FOLLOWING IS SECRETARY KISSINGER'S REPORT TO YOU ON HIS LAST TWO MEETINGS WITH CHOU EN-LAI

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• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-462-9-13-5
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 13, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
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November 13, 1973
THE PRESIDENT
BRENT SCOWCROFT
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Following is Secretary KissingerIs report to you on his last two
meetings with Chou En-tai.
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My visit to China ended positively with two constructive sessions with
Chou, agreement on a joint communique, and a warm exchange of toasts
at the return banquet that we hosted. Message on communique follows
shortly,
Our two hour forty minute meeting in the afternoon covered a variety of
topics, with considerable attention to bilateral questions. I rehearsed
for the Prime Minister our rationale for the agreement on preventing
nuclear war, drawing on your June letter to him and upon your use of
the agreement during the Middle East alert; I believe their private under-
standing has increased. Chou was critical of Allende's rashness and
Che Guevara's advertu,rism and, in response to my comments, in effect
acknowledged China will not cause trouble in Latin America. At his
own initiative Chou indicated that he would not attend the United Nations
session next fall. He a aiax raised e
re, re courageous than Kenned and suggesting we would have an oppor-
tunity n w o increase the defense budget. , Chou indicated that he would
;zontinue to educate European leaders on the strategic situation,. beginning
with Heath when he comes here.
On bilateral matters, Chou said that they would welcome permanent
press representatives in Peking but that we have to solve the problem
of sending their journalists to Washington caused by the presence of
Taiwan correspondents. We had a lengthy discussion of U.S. -C
trade-and made major progress on the principal outstanding issue
U. S.. claims and blocked assets; they are patient.on MFN.
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After dinner we completed negotiations on the communique and Chou
and I held a three hour restricted session on the strategic international
situation.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/12/14: LOC-HAK-462-9-13-5