THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HUANG CHEN, CHIEF OF PRC LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-462-4-5-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 30, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PR' T' "I.i -
S BJ T: The President's Meeting with
Ambassador Huang Chen, Chief of PR
Liaison Office in Washington
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 30', 1973
9:15 a. m. -- 9:30 a. in.
The President ,
Awl*ssador Huang Chen
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The PresLd t greeted Ambassador Huang Chen. The Ambassador
said he wanted to thank the President or the friendly reception.. He
brought with him best wishes from Mr, and Mrs. Mao, and Mr, and
Chou n-lai. The President thacl him, and said he wanted
the Ambassador to convey his personal massages to Chairman Mao
and to Premier Chou En-lai.
Dr. Kissinger had had sensitive talks with the Chairman and the Premier,
the President noted, especially as the Bresshnev talks might affect
third parties. Dr. Kissinger had told Huang Chen we were prepared to reach
an understanding about consultations. Hiss tements reflected U. 5, policy.
If the Premier and Cha.irma. Mao approved, we were prepared to make
a more formal understanding on these points.
Our commitment td,better relations with the PRC was made, the President
stressed. People who know the President well, knew that his commitment,
when made, *58 :.solid. Good relations -'with the People's Republic of
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China wereja t self-interest of the United States. Our self-interest
required an independent and strong Cana. It was a cer ierstone of
U. S. policy to see that action was taken for the strength of China. A
meeting was corning up with Bre.zhnev; the important thing was that
there would be eight days of conversations. But nothing would be agreed
to that in .y way would be dot r;r ,e ctal t9 they Peo o's Republic of
Ohl .a. 'The !Pre .a ent had taike o: . fssing r and instructed him
to keep the Ambassador fully informe4.
The other point the President wished to make to the Ambassador
c ned the Southeast Asian a itaa t the Vietzaan peace agreement
removed a major irritant in ouir'``reatioite. But the"e was one "outstanding
problem, that is Cambodia. He could not emphasize too much the
importance of reaching a settlet'r pot in Cambodia similar to that Laos.
Now China played a very importaht "role. It would be '.. tragedy if we
allowed Cambodia to flare up and reopen the conflict all over Indochina.
The President wanted to emphasize that the United States was not committed
to any one man, But there could` ao"t be peace at the point of a gun - - on
either side. We wanted a settlement that let the warring elements live
together. Over a period of time the Cambodian people.coulddetermine
which is better for their future. The highest priority, the President
reiterated, was to work out some sort of peace agreement in Cambodia.
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