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1. AT FINNISH NATIONA~ DAY·RECEPTION DE~EMBER 6, BELGIAN AMBASSADOR GROOTHAERT TOLD HOLDRIDGE THAT OURI~G DISCUSSIONS WITH BANK OF ~~INA OFFICIALS EARLI~R ON SAME DAY THEY HAD EXPRESSED SATISF~CTlON WITH STATUS OF US•PRC NEGOTIATIONS ON CLAIMS AND ASSETS ISSUE ANb HAD ALSO SPOKEN OPTIMlSTICA~LV ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RESO~Vt THE ISSUE FAIRLY SOON. SUBJECT HAD COME UP AS RESUI.~ OF POLITE REMARKS 8V GROOTHAERT TO CHINEsg TO EfFECT HE ASSUMED THEY HAD SEEN BUSY LATELY WIT~ MATTERS SUCH AS THIS. HE HAO ·eEEN SEEKING APPOINTMENT WITH 8ANK OF C~INA Fb~ SOME TIME IN OROER TO DISCUSS WINDING UP ACTIVITIES OF BANQ_UE BELGE IN SHMJGHAI-•.- OISCUSSIO NS . , WHICH GROOTHAERT SAYS W!RE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDEO AT THI$ MEETING AND HAO O~LY JUST BEEN GRANTED AN AP~OINTMENT.- 2. COMMENT1 WE FlNO IT RAJHER PUZZLING THAT BANK OF CHINA OFFICIALS SHOULD COMMENT ON CLAIMS ANO ASSETS ISSUE AT ALL, MUCH LESS IN SUCH PPTIMISTIC TERMS~ JN V.tEW OF FACT THAT AS PAR ' ~S .WE H~VE BEEN AWARE FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS BEEN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING THIS ISSUE. IT IS NOT I~POSS!~LE, HOWEVER, THAT ·· PRC GOVERNMENT AGENC V OR AGENCIES CO.NC.ERNED WITH F INA NC l A.L M~ TTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN KEP INFORMED. IF OS, NEGOTIATING TACTICS USED BY · ~ ·. .•
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1. PEKING DIPLOMATIC CORPS HAS R~CENTLY BEEN ·sPECULATING ABO.UT QUICK · FI VE•DAY TRl P TO PAR IS WHICH FRENCH AM6ASSAOOR · · MANACfH MADE RECENTLY 1 · WITH. HOST SPEC ULATIQ~ FOCU~ING ON . POSSIBIJ.ITY THAT CAt'1600IA ·WAS SUSJEC;. OF ~RIP . DUE TO FACT THAT MAN .A C 'H . . HAO LUNCH WITH 'SIHANOUI< ON OAY. BeFORE OEPARTURE. AT FINNISH N.A TI ONAL. OA Y RECEPTION DECEM BER. - ~, MANAC 'H CONF l RME O TO HO LDRIDGE THUS HIS PURPOSE IN ' RETURNING TO PARIS HAD, 1N FACT, BEEN TO DISCUSS ·CAMBO DIAN SITUATION• AND THAT AS A RE.SUL T ·or :THIS VISIT FRE NCH PRESIOENT GISCA~D OtESTAING HAS · sENT OR WI~L BE SENDING LETTER TO PRESIDENT FO~ O PROPO~ING THAT· THI& ~UESTIO~ BE A SU6~ECT FO R DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO AT UPCO MI NG MARTINIQUE METTING, MAN AC'" INDICATED THAT FRENCH· ARE ·QUITE DISTURBED OVER TREND OF DEVEL•
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SUMMARY. AT A OlNNE~ UISCUSS!ON DEC tc, SENATOR MANSFIE~O AND CHIAO KUAN ~H U~ OlSCUSSEO WEST EUROPEAN MILlTA~Y ~TriENGTli, THE RESU~T~ OF THE VLADIYOSVOK MEETING, CHINE~E NU CLEAR POSTURE AND VIEWS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS , CONTINUITY IN CHIN~SE PO~ICY, THE FORTHCOMING NPC, KOREAN AND SINO~us RELATIONS. CHIAO WAS C LEAR~Y !NTER~RTEO IN C~~ R IFVtNG SENATOR MANSFIELD'S POSii!ON ON US TtHIOIJ ~~!iHOFI~\WAL.S FROM IH-:ST ~:\HWPt:: AND LAID CO~GIOERABL~ EMPHlSIS ON THE NECESSITY FOA PREPAREDN~SS AGAI~ST COMVENT!ONAL MILITARY ATTACK, CHIAO INDICATED THAT THE PO~IClES SET BV CHAIRMAN MAO WOULD , 8 E C 0 ~~ T I Nl.l t 0 B Y 0 T HER S A~ i E R Hr: li AD ? J\ S S ED F R0 M ni E • ~Cf!~f~ SPEAKt"llG r:.sr: THE ~~f.IC, CHIAO ~liFcP!HS!NGl..Y SiATC::O 1 YH~T THIS CONGAESS WOULO "El.ECT A Nt:N Pf?ES!OENT' • ChiAO'S COMMENTS ON SINO~US RELATIONS WERE ALONG ST~NOARO LINES, EMPHASIZING TH4T PURTHER MOVE~ IN N0 Fe MA 1- I Z A T 1 0 N I N R E \.. A T ! l1 N b \Al F. H £::: lJ P T 0 T 11 f. ll S , aU T THAT CHINA WAS PATIENT AND WI~LIN~ TO WAITo ENO SUMMARY.
1- ON DEC t~, 197~, FOREIGN MINIST~R CHIAO ~UAN •HUA "HOSTED ~ UINNER FOR SENATOR AND MRS. MIKE MANSFIE~D. AL~O PfiE.S~NT ON 7Hf. CHINf.&E ~·IO!! WE~F. AM6ASSA(}0R HUMlG CHEN, C~!f"A DEPUTY ()I~ECiOR CHOU CrUU .. YEH, AND
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~i ~AGE U2 PEKING 023~2 01 OF ~2 I 7~n I Z :.~. ~ CP!FA O~PUTY SECRETARY GENERA~ KANG TAI·SH~. DEPUTY 4 CHIEF HOLU~!OGE ~AS ~RESENT FUR USLO. FO~LOWING TOPICS Of INTEREST TO DEPARTMeNT HERE DXHCUSSED;
- 2. US FORCES IN EUROPE. CHI~O S~GAN av OEC~AR!NG THAT THE PRC Bf.LieVED IT WAS lMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO ' MAINTAIN THE DEFENSIV~ STREN~TH OF WESTERN EUHOpE, BUT ALSO TO INC~EASE THIS STR~NGTH , HE ASK~O FOR THE SENAiORIS V!F.wS,
SENATOR MANSFIELD SAID HE THO~OOGHLY AGREED, AND STATED TH~T HE REGAHOfO THE NATO T~EATV AS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE US F~R~!GN POLICY . HE HAD FELT THIS ~AY FOk YEAR~, AND WA~ AN ADVOC~TE OF TH~ WE COUNTRIES! CONTR!BUTlNG MO~E TQ NATO ,
CHI~O REFERRED TO SENATOR M~NSFIELD'S PROPOSAL F6R A REDUCTION !N US THOOP STRENGTH IN EUROPE ANO ~SKEci !F THE SENATOR ST1LL SUPPORTEU SUCH A REDUCTION .
SENATOR MANSFIE~O CONFIRMED THAT HtS PnslTION ON REOUCT!ONS WAS'UNCH~NGED. HOWEVfR, WHAT ~A S NOT GENERALLY UNOERSTOGO WAS THAT THIS PRQP~SAL ·WOULD ACTUALLY MEAN AN INCREASE IN US MILITARY STRENGTH IN EUROPE. BY ~EUUC!NG BY HALF THE PHESENT US FORCE LEVEL IN WE ' OVER A PERIOO OF TIME AND By CUTTING OUT THE 225,~0~ f DEPENDENT~ OF US MILITA~V PERSONN~L IN EUROPE, TH~ US FORCES WOULD BE MADE LEAN~H, TOUGHER, Lf.SS E~~~NSIVE, AND HORE ~FFECTIVE7 THIS WOULO ADO UP TO AN ACTUA~ INCREASE lN MILITARY STRENGTH. '
SENATOR MANSFIE~D REFE~REO TO THE ROMAN TROOPS STATIONED A~ONG THE RHINE , NOTING THAT IT WAS ONLY AFTER THESE TROOPS WERE AL~OWEO TO HAVE DEPENOENTS THAT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS HAD DIMINISHED. IN HIS PLAN, ALL DEPENDENTS HOULO BE SENT HOMf, AND THE US FOKCES WOULD SERVE 12"MONTHS TOURS OF UUTV. THROUGH THE "REFORG~R" PROGRAM, SOI-IE'i'HING LIKE THIS \~AS AL.REA.OV f>EING DONE , · A\...THOUGrl IT WAS RATHER EXPENSIVE , . 3. SENATOR M~NSFIELO EM?HASIZEO AT SEVERA~ POINTS IN 1 t NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SECRET ..
