELL BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. ON BOTH\nOCCASIONS TENG SAID CHOU'S CONDITION WAS \"GRAVER\"\n(GENG YANZHONG) THAN IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY. YOMIURI\nDELEGATION DID NOT REPORT TENG'S REMARKS BECAUSE THEY\nCONSIDERED THEM SENSITIVE. POLES INFORM us THAT MFA\nOFFICIALS HAVE USED IDENTICAL LANGUAGE WITH THEM.\n3, COMMENT: IT APPEARS THAT CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH DID\nDETERIORATE DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOLLOWING HIS\nAPPEARANCE AT ARMY DAY, AND CHINESE ARE QUIETLY PASSING\nTHE WORD ON A PRIVATE BASIS. THAT THEY REMAIN SENSTIVE\nTO PUBLIC STATEMENTS, HOWEVER, IS INDICATED BY RECENT\nSTORIES ATTRIBUTED TO TENG TO THE EFFECT THAT CHOU IS\nRECUPERATING.\nBRUCE\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\n3\nor STATE\nWH\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA MAKE\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES of\nSECRET 4049\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01717 01 OF 02 0102032\n93\nACTION 83-30\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 NSC-07 NSCE-00 /038 W\n124152\nR 0401302 OCT 74\nFM USLD PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 2491\nINFO AMCONSUL HONG KONG\na E C R E SECTION 1 OF 2 PEKING 1717\nEXOIS\nF.O. 116521 GDS\nTAGSI PINT PFOR CH\nSUBJECT: PRC LEADERSHIP IN TRANSITION\ni.\nAS THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CELEBRATED ITS\nTHENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY THERE WERE SIGNS THAT\nPREPARATIONS HAD ACCELERATED FOR THE TRANSITION TO A\nLEADERSHIP COALITION DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE PERIOD\nFROM THE DEMISE OR WITHDRAWAL FROM ACTIVE POLITICAL\nLIFE OF MAO TSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN-LAI TO THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW\nGENERATION OF LEADERS. THIS PROCESS\nDATES BACK AT LEAST TO THE TENTH PARTY CONGRESS AND\nPROBABLY BEFORE, BUT IT HAS BEEN MADE MORE URGENT IN\nRECENT MONTHS BY THE DECLINING HEALTH OF CHOU EN-LAI.\nDESPITE CHOU'S RECENT APPEARANCES, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT\nHE WILL NOT RESUME THE DAY TO DAY CONTROL HE ONCE\nEXERCISED OVER CHINESE GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS AND\nTHAT THESE FUNCTIONS ARE NOW INCREASINGLY IN THE HANDS\nOF A COLLEGIUM OF POLITBURO LEADERS.\n: A VARIETY OF THEORIES EXIST ABOUT THE NATURE OF PEKING'S\nLEADERSHIP, BUT THERE ARE A FEW FACTS WHICH ARE OBSERVABLE.\nR.\nCHOU'S GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS (INCLUDING PUBLIC APPEARANCES\nFORD\nAND MEETING VISITORS) APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BETWEEN\nVICE PREMIERS TENG HSIAO-PING AND LI HSIEN-NIEN,\nGERALD\nALTHOUGH GREAT CARE IS EXERCISED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THEY\nLIBRARY\nARE ACTING IN THE NAME OF THE PREMIER AND NOT IN THEIR\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECRET\nFORM DS-1652\na HR5/14/01\nis\nor\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\n,\nTELEGRAM\nof /\nSECRET\nPAGE 02 PEKING 01717 01 OF 02 0102032\nOWN RIGHT. BASED ON PERSONAL APPEARANCES; LI HSIEN-NIEN\nCONTINUES HIS PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON THE ECONOMY AND FORIGN ECONOMIC\nRELATIONS, WHILE TENG APPEARS TO EXERCISE A PRIMARILY\nWXB\nPOLITICAL AND FOREIGN POLICY ROLE. ALTHOUGH MAJOR\nDECISIONS UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO BE CLEARED WITH CHOU AND\nWHEN NECESSARY THE CHAIRMAN AS WELL, THE TWO VICE PREMIERS\nPROBABLY ARE THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTORS OF PRC GOVERNMENTAL\nPOLICIES. BOTH APPEAR TO ACT WITH CONFIDENCE, ALTHOUGH\nTHEY SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN FEW INITIATIVES IN POLICY MATTERS.\n3. WITHIN THE POLITBURO, SPECIFIC POLICY AREAS APPEAR TO BE\nUNDER THE GUIDANCE OF VARIOUS DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS ACTING AS A\nSORT OF SUPER CABINET. FOR EXAMPLE, A RECENT SWEDISH\nAGRICULTURAL DELEGATION MET WITH HUA KUO-FENG AND WERE\nTOLD THAT HE WAS THE POLITBURO MEMBER RESPONSIBLE FOR\nAGRICULTURAL POLICY. THE ACTIVITIES AND APPEARANCES OF\nCHI TENG-KUEI INDICATE HE EXERCISES THE SAME FUNCTIONS IN\nTHE LABOR FIELD. THE FIELD OF CULTURE IS CLEARLY THE\nDOMAIN OF MADAM MAO AND HER PROTEGE YAO WEN-YUAN WHO ALSO HAS\nRESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH MAJOR FOREIGN\nMEDIA CIRCLES. BASED ON RECENT PUBLIC APPEARANCES, CHANG\nCHUN-CHIAO SEEMS TO HAVE A MAJOR PARTY FUNCTION AND MAY BE\nACTING AS DE FACTO SECRETARY GENERAL, ALBEIT WITHOUT THE TITLE.