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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 3, folder \"National Gallery Dinner and Preview\nof Chinese Exhibit, Washington, December 10, 1974\" of the Frances K. Pullen Papers at the\nGerald 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. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 3 of the Frances K. Pullen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nDECEMBER 10, 1974\nNATIONAL GALLERY OF ART DINNER IN HONOR OF THE OPENING OF THE\nARCHEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS ASKED ME TO EXPRESS, ON HIS BEHALF, A\nWARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE\nOFFICIAL DELEGATION FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA\nLED BY\nMR. LEÉO YONG JOW THAT HAS COME FOR THE OPENING, WE VIEW THIS\nEXHIBITION AS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF THE GROWING TIES OF FRIENDSHIP\nBETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES.\n-2-\nAs YOU MAY KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING\nCHINA TOGETHER IN 1972. DURING THAT TRIP WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF\nTOURING THE FORMER PALACE MUSEUM AND SEEING SOME OF THE OBJECTS\nTHAT ARE A PART OF THIS EXHIBITION. I PARTICULARLY REMEMBER THE\nMAGNIFICENT JADE SUIT AND THE FLYING HORSE WHICH WE WILL SEE LATER\nTHIS EVENING, // INCIDENTALLY, WHILE IN CHINA I ALSO HAD THE RARE\nOPPORTUNITY OF VISITING THE CHING TOMBS SOUTH OF SHENYONG.\n-3-\nBoTH MY HUSBAND AND I CAME AWAY FROM CHINA WITH A DEEP APPRECIATION\nFOR THE SKILL AND CREATIVE TALENTS OF ITS PEOPLE.\nTHE PRESIDENT FEELS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-AMERICAN\nFRIENDSHIP AND THE PROMOTION OF NORMALIZED RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR\nTWO COUNTRIES ARE CARDINAL ELEMENTS OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY,\nI KNOW THAT IT IS IN THIS SPIRIT THAT HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO\nHIS VISIT TO CHINA NEXT YEAR,\n//\n-4-\nTHE FACT THAT THIS OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL\nFINDS FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL BE SEEN BY THOUSANDS\nOF AMERICANS IN THE COMING THREE MONTHS IS A REFLECTION OF THE\nDEEPENING CONTACT BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES. THUS, IN INTERNATIONAL\nAFFAIRS AS IN DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT, AS CHAIRMAN MAO HAS SAID,\n\"THE PAST CAN SERVE THE PRESENT,\n-5-\nON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WISH TO THANK THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT\nOF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THEIR GENEROSITY IN SHARING\nTHESE TREASURES WITH THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY, I CONSIDER IT A\nGREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THE PREVIEW THIS EVENING AND\nHAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT VIEWING THE EXHIBITION SINCE I FIRST\nLEARNED OF IT, AGAIN, LET ME EXPRESS MY GREAT GRATITUTE TO THE\nPEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA.\nTHANK YOU,\nDECEMBER 10, 1974\nNATIONAL GALLERY OF ART DINNER IN HONOR OF THE OPENING OF THE\nARCHEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS ASKED ME TO EXPRESS, ON HIS BEHALF, A\nWARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE\nOFFICIAL DELEGATION FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA LED BY -\nMR. LEÉO YONG-JOW THAT HAS COME FOR THE OPENING. WE VIEW THIS\nEXHIBITION AS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF THE GROWING TIES OF FRIENDSHIP\nBETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES,\n-2-\nAs YOU MAY KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING\nCHINA TOGETHER IN 1972. DURING THAT TRIP WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF\nTOURING THE FORMER PALACE MUSEUM AND SEEING SOME OF THE OBJECTS\nTHAT ARE A PART OF THIS EXHIBITION. I PARTICULARLY REMEMBER THE\nMAGNIFICENT JADE SUIT AND THE FLYING HORSE WHICH WE WILL SEE LATER\nTHIS EVENING. INCIDENTALLY, WHILE IN CHINA I ALSO HAD THE RARE\nOPPORTUNITY OF VISITING THE CHING TOMBS SOUTH OF SHENYONG,\n-3-\nBOTH MY HUSBAND AND I CAME AWAY FROM CHINA WITH A DEEP APPRECIATION\nFOR THE SKILL AND CREATIVE TALENTS OF ITS PEOPLE.\nTHE PRESIDENT FEELS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-AMERICAN\nFRIENDSHIP AND THE PROMOTION OF NORMALIZED RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR\nTWO COUNTRIES ARE CARDINAL ELEMENTS OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY.\nI KNOW THAT IT IS IN THIS SPIRIT THAT HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO\nHIS VISIT TO CHINA NEXT YEAR.\n-4-\nTHE FACT THAT THIS OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL\nFINDS FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL BE SEEN BY THOUSANDS\nOF AMERICANS IN THE COMING THREE MONTHS IS A REFLECTION OF THE\nDEEPENING CONTACT BETWEEN OUR TWO PEOPLES. THUS, IN INTERNATIONAL\nAFFAIRS AS IN DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT, AS CHAIRMAN MAO HAS SAID,\nTHE PAST CAN SERVE THE PRESENT.\n-5-\nON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WISH TO THANK THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT\nOF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THEIR GENEROSITY IN SHARING\nTHESE TREASURES WITH THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY. I CONSIDER IT A\nGREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THE PREVIEW THIS EVENING AND\nHAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT VIEWING THE EXHIBITION SINCE I FIRST\nLEARNED OF IT, AGAIN, LET ME EXPRESS MY GREAT GRATITUTE TO THE\nPEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA.\nTHANK YOU."
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