PORTRAYAL OF CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH TO CHINESE PEOPLE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100070017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: July 6, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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TEil NO: 1 DATE: JULY 6, 1974
OBJECT: PORTRAYAL OF CHOU EN-LAI'S HEALTH TO CHINESE PEOPL
PEOPLE'S DAILY OF JULY 6 CARRIES A FRONTPAGE PHOTO OF
REi1IER CHOU FLANKED BY SENATOR AN-D MRS. JACKSON; THE SAME
ICTURE IS IN TH#f'JULY 6 WASHINGTON POST. CHOU IS O STANDING
NSPECIFIED ILLNESS. THE NEWS PICTURE, WHICH CONTAINED NO HINT
F THE HOSPITAL SETTING, SEEMS DESIGNED TO REASSURE THE POPULACE
AT CHOU'S ILLNESS IS NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM FROM
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ND IS DRESSED IN HIS NORMAL FASHION. HE LOOKS RELATIVELY FIT.
THE CHINESE PEOPLE WERE TOLD YESTERDAY THAT THE JACKSON
EETING TOOK PLACE IN A HOSPITAL. THEY SHAVE BEEN AWARE THAT
HOU HAS SHARPLY REDUCED HIS CEREMONIAL DUTIES BECAUSE OF AN
REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED
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