INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERAL WALTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-460-8-18-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 28, 1971
• Content Type: MISC

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Instructions for General Walters
1. On September 29, General Walters should hand over the
With respect to the first paragraph of this message, he
attached oral message to the Chinese.
should make the following informal comment.
"The presence of advance personnel on this
trip is important to enable technical planning
to begin and to guarantee its responsiveness
to political objectives. "
General Wa iers should tl.ien tell the Chinese that he has
been informed that he will receive by October 1 information for the
Chinese concerning Foreign Minister Gromyko's conversation with
the President on September Z9. He will be prepared to pass this
information to the Chinese on October 2.
General Walters should also inform the Chinese that he
returned to Washington from September 24 to September 28 for
consultations with Dr. Kissinger.
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On October- 2, General Walters should give the Chinese the
"The talks between the President and Foreign Minister
Gromyko covered the following subjects: general US-
Soviet relations, SALT, Berlin and other European
issues, the Middle East, and South Asia. Foreign
Minister Gromyko invited Dr. Kissinger to tea on
September 30 during which some of the same ground
was covered.
"Dr. Kissinger will be prepared to give Prime Minister
Chou En-lai a full rundown of these discussions.
''The only item that requires immediate attention by
the Chinese side is that Foreign Minister Gromyko
conveyed a formal invitation from the Soviet leaders
to President Nixon to visit the Soviet Union. The
United States Government will keep the Government
of the People's Republic of China informed about its
reaction to this invitation. As previously affirmed to
the Chinese side, the United States will under no circum-
stances agree to a Presidential visit to the Soviet Union
that would take place before the President's visit to the
People's Republic of China. "
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1.. As agreed by the Chinese side the U. S. will release the
announcement of Dr. Kissinger's return visit at the White House on
October 5, 1000 Washington time. There will be no press conference
but a few technical background questions will have to be answered.
It would be very desirable to have the Chinese views about the com-
position of the American group by then. The transcript of the back-
ground press briefing will be transmitted to the Chinese side
immediately after the briefing is given.
2. While detailed arrangements and agenda can be left until
Dr. Kissinger's arrival, it is important for the Chinese side to
understand that the effectiveness of the discussions depends on their
`being conducted along the lines Dr. Kissinger explained to Ambassador
Huang on September 13: restricted meetings conducted by Dr. Kissinger
and one aide on the U. S. side; broader meetings for more general
expositions and subsidiary political issues; and technical discussions.
The composition of the Chinese group for each meeting is of course
entirely up to the Chinese side.
3. As for the discussions during President Nixon's visit to
China, the President fully stands behind the announcement of July 15
as well as the conversations between Premier Chou En-lai and
Dr. Kissing er. This was reaffirmed in the U. S. oral note presented
July 19; in President Nixon's press conference of August 4; and in
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President Nixon's answer to a question at the Economic Club of
Detroit on September 23: "What I am trying to do is open a dialogue
and move towards more normal relations. " Dr. Kissinger on
September 13 indicated to Ambassador Huang that the agenda of
his July,meeting with Prime Minister Chou En-lai could serve as
the basic agenda for President Nixon's visit as well. Prime Minister
Chou En-lai will remember that Dr. Kissinger was explicit about
,what was and what was not possible, and in what time frame. The
President affirms these understandings once again. At the same time,
certain subsidiary measures are desirable, not as a substitute for
the n>.;n a,gr,-ida but to contribute to a climate in which the principal
objectives can be realized. This is not a diversion, but rather con-
stitutes an attempt to facilitate the progress in Chinese-U.S. relations
which many have an interest in preventing. For its part, the U. S.
side stresses that the improvement of Chinese-U. S. relations is a
cardinal element of President Nixon's foreign policy which will, be
carried out energetically and in good faith. Progress requires a
degree of mutual confidence.
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