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The original documents are located in Box 15, folder "People's Republic of China - State
Department Telegrams: To SECSTATE - NODIS (7)" of the Presidential Country Files for
East Asia and the Pacific at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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E.O. 11652: SDS
TAGS: OVIP (NIXON, RICHARD M.) CH US
SUBJECT: VIP VISIT: FORMER PRESIDENT AND MRS. RICHARD
M. NIXON: USLO ROLE
1. IN ABSENCE OF INFORMATION TO CONTRARY, WE ASSUME
THAT HAN HSU'S CONTACT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE ONLY
DISCUSSION (EXCEPTING ON SUCH TECHNICAL MATTERS AS SECURITY AND
AIRCRAFT) PRCLO HAS HAD WITH us OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON
ABOUT FORTHCOMING VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON, GIVEN
"PRIVATE" NATURE OF THE VISIT, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUPPRISED
THAT THE CHINESE HAVE TAKEN NO INITIATIVE WITH LE HERE
ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR IT BEYOND REQUESTING VISAS FOR AIR
CREA AND PROTOCOL OFFICERS, STARTING WITH THE ARMIVAL
HERE OF THE ADVANCE SECRET SERVICE TEAM, HOWEVER, USLO
MAY NEED AT ANY TIME TO INDICATE TO MFA WHAT WE WOULD
EXPECT OUR ROLE IN THE VISIT TO HE.
2, WE, OF COURSE, HAVE NO PRECISE PRECEDENT FOR : VISIT
OF THIS NATURE AND, EVEN IN THE CASES OF THE SUPER*
FICIALLY-SIMILAR VISITS LAST YEAR OF THE UKTS HEATH
AND WEST GERMANY'S STRAUSS, THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN
THE WAYS THE TWO EMBASSIES PARTICIPATED. IN BOTH
CASES THE MISSION CHIEFS TOOK PART IN AIRPORT ARRIVAL
AND DEPARTURE AND IN DINNERS, BUT THE UK AHBASSADOR
ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH PRC LEADERS- AND GERMAN
AMBASSADOR DID NOT. AT ANY RATE, THE VISIT OF HORMER
PRESIDENT NIXON IS SUI GENERIS AND WILL, OF COURSE,
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BE A MAJOR NEWS EVENT, WITH THE ROCE OF USLO UNDER-
GUING CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS A8 AN
INDICATIONOF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ThE USG ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE VISIT.
3. THE NATURE OF USI.O PARTICIPATION WILL BE EPENDENT,
FINALLY, ON THE DESIRES OF THE CHINESE AND OF MR. MIXON,
HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT'S
REACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE FOLLONING PROPOSALS,
WHICH ARE DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY TO SERVE THE US-PRC
RELATIONSHIP WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS IS A
PRIVATE VISIT WHICH NEVERTHELESS WILL SE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED:
A. AIRPORT ARRIVAL. ACTING CHIEF WOULD (1) BE PRESENT
AT PEKING AIRPORT TO GREET THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON
ARRIVAL, AND (2) TAKE INITIATIVE, IF NECESSARY, TO
INSURE THAT THE PRC MAKES APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THIS,
B. CEREMONIAL DINNERS. (1) WE WOULD NOT SEEK
INVITATION FOR ACTING CHIEF'S ATTENDANCE, BUT (2)
HE WOULD ACCEPT IF INVITED.
C. MEETINGS WITH CHINESE LEADERS. (1) WE WOULD NOT
TAKE INTIATIVE FOR ACTING CHIEF'S ATTENDANCE BUT
(2) WE WOULD ACCEPT IF INVITED.
D. ACTING CHIEF WOULD OFFER USLO COURTEST OF ANY
PRIVATE TYPE DESIRED CE.G., VISIT TO USLO).
6, AIRPORT DEPARTURE. PARTICIPATION SAME AS ON
ARRIVAL.
4. IF DEPARTMENT CONCURS IN ABOVE PROPOSALS, WE HOPE
IT HILL BE POSSIBLE TO ADVISE FORNER PRESIDENT OF
A AND E, WHICH SEEM TO us TO BE ESSENTIAL MINIMUM
PARTICIPATION. IT DEVIOUSLY WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE
AUVANCE GUIDANCE IN REGARD TO D. CONCERNING B AND
C, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S WHISHES
WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT CHINESE INVITE ACTING
CHIEF, AND IF DEPARTMENT WANTS ACTING CHIEF TO ATTEND,
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THIS WOULD BEST SE RAISED WITH MR. NIXON BEFORE HE
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NEETS WITH PROTOCOL CHIEF CHU.
5. ACTION REQUESTED: EARLY INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH WILL
ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VISIT TO
THE DEGREE AND IN THE MANNER THE DEPARTMENT DESIRES,
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SUBJECT: VIP VISIT: FORMER PRESIDENT AND MRS.
RICHARD M. NIXON: COURTESIES TO PROTOCOL
CHIEF CHU
REF: PEKING 231, PEKING 250
1. PEKING 231 REPORTED THAT CHIEF OF PROTOCOL CHU
CHUAN-HSIEN WILL HEAD THREE-MAN PARTY ACCOMPANYING
FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON TO CHINA ABOARD CAAC AIRCRAFT.
CHU NOT ONLY WILL BE AMONG HIGHEST-RANKING CHINESE TO
HAVE VISITED us ON BUSINESS UNRELATED TO PRCLO AND UN,
BUT HE ALSO HAS PLAYED MAJOR AND VERY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE
IN VISITS TO CHINA BY THE SECRETARY AND THE PRESIDENT.
2. WHATEVER POSTURE WE ADOPT IN RESPECT TO OTHER
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ASPECTS OF VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT, WE BELIEVE THAT
COURTESIES APPROPRIATE TO CHUIS POSITION AND
ROLE IN US=PRC RELATIONS SHOULD BE ACCORDED HIM BY
DEPARTMENT ON HIS ARRIVAL AND WHILE HE IS IN UNITED
STATES. WE WOULD APPRECIATE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMING
us AS SOON AS DECISIONS ON HANDLING CHU'S VISIT ARE
MADE $0 THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM IN MIND DURING ANY
CONTACTS WITH CHINESE HERE.
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TAGS: OVIP (NIXON, RICHARD M.) CH us
SUBJECT: VISIT TO PRC OF FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON:
INVITATIONS FROM CHINESE
1. MFA PROTOCOL OFFICE TOOK INITIATIVE MORNING FEB 20 TO
INVITE USLO TO BE AT AIRPORT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL
FEB 21 AT 8:20 PM. WE HAVE INFORMED MFA THAT ACTING CHIEF
AND ONE OR TWO OTHERS (PROBABLY ECON CHIEF THOMAS AND WIFE)
WILL GREET MR. NIXON.
2. EARLY AFTERNOON FEB 20 PROTOCOL OFFICE TELEPHONED US TO
INVITE "TEN PLUS" SENIOR USLO DIPLOMATS AND WIVES TO ATTEND
WELCOME BANQUET SUNDAY NIGHT AND CULTURAL EVENT MONDAY NIGHT.
CHINESE HAVE THUS NOW TAKEN INITIATIVE TO WHICH PEKING 250,
PARA 38 ADDRESSED BUT ABOUT WHICH STATE 39739 LEFT DEPARTMENT'S
ATTITUDE UNCLEAR.
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3. WE MUST REPLY TO CHINESE BY MORNING FEB 21 PEKING TIME.
UNLESS DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTS OTHERWISE, WE WILL INFORM MFA THEN
THAT ACTING CHIEF AND THREE USLO COUNSELORS AND WIVES CA TOTAL
OF SEVEN) ACCEPT INVITATION TO BOTH BANQUET AND CULTURAL EVENT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS NUMBER IS ADEQUATE TO AVOID COMPLICATING
RELATIONS HERE WITH CHINESE.
4. ACTION REQUESTED: GUIDANCE BY 1000 AM FEBRUARY 21
PEKING TIME ON USLO PARTICIPATION IN BANQUET AND CULTURAL EVENT,
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SUBJECT: NOMINATION OF NEW USLO CHIEF
REF: STATE 55655
1. IN INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH USLO WIVES AND
FEMALE STAFFERS AT WOMEN'S DAY EVENT MARCH 8, NANCY
TANG NOTED MATTER OF FACTLY: II # e YOU HAVE A NEW
CHIEF NOW."