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4. VLADIVOSTOK. CHIAO BRoUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED lT VLADIVOSTOk ON ESTAB~!SHING Cf:ILI NGS ON lJS A~lO uSS'i NUCLI~AR II!EhPOli~, REHARKING THAT SEVEHAL SENATORS HAD EXPWEG~ao CHITICISH OF THlS AGREEMENT, WHAT ~AS SENATOH MANSPIELD~S OPINION? SENATOR MANSFIELD SAID THAT PRESIDENT FORO FELT THE ~GRcEMENT WAS A GQOO ONE ANQ SECREiARV KISSINGER FfLT TH~ SAME . PR~Sinf~T PORD HAD PROVIDED THE DETAI~S OF THE AGREEMENT AND HlS I NTERPR ETATIO N OF IT !N A BRIEFING. FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL LEAOERSMIP~ IN AOD !TION TO THe PRESIDE NT 'S AND SECRETARY KISSINGERtS VIEWS, S!CRETARY ~F DEFENSE SCH~ES!NG~R AND THE JO!NT n .. CHIEFS OF STAFF WERE ALSO IN ACCORO. SECRETARY K!SS !NGER .a HAO SA!U THAT HE HAD HOPED FOH A LO~ER CEILING, BUT -1 THAT tT WA S NOT ?CSSieLE TO G~T THf. SOVIETS TO GO , ALONG. CHIAO HONOfRED WHETHEH SECRETARY KISSINGER . I -·.~ tl HAD WITHHlLO ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE u; VLAO!VOSTUK AGREEMENT FROM THE PRC WHEN IN PEKING. SENATOR MANSFIELD SAID HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT I SECRETAHY KISSING~R WAS BRIEFING THE PRC fULLY, AND I THAT T H ! S ~~ AS A MAT T EH 0 F P0 L I Cy , B0 T H T H I 5 T I NC:. AN 0 0 T ri ER TJ t1 ES •
5. CHINESE NUCLEAR STRATEGY. CHIA~ AND SENATOR M~NSFIELO ENG~GED IN A DISCU SSION OF THE CURRENT STRATEGICAL AND TACTICAL SITUATION , WITH THE SENATOR · OBSERVING THAT THE US ANO THE US5N ALREAOV POSSESSED ENOUGH NUCL~AR STMENGTH TO DESTROY EAC H OTHER MANY I •I ! NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT T~~~~tHORIZATI
TIMES OVEH. HE ~XPRESS~O T~E OPTNlON THAT THE PRC SHOULD OEVE~OP ITS OWN NUCLEAH CAPAO!LITV. ·CHIAO SAID THAT, UNDER PRESE~T CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT GOOD WOULD IT 00 FOR CHINA TO HAVE LARGE KUM!ERS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS? SENATOR MANSFIELD MENTIONED THAT CHINA POSSESSED MHBM'S, IRBMlS, AND SOME ICBM'~' TO WHICH CHIAO RESPO NOEO BY SAYING THE SENATOR WA NOT ENTIRELY CO~REC T ·-CHINA HAO NUT VET T~STEO ANV ICtiM 1 S, CHIAO ACKNO~LED3,, HO~EVER, THAT CHXNA H60 "A fEW" MISSILES WHICH THE PRC WOULD USE TO S~OOT AT THE S0 V! ET LJ N I 0 N " I r THEY SH 0 ·r 50 N~ AT ll S • '' t MR S • MAN SF ! El- 0 NOTED AT THIS POINT THAT CHINA HAU A D~TERRENT.) BUSH
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S E e R E 1 SECTION 2 OF 2 PEKING 23~2 I N00IS/CHEROKE5 6, SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS, SENATOR MANSFIEtD SAIO I THAT THE CHINESE NOW APPEARED TO BELIEVE THAT THE ) MAIN SOVIET THREAT WA S NO LONGER AGAINST ~H!N~ BUT I AGAINST WESTERN EUROPe. CHIAO AGREED THAT IT WAS, l . HE WANTED TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT CONTRARY TO i IN THE PRESS, CHINA WAS NOT HOPING l SOM~ ~LL.EGATIONS ' FOR "A SOVIET ATTACK AGAINST HE . THE FORCES IN EUROPE WERE ON THE DEFENSIVE, tiUT SO WERE THE CHINESE FORCES; OTHERWISE WHY WOULD THE CHINESE BE DIGGING AJR RAID SHELTERS? CH!AO 08SE~VED THAT !F THE SOVIETS WERE TO ATTACK CHlNA WITH NUCLE~~ WEAPONS , THE CHINESE WCULO WAIT NOT JUST A ORIEF WHI~E BUT A LONG TIME BEFORE RESPONDING. THIS WOULD OE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THE WORLD TO SEE CLEARLY WHO WAS THE AGRESSOR, 7. CONVENTIONAL WAR PNEPAAEUNESS. ·CHIAO ASKED SENATOR MANSFIELD'S OPINION A~OUT WHO WOULD 5E THE , FIRST TC USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE EVENT OF A WAR INVOLVING THE US AND THE USSR. SENATOR MANSFIELD ASSERTED THAT THE US WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST, CHIAO THEN SAID THAT THIS WAS PRECISELY tliS PO!NT-~!i WOULD 6E POSSIBLE TO HAVE A WAR WITHOUT THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE DAMAGE EACH S!OE COULD INFLICT ON TriE OTH~R •• THIS WAS wHY THE CHINESE ST~ESSED THE NEED FoR INC~EAalNG THE CONVENTIONA~ fO o MILITARY STHENGTH OF THE WE NAT IONS~ HE ~ti RElTERATEO THE PO!NT MADE SEV~RAL TIMER BEFORE ~ ~ A'60UT THE IM?ORT.ANCE OF MAINTAINING AND fURTHER t
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9, NPCc CHIAO ANQ SENATOR MANSFfELD SPOKE 6RIEF~y ABOUT A PORTION OF THE AfTERNOON CONVERSATION DEAL!NG WITH THE CONVENING OF TH~ P~C NATIONAL PEOPl.E 1 S CONGRESS. CHIAO NoT~O THAT THIS CONGRESS WOULO "ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT . " THiRE WAS ALSO A JOINT REFEHENCE TO THE NEW SITUATION IN THE US CONGRESS, IN WHICH SENATOR MANSFI~LO O~CLAREO THAT ' US POLICY TOWARU CHINA WOULD kEMAIN BIPARTISAN IN SUPPO RT OF THE PRESENT LXNE .
1e. KOR~A, CHIAO SAID HE WANTED TO TALK A80UT KOR~A, IT SEEI~£:0 TO H!M THE W1 \ll,e.S OPErH\TING UNDER THE FALSE ASSUMPTION IN STATIONING TROOPS THERE THAT CHINA WAS GOING TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK. THE SAME THING WAS TRUE ABOUT INDOCHINA. SENATOR MANSFIELD STATED IN R~S?ONS~ THAT THERE ONCE HAO ~EEN SUCH AN
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1 P~G~ C3 PF-KING 02302 ~2 OF 02 170ij21Z 1 .:~ ASSUMPTION, BUT THIS WAS NO LUNG~R THE CASE. ! I I 11. US • PRC RELATIONS. CHIAO TURNED TO THE QUESTION OF NORHALIZING US •PRC RELATIONS. IF THE US WANTED t TO MOVE TMIS PROCESS FOHWA~O MORE QUICKLY, THE CHINESE PEOPLE ~OUD ,\PPROVE 1 ON THE OHlEr~ I-lAND ~ HOWEVER, TI'EV 1-l ER F.. 0 I'H) T I N A ~i U l-t R y 11 ( C H I A. 0 I'< f. P E A TED TtU S 1.. AT T f. R COMHENT StVERAL TIMES). IT WAS UP TO THE US TO TAKE THE NECES~ARY STEPS~ CHIAO SAIO HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LOGIC OF EVENTS WhiCH WERE REQUIRED av THE US SYSTEM, BUT !F THE US WA~TED TO WAIT, THAT WAS ALL RIGHT. ~HE CHINESE PEOPL~ WERE ALSO WILLING TO WAIT. THEY HAD WAITED 25 YEARS FOR THE PRESENT US•PRC RE~AT!ONSHIP TO DEVELOP (HE MENTIONEU THIS SEVERAL T!MES), A.NO COU~O WAIT ANOTH~R R5· V~ARS, IT W~S A~~ UP TO THE us. Of COURSE, CHIAO ADDED, AS SECRETARY KISSINGER HAU SAID, lN POLITICS, AS WE~L AS IN OIPLOHACy, ONE SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE APPROACH. AFTfH NORMALIZATION, THERE COULD 8E MORE COOPERATION B~TwE~N CriiNA AND THE U5. CHIAO COMMENTED THAT US TRADE WlTH TAIWAN WAS GREATER THAN US TRADE W!TH THE PRC . THE CHlNFSE HAD NOT ICED THIS . fACT, BUT OlON'T MIND.
