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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Memorandum of Conversation
SUBJECT: Secretary Kissinger's Visit to Peking: Counterpart Discussions on Exchanges and Claims/Assets (First Session)
PARTICIPANTS:
Lin Ping - Director, American and Oceanic Affairs Department
Tsien Ta-yung - Counselor, PRC Liaison Office in Washington
Cheng Chi-hung - Deputy Director, U.S. Section
Ni Yao-li - Staff Member, American and Oceanic Affairs Department
Chao Chia, Staff Member, American and Oceanic Affairs Department
Ambassador Philip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs
Oscar V. Armstrong, Director, EA/PRCM
John H. Holdridge, Deputy Chief, U.S. Liaison Office, Peking
Christine Vick, Secretary's Office
(The meeting was held in the Concert Hall of the People, 2:00-3:15 p.m.)
| Lin: | Have you had a good rest? |
| Habib: | Yes. We had a very nice lunch. Your hospitality is overwhelming. |
| Lin: | We are very glad to have this opportunity of having a talk with Mr. Habib, Mr. Holdridge and other gentlemen on bilateral specific questions between our two sides. Present here today, I think, are friends who were here last year except for Mr. Habib and the Miss. First I would like to extend to you my welcome. Though Mr. Habib wasn't here last year for the discussions on bilateral matters, I believe Mr. Habib is quite aware of the practice in this regard. |
| Habib: | Yes. Since I had not met with Mr. Lin, my deputy, Mr. Hummel, informed me fully of the previous conversations. We are all looking forward to this opportunity to discuss a few specifics with you. As the Secretary, Dr. Kissinger, said this morning, there are matters which interest us and we are pleased to discuss them with you, and we look upon |
S:CVick
(Dating Office and Officer)
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