\n4. PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL LEADERSHIP FUNCTION IS IN THE\nMILITARY FIELD. THE YOUTHFUL WANG HUNG-WEN HAS FIGURED WITH\nINCREASING PROMINENCE IN MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND IT IS\nREPORTED THAT HE, POSSIBLY ALONG WITH TENG HSIAO-PING, IS\nRESPONSIBLE FOR PARTY CONTROL OVER THE PLA WITHIN THE MILITARY\nAFFAIRS COMMISSION. FROM THE RANKS OF THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY\nCOMMANDERS, CHEN HSI-LIEN SEEMS TO HAVE ASSUMED A CENTRAL\nLEADERSHIP ROLE, AND IT IS RUMORED THAT HE MAY BECOME THE\nR.\nNEXT MINISTER OF DEFENSE.\nGERALD\nFORD\n5. BASED ON THE VOLUME OF THEORETICAL WRITINGS ON THE\nSUBJECT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT A\nLIGRARY\nKEY REMAINING UNSOLVED ISSUE FOR THE PRC IS THE RELATIONSHIP\nBETWEEN THE PARTY AND THE ARMY. THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH WANG\nHUNG-WEN EXERTS PARTY CONTROL OVER CHINA'S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT\nWILL BE AN IMPORTANT TEST OF HIS ABILITY TO ASSUME THE\nCHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PARTY AFTER MAO, A POSITION FOR WHICH HE\n4OT TO BE REPRODUCED 'THOUT THE AUTHORIZATION or HE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECRET\nFORM DS-1652\nOF\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nit UNITED AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nof\nSECRET\nPAGE 03 PEKING 01717 01 OF 02 0102032\nNOW SEEMS TO BE UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF TUTELAGE. THIS ROLE\nCOULD LEAVE HIM EXPOSED, PARTICULARLY SHOULD HE BE\nCONFRONTED WITH AN EARLY TEST OF STRENGTH.\n6. THE POSITION OF CHIANG CHING CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING\nOF A MYSTERY. CLEARLY HER STATURE HAS GROWN DURING THIS\nTRANSITION PERIOD, OR AT LEAST A DEFINITE EFFORT IS BEING\nMADE TO BUILD HER UP. RECENT APPERANCES WITH VISITING\nHEADS OF STATE AND OTHER INDICATORS STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT\nMADAM MAO, LONG A MAJOR FACTOR IN BEHIND THE SCENES\nPARTY POLITICS, HAS NOW BEEN ALLOCATED A POSITION OF\nAUTHORITY IN THE OFFICIAL STATE HIERARCHY AS WELL. RECENT\nDISCUSSION OF THE TANG DYNASTY EMPRESS WU APPEARS TO BE AN\nATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY A NEW AND MORE IMPORTANT ROLE FOR CHIANG\nCHING, ALTHOUGH IT MAY ALSO REFLECT CONTINUING OPPOSITION\nTO THIS MOVE.\nHOLDRIDGE\nFORD i LIBRARY 07V839\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECRET\nFORM 0.00 DS-1652\nOF\nA\nMARKS\nDepartment of State\n)\nTELEGRAM\nI\nor\nSECRET 4060\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01717 02 OF 02 040212Z\n73.\nACTION 85-30\nEXE\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 NSC=07 NSCE-00 1038 w\n124222\nR 0401302 OCT 74\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO ECSTATE WASHDC 2492\nINPU AMCONBUL HONG KONG\n8 E C R E T SECTION 2 OF 2 PEKING 1717\nEXDIS\n% IN SUM, A LEADERSHIP COALITION APPEARS TO BE FORMING,\nTHUS FAR SUCCESSFULLY, THE DISPLAY OF UNITY ON OCTOBER 1.\nFOR EXAMPLE, was IMPRESSIVE. IT CLEARLY IS NOT A LONG TERM\nSOLUTION, HOWEVER, AND JOCKEYING FOR POSITION IN A POST-\nMAO AND, PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT, POST-CHOU ERA WILL CONTINUE.\nMANY OF THE TRANSITION LEADERS ARE THEMSELVES ELDERLY. TENG\nTS SEVENTY, AND LI HSIEN-NIEN SIXTY EIGHT. MANY IN PEKING\nPOSTULATE THAT CHANG CHUN-CHIAO IS THE LOGICAL EVENTUAL SUCCESSOR\nTO THE PREMIERSHIP. A MAJOR IMPONDERABLE AFFECTING THE SUCCESS\nWITH WHICH CHINA CAN MAKE THE TRANSITION TO A NEW GENERATION OF\nLEADERS IS THE LONGEVITY OF MAO AND CHOU. THEY ARE THE\nGLUE THAT HOLDS THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT TOGETHER, AND THEIR\nEARLY DEMISE WOULD SERIOUSLY INTENSIFY EXISTING\nPOWER RIVALRIES. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MILITARY\nMIGHT MOVE TO REGAIN ITS POWER POSITION AND WOULD BE A\nCRITICAL FACTOR TO WATCH.\n8. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TRANSITION PERIOD\nFOR THE UNITED STATES? FIRST, WE SEE NO MAJOR SHIFT AWAY\nFROM THE COURSE OF NORMALIZATION SET IN THE SHANGHAI\nCOMMUNIQUE, REGARDLESS OF WHO EVENTUALLY EMERGES AS PRIMUS\nINTER PARES AMONG CHINA'S LEADERS. WE CAN FIND NO ELEMENTS\nWITHIN THE LEADERSHIP WHO WOULD FIND IT IN THEIR\nINTEREST TO VEER SHARPLY AWAY FROM SINO-U.S. DETENTE AND\nR.