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

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• Publication Date: August 3, 1977
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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.
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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
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NEW YORK TIMES
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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.
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