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 SECRET /NODIS

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Memorandum of Conversation

PARTICIPANTS:

Lin Ping - Director, American and Oceanic Affairs Department

Tsien Ta-yung - Counselor, PRC Liaison Office in Washington

Cheng Chi-hung - Deputy Director, U.S. Section

Ni Yao-li - Staff Member, American and Oceanic Affairs Department

Chao Chia, Staff Member, American and Oceanic Affairs Department

Ambassador Philip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs

William H. Gleysteen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, EA

Oscar V. Armstrong, Director, EA/PRCM

(Note: The secretary who took verbatim notes mislaid her steno pad after returning to Washington. This record is based on Armstrong's notes.)

Lin led off by commenting on the exchanges. He said these had proceeded very well on the whole in 1974, and he asked Habib to convey the Chinese side's appreciation for the reception given to Chinese delegations. Eight American groups will have visited China in 1974, the foreign affairs group will be carried over into 1975, and the U.S. side did not send the track and field team. The Chinese sent seven groups to the U.S., and two from the 1974 list (the arts troupe and the CCPIT) would take place in 1975. (He did not mention that the Chinese municipal officials, on the 1974 list, did not come.)

Lin then outlined the number of groups the CSC and NC would send or receive in 1975. His explanation was rather confusing, but it added up to the initial Chinese response to the proposals of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSC) and the National Committee for US-China Relations (NC). (For CSC, 5 to China, 7 to the U.S. For NC, 3 to China, 2 to the U.S.)

(Drafting Office and Officer)