12. IN CONCLUSION , CHIAO OEC~ARED THAT WHAT HE HAD JUST STATED WOULD BE ·SAID ONLY lN PHt VATE ~ND NOT IN PUBLIC. oUSH
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E.o. 1165~: r.os TAGS~ PFOR PINT UR CH US sua J E c T , s ~ N r.. T on "' ANsF 1 r.: l. n t s o I !' c u!-1 ~ ! rr N oF ~lfl RL. 0 j I 5 SU-ES WI f H 'I I C E P R E:: MIt:~ T t:: N G ~IS I A0 ... P l NG SUMH~AY. ON OFF.-C 12, v.ICE PReMtEP TeNG H8IAO~PlNG J HOSTED A ~UNCH .ON IN HONOk OF SENATOR ~ND MRS~ MANSFte~n AT THE ~REAT HALL OF TH~ PEOPLE. DURING THE LUNCH~ON. SENATOR MANSFIELD AND THE VICE PRE MlER OISCUSS~O AS3IGTANCE TO DtVELU~ING COUNTRIES, SQUTHEAST ASIA A~O AP M ~ LIMITATION AGR~~MENT WEACHEO AT VI_AOIVO~'iiJi(• 1'Hc loiAilONAI.. Pf.OPLE.'~ C:ONC~t-:ss ANO US PRESENCE !N THE INDIAN CJCf.AN \•JERi:: t\LOS TOUCHED . U?ON. TENG n!SPLAY~D G~E~T C~UTtON CONCERNING CHINAfS ROLE AS A L€AOE H OF T H~ THI~O WURLD ANn POT~HTIAL AID OOMOn, HAS DI~AP?~OVIN~ BUT NOT CONTENTIOUS ABOUT THE US ROLE lN SOUTHE•SY ASlA1 AhD HANIFESTtO TYPlCNL CHINE~E SKE PT ICISM AAOUT THE ~ESULTS OF THE VLADIVOSTOK M~ETING. ENO SyMMlRY,
1. VICE PR~M!~~ TENG H5IAO~PING, ACCOMPANIED BY ' V I r. E F 0 I'< E I£; N M! N 1 S T E R WANti H A I ... J ll N G , C P ! t-• A V I C E O!llECT£.l~ CH UIJ CH!U•#'fEH, fo!FA. A('1~ ~-tfCAN AN~J OCEAJf!M~ dfPART~ENT OE?U TY DIRECTOR TAMG WENwSA~NG, CP!FA O£PiJfY SEC!'\t: TAP.Y C7E ~~~HA I. i\."NG TA! .. St'.,\, ~NU CPIFI\ SrAff l"t:MUER CHt-:t iG WAN •CHt::N, HO&Tt:l' A I.IJNC·Ht:.O:'Il F'O~ SENA 'fOR lN~ H~S. MANSFIELU ON O~C 121 1974, AT ~HE GREAT $kCREf khtl..-5/!'llt>t
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HALL OF THE PEOPL~. IN AUDITION TO THE SENATOR ANO MRS. MANSFI~LO, M~S. JAN~ K. ~NGELHA~U AND DC AND "RS. HOLORIOG~ WERE PR~~ENT ON THE AMERICAN SIOE 1
2, ASSI~TANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES . AFTER THE OPENING PLEASAN TRIES , SENATon MA~SFIE~O PA!SEO THE QUESTIO~ OF OIL , WITH THE F UU X •I" n LP I N r. rt 1£ A~ t: I N TN E P RI CE .0 F 0 I L , . S 0 HE 0 f' THE C0 UN TR I ES Of THE THIRU ~O~LU WE~E AHLE NEITHER TO RUV THE O~L THEY NEEDiO NOR TO hUILO REFINER!E~ AND WERE IN VE~Y OIFFIIULT CIACUMSTANCES. GEN~ H~IAO"PIN~ AGREEO ABOUT THE: OIFF'ICUL. TIES CAUSf;:n t1Y THt:: Oll. SITUATION, A~tn SAIO THAT "SOME ~O~K HAD TO BE D O N~ . ~ S~NATOR MANSFIELD THEN OECLAH~O THAT CHINA, AS THE LEAO~Q OF THE THIRD HORLO, COULD ASSUHE ~OME RE3P~NSlaiLITV . T~NG OISCLAIHEO ANY ROLE FoR· CHINA AS LEADEh UF THE JHIRO WORLD, SAYING THAT, ~ittlt.F.. CHtNA WM5 A ME!·IE~ ER OF THE. THIRD WORLD AND SUPPORTED ITS ~OSITION, IT WAS NOT THE LEADER. SENATCR MANSFIELD NOTEO THAT 31NCE ·CHINA WAS TH~ ~IGG~ST THIHD WUR~n COUNTRY AND · HISTORICALLY H~O MADE ~PEECH~S SUPPORTING IT, CHINA HAO TU 8E CONSIUEHEN THE LEAOtR nF THE THIRD WO~LD . AS- IN T_ti E CASt: OF THF. Us, .WHICH NciTHt.rl ~1.4NTEO NO~ PARTICUL ARLY APPRtCIAT~U THE APPELLATION OF "SUPE~ · POWER" BUT ACCEPT~O THtS STATUS FUR WHAT IT WAS , CHINA AL.SO HAO TO ACCEPT ITS ~TATU5 AS LF.ADER OF THE THif 3. THE MATTER CAME U~ OF ASSISTANCE TO THE THIRO wo ~ Lo co u N nn E s H 1 T a 'f r H F. oI L. s r Tu AT I oN , · wI r H s EN AT oR ' MANSFIELD R~MARKING THAT THE US COULO HELP TO SOME EX TENT t:W T COUL 0 NOT A$ SUME Th~ Flll.L t:iURDEN, TENG RECALLEO THAT THE US HAD GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO MANY . THI~D WORLD COUNTRIES, TO WHICH SENATOR MANSFIELD RE.SPONOeO Ell' AGREt".:!NG THAT THt: U:) liAtl INDF..EO GIVEN , PL 48~ AND OTHEk FORMS OF AID; HOWEVEk, THIS HAb USEO 1 UP AMERICAN RESOURCES AND LEFT THE COUNTRY IN STRAITENEO ECONO MIC CIRCUMSTANCES, TENG COMMENTED THAT THE CHINESt • FOq~ HAO LEARNED FHOM THE US ASOUT TH~ EXPEN&E OF ECONO~IC ...Sl:CRET <:.. j I I . ! I . l - NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY - •• '1\ .. I ·. Department of State -8F.C~El' ~230~ 01 OF ~J t804~sz: ASS I~ T AN C t: • 11 0 0 N I T CALL 0 N U ~ , '' HE SA 't 0 • ~. 4. ~OUTHEA~T ASIA. SENATOR ~ANSFlELD ASKED WHAT ·- Tt-:NG iHDIJGHT AEiOIJT .AMf.I'(ICAN Ti' Sf~CRET ,.·. ' ! l NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ' Department of State 5. T~NG SAIO IN RFSPONS~ THAT THER~ WERE OTHER INSTANCES IN MI~T~RY IN ~HICH NQN•WARLIKE PEOPLE HAD BE:EN TIHHH::O INTO GU OO FIGt'li~r-1~ AS A ~ESlJL T OF' OPPRESSIONs FO~ EXAMPL~, THEkE WAS A SAYING IN CHINA THAT ~HE PEOPLE OF K!ANG5~ COULD NOT HE RELIED UPON· TO FtG~T~ ANO FACT THE WAHLORUS ~AO AVOIDED USING KIAN~SI MfN ·tN THE ARMitS. HOWEVER, ~H~N CHAIHMAN MAO · ESTAO~ISHtO THE CH!N~KANGbHAN REVO LUTIONARY BASE IN KIANGSl, MOST OF THE Rl:.VOLUTIQNAHV SOl.DIEf~S WEREQ REC~UITeO FRnM THAT PROVINC~ AND TH~V FOUGHT VERV WE~~. AS OF THE PRESENT TIME A ~AJORITV OF THE TOP LEADERS OF THE PLA WEHE FHOM kiANGSl. BUSH ( .. ' -8ECRET NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY . . COPY_~- OF -.1 COPIES Departnzent of S~ate: y; PJ rG.,~ n ~n -IECRET Nooe51 . tf}.~ 14\AJVl 00 ~ .tJ:·i';tiN NOQS ... ~~ ~ ·... ' Nf'O u CT •c:\1 /001 W --"•••• ...... ~ 094374 ~:(: :-~ 17 "900Z Ot::t -4 ~f.-.·~·.,· ..~'-· ·~. ~ ~11 _USl. O PEl< I · • I i ....J".D ....s£.c.c; T -!1 T F.: · ·1 A!Hmt '"'C'991 il " . . r~~ ~llii:£·;;;1-"'R~:£-"'1 .: . ClfiON 9. OF 3 PEKING 2J0.8 I 1 (?~: ~~ N:·· :~: 0 MEN;IONEO ~S A CA5E IN POINT THE 1 . S 1 #I J AT I 0 t'l I N V H:. Tt• AM , ~-~ HER to: THE V I E 'f N AHE 3 E P E 0 P L E 1 " o NO T s~EN KNVWN HISTORICALLY .As Pt~HTERS, eur q ~AD NO~ BEEN CARRYING ON A WAH FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. 1 THE C~l~E5E REVOLUTIO HARV STRUGGLE, IN CONTRAST, ..: .