\nTHE POLITICAL/STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES IT OFFERS,\nTHAT SAID, WE MAY FIND CHINESE POSITIONS ON TAIWAN AND OTHER\nYSSUES RELATED TO U.S. INTERESTS SOMEWHAT LESS FLEXIBLE\nGERALD\nFORD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nFORM\nDS-1652\n9.66\n2\nand\nDepartment of State\nCELINA AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\nof /\nEXEM EXEM\nSECRET\nPAGE 02 PEKING 01717 02 OF 02 0402122\nTHAN PREVIOUSLY. THIS MAY IN PART BE TACTICAL. GIVEN TAIWAN'S\nGROWING POLITICAL ISOLATION, PEKING PROBABLY sees\nLESS NEED FOR HASTE IN NORMALIZING RELATIONS. IF OUR ASSESSMENT\n78 CORRECT THAT CHINESE CONCERN OVER THE THREAT OF A\nSOVIET ATTACK HAS DIMINISHED, THIS WOULD ALSO BE A FACTOR IN\nDECREASING THE SENSE OF URGENCY WITH WHICH THE LEADERSHIP\nAPPROACHES THE IMPROVEMENT OF SINO-U.S. RELATIONS.\nNEW RTHELESS, TO THESE CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE ADDED\nTHE PROBABILITY OF INCREASED CAUTION ON THE PART OF CHINESE\nLEADERS DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY AND TRANSITION.\n9. WE MAY ALSO BE IN FOR A PERIOD OF AMBIGUITY IN CHINA'S\nPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LINE, A PHENOMENON WHICH WE THINK\nPS ALREADY OBSERVABLE. THE NECESSITY TO REACH A CONSENSUS\nWHEN NO SINGLE ACTIVE LEADER HOLDS A CLEAR-CUT POSITION OF\nPREEMINENCE WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE CONFLICTING AND SOMETIMES\nCONFUSING INDICATORS. THE PROLONGED DEBATE OVER PRC FOREIGN\nTRADE POLICY AND RELIANCE ON FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY IS A CASE IN\nPOINT.\n10, IN CONCLUSION, A COALITION RESUMBLING THE THREE\nWAY COMBINATION OF YOUNG, MIDDLE AGED AND OLD CALLED FOR\nDURING THE TENTH PARTY CONGRESS SEEMS THUS FAR TO BE\nWORKING AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS LONG AS THE\nVARIOUS ELEMENTS FEEL THAT THEY NEED EACH OTHER. DECISION\nMAKING HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT, A SITUATION WHICH WILL\nRE EXACERBATED BY THE DEMISE OF CHINA'S TOP TWO LEADERS.\nTHIS IS A FACTOR WHICH MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION\nIN U.S. PLANNING OF THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATIONS.\nHOLDRIDGE\nGERALD R. FORD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED THOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF HE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECRET\nFORM DS-1652\n4\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nPresidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet\nWITHDRAWAL ID 012819\nREASON FOR WITHDRAWAL\n....\nNational security restriction\nTYPE OF MATERIAL\nTelegram\nCREATOR'S NAME\nUSLO Peking\nRECEIVER'S NAME\nSecstate\nDESCRIPTION\nRe Sihanouk\nCREATION DATE\n10/15/1974\nVOLUME\n2 pages\nCOLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID\n032400159\nCOLLECTION TITLE\nNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. PRESIDENTIAL\nCOUNTRY FILES FOR EAST ASIA AND THE\nPACIFIC\nBOX NUMBER\n15\nFOLDER TITLE\nPeople's Republic of China - State\nDepartment Telegrams: To SECSTATE -\nEXDIS (1)\nDATE WITHDRAWN\n05/08/2001\nWITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST\nHJR\n5\nCOPY\nROUTINE\nESA487AAA171\nDE RUESNG #1835 2970345\nR 240325Z OCT 74\nFOR USLO PEKING\nTn SECSTATE WASHOC 2591\nINFO AMCONSUL HONG KONG 1768\nD\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE PEKING 1835\nE.O. 11652: N/A HR 5/14/01\nTAGS: PFOR, CH\nSUBJECT: BUSH CALL ON ACTING PROTOCOL CHIEF\n1. MR. RUSH AFTERNOON OCTOBER 23 PAID INITIAL CALL ON MFA\nPROTOCOL DEPARTMENT ACTING DIRECTOR CHU CHIUAN-HSIEN.\nALSO PRESENT ON THE CHINESE SIDE WERE PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT\nFUNCTIONARIES T'ANG LUNB-PIN AND CHENG HO-KIANG.\nCHU CONDUCTED ENTIRE 25 MINUTE INTERVIEW HIMSELF IN CAREFUL\nENGLISH. HE SAID HE HAD REPORTED MR. BUSH'S ARRIVAL TO\nVICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAD KUAN-HUA, FOREIGN MINISTER\nCH PIENG-FEI, AND VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG HAI-JUNG (HE NAMED\nTHEM IN THAT ORDER), OFFERED THE FULL FACILITIES OF THE\nPROTOCOL DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN ARRANGING VISITS AND TRAVEL\nOUTSIDE OF PEKING, AND SAID HE WOULD SET UP A PROGRAM OF COURTESY\nCALLS, REGINNING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MFA AMERICAN AND\nOCEANIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR LIN PIING\nAND THE OTHER MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEN GOING ON TO\nMOTHER OFFICIALS.