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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Her
September 20, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT'S FILE
FROM:
GEORGE T. BELL
GoB
SUBJECT:
Meeting with Ronald G. S. Au,
President, U. S. Jaycees
September 20, 1971, 12:15 p.m.
Ronald Au, a successful attorney of Chinese descent
from Honolulu, is the first non-white ever to be
elected President of the Jaycees.
During the meeting, Au spoke of his forthcoming trip
to keynote the Taiwan Jaycees' National Convention,
during which he expects to have an audience with the
Vice President of China and, possibly, Chiang Kai-shek.
He stated he was a strong supporter of Taiwan, but
also agreed totally with the President's Red China
initiatives. The President spoke at some length stat-
ing this was the beginning of what would be a long
process entered into by both sides on a completely
realistic and pragmatic basis. Neither side under-
estimated the differences between the countries, but
the President felt that it would be much better over
the next 15 years to be talking about these differences
rather than fighting about them. The President expressed
his admiration for the creativity and industriousness
of the Chinese people as he had observed them during
his many trips to the East in Hong Kong, Singapore,
Taiwan, Manila and elsewhere. He touched upon his
two-China policy and that Taiwan would be fully supported
by the United States to remain in the United Nations.
Mr. Au again expressed his concurrence with his point of
view, a position he is frequently required to take
publicly during his Jaycee appearances. He mentioned to
the President that he would like to be in Governor Reagan's
party going to Taiwan on October 7. The President indicated
this would be a good idea and directed me to follow up
with Governor Reagan's office indicating he would be
pleased if such arrangements could be made.
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