~.A D ~LY . t,.4STE0 FOR '-2 YEARS. Sr:r.io\TOR r~1\.NSt='IEt.O ~ EXPRESSED SOME DOUBTS ABOUT THE ALLEGED VIETNAMESE , LACK OF MARTIAL Q~ALITIES, NOTING THAT THE CHINESE ~ ••~r. "" ,.. •• 'l£ v E S 1i AD UN 0 E R G0 NE S0 HE F. X.P ER I EN CE 3 0 F' F I GH T t NG ~ · ~lTH TH€ VIETNAMESE . THAT HAO BEEN A fiG HT RY . li_ ".. Nf.H8EWS OF A FAMILY, TENG SI\ID, TO WHICH SE~I\TOR ;~ • .t:._,.i5.lf~£L-OiRf~DNDtD £ .~ EMARKING THAT FAMILY FIGHTS l~; .-.1$tif,.~-Xl.~£S ~E·-~'*--GG•:IO UNt::S, A 8kiEF DISCUSSION l · · :· ·: ~- -;~D ..JBOU,..·.::lf~ ~·.c Ht.NG SIST~R GEN~RALS"...... ~ · ~ 1fti . ·_.- .. ~ .. ~£rf.)I~·~:;5.'T:S.-):..·. Hs. · HAD HAD l.EU THE VIETNAMESE...... iA:B:*~ . ~J;~l"!N£.T .•.:I'Jd:.·.;¢#j. •\',:: 5 E...... 1.. ~ -:: ; . ·. ~ - .... 'J-~. - , NG "if HE FIGHTING IN CAI ... !· o .. . .YJ .tt.D.IYDST OK AND lHSARH.AHENT • 'I'ENG THEN BROUGHT ·.. _-~ .. :. ~.,; .· . ... . • . . -SSCHET l .. ·~. .~· ... NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATlpN OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ~- '-:-,-- . _Departme12t of State 6t::CftE1' UP REPORTS IN THE US PRESS INUICATING THAT AMERICAN OPINION WAS n!VIDEO ON THE OUTCUME OF THE VLADIVOSTOK SUMMIT. ~MAT W~S SENATOR MANSFIELD•• OPINION UF THIS AGRcEr,t:NT? 10. · S~NATOR MANSFIELD INDICATED THAT HE IN GENERAL · WAS IN FAVOR OF T~E AGREEMENT F~nM ~HAT HE KNEW ABOUT IT BeCAU~E IT PUT A ~1MIT DN EACH SIDE'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS. DR!GIN~LLY It HAO SEEN AN ORAL AGREEMENT, BUT A WEEK LATER WHEN IT WAS FOLLOWED UP IN WPITING 1 PRESIDENT FURO HAU BRIEFED TH~ CONGHESSIONAL LEAO~RSHIP AND HAO ALSO . PRESENTEO IT To THE AME~ICAN PEOPLE IN A PHESS CONFEHENCE. LIKE SENATOH . JACKSON, HE, · SENATOR MANSFIELD, WOULD HAVE PREFERR~O A LOWER LIMIT, AUT AT LEAST THE~~ WAS NO~ TH~ POSSIBILITY OF WO~KING FOR L.OWC.R LHI!TS \..ATE~ ots.. St.NATO~ MANSFIEL.D ASKED TENG wHAT HF.. PERSONAI.L Y n!OUGHT A80UT. THE AGREEHENT • TENG REPLIED THAT IT O!I)NtT HAVE A-NY Rt:LEVANCE TO "CHINA, TO WHICH SENATOH MANSFIELD 08SERVEO THAT SUCH WASN'T NECEs·s AR !l~ V THE ASC: • TENrt I'H;:~JT ON TO SA·y THAT, IN ANY EVENT, WHIL~ OPINION I~ THE US WAS DIVIDED ABOUT IT, THE REACTION IN THE SOVIET UNION HAO 8EEN ENTIRELY ONE OF JUU!LATION. TENG RECALLED THE SIGNING. OF' THt:: PARTIAL. T~ST BAN TI~E'ATV IN MOSCOW IN 1953, W~EN HE HIMSELF HAD AL~O aEEN IN MOSCOW, FU~LOW!NG WHICH Tk~RE ~AO 6EEN A BIG EXPANSION IN T~E USSRtS NUCLEAR WEA~ONS PROGRAM, THE SAME THING HAD QCCUHRED FOLLOWXN~ THE MAY 1972 AGR E. EM E.NT 5 • . 11. SENATOR MANSFIELD AGREEO THAT THE SOVIET 0NION WAS ENGAGED IN A GAME OF "CATCHwUP" WITH THE US, AND THAT THERE NE~E AREAS IN THE VLADIVOSTOK AGREE• MENT ~UCH AS THE COMPARATIV~ THROW-HEIGHT OF US ANO SOVIET HISSILES, WHICH MIGHT CAUSE CONCERN. BUT ALL OF THIS ~ AS MEANING LESS WHEN ~~CH S!O~ PtiSSESSEO THE CAPAAILITY OF DESTRO~IN~ MANKING 15 TIMES OVER, AND WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT THE SOVIETS WO ULD PROB ABLY HAVE I ' GONE WELL. BEVONO THf:: LIM!l'S l-J HIC~ HAO . 8€EN 1\G RF.EO ijPON IN V~AOIYOSTOK. AND, AS HE HAD ME NTIONED f .F E4RLIEH, fH~q NOW WAS A CH~NCE TO WORK FOH LOWER SEC~iT . 1 I NOT .:ro BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY . I . . ..- ~----~--~--~------~~~--~------~--~··~,;I . -· Depar.tmP.1.1t of State. ~~~ ~~~ l\ nn --~.fAt'£ 1 i;E!.b.~ii\?~~ ~I 0230.8 02 0 ::.UJ t801!S0l . LIMITS lATER ON. 12. IN TH~ COURSE OF THIS PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION, SENATU~ MAN~FIELD SEVERAL TIMES ~TREASfO THAT HE WAS SIJt·U: SECF\F.T A.~V K IS~ ~-N.-G-i:.P +fA O ~f.l If. FED THE . C H IN~ S E F U l LV 0 N THE V L A,.. ;tl~ .. ,.. i'l. r, R E.~ N EN T , A N0 THAT THE S T AF F' 0 f T 1-' E P R C L. l t -·_. ... ~... , ~ :C E .IN \'lA ~ H I N GT d N Ht..O SE..EN S XN ILARLY !Nf-'OR ··,. ,·~'> . ALSO STRE:SSED THAT IF THE AGkE~HENT NAS SUB M~i .. TO THE SENATE IN T~EATy •P lCATION"~ANO THE FORM UF A I FOR HA HE ~SSUMEU IT WOULD BE AS PAHT OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROC~SSES~IT WOULD r BE sUeJECTEO TO THE CLOSEST SCRUTINY AND WOULD NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNLEss· PA~St::D BY A TWO-TI-fi!"OS VOTE . 13. TENG MENTIONED THAT CHINA DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IF A. ~'lA~ WEt 0 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT Tl:iE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY '\''"' I'. I COPY- ---- OF ~ COPIES I I Depa rtnzent of State. ~~c~-~~~ n npi- -SEGREr N00053 ~-- ~ .\Jb1Jw ~EKING 023~8 ~3 OF 03 18~2~2Z . 00 ACTION NO\JS .. ~0 I~FO ocr-~n 10~1 w R 170900Z nEe 74 FM US\..0 PF.KtNG TO sEC5TATE ~ASHOC 2992 S E C ~ E T SECTION 3 OF 3 PEKING 23~6 NOD IS/CHEROKEE 14~ ~NOIAN OCEAN . SENATOR MANSFIELD ASK~O TENG WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PNESENCE OF US NAVAL FORCES IN THE INDIAN OCEA N. TENG PASUF.O A MOMENT, ANO THEN CIT~O CHINAIS POLICY TOWARD INDIA: SINCE TH E . . SOVIET UNION WAS ALREADY tN INDIA, IT WOULD BE SETTER TO HAVE THE US ~RESENT THAN TO HAVE THE SOVIET UNION THERE ALONE, SENATOR MANSF! ~L D' s RESPO~SC: r;AS •fTHANKS • '' 15. NPC:·. SE.t-4~TOH 1'\A.NSF'IELO REFERRED . TO PRESS REPORTs · THAT THE CHINESE NAT i0l'!AL PEOP'I.€ t S Cl)N!.iRI:':$5 WOI..ILO 6E HE~.O SOOI'I. COUI.D TENG SAY· ANYTHI NG A~OUT THE DAT~ WHEN THIS CONGRESS WOULD E:IE .H F.: l.O? rt:l'-IG AfFIPMEO THAT THE 4TH NATIONAL. PECPLt: 1 S CONGRESS \li AS 6EING O~GANil£0, .AS TO THE: OATE, THIS WOU~D UEP~~O UN THE STATE OF THE ~REPARATIONS. 