\"\n2. BIOGRAPHICAL COMMENT: IN RESPONSE TO À COMPLIMENT ON THE HIGH\nREPUTATION OF HIS DEPARTMENT AMONG U.S. OFFICIALS, CHU\nNOTED THAT BOTH HE AND TIANG LUNG-PIN HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY\nENGATED IN PROTOCOL WORK FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. CHU SEEMED\nCOMPORTABLE USING ENGLISH AND H&D NO DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING U.S. SIDE'S\nSOMETIMES FAST-PACED DELIVERY.\nBUSH\nTOR:297/05:132\n0TG:24-3252\nR.\nGERALD\nFORD\nLISEARY\n1 or STATE\nWH\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nof I\nCONFIDENTIAL 6987\nPAGE 01 PEKING 02117 261736Z\n50\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 1026 W\n120049\n0 2617247 NOV 74 ZFF6\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 074\nINFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2825\ne 0 N I D N A t PEKING 2117\nEXDIS\nFOR AMBASSADOR SCALI FROM THE SECRETARY\nSECTO 201\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PFOR\nSUBJECT: BOUTEFLIKA'S BEHAVIOR ON THE KHMER AND KOREAN QUESTIONS\n1. I FIND BOUTEFLIKAIS BEHAVIOR ON THE KHMER AND KOREAN\nQUESTIONS OUTRAGEOUS. ON TOP OF ACTIONS IN THE CHAIR IN\nPREVIOUS DEBATES, HE IS NOW MAKING A FURTHER TRAVESTY OF WHAT\nSHOULD BE IMPARTIAL BEHAVIOR. THE IDEA THAT HE CAN FEEL\nFREE TO ADJUST AND MANIPULATE DEBATE AND VOTING PROCEDURES\nSHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO UNQUESTIONED AND UNCHALLENGED,\n2. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE OUR OBJECTIONS CLEAR ON\nEACH OCCASION THAT HE USES HIS AUTHORITY AS PRESIDENT OF\nTHE GA IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO WHAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO\nEXPECT. IF YOU THINK IT APPROPRIATE, YOU SHOULD CHALLENGE\nHIS RULINGS AND EVEN FORCE A VOTE IN FLAGRANT CASES,\nTHIS IS PARTICULARLY 30 IF WE WIN FIRST KHMER VOTE\nAND HE TRIES TO FORCE A SECOND VOTE ON OPPOSITION RESOLUTION.\nR.\nLET ME KNOW IF YOU DO NOT AGREE.\nKISSINGER\nQERALD\nFORD\nLIGNAMA\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONFIDENTIAL\n11\nHR 5/14/01\n007825\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED\nSECRET\nN00888\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nPAGE 01 PEKING 02121 2623192\nLDA\n90\nACTION NODS-00\nINFO OCT-01 1091 W\n124390\n0 2723002 NOV 74 ZFF4\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 2829\nS E e R E T PEKING 2121\nNODIS\nSECTO 205\nTO EAGLEBURGER FROM BREMER\nE.O. 116521 GOS\nTAGS: OVIP CHENRY A. KISSINGER\nSUBJECT: SCALIGRAM ON CERDS\nREF: TOSEC 477\n1. THE SANDBAGS ARE PILING UP HERE TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD\nLAY THEM END TO END AND WALK BACK TO WASHINGTON.\n2. SECRETARY'S INITIAL REACTION TO REFTEL IS THAT THESE IDEAS\nWERE ADVANCED BEFORE HAVING BEEN CAREFULLY SCRUBBED CLEAN AND\nTHOUGHT THROUGH.\n3. BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS MATTER FURTHER, WE WILL THEREFORE\nNEED TO HAVE DEPARTMENT'S VIEW ON SCALTIS SUGGESTIONS RE THE\nRABASA GAMBIT. CAN YOU ARRANGE THIS?\n4. RE SCALI'S PROPOSAL OF APPROACHING DOBRYNIN, IT WILL COME AS\nNO SURPRISE THAT THE SECRETARY WANTS THIS MOVE QUASHED. WILL YOU\nSEE TO THIS.\nKISSINGER\nSECRET\nR.\nHR 5/14/01\nGERALD\nFORD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n8\nor and\nDepartment of State\nOF THE AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET 9149\nPAGE 01 PEKING 02136 2708232\nEXE-S EXPIS\n12\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 CCO-00 1026 W\n130100\n0 2708137 NOV 74 ZFF-6\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE\nINFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2841\nSECRE T PEKING 2136\nEXDIS\nFOR AMBASSADOR SCALI FROM THE SECRETARY\nFOR MR. SISCO FROM THE SECRETARY\nSECTO 216\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PFOR, OVIP, UN\nSUBJ: UNDOF RESOLUTIONS\nREF: USUN 5433\n1. I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED WITH REPORT THAT UNDOF RESOLUTIONS\nMAY BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE REFERENCE TO RESOLUTIONS 344.\nUNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THIS BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.\nTHIS TEXT HAS BEEN FULLY WORKED OUT WITH THE EGYPTIANS\nAND ISRAELIS. YOU SHOULD STICK CLOSE TO THIS LINE.