HEREWITH THE LATEST SCENARIO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-460-8-11-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 9, 1971
• Content Type: LETTER

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2011/01/03: LOC-HAK-460-8-11-0
4P 1P
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9 August 1971
Dear Al:
Herewith the latest scenario. Immediately upon receipt of your
letter and verbal notes I called Mr. WEI and he offered 1530 for
a meeting. I accepted. Immediately after that I called Mr. LIEU
and arranged to postpone next Monday's meeting until 1 1 :00 a. m..
(I did not mention the day over the phone -- only the hour. )
At 1530 I went (on foot) to the CPR Embassy. I was received at the
gate by WEI and TSAO and escorted into the living room. The
Ambassador arrived almost immediately. I said I had received
this morning two verbal notes for them. First I read them in French
and WEI translated for the Ambassador. Then I dictated them in
English to TSAO who wrote them down in English.
The Ambassador said that he would transmit them at once by swift
safe means to Peking.
Re the appointment with Dr. Kissinger, he would have to get Peking's
views and would let me know.
Jasmine tea, lichee nuts and for the first time dried apricots. Further
discussion of languages. Ambassador said Chinese were teaching
Mandarin (Kuo Yti) in all schools as linguistic quarrels and difficulties
had been an obstacle to unity for two millenia. Short language lesson for
me -- when I went to China I would learn easily, etc.
Near the end, the Ambassador said that he would see Dr. Kissinger on
Monday at 0900. If there was any-difficulty about this, Mr. WEI would
call me beforehand.
I said I knew how busy the Ambassador was and was grateful for his
seeing me so promptly. He said that my visits were in the interests
of both our countries and therefore he was always glad to see me. I
said that I did not wish to delay them and after one more cup of tea
(the 4th) and two more lichee nuts, I was escorted to the door by all
three.
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Again I felt the reluctance to let me go. It seemed to me that for
them to talk to an American was like talking to someone from
another planet. (I feel a little bit that way about them myself).
Meeting could not have been more cordial. It lasted 35 minutes.
Faithfully,
TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE
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. WALTERS
General, USA
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