16. S~NATbR MANSFIELD RECAI.LEO THAT THE ANNIVERSAHV OF THE BI ~ TH OF SUN YAT•SEN HAD TAKEN PLACE THE PRECEDING MONTH, AND THEN A ~ KEO ABOUT THE HEALTH OF MAUhME SUN YAT"SEN. TENG REPLI ED THA T MADAME SUN .WAS NOW IN HER BeJ,IS AND RATHER WEAK, ANO ' SO DIDN'T GO OUT MUCH. HO\olt;VC.k 1 ·bHt. WAS J.N (.IUlTE GOOD HFALTH FOR A PERSON OF HER AGE . 17. FOLLOWING THE FORMAL TOASTS, THE CONVERSATION CLOSED , WITH INFOH ~A L REMAR KS BY SE ~ ATOR MANS FIELO THA NKING TE NG FOR THE TIME HE HAD GIVEH THE SEN ATOn AND kiS PARTY AND FU R TENtS FRlNK EXP RE ~5ION OF VIEWS . EVE N If TAE US AND CHI NE SE POSITIONS WE~E DIFFERENT, IT WAS USE.FUL TO l..EARN. OF THE NATURE OF THE -&cGRt:.T I NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETA~Y ;I' &'!'lEU : OifFEHENCts. THI~ WOULU HElP THE FUHTHEH OEVELOPMENT Uf US·P~C R€LAT!ON5. MH~. EHGELHARO ALSO ~POKE, SAVING THAT AS THE ONLY A~EHICAN PR~StNT WHO HAD ~E~N BORN I N CHtNA , ~HE COULD TESTIFY THAT ~HINA wAS ON TH~ Rl~HT CUURSE . THE CONTINUATION OF CHIN~tS O~VtLOPM~NT WOULD A~NtFIT THE CAUSE OF IMPROVl~G SINO•US ReLATIONS , SHE OECLAR~O. TENG TMANKEO SENATOR MANSFIELD ANn MHS . EN~ELhAnQ fnR TH~IH wORDS, AND SAID THAT HE , TOO, HAD LEARNE~ ~ROM SENATOR MANSFIE~O , BUSH ' ~ I l 1 NOT TO SE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY f co~Y_....._ I __ c:s:· 15 coP rr:;s .... Department of State .. - N00156 e2 A_CTION N'-l5 • 00 R 20~7 5! OEC: 7 4 ---·····-~-----~-~--- F M US ~J P eK XN G TO SESTATE WASHDC 30~6 CONTROL: 4643Q --S E · R i ?-PEKING 2326 RECD: D~C 20·,1974 NQQS E • ·• 11 6 52 :· G0 S T~Sl .CH US PFOR PROPS S'6JECTI POSSII:H.E PRC STIMULATION Or THE PRESS •Ef: STATE 277439 1. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT PRC OFFICIALS ARE U3ING THE ~RESS ~0 CO NV EY DISSATISFACTION CONCERNING PACE or NORMALIZATION OF USePR~ RELATIONS.· MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THOSE CASES M~NTIONED REFlEL IS JAFFE INTERVIEW WITH YU CrlAN REPORTED PEKING 2305. AS WE NOTED JAFFE WAS TCLO lN ADVANCE THAT THIS WOUI.O BE A VERY IMPORiANT INTERVIE W, AND MFA INFORM~TION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WENT OVER JAFFE'S TEXT WITH A FIN~ TOOTH COMS, TH~ FIN~L SESSION LASTING UNTIL 2:30 A.M. TEXT WAS THEN SENf TO HIGHER AUTHORITIES FOR F!NAL APPROVAL- ?O~SIB~V 6Y VU CHA N OR EVEN CHIAO KUAN-HUA. we ASSUME JAFFE. ART!CL~ HAS NOW BEEN FU8llSHEO ANO OEPA~TMENT ryAS 06TAINEO TEX-T • 1 2. IF, AS SEEMS LIKELY, . CHINESF ASSUMED THAT JA~FE W~~LD OISCLUSE SOURCE ANO CI~CUMSTA NCES TU USG~ THEN THIS 08VIOUSl.Y !S A CAREF ULLY PRE:PAREO MESSAGE. CHIN ESE ARE S~Y!NG THAT W~!LE SASIS OF OU~ RELATIONSHIP REMAINS SOUND AND, ON THE ~HOLE, RELATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SHANG HAI COMMUNIQUE, THEY EXPECTED MOR E FROM U. s . AS A RESULT OF THE U. S. O~CLARAT!CN 0~ TAIWAN CONTAINED IN THE CO M~UNlQU £. SLIGHT TOUGH!NlNG IN YU CHANrS TERMS I· I ..UCRE'f j<}-a_.,_.sf;£//o 1 t TO WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF 1 NOT BE REPRODUCED THE THE EX ECUTIV E SECREiARY ,. • ;:' _.I .... · _SECRET :. PAGE ~2 PEKING 02326 2~0753Z FOR FUL~ NORMALIZATION MAY ALSa ~E PEKING!S W~Y OF INDICATING lTS UNWILLI~GNESS To COMPROHIS~ ON fUNDAMENTAL ISSUES, AND CAN 8~ READ AS A MOVE TO STAKE OUT ITS BARGAINING POSITION. J. CHINESE STATEMENTS !PPEAR TO ~E TAKING ON ASPECT Or ORCHEST~ATEO CAMPAIGN. WE NOTE HONG ~ONGrs 13708 REPORTING LOCAL LEFTIST NE WSMEN ARE NOW SPREADIN~ THE LINE TH~T PRC . lS DISSATISFIED WITJ.( PACE OF NORMALIZ1\TION. JAFFE TOL.D US HERE THAT AT DINNER PARTY PRIOR TO HIS LEAVING FOR PEKING ?RCLO OEPUTV CHIEF HAN HSU HAD POUNO~D THE TABLE . WHEN DISCUSSI NG OPENING OF TWO ROC CONSULATES OF U.S~ WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE SIMILA~ STORIES APPEARING ELSEWHERE, OEPA~JMENT WILL R~CALL SPATE OF !NTELL!GENCE REPOR TS EARLIER THIS YEAR OESC~~BlNG PRC UFfiCIALS AS CONCERNED A60UT . i PRESSURE 6EING BROUGHT ON CHOU EN•LAI 6Y CHIANG CHING OVER US•PrtC RELATIONSHIP. USLO SPECULATED AT THE TIME THAT THESE RE?ORTS MIGhT 8E PART Or A COOR0IN4TEO EFFORT, PERHAPS 6Y CHOU HIMSELF, TO APPLY PRESSU~E ON US~ WHA T W~ A~E SEEING NOW !S SIMILAR, ALTHOUGH LESS SUBTLE CAMPAIGN, i ANO IT SE~MS TYPICALLY CHINES~··CONVEYING - DISP~EASURE INDIRECTL Y WHILE EXP~ESS!NG PATIENCE AND SEEMING UNCONCERN IN FACE TO FACE DISCUSSIONS WIT A~ERICAN OFFICIALS. BUSH • I ' • • SEertEf • • .. . ·": , NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY l ;. .,..._ . !'_ .. .. ·~- ' ~ ,;._ 1 CO Pl-. /' OF 15 COPIE S ~~L~-..1 l!-!;J--·d · r-~·\1 ~~~ :~~; CONTROL : 6031Q . -.•~~ ~2a~o~3~t~llz~o~~Tc~r wq------~------RE~c~o•:~2~7-nu~e~c-T.;4~------·: iFM USLO PEKING ~..:::.._jro SECSTATE WASHOC 3025 10:52PM> -r: ~...;1Bi :'-~ts-- E C R E 'f- P E KI NG 2 3 5 2 l NOD IS : _fE. O. '11652 : GOS ~8_:_~ T AGS: PfOR~ PINT, lJ R, CH, US ~ \' iSU6JECT : SENATOR MANSF'I EL O' S CONVERSAT I ONS :1_"'\.Jl ~-JREF: STATE 277531 ~~1. CHIAO KUAN-HUA ' S QUESTI!)N AS TO WHETHEH AN Y HlfORMAT I 6N ~:-··1CONCERNI NG THE VLAOIVOSTOl< /I.GREEMENT tiAO BEEN WITHHELD FROM ~; N HHE CHINESE OCCURRED DURJ NG COURSE or I'NFORMAl G IVE-~N D- tAKE ~:t,_!.r1B E T 1V CE N CH I A 0 A N0 S E NAT 0 R MA NS F I E l 0. Cli I A0 RA I SE 0 T HE P0 ( NT · ~ \! 0 RE J N P AS S I NG T H A ~ MA K I N:; A MA J 0 H I SS ll E 0 UT 0 F IT. P 0 S S I 8 L E THAT t . 1HE HA S T a Y I NG T 0 S 0 VI D0 U8 T S A9 0 UT T HE V L AD f V0 S T 0 K AG R E E M£ NT I 'f t _ }St:N,HOR MANSFI£Lo•s ~.ONO , PER1tAPS ·1~ HOPES OF AFFECT I NG ~ .·",.: -1 CO NG R E S S I 0 NA l AC T I ·:> N. I ~ T H I S HE S P E CT ,. tT WI l L B E RE CAl L ~ 0 . ~: H H 1\ T CH I A0 AS KE 0 MANS F' I El. 0 f 0 R L t\ T T ER • S 0 ~'l N V I E W 0 F 1 r~-:: .....