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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nJack Valenti\n10/15/71 9:05 a. m.\nV: Henry, two things, one very frivilous. One of the reasons why I\nlove you is that you and I have the same instincts, and same yearnings\nK: You are a great fellow, but you don't have my naivete to talk to\nMaxine Cheshire.\nV: That's one of the things I learned in three years there. Give her\none of your Kissinger quips, but don't say a god-damned word.\nK: I wrote the story for her!\nV: I always tell people, look, this is a single man and an attractive\nman, and if I were in his shoes I would be doing the same thing only may\nbe a little worse.\nHenry, know you are going to Peking. During the Venice Film\nFestival someone from Peking accosted my man there and said there\nwould be some interest in having me come there. I am willing to take\nsome movie stars and all that and go to Peking if they will take Ameri-\ncan film. I just wanted you to know that they have broached this to us.\nI would do it if there was any chance of their being interested in Amer-\nican films.\nK: Well, I11 tell you. I have a number of individual requests like this.\nThere won't be a formla opportunity to raise it. I don't know about this\ntime the last time I was there, there were no strictly social occasions.\nBut if there is one this time I will mention it.\nV: You know, film is something above and beyond the normal thing --\nit is a common link between people. If there is an interest, I would put\nsomething together. I don't want to do it as a PR trip unless they want to\ntalk about American films.\nK: If there is any opportunity at all\nI have a file of a few key\nthings like this. At a minimum I will ask Chou into what channels we\nshould put such requests.\nV: Good. Mine is not SO much a request as a follow-on.\nK: Could you give me the name and the circumstances under which\nthis was raised?\nV: Sure. I11 bring a little memorandum over by hand to your office today.\nK: Good, look in on your bleeding friend.\nV: I'11 have it brought over. I tell you what compassion I feel for you."
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