2. WE SURMISE THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL NOW BE
MENTIONING THIS ALSO TO OTHER IN THE PEKING
COMMUNITY AS OCCASIONS PERMIT.
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SUBJECT: MEETINGS WITH PRC LEADERS
REF: PEKING 837 STATE 109863
1. THIS SUPPLEMENTS REPORT IN PEKING REFTEL ON MY CALL MAY 8 ON
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MFA PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CHU CHUAN-HSIEN,
2, IN VIEW OF HIS CONSIDERABLE STATURE IN PRC FOREIGN AFFAIRS SYSTEM
AND UNDOUBTED RELIABILITY, I DECIDED TO TELL CHU THAT FOLLOWING MY
CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER I HOPED TO CALL ON THE PREMIER. I NOTED
THAT I HAD A LETTER TO THE PREMIER FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTED ME TO DELIVER, AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME
MATTERS THE PRESIDENT WANTED ME TO DISCUSS WITH THE PREMIER.
(NOTE: WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S TO HUA LETTER IN HAND.) CHU SAID HE
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PREMIER, HE PUT SOME STRESS ON BOTH "PROMPTLY" AND "TO THE PREMIER".
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SUBJECT: ALL ON PREMIER HUA KUO-FENG: GATES/CHIAO MEETING MAY 15
1. DURING USLO CHIEF'S CALL ON HIM MAY 15 FOREIGN
MINISTER CHIAO SAID "WE CAN ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT" WITH
THE PREMIER. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF TIMING, BUT
WE SENSE THERE WILL NOT BE A LONG DELAY.
2. CHIAO OBVIOUSLY HAD BEEN BRIEFED BY HIS PROTOCOL
DIRECTOR ABOUT USLO CHIEFIS DESIRE TO MEET WITH HUA,
AND WAS READY WITH THE ANSWER. THE SUBJECT OF THE MEETING
WITH HUA -- AND THE PRESIDENT LETTER TO HUA-= CAME UP NATURALLY AS
PART OF USLO CHIEF'S RESPONSE TO CHIAO'S EXPRESSION OF HOPE THAT
SINO-U.S. RELATIONS WOULD CONTINUE ALONG LINES OF SHANGHAI
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3, CHIAD DID NOT ASK FOR THE LETTER. WE PLAN TO SEND IT TO
MFA A DAY OR SO BEFORE APPOINTMENT WITH HUA,
4. OTHER MATTERS COVERED IN 35 MINUTES OF FRIENDLY CONVER-
SATION WITH CHIAO ARE BEING REPORTED IN SEPTELS.
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SUBJECT: CALL ON PREMIER HUA KUO-FENG: GATES-WANG MEETING MAY 22
REF: STATE 1098631 PEKING 08921 PEKING 0912
1. DURING CINNER CONVERSATION MAY 22 WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
:
WANG HAI-JUNG, USLO CHIEF NOTED HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
MEETING WITH PREMIER HUA, WANG COMMENTED THAT THAT MATTER WAS
IN THE HANDS OF MFA PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT, ALSO THAT THE PREMIER
HAD BEEN VERY BUSY AND THAT PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO HAS
ARRIVING LATER THIS WEEK.
2. COMMENT: WANG'S MENTION OF BHUTTO VISIT (SCHEDULED FOR
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MAY 26-30) COULD WELL BE A SIGNAL THAT HUA WILL NOT RECEIVE
USL.O CHIEF BEFORE NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST. WE CONTINUE TO
HOLD THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER, DATED APRIL 27,
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SUBJECT: BHUTTO OFFER OF ASSISTANCE ON KOREA
DURING MY INTORDUCTORY JUNE 1 CALL ON PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR
ALVIE, ME PASSED un A MESSAGE TO ME FROM PRIME MINISTER AHUTTO,
BHUTTO HAD INSTRUCTED ALVIE TO TELL ME THAT AGUTTO VOLUNTEERS
HIS SERVICES TO 8t HELPFUL ON THE KOREAN SITUATIONS AND ME
BELIEVES HE CAN BE HELPFUL IN PROTHTING NEGUTIATIONS BETWEEN
THE NORTH AND SOUTH, ALVIE MENTIONED THIS AS BEING SIMILAR TO
THE PAKISTAN PLAYED IN SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR OUR IMPROVED
RELATIONSHIP WITH PEKING. HE LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT BHUTTO
HAD DISCUSSED HIS AVAILABILITY FOR THIS PURPOSE WITH THE NORTH
KUREANS. HE ALSO SAID THAT GHUTTO WOULD OR HAD ADVISED
AMB BYROAUE ALONG THE SAME LINES.
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SUBJECT: JUNE 10 MEETING WITH HUA KUO-FENG: WORLD ISSUES
REF: PEKING 1048
1. IN DISCUSSING WORLD ISSUES AT OUR JUNE 10 MEETING, PREMIER HUA
KUO-FENG BEGAN WITH THE COMMENT THAT VERY LITTLE HAD CHANGED ON THE
MAJOR ISSUES SINCE PRESIDENT FORD MET WITH CHAIRMAN MAO. HE THEN
DISCUSSED PRC POSITIONS ON ANGOLA, AND DETENTE, WESTERN
EUROPE, JAPAN, ASEAN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ASIA AND
EGYPT. A STRONG ANTI-SOVIET THREAT RAN THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION:
HE SPOKE OF THE SOVIET THREAT TO EUROPE AND JAPAN, ETC.,
BUT NOT TO CHINA. HIGHLIGHTS FOLLOW.
2. SOVIET HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS AND WESTERN EUROPE. HUA COMMENTED THAT
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PEOPLE IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES WERE COMING AROUND TO
SEE THE TRUE HEGEMONIC FEATURES OF THE SOVIET UNION. SOVIET
ACTIONS IN ANGOLA HAD BEEN INSTRUCTIVE IN THIS REGARD. HE SAID THAT
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER CROSLAND, FRENCH CHIEF
OF STAFF MERY, AND VARIOUS WEST GERMAN VISITORS, HE FOUND A
BELIEF THAT THE SOVIETS ARE USING DETENTE AS A SMOKESCREEN FOR A
"FINLANDIZATION" OF EUROPE AND WESTERN EUROPE HAS RAISED ITS
VIGILANCE, DEVELOPING UNITY, AND
IMPROVED TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES, TO MY REITERATION OF THE
ENCOURAGING RESULTS OF THE RECENT NATO MEETING, HUA SAID THIS WAS
WELCOME. TO MY REITERATION THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD REMAIN STRONG
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AND OPPOSE SOVIET EXPANSIONISM, HE SMILINGLY MENTIONED THE "SONNENFELDT
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DOCTRINE" AND ENDED HIS REMARKS ON EUROPE AND DETENTE.
3. JAPAN: IN A LONG DISCOURSE OM JAPAN THAT APPEARED TO EMBARRASS HIS
AIDES, HUA CHARACTERIZED SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS AS "GENERALLY-
SPEAKING GOOD", NOTED CHINA HAD TOLD JAPAN TO LOOK FIRST TO THE U.S.
AND THEN TO CHINA, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO COMPLAIN THAT PRIME MINISTER
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MIKI HAD NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER TANAKAIS AGREE-
MENT TO SIGN THE PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TREATY. HE SAID THAT THE TREATY
REMAINED UNSIGNED BECAUSE OF THE HEGEMONY ISSUE BUT THEY AGAIN
CHARACTERIZED SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS AS "STILL GOOD" AND REAFFIRMED
STANDARD PRC SUPPORT FOR RETURN OF JAPAN'S FOUR NORTHERN ISLANDS.
4. ASEAN: HUA NOTED VISITS TO PRC BY ASEAN LEADERS, HE COMMENTING
THAT THE PRC HAD NOT ESTABLISHED RELATIONS WITH SINGAPORE DURING LEE'S
VISIT BUT THAT THE DISCUSSIONS HAD GONE "NOT BADLY" AND NOTED
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RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA REMAIN SUSPENDED, HUA SAID THE PRC
"GENERALLY SUPPORTS" ASEAN AND WAS GLADDENED BY THE RAISED VIGILANCE
TO
"KEEP THE TIGER FROM ENTERING THE BACK DOOR WHILE THE WOLF WAS BEING
DRIVEN OUT FROM THE FRONT".
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5, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: HE SAID THAT THE PRC "FAVORS AND ADMIRES"
INCREASED VIGILANCE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AGAINST THE THREAT OF
SOVIET EXPANSIONISM AND INCREASED ATTENTION TO DEFENSE.