-JAGREEMENT , AND ·"T THIS PARTICULAR SESSION· THE SENATOR YJJ\S NOT 1AS POSITIVE IN HIS SUPPORT lS HE WAS DURING L ATER CONVERSATION . iWITH TENG HSIAO ... f' I NG . . : 1 ' I l2 . REG i\ R0 I NG MANS F I E L 0- TE NG C0 NV ER S AT I 0 N, I T SC t MS L I Xt L Y. ~ ."JT:tAT TrlE SENATOR THOUGHT IT DESIRABLE TO CLEAR UP ANY ~ \'~MISCONCEPTiONS ~VHlCH MIGHT HAVE ARISEN IN HI S CONVCRSI1Tl\H~ WITH • .. - :..1CHlA0 OVER VLAOIVCISTO~~ AGHEEME.NT. HE WAS FIRM IN ENDORS I NG IT, tt,.... .jANO ALSO WAS QUITE EMPHATIC t .\4 EXPRESSING CONF"IO.ENCE TO CHINESE fHAT ti~ 1TH£V HAO BEEN FULLY BRIEFED ON AGi~EEMENT BOTH BY THE' SECRETA~Y ~ ,·liN PEKING AND AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS IN WASHI.NGT·:JN~ TENG HSIAO .. PI'N:i r;· ·1 0 I 0 N0 T ~ P T N0 T E.X PH E S S S AM E 0 0 1J B T S WH I Ctl WC RC Rtd SE 0 B Y CH I A0 . • , ~~. CONCERNING FULLNESS OF SCCHETARY•s BRI£FIUG, ~.LTHOUGH TENG '·-·"!CERTAINLY PRESSED CHINES£ PO I NT OF VIEW THAT SOVIETS BENEfiTTED MORE :jFROM THE AGREEMENT THAN DI D THE US. , BUSH . : J. 0 .\ j ;~'·--~1, ·1 --m!CRET ~.s/!tllol NOT TO SE REPRO DUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SEC RETAK -··=-!t'!!lloo...... -..~------~------·· u 1' ... . ;~~:tiftVt I , .. I'\ .," •"NT Op ~~~~ .1). I 1 ). Q.... -,~ :·s;~~-·4l1l9. ,, ·' ' ~~,. I ., H • ' rll, .1.".~ : • ..._ .. c.!-:."' ·'" 'fl/! "[. r ';"' .--j)... W :- ?' ·- ..... ~ I .... ('~.. "\ v t!if . '" I,; .rr-iru o'i -'" ;.) t·I P AGE. Cl PgKIN(t 0055 . DECLASSIFIED ,..,.,... : E.O. 12958 (as amended) SEC 3.3 0;~ MR# II>·H.l·llt~.7 I • ....' • Cl~ I l. IN NGOS·Q~ 4tt4 tUpt ..tutJ...t, s/t Uo ey tiM. NARA. Date #>/~~/,o INFO OCT "' 01· /\101 R <1J70:9 9 R 13n7~0Z JAN 75 CONTROL: 2095Q F ~~ US L 0 fJ eK ! NG RECD JAN 13, 1 TO SEC~TAl~ HASHDC 3~7 3:06 A.H. ~ Pi:KING 0055 NODI.J/CttEHOi 1. AFlE~ ~EAOING HARSH WORDS UN 60TH US AND 50VIE!S IN CHIAO ~ ~AN -MU A 1 5 TOAST DURIN~ BANOU~T FOR VISITING OUTC~ FOREIGN M!~!ST i VA ~O~ij~fO~L CREFTEL), ON JAN ~ I CONTACTED DUTCH AMbASSADOR i :- . ! VIX5f~0XSE TO ASK DUTCH !MPHE~SION UF CHIA0f5 RfMARK5 ~ND TO SE~ rr· i Ht Y F i~ l. T Till~ E IH: R E ANY I NiJ 'I c AT I UN 5 0 F P R 0 e L. a 11 ~ l N (J S ... ? R C It~~ \i, t~ 1~ : RELATIONShiP. VI~SEBOXSE REPl.iEo IMMEDIATELY THAT NCNE OF DUTCH G 1'- ··-' 11A0 .. '~-·J ATT4CMED PAHTICULAR SIGN!F!CA"C~ TO THESE WOAOS NUR DID THEY .,It. v• ~ Jlli ~E LI~VE ANY SPECIAL PkOdLEMS nA~ ARISEN IN US · PRC RtL~TICNS F~CM • t HH AT fHEY HAO HEARD FHOM C~IN;S~ SO FAR. HONE V E~, VIXSESOXSZ 5'!0 '-I ,.. H~ II nLIL.I.) l, E T 8 AC ;< T 0 Mf Ali A LN Ar-T f. R r1 r: RETURN E 0 T U ~ EK ! NG FR 0 M ' 4 • ~ • 1;' ., ~~CORTI~~ VANDEHSTO~L TO OTHE ~ PARTS OF CHINA, ! , ..._ I~ • ' . I 2. Y!XSEB OXSE CALLED ON ME JANUARY 10 TO FILL ME ~N ON WHAT CH I~E~E HtO SAID AHQUT RELATIUI~s WITH THE US. H~ ~O NFIR~E~ WHAT HE h ~ U ~\ l. K \::A !)V T 0 t. 0 Mt:: 1 N AM f.. t.. Yf T H A·r N f. t THE~ VAN 0 1:. R ~ T0 F. I. :~ CR H~A~ OF AbiAN DIVISION IN FOR~I~N ~ INIS TRY ~AD AT! ACHEO ANY S~E~ rr;:J- • . . ~ IPICANCE TO CHIAO'S BANQUET 10AST. ALL THOUGKT T~IS HAS JUST iWUl'!NE , ~!HILC: IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE lJUTCH i~N G 11.(, Hs HI u"p I N~ AI' H) cIii A0 1\ lJ AN .. Hu A " ( pAR T I cll t. i\ RL. v T HE F' ~ Ri1 ER ) HA P· ~ . v. 1 . ' - . ~ l ., _. 0 f ! NOT TO BE RE?ROOUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF T~ E EXECUTIVE SECRE l -.---~·------• • 'I ·t ., ·~. ' • " I ;.j -!~-,'.J ...... ;.. • !-!·... : • I '\I .,"l . f . lr !" . ~r • .... , Departtne:zt of State . "' . l ..-: ' PEKING 055 ..) ': TAKr:t·! A FA!f(LY i'IARC LIH€· AGJ\IIiST THC. 51JPERPUI·!ERS , r·r WAS EVIDINT THA T T~~ CHINES~ CAlT1CtSMS WERE OIAECTtO P~IMARILY AGAINST in£ uss" · 3. '!!XSt:::.il.IXSE WE.N-T ON TO SAY .li'ihT . AT MEETING 1-l!TH CHIAO KTJAt\ -I I ... o I •' I,...,~ . 4. VI~S~tiOX~E NOTED THAT TENG HsiAO-PING HAO MADE IT VERY ?~~IN I N TALK WITH VANOERbTOE~ THAT TH~ CHINESE LUU~EO UPON T H ~ S~V!ElS AS CHINA'S NAlM E~EMY. TENG SPOKE IN rAM!LIAR TE~HS 0~ SOV!~T FORC~ OF UNE ~ILLION MEN SE!NG CO~CENTRATEO ~LONG C HINES~ SUk~ERS HITH USSR, AO~ING, THOUGH, THAT T~ES~ FORC~S WERE ~OT SU ~E L~ AHMaD A~O T~AT MANY MORE T~DOPS WITH THE MO ST MODERN ) £GUiri"i::NT riE:~~E. CONCEP.JTR/'T~O hi.IAINST WfSiERN t~UROPi!.. HE SPOKE OF ~~CESjiTY FOH WE UNITY ANU IN~REASE IN ~IL!TARY STREN GTH . . ~- RE ~ 'RO IHG THE US, TENG SllO T~E AHEAICANS HAD "TOQ MU CH FLESH" .. :r.~., NEHE TOO FAT1 ~ LINE ~~ HAO TAKEN WITH US ~NIVERStTV ?i~cSIUENTS) ANO AS' ti. RESlJI.. T Wt:.RF.: ON Tt~E 0Er£NS !VE AliA I NST f.HE r··.£ "~EA~~R" SOVIETS . CHIAO, FOH Ais P~HT, HAD CRITIC ~ ZtO US FOR 1 ~ • ATTtli~T INCi TC USE !TS iULlTARY pOWt:R IN ASIA FOr< A CONS!OERA6L.E PER!O f . ~ .' 0 .. . ~' ~FTER WO RLD WAR II TO PREVENT A VACUUUM FROM FORMLNG• BUT l~ CONCLIJOEO il Y SA Yl NG THAT uS HAO FIN ALL V "Sf. E;N TH( L. I GH T, 11 [_...... l -.. 5. IN R~SP O N SE TO TENG'S AEMAKKs ON NEED FOR WE UNITY AND f STRf NG TH, VANERSTQE~ TOO~ SA~~ pOSITION AS THAT 0~ OAN!SH P~I~E 0 ' MI~:sT~R H~HTL!NG DUNING REtE~T TALKS WITH TENG: RIGH PR!C~ OF OIL ~· ERC~ED !CO~UM!C STRENGTH OF W~ NATIONS ~MO, HENCE; UNDERCUT · TH~:H MILITAWY STRENGTH . - 6. FURTHE~ ON SUBJECT OF OIL ~RICES, VIXSEBOXSE CUMME NT EO THAT CH!'C f - ~UAN - ~UA HAD RA!SE6 SUR~EcT IN ~AN 7. SESSI~N WI TH t.- VANOEHSTOtL . C H I~O HA0 V!~~ED - CoNSU~TATIONS AMONG CONSUMIN G NATIONS CN O!L PRIC~S AS CONTRARY TO rHrNCIPLE OF OIA~OGU~ ~ETWEEN PROCUCERS ~-.. ~ ~0 CUNSUM~kS AND AMOU~TING ACMoST TO CONFRO NTATIUN . VANDERSTOEL '...... H~O DEMURRED, SAYING THAT SIN~E-CONSUM!NG NATIONS . DlO NOT ..' ~ ~ NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SE ' ~ ' ' 1 ;-~ ...