MEETING WITH BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 1 AUGUST 1977

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August 3, 1977
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Approved For 'ease fR0 2N/?A?L: 5f R .B001001#0300110026-4 NI No. 1930-77 3 August 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with Board of Directors of the Associated Press, 1 August 1977 PLACE: Katherine Graham's Residence, 2920 R Street, N.W. 1. After getting DCI's approval, I went to meet with the Board of Directors of the Associated Press. They are going to China at the end of August for a few weeks visit at the invitation of the New China News Agency. Keith Ful- ler, head of AP, was the leading spokesman for the group. Mr. Bacardi, a publisher, was present as was Katherine Graham and several other Board members and their wives. 2. I gave the group a batch of background material, all unclassified, which included a book on China and America published by the Council on Foreign Relations this year, our own CIA Atlas, Nagel's Guide Book, numerous biographies, up- dated charts of Chinese Communist organizations and a compila- tion of published Chinese statements on various matters. I pointed out that I would not deal with Sino-US relations or major foreign policy issues. I suggested they raise these with Mr. Oksenberg of the NSC. I concentrated on recent internal political developments, the Teng and Hua rivalry, the economy, the status of education, and recent events of historical significance. (I have detailed notes on the points I made.) The group asked many questions and the session lasted three hours. I interspersed numerous com- ments on the Chinese line they would get and how I thought it could be handled. I also made suggestions on how to get beyond the propaganda line. INTERNAL USE ONLY Approved For Release 2004/12/22 : CIA-RDP83B00100R000300110026-4 Approved For .se 299k ?ALC DDp~Y00100R,300110026-4 3. I told Mrs. Graham I would send her some copies of NCNA studies and a profile on Chinese women. The group was having dinner with Henry and Nancy Kissinger that night and was going to see Oksenberg the next day. They said they were not going to see anyone from State. I did inform State Department of this briefing. State knew nothing about it and appreciated my effort to keep them informed. 4. I have a sense that the meeting was satisfactory from their point of view. I extended Admiral Turner's invitation and they thanked me but did not make any commit- ments. I requested them not to quote me and consider the briefing a deep backgrounder. Ja es i ey National ntelligence Offi er for China Distribution: Orig. - File 1 - DCI 1 - DDCI 1 - ER 1 - D/DCI/NI 1 - Asst. to DCI/PA 1 - UDI 1 - NIO/CH 1 - NIO/RI Approved For Release 20 *T LC PDP 00100R000300110026-4 Approved For Release 2004/12/22 : CIA-RDP83B00100R000300110026-4 NEW YORK TIMES '(u?1 l~vtiln~,~ 2:. AngusL 1977 A.P. OFFICIALS WILL BEGINV -"~?"` ' 2-WEEK CHINA TOUR AUG. 30 A delegation of Associated Press execu- tives and directors will make a two-week visit to China beginning Aug. 30. Keith Fuller, A.P. president and general manager, said the visit was being made in support of the continuing effort by the news agency to establish a bureau in Peking. The host organization for the trip is Hsinhua, the Chinese press agency, with which the A.P. established an agree- ment in 1972 to exchange news and i photos. The participants are: Mr. Fuller, Jack Tarver, publisher of The Atlanta Constitu- tion & Journal and A.P. publisher and chairinan; David R. Bradley, p president, St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press & Gazette; Frank Batten, chairman of the board, Landmark Communications, Norfolk, Va.; Stanton R. Cook, chairman and publisher, Chicago Tribune; Katharine Graham, chairman of the board, The Washington Post Company; William H. Cowles 3d, publisher and president, The Spokesman- Review, Spokane, Wash.; Robert L. Tay- lor, chairman, The Evening & Sunday Bul- letin, Philadelphia; J. M. McClelland Jr., president and publisher The Daily News, Longview, Wash.; Daniel H. Ridder, editor and publisher, Long Beach (Calif.) Inde- pendent, Press Telegram; Arthand ur pub- president lisher, Sulzberger, chairman, lisher, The New York Times; Robert M. White 2d, editor and publisher, Mexico (Mo.) Ledger, and Louis D. Boccardi, A.P. vice president and executive editor.. A.P. correspondents have been admitted to China for special-coverage assignments several times since the visit of the United States table tennis team in 1971, but the news cooperative has had no permanent full-time correspondent there since Dec. 25, 1949. In addition to Peking, the group will visit Mongolia, and Shanghai and Canton and adjacent areas before leaving China Sept. 14. Approved For Release 2004/12/22 : CIA-RDP83B00100R000300110026-4