HE SAID THAT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAD BOTH EXPRESSED A
D
DESIRE TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. ON THE BASIS OF QUALITY AND
THAT THE TALKS WITH MULDOON HAD GONE WELL,
6, SOUTH ASIA: TAKING A TOUGH AND WARY LINE AGAINST INDIA AS SEEKING
"PETTY HEGEMONY" IN THE REGION, HE CRITICIZED INDIAN ACTIONS TOWARD
BANGLADESH AND NEPAL. HOWEVER, WHILE INDIA WAS PUSHING "PETTY
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HEGEMONY" AND THE SOVIETS WERE INVOLVED IN BIG POWER HEGEMONY, HE
SAID THERE WERE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, AND THEY
WERE NOT MONOLITIC, ACCORDING TO HUA, CHINA DOES NOT BELIEVE
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INDIA WILL BECOME A COMPLETE "RUNNING DOG" OF THE SOVIET UNION,
BUT THE SOVIETS WILL CONTINUE TO USE INDIA AND SEEK OVERLAND ACCESS
TO THE INDIAN OCEAN. HE SAID CHINA HAD AGREED TO EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS
WITH INDIA AND WILL WORK TO DEVELOP SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS, BUT
THAT CHINA WOULD UPHOLD ITS PRINCIPLES IN THIS PROCESS. HE
CHARACTERIZED RELATIONS
WITH PAKISTAN AND NEPAL AS "VERY GOOD" AND VOICED SUPPORT OF PAKISTAN
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ITS RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, AND TURKEY
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AS WELL AS WITH INDIA. HE NOTED THAT CHINA BELIEVED THE U.S. SHOULD
HELP PAKISTAN WIN OVER INDIA FROM THE SOVIETS.
7. EGYPT: IN A POINTED DIFFEENCE WITH MY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE
REASONS FOR EGYPT'S MOVE AWAY FROM THE SOVIET UNION, HUA SAID THEY
BELIEVED EGYPT'S ACTIONS RESULTED FROM SOVIET TEACHING BY
NEGATIVE EXAMPLE,
8. SUGGEST DEPARTMENT REPEAT THIS AND REFTEL TO HONG KONG,
9. FULL TEXT WILL FOLLOW JUNE 11.
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SUBJECT: JUNE 10 MEETING WITH PREMIER HUA
1. I MET WITH PREMIER HUA FOR ONE HOUR AND THREE QUARTERS
JUNE 10. 1 PRESENTED ALL TALKING POINTS PER INSTRUCTIONS
STATE 109863 AND 139556. IN RESPONSE, HUA, FIRST SPEAKING
FROM PREPARED TEXT, COMMENTED FAVORABLY ON PRESIDENT'S
LETTER (DELIVERED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY THREE HOURS EARLIER)
AND SOLIDLY CONFIRMED CONTINUITY OF CHINESE VIEW OF SINO-
US RELATIONS. HE REFERRED TO CHAIRMAN MAO'S MEETING WITH
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MAJOR CONCERN. HUA THEN DELIVERED HIS OWN "EXTEMPORANEOUS"
VIEW OF WORLD SCENE, STARTING WITH ANALYSIS OF
HEIGHTENED THIRD COUNTRY AWARENESS OF SOVIET THREAT AND
LENGTHY SUMMARY OF SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS. HE
DISPLAYED SHARP WARINESS AND CONTINUED DISTRUST OF
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INDIA AND SAID LITTLE ABOUT AFRICA DESPITE LONG SECTION
OF MY PRESENTATION DEVOTED TO THAT AREA,
2. HUA'S POSTURE WAS MARKEDLY FRIENDLY. HE APOLOGIZED
NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES FOR NOT HAVING MET WITH ME
EARLIER. MEETING, LASTING FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 6:45 P.M.
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IN GREAT HALL, WAS PRECEDED BY PHOTOS OF ME AND AC-
COMPANYING USLO STAFF. FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO WAS NOT
PRESENT. HUA WAS FLANKED BY AMERICAS AND OCEANIC
AFFAIRS DIRECTOR LIN, PROTOCOL DIRECTOR CHU, US DESK
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CHIEF TING; NANCY TANG INTERPRETED.
3. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF HUA'S OPENING REMARKS ON
SINO-US RELATIONS (OTHER ASPECTS WILL BE REPORTED
SEPARATELY): QUOTE THANK YOU FOR INFORMING
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THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. I HAVE RECEIVED PRESIDENT
FORD'S LETTER WHICH YOU CONVEYED. THANK YOU FOR BRING-
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DUCTION OF YOU WHICH INCLUDED HIGH PRAISE, HE EX-
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PRESSED HIS HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND THE HOPE THAT
WE WOULD HAVE GOOD RELATIONS. HE SAID YOU WOULD EF-
FECTIVELY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
PRESIDENT FORD ALSO SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE UNITED
STATES AND CHINA HAVE DIFFERENCES ON MAJOR ISSUES
THEY HAVE COMMON INTERESTS. HE ALSO GAVE HIS VIEWS
ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND BILATERAL RELATIONS,
PRESIDENT FORD EXPRESSED HIS GOOD WISHES TO ME. I
WANT YOU TO THANK HIM FOR ME. HE ALSO ASKED THAT I
CONVEY HIS REGARDS TO CHAIRMAN MAO, I CERTAINLY
WILL.
4, YOU HAVE CONVEYED YOUR GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON
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DECEMBER AND WITH SECRETARY KISSINGER IN HIS EARLIER
VISIT. THESE DISCUSSIONS WENT VERY WELL. IN HIS
LETTER PRESIDENT FORD FURTHER REITERATED U.S. COMMITMENT
TO FURTHER DEVELOPING SINO-US RELATIONS ON THE BASIS
OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. HE SAID THIS WAS THE
FIRM POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
5. AS FOR SINO-US RELATIONS, WE BELIEVE AS LONG AS
BOTH SIDES ADHERE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHANGHAI
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DO EXIST BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES MAJOR DIFFERENCES
IN IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS, BUT ON INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES WE HAVE MANY POINTS IN COMMON. WE SAY THAT IN
SINO-US RELATIONS THE MAJOR ASPECTS CONCERN INTER-
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ISSUES. FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF TAIWAN
WHICH REMAINS OUTSTANDING. WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS
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1. THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF AMB GATES MEETING WITH PREMIER
HUA KUO-FENG AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE ON JUNE 10, 1976,
MEETING LASTED FROM 5-6:45 P.M. IN ADDITION TO THE PREMIER
CHINESE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED MFA AMERICAN AND OCEANIC AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR LIN PING, PROTOCOL DIRECTOR CHU CHUAN-HSIEN, AND
MFA AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIVISION CHIEF TING YUAN-HUNG, AND NOTE TAKER,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AOA DEPARTMENT TANG WEN-SHENG (NANCY) INTERPRETED,
AMB GATES WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DCM THAYER, ECON COUNSELOR THOMAS,
ACTING POL COUNSELOR PASCOE AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT PERITO. THE
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MEETING BEGAN AT 5:00 PM AND LASTED FOR ONE HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE
MINUTES, BEGIN TEXT:
2. GATES: I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SEEING ME, ESPECIALLY SINCE
YOU HAVE BEEN SO BUSY.
3. HUA: I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR WELCOME TO YOU, I AM SORRY
I HAVE TAKEN so LONG TO SEE YOU, YOU ARRIVED ON MAY 6 AND IT
IS NOW JUNE 10. SINCE YOU ARRIVED WE HAVE HAD MANY VISITORS.
FIRST I MET WITH PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO, AND THEN I MET WITH
THE KING OF NEPAL IN SZECHWAN AND TIBET. (WHEN WALKING WITH AMB-
ASSADOR INTO MEETING ROOM, HUA ALREADY HAD APOLOGIZED ONCE FOR THIS
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4. GATES: I HAVE RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME. I HAVE ALREADY SEEN
FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, AND I HAD DINNER
WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER,
5. HUA: AND THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE?
6. GATES: YES, OF COURSE. IF YOU WILL PERMIT ME, I HAVE A FEW
REMARKS WHICH PRESIDENT FORD HAS ASKED ME TO MAKE TO YOU,
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7. I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU. I LOOK
FORWARD TO MY STAY IN PEKING AND TO WORKING WITH YOUR
GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE THE MUTUAL INTERESTS OUR TWO COUNTRIES
HAVE REGARDING BOTH VARIOUS GLOBAL MATTERS AND OUR BILATERAL
RELATIONS.