~ ··. 0~ .~).. zj: ~f .. "1~ .... 5 iX~- ~~7,~ Departme;zt of State r;;~~ r:; .~n I\ ,.: 1 1 .,_,~ ·-\ . ...,...... ,.t /:! t,w ·-~-· -t•._...... ,t\'. ... ·..;.;,-~V j [ .:'1--1~~ c~ ..- I - - ·------~' L .. PEKING 0055 ' 'loJ. I H£G~RO COt'i.3iJLTATIOliS AHOrH; PRllOI.fCINli NATIONS AS CU Nt"RON TATION, Tl.!~ ?:l~UUCc~S Si-iOULO THf.:AT CQI~Sitl.iATIONS At~ONG CONSU Mf:;R ::> !NTH~ St M ~ LIGHT. CHIAO HAO AG~~~O IMAT EC NATIONS WE~E FOLLOWING ~ ? ~OP~~ '0UR3~ IN ~URK!~G uui A COMMON POSITION UN OI~ P~IC~5, 5UT SAIU THAT IN WHAT~VER THEY DID THEY SHOULD BE ., .., ,' CA~E~ UL NUT TO CREAT~ A OIYER~ENCE WITH THE US . WLTM RESPECT TO ~ ' • I, T~ E :11 D0 L t: t A5 T ~ I T ll A,'r! 0 N I N (.;.f. N E ~ AL 1 VI XS F.l:i 0 XS E ~ i\ l 0 S U0 J E CT ' W~ S NOT QtALT WITH OI~ECT~Y E~CEPT IN CONTEXT OF ~ !L PRICES. I '"\' ! • 7. V!X SEaUXSE REMARKED BRIEfLY oN VIEWS EXPRESSED 6Y CHINESE ~EG ARD I NG S~VIET•INOIAN R~LAT~ONS: S~TU~TION WAS UNE IN WHICH 1 I. ·: ~ 0 ~~ £ S l P t: ;.:u·' 0 1'1 E k il ,\ 5 S U? P 0 R T I N G .. A L ~ S Sf. f~ P 0 wr:: f~ I N THE SU~CO ~ T!NtNT ~HLCH HAO AMdlTIUNs TO BECOME A GREAiEH ONE . ~ l • . - S. OU~!NG VANDE~STOEL CAL~ ON PREMIER CHOU E~-LAII CHOU . i REFE~ R ~O TO SECRETAqy KI~5ING~HtS BUSINESS WEEK INTER VIEW ANO SAID •l l '. r JOKINGLY THAT ON QUESTION 0~ ~SIN~ fOMCE, SECRETA~Y HAD "OVERSHOT Tfit: 1 ~:.Ht. . '' CHrt~u KUAN•HUt. HAO AU~O COMI1ENTED ON T~I~ ?ARTlCUL.AR " .,:, >" ~SP~C T Of S~CRftARY•S INTtRYI~W, NOtiNG THAT HE A~SUMED I' SEC HET A ~Y KISSI NG fR HIMSELF W15HED HE HAD NOT SAIU WHA T HE HAC . l SAID. NEITH~H CHOU NOR CHIAO hAo EXPRESSED ANY FEARS OVER ?CSSI6LE USE OF fOKCt 8Y US 1 HOHEVE~ . . . S. ~P~GPOS OF CHOU EN • LAI 1 HI~ APPEARANCE !MPHESS~D DUTCH V!SITOHS AS BE!NG ABOUT SAME ~S USUAL ALT HOUGH HE WAS PERHAPS SOMEWHAT THI N~ER . CHOU TO~D DUTcH THAT FOR L~ST ThO YEA RS I HE HAU BE~N SUFFERING AILMENT WHlCM COULD NOT BE ~OMP~ ETE~Y WAS BA U, . " . C URE~ ~YEN THOUGH HI~ OUT ~A RD A~PEAkANCE NOT ' . ttiS ~E N TAL VIGOR WAS UNIMPAIR~O AN D HE WAS FULLY UN TOP OF ALL SUOJECT5 WHICn rfiS ASSOCIAT~s·~AD DISCUS5f.O WITH VAN D~RSTCEL • I' .... ; 4 ., ' . .. ~ ' I"" I 12. IN MAKING FOREGOIN~ INfORMATION AVAtLDLE TO U?, VIXSESCXSE SAID ri~ WA S UNDER SPECI FIC INjTRUCTIONS FROM VANO t RSTO EL AND" HE!O UP ~biAN O!PARTMENT TO K~Ep US INFOR ME O NOT UNLY ON MAT TERS , ! ~VCLVIh G US·PRC RELATIONS, BUT ALSO ON MAJOR D~VtLO PM ENTS WITHIN EC AS hELL, ~ - • J .: ·. . ,• oUSii11. D!PARTMtNT. NAY WISH TO RE~EAT TO OTHER ~NTERE~TEO PART IE5 . NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PAGE 01 PEKING 00~53 141011~ CONTROL: 2378Q 1. I • I . RECD: 1:4 JAN 75 Ot!s 1 1 ACTION NOP5 .. 013 INFO OCT•01 /001 W . ,., : ' 1 , ' 1 f ~ f r • R 1409~0Z JAN 75 . I • . ,. .I FM USL.O Pi:.KING TO SECST~TE WASHOC 3085 I I I I''f '! I -&-E.; A E l-PEKING ~063 t I I II NOOISICHEHOKEE . I I . . f;I. E.O. 11652: GOS I , TAG5t PFOR, PlNT, CH I SUBJECT~ .C.HOU EN-L.AI COMMENT UN HIS HEAL.TH. j REF: PEKING 0055 j • SINCE lNF~MMATION PRO~lOEU BV VyX~EBO~E REGARDING CHOUtS. HEALTH IS OF INTEREST TO WIOE~ ANALYTICAL CO MMUNI!Y , REQUEST I' DEPARTMENT'S PERMISSION TO ocwNr,RADE THAT PORTION Of PARA 9 I, KON G· REFT E~ TO EXOlS FOR DISSEMINA!IoN TO T~!PEtr TOKY~ AND HONG 1• • 6USH · · I Jf I· .. I· .j I I I -~ 1 I 1 ,,,. , ~ I I ' .. . I I NOT TO BE ~EPROOUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORI~ATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETAI·. ·-= . .. - , ;;,;:· .. : t .• ,.~ "'· COPY I .CF 13 COPIES Departtnen~ of State sst1r~T rH)I 37 3 160!52QZ 'j CON'J'RUL: 2980Q · RECD: 15. JAN 75 ·11:36PH INFO I. ~47~78 ~ 14~Y0tiZ JAN )5 : FM US~O Pt~I~G TO srCSfAfE WAS~O~ ~~~ 7 j 4 e· e R C T PEKING ~~64 ~ ~ E.C. 1\b52 ~ ~OS TAGS: PFUR C~ US IN UR SIJ8JEC t. PAT MQYN IHAN'3 CALL ON PRC FOREIGN MINISTER i ~ Cl'H AO KUA.N • !11.JA i I L. ON JANUARY 13 I 100K PAT ~OV~!HAN TO CA~L QN PRC FORE~GN ~ t>ilN!5TI.iR C.:H t.\0 KUAN-HUA AT TH C. FOHEit:.N MINISTRY, CHIAO HAVING SET U? THIS APPOINTMENT !N LifU ~F ACCEPTING A LUNCHEON ~ J INVITAiiO~ :Yl'IICH I HAi.l EYli'~NlH:.I) TO HIM OR A~RANGING A MEET NG ~tTH A ~a~SOR OFFICIAL If HE ~AS BUSY. JOHN HO~DRIOGE f ACCO~ PlNI ED u~. ! N ~notTlON Tn CHIAO, ~N THE CHINESE SID ~ WERE 1 Cti.l.l..l CHI•!iUA AND TWO OF THE FCJf.EIG~I MINlSiRY'S CO~PS OF LAfiESt t Ot~E \Ut-10 It-.JTERPRETcO A."'O ONE IC:HO HAS !~TP.Ol.HJCEO AS THr. I NOlA DESK OFFICER. (lT IT UNU SUAL FOR CHI AO TO BE ACCOMPAN1E O ~ SY SUCH A LO :.:-Lt:V~t. G~OUP, ANU r<£:: SUS~E:CT THA.T MORE EXAULTEO I PERSO NALI TIES SUCH AS CH!AOIS WIF~· CHANG HANMCHIH'ANO NANC Y TANG , MAY BE INYOt.VED IN ~RiPA~ATIONS FOH A NATIONA~ PEUP~E•S I J C0 N GRES :) • ) C H I A11 VI A5 H 1 S U fi U AI. A F FA iJ L F: A. N D A RT I C U LA T E S ELF 1 ArW TH~ A1'1 JSPHER !CS OF THE MEt: T ING !<~ERE VERY GOOD, : \ 1 2. A Stld:;TANTIAL PART OF THt: MEETING C.ONSISTEO OF PLEASA.~ITf 3. ON ThE ~UESTION t:F lt"DlA, PAT SAlO H~ HAO HEARO FR0/11 SECRETA~V KlSSING~R 5l~CE THE S~CHETA4YtS LAST VISIT TO CH!NA TO s;.Cr I THE .F. F F f:: C T HE H All T Hi! HIP R ~ S .'H 11 N · T H AT THE: CH I N E SE ~o.J 0 UL 0 L. I K E CL 0 S E R R~LATlfl"'~ vdTM INDI A. IN FA~T , TrH·: St.CRtTA~o 5. !cHIAO D~CLAR~D THAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN iNDIA AND CHINA l AFFECTING Rc.L~TIONS f:lt;TWEE.N Ti'IE T1~0 COUNTfHES W£RE NOT SO HUCH I CHIN~ 1 S ATTITUDE TnwARD INDIA ITSELF, BUT RATHER roWAHD INOIAfS Put.ICIES ;liTH HESPECT TO NEIGt180!HNG COUNTRlEt~. CHINA DID NOT I AGR~~ ~ITH THES E POLICIES, FOR ~XAMPL~. WITH HESPI CT TO SIKKlM. NUR ~ID CHIN~ AGRt E WITH INDIA'S PO~ICY TOWARD NEPA~. . . t 6. !wHEN CM!