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MEMORANDUM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Rh MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION

PARTICIPANTS:

Ch'iao Kuan-hua, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Wang Hai-jung, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Lin Ping, Director, Department of American and Oceanic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

T'ang Wen-sheng, Deputy Director, Department of American and Oceanic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Notetaker

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Donald Rumsfeld, Assistant to the President

Amb. George Bush, Chief, USLO Peking

Winston Lord, Director, Policy Planning Staff

Philip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Lora D. Simkus, Notetaker

PLACE:

Meeting Room

Villa 18, Guest House, Peking

DATE AND TIME:

Thursday, November 28, 1974

9:45 - 11:15 p.m.

SUBJECT:

Drafting of Communique of Visit

You are outnumbered tonight.

But we have 800 million.

But if they are not here, you are outnumbered.

This morning I told you about our basic thinking. And our thinking is to try our best to avoid superfluous words and to inquire and to put main things in the most prominent place. Of course, our assessment of these talks is they have been very beneficial. This wide range of exchange of views has been very good. That is one thing. And, of course, the important substantial part of what you will want to say is that both sides have decided that your President will visit China.

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