8. PRESIDENT FORD HAS ASKED ME TO CONVEY TO YOU PERSONALLY
HIS CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD WISHES ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS
PREMIER. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY OWN CONGRATULATIONS.
9. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
FORD WHICH I BROUGHT WITH ME, IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE
THAT WE COULD EXCHANGE VIEWS ON BOTH INTERNATIONAL MATTERS
AND OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHP,
10. AS PRESIDENT FORD HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ON MANY OF
THESE MATTERS DURING HIS VISIT TO PEKING IN DECEMBER, I WILL
NOT COVER ALL OF THE SAME GROUND AGAIN. HOWEVER, HE HAS
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ASKED ME TO REITERATE SEVERAL BASIC POINTS, AS WELL AS TO
COMMENT ON SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD,
11, IN HIS LETTER AND IN HIS MESSAGE TO YOU UPON YOUR
APPOINTMENT AS PREMIER, PRESIDENT FORD REAFFIRMED OUR
COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZING RELATIONS
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES THROUGH JOINT EFFORTS BASED ON THE
SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. HE HAS ASKED ME TO REITERATE
THAT THIS IS OUR FIRM POLICY AND TO SAY HE IS CONFIDENT
THAT THOUGH WE CAN ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE
OF FULLY NORMALIZED RELATIONS.
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DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ASPECTS OF OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE, NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL WELCOME ANY
SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING WAYS IN WHICH OUR
RELATIONSHIP CAN BE STRENGTHENED IN OUR MUTUAL INTERST.
I AM PREPARED ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS THESE
MATTERS WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AT ANY TIME.
13. ON INTERNATIONAL TOPICS, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO REFER TO
OUR POLICY TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION. BECAUSE OF DIFFERING
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CIRCUMSTANCES, OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAVE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT
POLICIES, AND WE RESPECT THE DECISION YOUR COUNTRY HAS MADE
REGARDING YOUR POLICY, FOR OUR PART, WE HAVE A DUAL POLICY.
WHILE WE WISH TO IMPROVE OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE
USSR AND STABILIZE THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE UNITED STATES
IS DETERMINED TO RESIST SOVIET EXPANSIONISM-- AN OBJECTIVE WHICH
OUR TWO COUNTRIES SHARE EVEN IF OUR TACTICS MAY DIFFER.
14. AS YOU MAY KNOW, SOME YEARS AGO I SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE, INCLUDING A PERIOD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, IN FACT
I WAS THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I
HAVE MAINTAINED MY INTEREST IN US DEFENSE MATTERS. I CAN
THEREFORE SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE DETER-
MINATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO MAINTAIN A STRONG MILITARY
POSTURE, PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY KISSINGER ARE ABSOLUTELY
COMMITTED TO THIS GOAL WHICH IS REFLECTED IN THE PRESIDENT'S
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CURRENT DEFENSE BUDGET, DESPITE SOME OF THE RHETORIC IN OUR
ELECTION PROCESS, THE US CLEARLY REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE POWER
IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF MILITARY, ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
POWER. WE INTED TO REMAIN SO, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE
CONGRESS IS NOW INCREASING ITS SUPPORT TO THIS END.
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15. WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT THE SOVIET UNION, AND ON
THIS POINT ALSO, THERE IS GROWING AWARENESS AMONG THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE SOVIET UNION'S HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS,
16. AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR ORW COUNTRY'S EXPERIENCE, IN A
COMPLEX AND GLOJAL MATTER SUCH AS THIS ONE, THERE WILL BE
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OCCASIONAL SETBACKS AS WELL AS SUCCESSES, THE OUTCOME
IN ANGOLA WAS SUCH A SETBACK TO OUR MUTUAL INTERESTS. IF
WE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, HAD BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE
OUR SUPPORT OF THE ANTI-SOVIET ELEMENTS IN ANGOLA, THE
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OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
17. WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE SOVIET UNION, BOTH PUBLICLY
AND PRIVATELY, THAT WE WILL REACT STRONGLY TO FURTHER EFFORTS
BY THE SOVIETS TO EXPAND THEIR INFLUENCE BY MILITARY MEANS
OR MILITARY PRESSURE WHETHER DIRECTLY OR, AS IN ANGOLA,
THROUGH SUPPLY OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE CUBAN
TROOPS. WE HAVE ALSO STATED THAT FURTHER SOVIET ACTIONS LIKE
THEIR INTERVENTION IN ANGOLA ARE BOUND TO HAVE A SERIOUS
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18. WE HAVE ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL
NOT ACCEPT FURTHER CUBAN MILITARY INTERVENTION ABROAD. WE
ARE CONCERNED BY THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF CUBAN TROOPS IN
ANGOLA AND BY A POSSIBLE EFFORT TO USE THEM ELSEWHERE.
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19, IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THE CUBAN INTENTION TO REDUCE
THEIR PRESENCE IN ANGOLA, AS INDICATED IN CASTRO'S LETTER
TO THE SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER. THE REFLECTS OUR FIRM
EFFORTS BOTH IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS. HOWEVER, IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW RAPID AND COMPLETE THIS WITHDRAWAL
WILL BE AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ISSUE. WE WOULD
WELCOME YOUR ASSESSMENT OF SOVIET/BUCAN ACTIVITIES IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA,
20. SECRETARY KISSINGER'S TRIP TO AFRICA WAS DESIGNED IN
PART TO AVERT AN INCREASE IN SOVIET INVOLVEMENT AND INFLUENCE
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, IN HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS,
THE SECRETARY AND THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT DIRECT SOVIET-
CUBAN MILITARY INTERVENTION WAS NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE AREA. THE SECRETARY'S PUBLIC STRESS ON
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AFRICAN SOLUTIONS AND AFRICAN UNITY WAS DESIGNED TO UNDERLINE
THIS POINT.
21. THE AFRICANS SAID THEY WISH TO SOLVE THE RHODESIAN
PROBLEM THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE US VIEW AS WELL.
THE US INITIATIVES ON THE RHODESIA PROBLEM ARE
ESPECIALLY IMPOTANT SINCE THEY CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO A
SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION OF THE RHONESIAN PROBLEM AND PRECLUDE
CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD BE TO THE SOVIETS' ADVANTAGE. AS
SECRETARY KISSINGER RECENTLY INFORMED AMBASSADOR HUANG CHEN,
HE PLANS TO TALK WITH BLACK AFRICAN LEADERS AND THE PRIME MINISTER
OF SOUTH AFRICA TO HELP FIND A WAY TO ACHIEVE EARLY MAJORITY
RULE IN RHODESIA WHEN HE IS IN EUROPE LATER THIS
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MONTH AND THESE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE,
22. THEFURTHER CHANGEIN EGYPT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
SOVIETS IS A MAJOR FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS A COURAGEOUS
AND STATESMANLIKE MOVE BY PRESIDENT SADAT, AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY
VIEWED BY THE SOVIETS AS A MAJOR SETBACK. WE BELIEVE THAT
THE RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST WHICH WE HAVE BUILT WITH EGYPT
HELPED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PRESIDENT SADAT TO TAKE THAT
STEP.
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23. WE ARE GRATIFIED THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED TO
PRESIDENT SADATIS REQUEST FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT, AND HOPE
THAT YOU WILLFIND IT POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE THAT AID, WE
ARE PROVIDING SOME TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, AND PRESIDENT SADAT
UNDERSTANDS WHY WE CANNOT DO MORE TIS YEAR, WE HOPE TO
PROVIDE MORE MILITARYAID IN THE FUTURE.
24. WITH RESPECT TO THE ARAB-ISRAEL DISPUTE, WE ARE QUIETLY
CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS WITH THE PARTIES CONCERNED TO LAY THE
GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER STEPS TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT. IT REMAINS
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM, AND WE DO NOT EXPECT A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH
IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HOWEVER, THE US REMAINS DETERMINED TO
HELP MAINTAIN THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS AND REALIZED THE DANGER
OF STAGNATION--BOTH IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE CONFLICT AND THE
SOVIET ROLE. IT REMAINS OUR PURPOSE OF PREVENT THE SOVIETS
FROM INJECTING THEMSELVES INTO THE PROCESS IN A WAY THWG
WOULD INCREASE THEIR INVLUENCE,
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25. OUR RELATIONS WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES REMAIN VERY STRONG,
IN ADDITION TO OUR JOINT DEFENSE EFFORTS, THE ALLIANCE IS
BEING STRENGTHENED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND COORDINATION. THE DEFENSE OF EUROPE AND CLOSE
TRANS-ATLANTIC TIES ARE PARAMOUNT US INTERESTS AND WILL BE
VIGOROUSLY UPHELD.
26. THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERSI MEETING IN OSLO DEMONSTRATED
JOINT DETERMINATION AMONG THE ALLIES TO MAINTAIN DEFENSES
AND VIGILANCE AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION, THE SECRETARY
REAFFIRMED THE US COMMITMENTS IN THIS REGARD, AND THERE WAS
SOLID SUPPORT AND COMESION AT THE MEETING.
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27. THE SOUTHERN EUROPE SITUATION IS THE MOST TROUBLESOME.
PORTUGAL IS NOT YET STABLE, BUT THE INFLUENCE OF THE PORTUGUESE
COMMUNIST PARTY, AND THEREFORE SOVIET INFLUENCE, HAS BEEN
FURTHER REDUCED. IN SPAIN, FRANCO'S DEATH HAS CREATED LESS
INSTABILITY THAN SOME EXPECTED. WE HAVE NEE IATED A RENEWAL
OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN ON OUR MILITARY FACILITIES, AND
THIS MATTER IS AT THE MOMENT UP FOR RATIFICATION BY OUR CONGRESS.
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28, WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS THAT WE
WOULD VIEW INCLUSION IN THEIR GOVERNMENTS OF COMMUNIST PARTIES
LINKED TO MOSCOW AS SERIOUSLY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR MUTUAL
SECURITY INTERESTS.
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29. WE HAVE RECENTLY NEGOTIATED AN OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH
TURKEY REGARDING OUR MILITARY FACILITIES THERE AND MILITARY
ASSISTANCE, AND ARE NOW NEGOTIATING A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
GREECE. BOTH AGREEMENTS WILL REQIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL,
AND THIS MAY TAKE SOME TIME. HOWEVER, THESE DEVELOPMENTS, AND
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TURKEY, SHOULD STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY NATO'S SOURTHERN FLANK,
30. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA,
WE HAVE OF COURSE NOTED YOUR RECENT AGREEMENT WITH INDIA TO
EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS. WE ASSUME THIS DID NOT PLEASE MOSCOW,
BUT WOULD WELCOME YOUR VIEWS ON THIS POINT, AS WELL AS WHETHER
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31. WE NOTED THAT PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO'S VISIT SERVED TO
REAFFIRM THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND YOUR
COUNTRY. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR ASSESSMENT OF RECENT DEVELOP-
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MENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS.
32. WITH RESPECT TO JAPAN, OUR RELATIONS ARE IN VERY GOOD
SHAPE AND OUR CONSULTATION HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER. THERE IS SOME
TROUBLE ABOUT WHATS CALLED THE LOCKHEED AFFAIR, BUT
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE JAPANESE
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IT WILL NOT HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON OUR CONTINUING CLOSE
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33, AT THE REQUEST OF THE THAI GOVERNMENT, WE ARE WITHDRAWING
OUR MILITARY PRESENCE TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE
UNFRIENDLY TO THE US, INCLUDING THE SOVIETS, TO EXPLOIT THE
SITUATION. THE DETAILS OF ANY RESIDUAL US FACILITIES IN
THAILAND ARE BEING NEGOTIATED WITHTHE THAI GOVERNMENT, WE
HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE PHILIPPINES REGARDING OUR
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY RELATIONSHIPS WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT
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OF TIME AND THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PHILIPPINES WILL
REMAIN STRONG,
34. SOME WEEK AGO, AS WE INFORMED YOUR GOVERNMENT THROUGH
YOUR LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, WE MADE A PROPOSAL TO
NORTH VIETNAM TO HLD TALKS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF
IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES, OUR PROPOSAL
WAS A SERIOUS OFFER. HOWEVER, HANDI'S RESPONSE, BY
RESURRECTING THE PARIS AGREEMENT CLAUSE ABOUT ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE AFTER HAVING KILLED THE AGREEMENT BY ITS MILITARY
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ACTION LAST YEAR, SUGGESTS TO US THAT HANOI IS NOT NOW
INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS. OUR OWN ATTITUDE WILL OF
COURSE BE STRONGLY INFLUENCED NOT ONLY BY BILATERAL MATTERS
BUT ALSO BY WHETHER NORTH VIETNAM ACTS WITH RESTRAINT
TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. WE
WOULD WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS POINT,
35. REGARDING KOREA, OUR PRIMARY CONCERN REMAINS THAT THERE
BE NO DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WOULD HEIGHTEN TENSION BETWEEN NORTH KOREA
AND SOUTH KOREA. WE CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT WAYS CAN BE FOUND
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INTEND TO MAINTAIN OUR MILITARY PRESENCE AS WE BELIEVE IT
CONTRIBUTES TO STABILITY IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
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36. LET ME CONCLUDE BY MENTIONING A SUBJECT OF PARTICULAR
RELEVANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME. DURING THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, SOME CANDIDATES APPEAR INTENT ON
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KISSINGER SAID TO AMBASSADOR HUANG CHEN IN THEIR MEETING ON
MAY 29, IF ANYTHING COMES UP IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT RAISES SOME
QUESIONS ON YOUR SIDE, WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSULT US BEFORE DRAWING
CONSLUDIONS. PERSONALLY, I MIGHT ADD, I CONSIDER A GREAT DEAL OF
THIS CAMPAIGN CONVERSATION IRRESPONSIBLE.
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PRESIDENT FORD HAS ASKED ME TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE HE
ATTACHES TO CONTINUING THE FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON MATTERS
OF MUTUAL INTERST. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND COURTESY
CEND OF GATES PREPARED PRESENTATION).
38, HUA: THANK YOU FOR INFORMING US OF THE VIEWS OF THE UNITED.
STATES GOVERNMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. I HAVE
RECEIVED PRESIDENT FORD'S LETTER WHICH YOU CONVEYED, THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING IT. IN THE LETTER THE PRESIDENT GAVE A GOOD
INTRODUCTION OF YOU WHICH INCLUDED HIGH PRAISE. HE EXPRESSED
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TO THANK HIM FOR ME. HE ALSO ASKED THAT I CONVEY HIS REGARDS TO
CHAIRMAN MAO, I CERTAINLY WILL.
39. YOU HAVE CONVEYED YOUR GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES. THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, STRATEGIC ISSUES AND BI-
LATERAL RELATIONS WERE DISCUSSED BY CHAIRMAN MAO WITH PRESIDENT
FORD IN DECEMBER AND WITH SECRETARY KISSINGER IN HIS EARLIER
VISIT. THESE DISCUSSIONS WENT VERY WELL. IN HIS LETTER
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DEVELOPING SINO-US RELATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE SHANGHAI
COMMUNIQUE, HE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRM POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
40. AS FOR SINO-US RELATIONS, WE BELIEVE AS LONG AS BOTH
SIDES ADHERE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE
RELATIONS WILL DEVELO FORWARD. THERE DO EXIST BETWEEN OUR
TWO COUNTRIES MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS,
BUT ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES WE HAVE MANY POINTS IN COMMON.
WE SAY THAT IN SINO-US RELATIONS THE MAJOR ASPECTS CONCERN
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, THE MINOR ASPECTS CONCERN BILATERAL
ISSUES, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS THE ISSUE OF TAIWAN WHICH
REMAINS OUTSTANDING. WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM ON MANY
OCCASIONS.
41. AS FOR THAT CURRENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, IT IS OUR
FEELING THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW
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SINCE THE MEETINGS OF CHAIRMAN MAO AND SECRETARY KISSINGER.
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IS STILL THAT THE WORLD IS ADVANCING
IN TURMOIL. IN THE WORLD TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S. AND
WESTERN EUROPE, MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO SEE THE TRUE FACE OF
SOVIET HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS. FOLLOWING THE EUROPEAN SECURITY
CONFERENCE, THERE WAS ANGOLA WHICH ENABLED MANY TO SEE THE
TRUTH ABOUT SOVIET SHAM DETENTE, ARMED EXPANSION AND THE
FEATURES OF CONTINUED EXPANSIONISM OF THE USSR. IN SECRETARY
KISSINGER'S LAS VISIT, WE DISCUSSED WITH HIM THE DANGERS OF
THE MUNICH MENTALITY. THROUGH OUR RECENT CONTACTS WITH FRIENDS
FROM THE U.S. AND WESTERN EUROPE, WE HAVE FORMED THE VIEW THAT
MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEEPENED THEIR AWARENESS OF THIS MENTALITY
AND RAISED THEIR VIGILANCE AGAINST SOVIET EXPANSIONISM. THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF SOVIET HEGEMONISM HAS ALSO
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42. IN OUR RECENT MEETINGS WITH WESTERN EUROPEAN FRIENDS,
SUCH AS GENERAL MEPY, FOREIGN MINISTER CROSLAND, AND SEVERAL
WEST GERMANS, THEY HAVE ALL EXPRESSED THEIR LIEF THAT THE
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RAISED THIS VIGILANCE. WE FEEL EUROPEANS ARE PAYING MORE
ATTENTION TO STRENGTHENING THEIR DEFENSES, WHILE OF COURSE
MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.
OF COURSE IT IS OUR HOPE TO SEE EUROPE UNITED AND STRONG.
THIS WILL NOT BE EASY, AND WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH QUITE A
PROCESS.
43. GATES: WELL, I THINK THE CURRENT SITUATION IN EUROPE IS
ENCOURAGING, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT NATO
MEETINGS. AS I SAID, REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION,
THE U.S. SHARES YOUR VIEWS, WILL REMAIN STRONG, AND WILL TAKE
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EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO RESIST SOVIET EXPANSIONISM. I TOLD YOUR
FOREIGN MINISTER THAT ANYONE WHO THOUGHT THE U.S. WOULD NOT BE
AS STRONG THREE YEARS FROM NOW THAN IT IS TODAY IS FOOLISH,
4. HUA: (AFTER CHECKING WITH HIS AIDES) WE SAW FROM THE PRESS
THAT THE SONNELFELDT STATEMENT AROUSED A LOT OF TALK IN WESTERN
EUROPE.
45. ON THE ASIAN SIDE, SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS ARE GENERALLY
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SECRETARY KISSINGER, WE EXPRESSED OUR VIEW THAT IN JAPAN'S
FOREIGN RELATIONS THE US COMES FIRST AND CHINA SECOND. DURING
SECRETARY KISSINGER'S VISIT TO JAPAN WE ASKED HIM TO STAY OVER FOR
A FEW DAYS.
46. DURING TANAKA'S TERM, CHINA AND JAPAN SIGNED A JOINT
STATEMENT, AND AGREEMENTS ON TRADE, AIR, FISHERIES AND MARITIME
RELATIONS. DURING MIKI'S TERM, WE HAVE MET OBSTACLES IN NEGO-
TIATING A PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TREATY. ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT
A GREAT ISSUE BECAUSE IN THE JOINT STATEMENT WE HAVE ALREADY
EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO HEGEMONY. PRIME MINISTER MIKI AND HIS
GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, ARE OPPOSED TO PUTTING IT INTO THE TEXT
OF THE TREATY. WE SAY IF WE DON'T PUT THE ANTI-HEGEMONY CLAUSE
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INTO THE PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TREATY IT WOULD MEAN A RETREAT
FROM THE JOINT STATEMENT. AT A MINIMUM, IF WE SIGN A TREATY
IT SHOULD MOVE A BIT FORWARD. ACTUALLY, THE CLAUSE AGAINST
HEGEMONISM WAS FIRST RAISED IN THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE. IN
ANY CASE, THE SINO-JAPANESE PEACE AND FRIENDHSIP TREATY REMAINS
UNSIGNED. OF COURSE, IN GENERAL, OUR RELATIONS WITH JAPAN
REMAIN GOOD, EXPECIALLY THE FRIENDLY CONTACTS BETWEEN THE
JAPANSESE AND CHINESE PEOPLE. CHINA STILL SUPPORTS JAPANESE
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47. AS FOR CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH ASEAN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THE PRIME MINISTER
OF THAILAND, KUKRIT PRAMOJ, AND LEADERS OF MALAYSIA AND THE
PHILIPPINES HAVE VISITED CHINA. PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN-YEW
VISITED US NOT LONG AGO, BUT CHINA AND SINGAPORE HAVE NOT YET
ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO
GOVERNMENTS WENT ON NOT BADLY. THEY HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC TIMING
AND IDEAS, AND WE EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT CHINA WAS NOT PUSHING.
AMONG THE FIVE ASEAN NATIONS, ONLY INDONESIA HAS NOT RESTORED
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SUSPENDED. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE SUPPORT THE ASEAN COUNTRIES
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THEY ARE RIASING THEIR VIGILANCE AND
THEY WILL NOT OPPOSE THE TIGER AT THE BACK DOOR WHILE LETTING THE
WOLF IN THE FRONT.
48, MOVING TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC, PRIME MINISTER MULDOON OF
NEW ZEALAND RECENTLY VISITED US, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF
AUSTRALIA IS COMING SOON. WE FAVOR AND ADMIRE AUSTRALIA AND
NEW ZEALAND FOR RAISING THEIR VIGILANCE AGAINST SOVIET EXPAN-
SIONISM AND INCREASING THEIR DEFENSE. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THEIR RELA-
TIONS WITH THE U.S. ON THE BASIS OF EQUALITY. OUR DISCUSSIONS
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49. IN SOUTH ASIA, DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALSO GOOD. IN BANGLADESH,
THE NEW SITUATION IS A BLOW TO SOVIET EXPANSIONSIM, AND INDIAN
PETTY EXPANSIONSIM. AFTER PAKISTAN ESTABLISHED RELATIONS WITH
BANGLADESH, CHINA ALSO ESTABLISHED THEM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RELATIONS HAS GONE QUITE WELL, BUT BANGLADESH STILL HAS DIFFI-
CULTIES. WITH SOVIET SUPPORT INDIA HAS MADE PROVOCATION
ON THE BANGLADESH BORDER AND TRIED TO PUT BANGLADESH ON THE SPOT
WITH THE GANGES DAM.
50. RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ARE QUITE GOOD, PRIME MINISTER
BHUTTO VISITED CHINA AND AFGHANISTAN IN A EFFORT TO IMRPOVE
PAKISTAN'S RELATIONS. WE LOOK VERY FAVORABLY ON THE DEVELOP=
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HOW IT COMES OUT,
51. RELATIONS WITH NEPAL ARE VERY GOOD, THE KING JUST
VISITED CHENGTU AND LHASA. INDIA HAS CONTINUED TO HARASS
NEPAL'S TRANSIT TRADE WHICH MUST CROSS INDIAN TERRITORY.
THROUGH CONTACTS IN SOUTH ASIA, WE FEEL INDIA IS ENGAGED IN
PETTY EXPANSIONSIM. WE SAY THAT THE USSR IS ENGAGED IN BIG
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THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. THEY ARE NOT MONOLITHIC
AND INDIA IS NOT WILLING TO BECOME A COMPLETE RUNNING DOG OF
THE SOVIETS. THE USSR WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO MAKE USE
OF INDIA TO HAVE OVERLAND ACCESS TO THE INDIAN OCEAN. INDIA
IS BORROWING SOVIET STRENGTH TO BULLY ITS NEIGHBORS, SUCH AS
THE DISMEMBERMENT OF PAKISTAN AND THE ANNEXATION OF SIKKIM,
WE HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO CRITIZE THESE ACTIVITIES.
52. LATELY, THEY EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO SEND BACK AN AMBASSADOR,
AND WE EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT "IF INDIA IS WILLIING TO SEND AN
AMBASSADOR, WE WILL ALSO SEND ONE". WE ARE WILLING TO DEVELOP
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SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS, BUT WE MUST UPHOLD PRINCIPLE, THAT IS,
WHEN INDIA BULLIES ITS NEIGHBORS, WE WILL MAKE OUR ATTITUDE
CLEAR. THEREFORE, ON RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA WE
WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, INDIA HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
IMPROVING ITS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN, WE SUPPORT THIS. DURING
HIS VISIT, PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO SAID HE PAID GREAT ATTENTION
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53. WHEN KISSINGER AND PRESIDENT FORD CAME, WE ALSO DISCUSSED
OUR FEELING THAT THE U.S, SHOULD HELP PAKISTAN AND TRY TO WIN
OVER INDIA. OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON DEVELOP-
MENTS.
54. IN THE MID-EAST, VICE PRESIDENT MUBARAK VISITED US
RECENTLY. EGYPT ANNULLED ITS TREATY WITH THE USSR RECENTLY,
AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE SOVIET'S TEACHING BY
NEGATIVE EXAMPLE TO THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE ONSOVIET EXPANSIONISM,
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55. WE HAVE DISCUSSED AFRICA MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND I DON'T
THINK IT IS NECESSARY TO DWELL ON THIS SUBJECT NOW.
56. THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE A U.S. DOMESTIC AFFAIR, BUT WE
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HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE ELECTION THIS TIME IS
MORE DEBATES ON FOREIGN POLICY. WE HEAR THE PRIMARIES ENDED
JUNE 8, AND PRESIDENT FORD NOW HAD 959 DELEGATTES, REGAN 868
DELEGATES, AND THE DEMOCRAT CARTER 1,125, AS THIS IS AN
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58. HUA: IN COMPARING THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS WITH PREVIOUS ONES,
THE DISCUSSIONS OF FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES ARE MORE ACUTE, EVEN
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59. GATES: I THINK FOREIGN POLICY QUESTIONS ARE GETTING MORE
ATTENTION THAN THEY DESERVE, WHAT THE ELECTIONS ARE PROVING,
AND WHAT THE POLLS SHOW, IS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE SIMPLY AGAINST GOVERNMENT AND BUREAUCRACY. THIS
IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE. SINCE THERE IS LITTLE ELSE TO FOCUS
ON, FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES ARE GETTING UNDESERVED ATTENTION.
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I MUST POINT OUT, HOWEVER, THAT IN DISCUSSING FOREIGN POLICY
ALL CANDIDATES FAVOR A STRONG U.S. DEFENSE.
60. WELL, IT IS NEARLY SEVEN O'CLOCK AND PERHAPS WE SHOULD
END THIS MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE UNABLE TO DISCUSS ALL
THE INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU ARE INTER-
ESTED, YOU MAY CONTINUE TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH OUR FOREIGN MINISTRY.
61. AFTER HUA NOTED THAT THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE LIAISON
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CONCLUDED WITH AN EXCHANGE OF PLEASANTRIES ABOUT THE
AMBASSADOR'S YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE AND WHETHER HE HAD
ADJUSTED TO LIFE IN PEKING, UPON LEAVING THE HALL, HUA
AGAIN APOLOGIZED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR NOT RECEIVING HIM
EARLIER.
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ON JUNE 20), NEW ZEALANDERS CIN RETURN FOR THE TRANSCRIPTS
OF MULDOON'S CONVERSATIONS), AND BRITISH (IN RETURN FOR
CROSLAND VISIT INFORMATION.) WE SHOULD ALSO PASS HIS COMMENTS
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1. I INTEND TO SEND A LETTER TO FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA
EXPRESSING GRATIFICATION FOR JUNE 10 MEETING WITH THE PREMIER.
PURPOSE OF DOING THIS THROUGH CHIAO IS TO SHOW PERSONAL COURTESY
TO HIM.
2, WHILE NOT LIKELY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT WISH
TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY "TO MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE" WITH HUA OR TO
PROVIDE HUA WITH SOME PERSONAL SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO THE JUNE 10
MEETING. JUST IN CASE THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO USE THIS OCCASION
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CONTINUED PROGRESS IN OUR RELATIONS, OR (3) A LETTER WHICH PERHAPS
COULD BE USEFUL TU PUBLICLY REFER TO AFTER THE NOMINATION,
I THOUGHT II WORTH MENTIONING TO LET YOU CONSIDER THE
POSSIBILITY BEFORE I SEND MY LETTER TO CHIAO,
3. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ANOTHER
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A LETTER
WITHOUT SUBSTANCE WOULD RISK GILDING THE LILY AND CHEAPEN THE
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TO: FUREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA
DEAR MR. MINISTER:
I AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE HAD A REPORT OF MY MEETING ON
JUNE 10 WITH THE PREMIER. ( WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I,
AND MY GOVERNMENT, VALUED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCH A
DISCUSSION WITH HIM. KNOWING THE PREMIER'S OTHERWISE
DIFFICULT SCHEDULE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SEASON OF FOREIGN
VISITORS, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED BOTH HIS WILLINGNESS TO
GIVE ME AS MUCH TIME AS HE DID AND HIS CORDIALITY TOWARDS
ME AND MY STAFF. WHEN A OPPORTUNITY ARISES, I HOPE YOU
WILL INFORM THE PREMIER OF MY SINCERE APPRECIATION.
I, OF COURSE, MAVE REPORTED FULLX TO THE PRESIDENT, AND
HE HAS ASKED ME ALSO TO EXPRESS HIS PERSONAL GRATIFICATION.
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MY WIFE AND I ARE FINDING OURSELVES QUITE AT HOME IN
PEKING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PLEASANT-- AND WE HOPE
PRODUCTIVE-- SERVICE HERE.
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1. WE NOW HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM VARIOUS WASHINGTON
SOURCES INDICATING THAT SENATOR HUGH SCOTT IS COMING HERE
WITH PRESIDENTIAL LETTER ON SPECIAL PLANE TO NEGOTIATE
VARIOUS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH THE PRC AND TO PREPARE REPORT
TO PRESIDENT ON POLITICAL SITUATION.
2. I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING ASAP AUTHORITATIVE CLAR-
IFICATION. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW CONTENTS AND ADDRESSEE OF
ANY LETTER SCOTT WILL BE CARRYING AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN ASKED
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3. CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY, I HAVE CAREFULLY AVOIDED
DISCUSSION OF A NORMALIZATION PACKAGE OR PARTS OF IT IN MY
MEETINGS HERE. I AM SATISFIED THIS POLICY IS NOT ONLY
CORRECT BUT MATCHES PRESENT PRC POLICY AND TIMETABLE AS
WELL. WITH THE IMPLICATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL MISSION
BEHIND SENATOR SCOTT, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THE CHINESE
TO USE HIS VISIT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, I WANT TO BE
SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE THIS RISK,
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1. SUMMARY: DURING OUR 1 HOUR 45 MINUTE CONVERSATION ON JUNE 10,
PRC PREMIER HUA KUO-FENG IMPRESSED ME AND USLO OFFICERS
PRESENT AS AN INTELLIGENT, BUT COLORLESS INDIVIDUAL WHOSE HALLMARK
IS CAUTION. HE HANDLED HIS MATERIAL WELL ENOUGH, BUT HE GAVE OFF
NO SPARKS OR UNUSUAL INTELLECT OR CHARISMA. HUA CAME ACROSS AS
AN IDEAL TRANSITION FIGURE WHO IS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ANY DRAMATIC STE
INEITHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND IS THUS UNLIKELY TO HARM
U.S. INTERESTS. WE HAVE HAD CONSIDERABLE DEBATE IN USLO OVER
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WHAT HUA'S CHANCES ARE OF LASTING PAST AN EARLY TRANSITION PERIOD.
SOME THINK HUA CAN PUSH HIS COMPETITION ASIDE LIKE BREZHNEV DID,
BUT BASED ON THE MEETING, I DOUBT HUA HAS THE VISION OR THE LEADER
SHIP QUALITIES NECESSARY TO MAKE IT OVER THE LONG TERM, I
EXPECT HIM IN TIME TO BE SHOVED ASIDE BY A MORE DYNAMIC
LEADER. END SUMMARY.
2. HUA GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF BEING PHYSICALLY SOFT WITH THE
CHUBBY, WELL-FED LOOK CHARACTERISTIC OF MANY CHINESE BUREAU-
CRATS. HE IS ABOUT 5FT. 10 IN, AND WEIGHS PERHAPS 180 LBS,
HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION IS MOSTLY IMPASSIVE BUT ON OCCASION
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SOMEWHAT SINISTER APPEARANCE CAUGHT EXCEEDINGLY WELL IN THE
APRIL 19 ASIAN EDITION NEWSWEEK COVER. WHEN THE EYES NARROW,
HUA LOOKS EVERY INCH THE CHINESE SECURITY CHIEF. HE SPEAKS WITH A
HEAVY SHANSI ACCENT THAT USLO OFFICERS, AND EVEN INTERPRETER
NANCY TANG AT SOME POINTS, HAD TO STRAIN HARD TO FOLLOW.
3, THE PREMIER CONDUCTED THE MEETING WITH AN AIR OF CALM,
EVEN SERENITY, AND CONFIDENCE. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF NERVOUS-
NESS--HE DID NOT FIDGET AND SMOKED MODERATELY BY CHINESE STANDARDS
(PERHAPS FIVE CIGARETTES). HUA AVOIDED ANY BUT THE BRIEFEST EYE-
CONTACT WITH ANY OF US, CHOOSING INSTEAD TO STARE FORWARD OR AT
THE CEILING BOTH WHEN TALKING AND LISTENING. WHILE DOING THIS, HOW-
EVER, HE CONVEYED THE APPEARANCE OF THINKING, NOT BOREDOM. HIS
DELIVERY WAS CAREPUL, DELIBERATE, AND UNANIMATED, DEMANDING SOME.
PATIENCE FROM HIS LISTENERS. HE SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION DURING
MY PRESENTATION AND DID NOT ONCE RAISE HIS OWN VOICE FOR
EMPHASIS OR TO DISPLAY INTENSE INTEREST. HE WAS POLITE, BUT FORMAL,
AND THERE WAS NO EASY BANTER. EVEN HIS "SMALL-TALK" FOLLOWED A
PREDETERMINED SCRIPT.
4. HUA IMPRESSED US AN INTELLIGENT MAN, ALTHOUGH HE IS
OBVIOUSLY STILL FEELING HIS WAY ON FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. HE TOOK
FOUR PAGES OF NOTES DURING MY PRESENTATION AND REFERRED TO THEM
IN HIS EXTEMPORANEOUS REPLY. HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A SHORT BRIEF
ON THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER WHICH HE USED WELL AND THEN APPARENTLY
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DREW THE REST OF HIS REMARKS FROM RECENT BRIEFS PREPARED FOR
VISITS BY OTHER FOREIGNERS. HE DID NOT ADDRESS OTHER CHINESE PRESEN
EXCEPT TO ASK FOR THE NAME "SONNENFELDT" AND TO CHECK HIS INTER-
PRETER WHEN HE DID NOT CATCH THE CHINESE TERM FOR NORTH VIETNAM.
5. HUA SEEMED IMPRESSIVE IN PICKING STRATEGIC POINTS OF MY
PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY THE REFERENCE TO GROWING
UNDERSTANDING BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF SOVIET HEGEMONIC AMBITIONS.
HOWEVER, HE DID GET INTO TROUBLE ON A FEW DETAILS: LIN PING
SEEMED UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN HE DWELT OVERLY LONG ON SINO-
JAPANESE RELATIONS; HE MENTIONED THE "SONNENFELDT DOCTRINE"
BUT THEN DID NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT HE SHOULD SAY ABOUT IT: HE
APPEARED TO OVERSTATE WHAT CROSLAND AND MERY HAD SAID ON
DETENTE; AND HE SEEMED TO LOSE HIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT TOWARD THE
END ON EGYPT. ALL IN ALL, HOWEVER, HUA SHOWED HE COULD STAND
ON HIS OWN FEET IN THE SESSION AND HIS PRESENTATION WILL PRE-
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SUMABLY BECOME MORE POLISHED WITH TIME.
6. WHILE INTELLIGENT, HUA STRUCK US AS COLORLESS AND BY NO
MEANS AN INTELLECTUAL. HE WAS METHODICAL AND CAREFUL IN HIS
NOTE TAKING AND PRESENTATION. BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE
MEETING WHICH APPEARED TO SPARK HIS PARTICULAR INTEREST; THERE
WAS NO INCLINATION TO EXPLORE NEW GROUND AND NO INTEREST IN ANY
AREAS BEYOND THE BRIEF, HUA DEFINITELY DOES NOT HAVE THE PER-
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DURING THE MEETING, HE ALSO DID NOT DISPLAY THOSE QUALITIES WESTER-
NERS NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DID NOT
APPEAR THE KIND OF MAN WHO WOULD ATTRACT A DEVOTED FOLLOWING.
7. PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WE SAW OF HUA IN THE MEETING WITH WHAT IS
KNOWN OF HIS BACKGROUND, WE CONCLUDE THAT HE IS A CAUTIOUS MIDDLE-
ECHELON TYPE WHO WOULD BE MOST AT HOME COORDINATING POLICIES.
WE SUSPECT HUA IS A COMPETENT ADMINISTRATOR HE APPEARED TO
EXHIBIT THE RIGHT QUALITIES IN OUR MEETING AND AVOIDS GIVING OFF-
ENSE BY MASKING HIS OWN VIEWS AND EMOTIONS BEHIND A BLAND EXTERIOR.
ON OCCASION, HOWEVER, HUA LOOKED LIKE HE COULD BE TOUGH AS NAILS
AND THE WAY HE HAS MOVED UP IN THE PRC STRUCTURE
SUGGESTS HE KNOWS HOW TO ACQUIRE AND USE POWER. WE SUSPECT
HE UNDERSTANDSTHE VALUE OF CUNNING AND TIMING AS SUBSTITUTES
FOR INTELLECTUAL SPARKLE AND ATTRACTIVENESS. A MEMBER OF MY
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STAFF WITH CONSIDERABLE SERVICE IN TAIPEI COMMENTED ON HUA'S
SIMILARITY TO CHIANG CHING-KUD IN THIS RESPECT.
8. FROM THE MEETING, IT IS HARD TO SAY ANYTHING DEFINITIVE ON
HUAIS VIEWS OF AMERICANS OR SINO-U.S. RELATIONS. IN DUCKING
BI-LATERAL TOPICS, HUA PROBABLY MEANT TO SUGGEST NOTHING MORE
THAN THE PRC WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOVEMBER BEFORE TALKING
SERIOUSLY ON THE ISSUES. HE WAS CORDIAL IN THE MEETING BUT MADE
NO PERSONAL FRIENDLY REFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES NOR DID HE
PASSIONATLY DENOUNCE THE SOVIET UNION. HE WAS CAREFUL, HOWEVER,
TO EMPHASIZE THAT HE WAS CARRYING OUT CHAIRMAN MAO'S
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POLICY TOWARD THE UNITED STATES. GIVEN HUA'S GENERALLY CAUTIOUS
APPROACH WE THINK ME WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO RADICALLY CHANGE CHINESE
POLICY TOWARD EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR THE SOVIET UNION FOLLOWING
MAO'S DEATH. HE WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED FIRST, IN ANY CASE, IN
CONSOLIDATING HIS POWER OR, AT LEAST, ENSURING THAT HE REMAINS FORD NEAR
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9. WE ARE OF TWO MINDS ABOUT HAU'S CHANCES OF STAYING AT THE TOP OF
THE PRC POWER STRUCTURE. ALL OF US AGREE THAT HUA SEEMS AN IDEAL
TYPE FOR CARRYING OUT THE TRANSITION THROUGH MAO'S DEATH AND FOR SOME
TIME THEREAFTER. IN THIS PERIOD, HUA CAN BE EXPECTED TO COORDINATE
POLICY, WORKING WITH A STEADY HAND TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO WHILE
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DISPUTES AND PROPAGANDA ARGUMENTS SWIRL AROUND HIM. SOME
MEMBERS OF MY STAFF WHO WERE IN THE MEETING WITH HUA THINK
HE HAS A FAIR CHANCE OF ELBOWING OUT THE COMPETITION AND MAKING
THE NECESSARY ALLIANCES TO CONSOLIDATE HIS POWER LIKE BREZHNEV
HAS IN THE SOVIET UNION. THEY FEEL HE HAS THE NECESSARY TOUGHNESS
AND SHREWDNESS TO BRING THIS ABOUT. THE COURSE OF CHINESE INTERNAL
AS. WELL AS EXTERNAL POLICY WOULD THEN REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY WITH VERY
LITTLE INNOVATION. MAO MIGHT FIND THIS SORT OF OUTCOME DISTASTEFUL
BUT IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE BAD FOR EITHER CHINA OR THE
UNITED STATES,
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I AM MORE NEGATIVE ABOUT HUA THAN MY STAFF. I DOUBT THAT HE HAS
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE REAL NUMBER ONE. HE DID NOT APPEAR TO ME
TO HAVE THE VISION OR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES NECESSARY TO MAKE A
COUNTRY WITH SUCH SEVERE PROBLEMS RUN AND DEVELOP. I THINK
NEW AND BETTER QUALIFIED LEADERSHIP WILL ARISE CENTERING ON DEMANDS
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE ECONOMY AND DEFENSE CAPABILITIES, AND THE
COLORLESS MR. HUA, HAVING FULFILLED HIS HISTORICAL PURPOSE,
WILL BE FORCED TO STEP ASIDE.
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