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Message from Premier Chou En Lai to President Nixon
May 29, 1971
"Premier Chou En Lai sincerely thanks His Excellency President
Yahya Khan for most rapidly transmitting the three messages from President
Nixon.
"Premier Chou En Lai has seriously studied President Nixon's
messages of April 29, May 17th and May 22nd, 1971, and has reported with
much pleasure to Chairman Mao Tse Tung that President Nixon is prepared
to accept his suggestion to visit Peking for direct conversations with the
leaders of the Peoples Republic of China. Chairman Mao Tse Tung has
indicated that he welcomes President Nixon's visit and looks forward to
that occasion when the may have direct conversations with His Excellency
the President, in which each side would be free to raise the principal issue
of concern to it. It goes without saying that the first question to be settled
is the crucial issue between China and the United States which is the question
of the concrete way of the withdrawal of all the U. S. Armed Forces from
Taiwan and Taiwan Straits area.
"Premier Chou En Lai welcomes Dr. Kissinger to China as the
U. S. representative who will come in advance for a preliminary secret
meeting with high level Chinese officials to prepare and make necessary
arrangements for President Nixon's visit to Peking.
"Premier Chou En Lai suggests that it would be preferable for
Dr. Kissinger to set a date between June 15 and 20th for his arrival in China,
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