~O M~NT!UNED N~XT tHAT T~E US AND C~INESE I ATTiiUOES M!GHT DIFFER, PAT OFFERED TO EXPLAIN THt US VIEW ON ' Sli<.t NOT TO BE REPRODUCf-D WITt-tOUT HE AU .iO IZATION Of THE EXECUTIV .SFt~FT V .,;.._r. .1' .~: ·-:r ·-Q;:. l '.. 7. ! CHIAU COMMENTED THAT THE CrlXNESE HOPED INQIA WOULD TAKE 1• A ~ Ar ;; r: R Rt. " s c.; rJl\lj LE ~\ r 'r n u of. " T n h A ,.: o r r s Nt r G, .. tH1 R s r N r HI s · CON~~CTlO~. HE k~FERREO TU HtWS REPOH1S A~LEGING T~AT CHINA'S Rt::A~TlM• TO Tntl Sl.~.f\lM f:PI.CoiOCJt i-H~o I:H~t:J~ A ~'CACT!O -l TO FEARS THAT IND~A 1 5 AriNtXATIUN OF SI~~IM ~OULD HAVE SOME MILITA~Y EFFECT ON CHI~A. CniAn DfNl~O THAT CHINA HAD ANYTHING TO f~A~ FROM INDIA. i s !/( ~ I />j v; ','j A. s 1'1 AlL pl. Ac F. I c u u L I) f. )( t:: t-H N() E f F c T (Hi cH I N A , AND THE ~ CHI,~S~ OPPUStO INO~A ON THE &IKKIM ISSUE ~AS A MATTER OF JUSTICE,"· j B. :TURNING TO .s·!NO•lJS ~l:.l..ATION~, PIIT n~~1 ARKEO TrtAT HE \I:OULO BE ~- ;\ E T \).R N I M; T U . TI'H~ ·uS ~ />1 D S ~ E:. I N~ T11 E. PH t;. S I 0 (.:' t1 T AN 0 SEC H t: T AR Y ! KIS~!NGtN, liND, :THER EfU~E, wUU~Q LIKE CHIAO'S lM~R ESSIONS (J R C. GA·r.: I U I II( G S LII.IO • S R t:: L All: 0 N S • . F R(H1 N~ WS P A Pf. R ~ cP ~n TS SU C H AS . ThOS~ AP?~AHING IN. THE HONG KONU PRtSS, WE HAO HEA~U THAT l . P.t.LA~li NOT TO !lE REPRODUCFD WITHOUT THF AIJtl-l()lli7ATif'J. 1 n~T~~ ~x~. ttTivr:: ~ roc~.Anv t .Departmen t of State PA G~ ~4 ~tKIN~ e~~ti A 1 6~52~Z ~ BAC~ AGAl~. PAT SAIO THAT IT WA S KINO OF T~E FORtiGN ! MI N ~ S f t:: ~ I Cl s A Y S\J • ~'~ ~ ! L E NE ~1 AD AL 1\l::. AD Y K ~ E C. II t1 AN Y TH I NG S U CH A 5 tt Ci :, 1 t~ is (.'I! l"i! N G HIS F-1 f~ F' ~EN T T k ! J.1 , H t: \.; 11 U L D ~ I K ~ T 0 C 0 HE. B AC K T C SEE· SHANGnAl, NAN~ING A~D CANTON. ~E THANKED CHIAO FOR THE INV~TATION TO R~TUANe 11.1 A$ W~ WERE GOING OUT TH~ DOOR, I ASKED PAT WHE~HER OR NOTj THE SOVltTS HAO E1'-F.N tJP5!::T ·o Jf:f~ 1'HE INDIAN NUCLEAR TE ST • PAT Ot-:CLA.Kf-:0 THAT Htt!Y HAD B~t ~l 'Ji.'£f . · . 1 2 .I 5 I NC E T hE' SEC RE T M~ Y I S A F C' RM H~ C0 L. L E h GU E 0 F J 0 H N FAI~BANK, CHIAO'S COMM!~T& ON FAtRRAN~ MAY BE OF INTEREST. AFTER . ELI~ITI~G F~nM PAT THE fACT T~AT hE .WAS A MEMBER OF THE. ~QV~RtM~NT O~PARTMeNT OF HARVA~O, CHJAO HIMSELF ASKEn PAT WHAT FAI~UANK'b ~AR ICULAR POSITION ~AS, (IN OTHER WORDS, CHIAO RAI~~O THE SUBJECT hiMSELF.) PAT EMPHASIZED THAT JOHN FAIRBANK IN ACT ~AL TEHMS CONSTITUTEO A WHULE HAHVA~D DEPARTMENT ON HIS O ~N, EVEN THOUGH H~ WAS TfCHNICALLV RfTIREU. WHtN PAT ASKED CHIAO IF ~E COUl..D TE:.LL. fAifl6AIJK tif CHlAtJlS HAVING ASKED ABOUT HIM, c H I l o s A I o " s ~ Nv ~n M 1H ~~ t:: G A wu ~ ,, 11 t:: ,., o r NT Eo o u r , Ho w E vER , THAT THEiTWU OF THEM H~O MANY DIFF~R~NC~&, AND HAD "MANY WORDS " TO SAY TO O N~: AIIOTH~R WHf.N THEY HC:T • · ,. I eus~ \ ' ·. . • Fo , -~ NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITH ·UT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EX CUTIVE SECRETARY . ·'l!-"- ·COPY I 0~ .15 COPIES - • I Depar~men·t of State -UC~ET- N00654 PAGE 01 PE~ING 00182 0~HlA30Z COl1TKOL. 13'lQ RECD : FEB 2, 1975 00 . . 10:36 P.M. ACTION NOOS•00 I • ·. INFO 0CT .. 01 ( NOOS ) W ••••••••~••••••••••a• 0 03~322Z FEB 75 .. . FM USl.O PEKING TO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 3117 · --s · ~ C RET PEKING 0182 •· NUO-lS ..... '· ·. . . . ~ E,O, 11B521 GOS TAGSI MOPS CH TW SUBJECT& SCHEOO~E OF US/ROC JOINT EXERCISES .. STATE 022571 ' REF& STATE "023853, I I .I 1. ~E tN PEKING ARE, OF CoURSE, UNA~A~E OF ALL PdLICY CONSlOERATIONS INVOLVED UN SCHEDULING OF US/ROC Ml'-ITARY EXERCISTS lN VICINITY OF TAIWAN, ESPECIALLY THOSE SUCH AS SHA~K HUNT INCLUDING SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT Of 80TH. I SIDES, ANU IN ANY EVENT IT IS PROBA8LY TOQ LATE TO , CANCEL SHAR~ HUNT NOW, HOWEVER, FROM STANDPOINT OF US•PRC RELATIONS, WE WISH EXE~CI~TS SUCH A$ THESE COULD BE AVOIOEO. NOT ONLY WILL PRC HAVE GHOUNDS FOR QUESTIONING WHET~ER US IS CA~~YING OUT TEHH3 or ShANGHAI JOINT COMMUNIQUE "IN EARNEST," 8UT INCREASED CHANCES OF FURTHER U5 INCURSIONS INTO PRC "AIR SP.ACE OR • TERRITORIAL w~TeRS CERZAINLY EXIST. NEITHER OEVELOPMENT OOES US~PRC RELATIONS ~NV GOOO, ~NO THOSE INSIOE PAC LEADERSHIP WtiO ARE CRITICAl. OF IMPROVED US·PRC TIES MAY HAVE THEIR HANDS STR~NGTHENED AS A RESULT, ' • ' 2, ~ITH RESPECT TO ¥0SSIBLE INCURSIONs, WE NOTE . I ; THAT LATEST INCIDENT OCCURRED AS RECENT~Y AS I . JANUARY . 28 CURING JOlNG US/ROC .EXERCISES. AS . l RErTE~ 8 NOTF.S, THIS ASPECT OF INCUR510N WAS OF . .. PARTICULAR CONCERN TO PRC WHEN PRCLO O~PUTV CHIEF HAN HSU PRESENTED PRC PROTEST TO H~BI~. ¥-· . • SECRET . ' f: • . . . ·. k/-TL .s!t'f/IJI ; ~OTTO BE REPRODUCED WI~~~~T T~E. AUTHORIZATI~N OF T~E EXECUTIV·~ SEC.RETAJ ~: :..-~· ...... - ..... Department of ~tate SfiCRET PAGE 02 PEKING ..0~102 ~3~430Z 3. IT SEEMS TO US IN PEKING T~AT LONG, HARO LOOK ~T WHO~E PATTERN OF US/ROC MI~ITARY R~~ATIONSHIP IS OESIRAB~E. IF US POLICY REMAINS THAT OF WORKING TOWARD NO~MALIZATION OF U5•PRC RELATIONS, CONTINUATION OF HIGH-PROFILE US/ROC MtLITA~Y EXEHCISTS ALONG LINES C~ARACTERISTIC OP PkE·SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE . PERIOD HAHOLV LOOKS TO BE IN CONSONANCE ritTH SITUATION AS ITS EXISTs· TODAY. THIS \olE BELIEVE t IS ESPECtALLV THE CASE IN LIGHT OF PRESIDENT'S VlSIT .I T 0 P RC ·L. A T E R 1 N 19 7 5 • ,. 4. FOR OEPARTMF.NTt PLEASE P~SS AHEMBASSV TAIPEI, AMCONSUL HONG KONG ANO CINCPAC FOR POLAO. I HO\.OR10GE .. I ' o I c : ( .. ' ' I EGRET • fOIP~ t •' ..I - '(" • ... . - I • .. . . • NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY·