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The President/Mr. Kissinger
ca 12:00 m., July 26, 1971
- 6 -
P:
No, I didn't, Henry -- in LIFE -- no, I didn't.
K:
Yeah, he puts in all this business about comparing
It says
Kissinger found many similarities between the Chinese Premier and
the President. Chou spoke softly like Nixon; he did not nitpick, a
diplomatic device that Nixon scorns too. Chou expounded his idea on
with fervor but it never overwhelmed realism. Nixon
does the same, and so on and so forth. Chou did not have to use a
note in 20 hours of conversation. That's the way Nixon talks.
P:
Well, you got your points made very well, didn't you?
K:
The man in Peking and the man in Washington are infinitely
far apart on issues and goals but in a curious way they will not meet
as strangers. In fact, he got everything in -- about the caligraphy,
he got that in.
P:
Well, anyway, you have now tried your Paris channel and
that's good.
K:
Well, I think, Mr. President.
P:
And, incidentally, we are not going to be eager, but they do
want a public visit before the other visit.
K:
Yeah.
P:
That's definite, isn't it?
K:
That is definite.
P:
Well, October is fine.
K:
And I think we needed, Mr. President, SO that we can work out
the agenda SO that you are not caught any surprise, and this guy in Paris
P:
That gives us two
K:
is a hell of a nice guy, but he has absolutely no authority.
P:
Well, just like Dobrynin -- he's got no authority. Not one damn
bit. None of these guys have, and SO that's all there is to it. So what
did you pass on to him -- anything this time?
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