\nKISSINGER\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT INET AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n5-HRS/14141\nFORM\nor state\n*\nAMERICA UNITED\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nOF\nSECRET 9287 POSS DUPE\nPAGE 01 PEKING 02141 270910Z\n21\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CCO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 /026 W\n130520\n0 270818Z NOV 74 ZFF-4\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2846\nSECRET E PEKING 2141\nEXDIS\nSECTO 221\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: OVIP (KISSINGER, HENRY A.) PFOR CB IC UN\nSUBJ: MESSAGE TO ICELANDERS ON KHMER REPRESENTATION\nREF: TOSEC 513\nSECRETARY APPROVES PROPOSED MESSAGE IN REFTEL.\nKISSINGER\nFORD i LIBRARY GENALD\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECRET\nHRS/14/01\n5/14/01\nFORM\nDS.1652\nor\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nOF AMERICA CALINA\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET 5261\nPAGE 01 PEKING 02282 140245Z\n64\nACTION $S-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /026 W\n061057\nR 140240Z DEC 74\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 2965\nINFO AMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nAMEMBASSY TOKYO\nAMCONSUL HONG KONG\nNCRE PEKING 2282\nEXDIS\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PFOR CH us\nSUBJECT: SENATOR MANSFIELD'S MEETING WITH CHOU EN-LAI\n1. SENATOR MANSFIELD, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. MANSFIELD,\nHAD 55-MINUTE MEETING WITH CHOU EN-LAI EVENING OF\nDEC 12. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD ASKED BEFOREHAND HOW\nLONG MEETING SHOULD LAST AND WAS TOLD ABOUT 10 TO 15\nMINUTES, HE HAD THEN ASKED CHINESE TO LET HIM KNOW\nDURING SESSION WHEN HE SHOULD BREAK OFF. LENGTH OF\nMEETING HAD BOTH SURPRISED AND PLEASED MIM.\n2. ACCORDING TO SENATOR MANSFIELD, CHOU EN-LAI\nAPPEARED TO BE IN QUITE GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION.\nCHOU LOOKED THIN, BUT NO MORE so THAN AT MANSFIELD'S\nLAST MEETING WITH HIM IN 1972, CHOU'S MIND WAS ALSO\nVERY CLEAR. THE TWO REMINISCED ABOUT THEIR WARTIME\nEXPERIENCES IN 1944-45 AT TIME WHEN SENATOR MANSFIELD,\nTHEN A REPRESENTATIVE, HAD BEEN SENT ON SPECIAL MISSION\nTO CHUNGKING BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. CHOU HAD BEEN OUT\nOF CHUNGKING IN YUNNAN PROVINCE DURING THAT PERIOD,\nBUT THEY SPOKE OF MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCES.\n3. NO MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE WERE DISCUSSED. WHEN\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nSENATOR MANSFIELD ASKED CHOU IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nHR 5/14/01\nor\nof AMERICA UNITED\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nSECRET\nPAGE 02 PEKING 02282 1402457\nIN US-PRC RELATIONS, CHOU REFERRED THE SENATOR TO\nFOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO kuan-hua FOR TALKS ON ANY\nSUCH QUESTIONS. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD IMPRESSION FROM\nTHIS THAT CHOU WANTED TO STEP BACK FROM DAY-TO-DAY\nMATTERS AND LEAVE THEM IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS.\n4. SENATOR MANSFIELD HAD NO IDEA WHERE MEETING TOOK\nPLACE. IT WAS ALREADY DARK WHEN HE CALLED ON CHOU,\nAND BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH PEKING HE COULD NOT SAY WHERE\nHE WAS TAKEN. ALTHOUGH NCNA DESCRIBED MEETING AS TAKING\nPLACE IN A HOSPITAL, SENATOR MANSFIELD MENTIONED THAT\nTHERE WAS RED CARPETING INSIDE MAIN ENTRANCE AND BEFORE\nDOOR TO CHOU'S ROOM, SUGGESTING SOME KIND OF SPECIAL QUARTERS,\nHOLDRIDGE\nFORD R. GERALD LIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCE WITHOUT- SECRSUTHORIZATION THE EXECUTIVE SECRETA\nDEPT OF STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED of H\nTELEGRAM\nSTATE\nCONFIDENTIAL 8137\nPAGE 01 PEKING 90011 040312Z\n63\nACTION SS-25\nTNFO OCT-01 ISO-00 NSCE-00 1926 W\n058010\nR 0403057 JAN 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nEXETS EXES\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3044\nCONFIDENTIAL PEKING 0911\nEXDIS\nE.O. 116521 GDS\nTAGS: PFOR PINS CH\nSUBJECT: ESPIONAGE ALLEGATION BY PRC AGAINST WILLIAM STOKES\nREF: (A) STATE 281801 (B) PEKING 2232\n1. AT END OF CALL ON TING YUAN-HUNG ON ANOTHER SUBJECT\nJANUARY 3, USLO OFFICER REFERRED TO TING'S COMMENT ON\nDECEMBER 4 ABOUT WILLIAM STOKES (REF B), AND AFTER NOTING\nTHAT HE WAS ACTING UNDER DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTIONS, READ\nTHE STATEMENT IN PARA 2 REF A.\n?. IN REPLY, TING SAID HE WISHED TO MAKE SOME PRELIMINARY\nREMARKS. HE SAID HIS COMMENT ON STOKES REPRESENTED THE\nCHINESE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION. HE ADDED \"THE FACT THAT\nSTOKES WAS INVOLVED IN ESPIONAGE CANNOT BE DENIED.\" IT\nWAS OUT OF CONSIDERATION OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO\nCOUNTRIES, TING SAID, THAT THE PRC AGREED TO STOKES ENTRY\nTHIS TIME. REFERRING TO HIS DECEMBER 4 COMMENT ON STOKES,\nTING SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE\n&\nFORD\nUSA THAT \"PEOPLE OF THIS KIND ARE NOT WELCOME TO CHINA. \"\nTN ORDER TO AVOID UNPLEASANT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE FUTURE,\nTING SAID, HE WISHES TO REMIND US OF THIS AGAIN. HE\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nCONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT HE MAY WANT TO MAKE SOME FURTHER\nCOMMENT TO US.\n3. USLO OFFICER CLOSED DISCUSSION BY SAYING HE DID NOT WISH\nTO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME EXCEPT TO EMPHASIZE\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n4\nTRANTMENT or STATE\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES OF\nEXE-S EXPIS\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 02 PEKING 00011 040312Z\nTHAT THE STATEMENT HE READ TO TING EXPRESSED THE USG'S\nPOSITION IN THE MATTER VERY CLEARLY.\n4. COMMENT: TING'S REMARKS, WHILE FORCEFUL IN TONE, DID\nNOT GO BEYOND SUBSTANCE OF HIS EARLIER COMMENTS. IN THE\nABSENCE OF SOME FURTHER STATEMENT FROM THE CHINESE\nSIDE, WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE SAY ANYTHING FURTHER ON\nTHE MATTER.\nBUSH\nFORD & LIBRARY 076839\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n12\nor\nSTATE\nWH\n#\nEXPIN\nDepartment of State\nSTATE AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nOF\nSECRET 9165\nPAGE 01 PEKING 00067 150351Z\n73\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1026 w\n030716\nR 150315Z JAN 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3088\nINFO AMEMBASSY TOKYO\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI\nAMCONSUL HONG KONG\nS ECRET PEKING 0067\nEXDIS\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PINT, CH\nSUBJECT: CHOU EN-LAI COMMENTS ON HIS HEALTH\nOUTH AMBASSADOR HAS INFORMED US THAT DURING FONMIN\nEXPIR EXPIR\nVAN DER STOEL'S CALL ON PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI HIS APPEARANCE\nIMPRESSED DUTCH VISITORS AS BEING ABOUT THE SAME AS USUAL\nALTHOUGH HE WAS PERHAPS SOMEWHAT THINNER. CHOU TOLD DUTCH THAT FOR THE\nLAST TWO YEARS HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN AILMENT WHICH COULD\nNOT BE COMPLETELY CURED EVEN THOUGH HIS OUTWARD APPEARANCE WAS\nNOT BAD. HIS MENTAL VIGOR WAS UNIMPARIED, VIXSEBOXSE SAID,\nAND HE WAS FULLY ON TOP OF ALL SUBJECTS WHICH OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS\nHAD DISCUSSED WITH VAN DER STOEL.\nBUSH\nE.O. DECLASSIFIED 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nBY\nHR, NARA, DATE 2/4/03\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nFORM\n13\nSTATE\n0\nDepartment of State\nTELEGRAM\nI\nof\nSECRET 1967\nEXPEN EXPES\nPAGE 01 PEKING 00183 030821Z\n12\nACTION SS=25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1026 W\n003095\nR 0307202 FEB 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3178\nSECRET PEKING 183\nEXDIS\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: PFOR, CH, US\nSUBJECT: PRC VIEWS ON THE \"JAPANESE FORMULA\" AS APPLIED TO\nUS-REPUBLIC OF CHINA MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY\n1. NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR HARLAND TELLS US THAT AT RECENT\nRECEPTION ATTENDED BOTH BY HIM AND LIN PING, DIRECTOR OF MFA\nAMERICAN AND OCEANIAN DEPARTMENT, HE ASKED LIN FOR EXPLANATION OF\nWHAT CHINESE MEANT WHEN THEY SAID US SHOULD FOLLOW THE \"JAPANESE\nFORMULA\", IN HANDLING THE TAIWAN PROBLEM. SPECIFICALLY, IN ADDITION\nTO BREAKING OFF ALL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN, WOULD THE\nUS NEED TO FOLLOW THE JAPANESE PATTERN IN ITS TREATMENT OF THE\n-ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY?\n2. LE PING'S ANSWER WAS EMPHATICALLY \"YES\" HE DID NOT\nELABORATE FURTHER, BUT HARLAND TOOK THIS TO MEAN THAT WITH\nRESPECT TO THE US-ROC MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY THE PRC WOULD\nREQUIRE THE US TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE SET BY JAPAN CIN THIS CASE\nREGARDING THE PEACE TREATY) IN TAKING SOME SORT OF FORMAL, OVERT\nACTION TO DECLARE IT NULL AND VOID. WHEN HARLAND SAID THAT THE\nSITUATIONS IN THE US AND JAPAN WERE DIFFERENT, LIN PING REPLIED TO\nTHE EFFECT THAT IT WAS ALL A QUESTION OF POLICY, AND THAT THE US\nCOULD CERTAINLY FIND A WAY.\nHOLDRIDGE\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nBY.\nHR , NARA, DATE 2/4/03\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nSECTET\nSECRET\nFORM\n14\n815\nN\nCOPY\nROUTINE\nMJA084NGA229\nDE RUMJPG #0200 0370430\nR 0604152 FEB 75\nPM USLD PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3192\nINFO AMEMBASSY PARIS 147\nAMEMBASSY TAIPEI 413:\nAMEMBASSY TOKYO 606\nAMCONSULI HONG KONG 2047\nCINCRAC\ne\n0\nN\nD\nN\nBH\nA\nPEKING 200\nE.O. 115521 GDS\nTAGS: PINT, CH\nSUBJECT! TEN HSIAO-PING DEFINES HIS RELATIONSHIP TO MAD\nTSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN-LAI\nCINCPAC FOR POLAD\n1, DEPARTING FRENCH AMBASSADOR MANACIMI PAID CALLI ON\nTENG HSIAO-PING FEB 1 TO BID FAREWELLY AND DURING CONVERSATION\nCONGRATULATED TENG ON HIS APPOINTMENT TO NEW INFLUENTIAL POSTS\nIN PRC GOVERNMENT AND ARMED FORCES, TENG REPORTEDLY BECAME RATHER!\nAGITATED AT THOUGHT HE WAS NOW IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE ANY\nSPECIALI DEGREE OF INFLUENCE WHAT FOREIGNERS PAILED TO UNDERSTAND,\nHE SAID, WAS THAT POLICY WAS DETERMINED BY CHAIRMAN MAO TSESTUNG\nAND EXECUTED BY PREMIER CHOU EN-LAIT HE, TENS, WAS MERELY A \"COLLUB\"\nORATOR\" OF CHOU EN-LAI1S,\n2, SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION WAS CHARLES MALO, THEN DCM, AND NOW\nFRENCH CHARGE, WHO ACCOMPANIED MANACTH, MALD FELT THAT TENGIS\nREMARKS FAIRLY ACCURATELY SUMMED UP TENG'S POWER RELATIONSHIP TO\nOTHER TOP CCP LEADERS's HE THEORIZED THAT TENG, HAVING BEEN\nRESTORED TO A LEADERSHIP POSITION POLLOWING DENUNCIATION DURING\nTHE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AS A \"CAPITALIST ROADER, WAS VERY MUCH\nBEHOLDEN TO THOSE WHO RAISED MIM UP==PRESUMABLY MAD AND CHOUSE\nAND WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP ANY INDIVIDUAL AUTHORITY. MALD ALSO\nFELT THAT \"WHEN THE SUCCESSION BEGINSN TENG WOULD BE AT A DISADVANTAG\nE\nIN COMPETING WITH LEADERS SUCHI AS CHANG CHUN=CHIAO WHOSE POLETICAL\nCAREERS HAD BEEN DISTINGUISHED BY STEADY PROGRESS UPWARD WITHOUT ANY\nWHBRI COMMENT\nLLI\nRECALLED\nPBN#386258\nPAGE 01\nTOR:037/06154Z\nDTG#0604152: FEB 75\nCOPY\nE.O. DECLASSIFIED 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nBY\nHR NARA, DATE 2/4/03\n6\n04\nDI\nN\n7\nA\n********8\nBY\nSPECTACULAR SETBACKS OF THE NATURE SUFFERED BY TENG,\n3, COMMENT. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO WHAT MALD SAYS, ALTHOUGH\nIT IS CERTAINLY TOO SOON AFTER TENGIS NEW APPDENTMENTS TO MAKE\nFIRM JUDGEMENTS. ONE PURPOSE OF TENG TAKING LINE HE USED WITH\nMANACIN MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN TO ESTABLISH MAO TSESTUNG AS\nENDORSER OF TENG'S POSITIONS DESPITEI MADIS ABSENCE FROM\nPARTY PLENUM AND FOURTH NATIONAL: PEOPLE'S CONBRESS, IN THIS\nRESPECT, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OGAWA, TENG TOLD\nVISITING LDP LEADER HORI THAT MAD TSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN=LAI WERE\nRESPONSIBLE FOR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF FOURTH NPC\nHOLDRIDGE\nBT\nRECALLED\nPSN#036258\nPAGE 02\nOF 02\nTOR#037/066542\nDT51868415Z FEB 75\n0\nN\nN\nA\nCOPY\n;\n15\nSTATE\n*\nDepartment of State\nAMERICA ORLINA\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES or\nCH\nCONFIDENTIAL 2410\nPAGE 01 PEKING 00851 050814Z\n11\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 IS0-00 /026 W\n022147\nR 0507302 MAY 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3689\nINFO AMCONSUL HONG KONG\ne 0 N I D E N I A E PEKING 851\nEXDIS\nE.O. 116521 XGDS-1\nTAGS:PFOR CH us\nSUBJECT: PRESIDENT FORD'S VISIT TO PRC - CLARE HOLLINGWORTH STORY\nREF: PEKING 844\n1. LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT CLARE HOLLINGWORTH\nACCOMPANIED PERRIGRINE WORTHORNE DURING HIS CALL ON\nMR. BUSH MAY 4. IN THE COURSE OF A DISCUSSION OF\nCHIAO KUAN-HUA'S REMARKS TO BRITISH JOURNALISTS MUCH\nALONG LINES REFTEL, HOLLINGWORTH SAID, ALMOST IN PASSING,\nTHAT A \"SENIOR PRC FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL\" HAD TOLD\nHER THAT UNLESS THE U.S. WAS PREPARED \"TO COMPROMISE\"\nON THE CHINESE THREE CONDITIONS FOR NORMALIZATION,\nPRESIDENT FORD'S VISIT TO PEKING MIGHT NOT MATERIALIZE.\nWHEN IT WAS NOTED THAT \"A SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY\nOFFICIAL\" SOUNDED LIKE CHIAU KUAN-HUA, HOLLINGWORTH DID NOT\nDISSENT AND APPEARED TO WANT TO CONVEY THE IMPRESSION\nTHAT IT WAS CHIAO, MR. BUSH INDICATED HE HAD NO SUCH\nINDICATIONS FROM ANY SOURCE WHATSOEVER.\n2. IN STRICT CONFIDENCE WE HAVE CHECKED WITH THE BRITISH\nHERE TO DETERMINE A) WHETHER THEY HAVE HEARD A SIMILAR\nSTORY FROM HOLLINGWORTH OR OTHERS ON THE BRITISH PRESS\nDELEGATION (THEY HAVE NOT) , AND B) WHAT CREDIBILITY THEY\nWOULD ATTACH TO SUCH A STORY FROM HOLLINGWORTH.\nBRITISH EMBOFF, WHO IS AN OLD FRIEND OF HOLLINGWORTH'S\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nCONFIDENTIALI BY\nHR NARA, DATE ATE2/4/03\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nDEPARTMENT\n;\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nOF STATES AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nCONFIDENTIAL\nPAGE 02 PEKING 00851 050814Z\nSAID THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IN PEKING AND\nOCCASIONALLY \"TENDS TO FANTACIZE\". HE NOTED THAT\nHOLLINGWORTH DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CHIAO KUAN-HUA,\nBUT NORMALLY SEES OFFICIALS OF THE MFA INFORMATION\nDEPARTMENT. HE ADDED THAT SHE HAD RETURNED TO PEKING\nONLY TWO DAYS AGO AFTER A RATHER LONG ABSENCE, AND THAT THE\nONLY TIME SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN CHIAO SINCE HER RETURN WOULD\nHAVE BEEN WITH THE JOURNALIST DELEGATION, NONE OF WHOM\nHAVE COME UP WITH A SIMILAR STORY. HE CONCLUDED BY\nSAVING THAT WHILE HE FINDS IT USEFUL TO DISCUSS EVENTS\nIN CHINA WITH HOLLINGWORTH, HE TREATS HER MORE\nSENSATIONAL STORIES WITH GREAT SKEPTICISM.\n3. WE ARE REPORTING THE ABOVE INFORMATION A) BECAUSE\nHOLLINGWORTH MAY TRY IT OUT ON OTHERS IN THE\nDIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY AND IT MAY APPEAR IN THE PRESS;\nAND B) IT IS AN INDICATION THAT CLARE HOLLINGWORTH IS\nCAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING \"INFORMATION\", BOTH IN\nPURSUIT OF A STORY AND TO BUILD UP HER OWN REPUTATION\nAS A REPORTER HAVING INSIDE SOURCES IN PEKING. BUSH\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nWITHOUTYHE AUTHORIZATION\n16\nOF STATE\n*\nDepartment of State\nof STATES AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nCONFIDENTIAL 1409\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01097 110324Z\n63\nACTION SS-25\nTNFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /026 w\n124912\nR 110101Z JUN 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3884\n6 0 N F 1 D E N T I A to PEKING 1097\nEXDIS\nE.O. 116521 GDS\nTAGS: PFOR VN US\nSUBJECT: CONTACT WITH VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATIVES\n1. DURING GENERAL DISCUSSION OF SITUATION IN EAST ASIA WITH\nUSLO POLITICAL OFFICER, ROMANIAN EMBOFF MENTIONED HANOI'S\nDESIRE TO ESZABLISH TIES WITH THESUS AND ASKED IF USLO HAS\nCONTACT WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS STATIONED IN PEKING.\nWHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT WE DO NOT, HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED\nEXEMS EXPIS\nTHE VIETNAMESE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT AND OFFERED\nTO SET UP A MEETING. USLO OFFICER SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO\nCHECK WITH HIS SUPERIORS.\n2. REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS. BUSH\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5 State Dept Review\nSTATE DEPT, GUIDELINES TD 9/27/02\nBY.\nHR , NARA, DATE 2/4/03\nCONFIDENTIAL\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n17\nor STATE\nDepartment of State\nof / AMERICA UNITED\nTELEGRAM\nCONF IDENTIAL 1516\nPAGE 01 PEKING 01168 231019Z\nEXPIR EXPIR\n43\nACTION SS-25\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1026 W\n006215\nR 230855Z JUN 75\nFM USLO PEKING\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC 3938\nC n N F I D Lall N T I PEKING 1168\nEXDIS\nFOR EA/PRCM GLEYSTEEN FROM AMB BUSH\nE.O. 11652: GDS\nTAGS: OVIP CH US\nSUBJECT: SCHEDULING OF CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL TO PRC\n1. 00 YOU HAVE ROSTER OF PERCY/JAVITS GROUP?\n2. I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY CONGRESSMAN MONTOGMERY (DEM-MISS)\nAND CONGRESSMAN HAMMERSCHMIDT (REP-ARK) ABOUT VISITING CHINA.\nWOULD THERE BE ROOM FOR THESE TWO FIFTH TERM CONGRESSMEN TO\nBE ADDED TO THAT DELEGATION?\nBUSH\n&\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT KULL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nCONF IDENTIAL HR 5/14/01"
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