The following morning, Saturday morning, on the 19th, the press plane will go directly to Mainland China, stopping at Shanghai first, and arriving in Peking. We will spend Thursday night and all day Friday in Hawaii. It will be 10 o'clock, Thursday morning the 17th, from Andrews. Ehrlichman over this weekend, and also for further briefings from members of the NSC staff and the State Department on the China trip. Tuesday and Wednesday will be used primarily to finish up on many of the domestic matters that are, of course, the subject of matters that I will be discussing with Secretary Connally and Mr. I don't want to say that after having read as much as I have, and as much as I will be reading between now and the time we arrive, that I will be an expert, but at least I will be familiar with the men that we will be meeting and the problems that may be discussed. I have visited virtually all of the other countries, just as I, of course, have visited the Soviet Union.īut here it is essential to do an enormous amount of homework just to come up to the starting line. It is very different from the other meetings that we have had at the highest level with other governments. I give you this only to indicate the breadth of the kind of briefings that all of us who are going to participate in the talks are trying to undertake. His book, at least the one I have read-he's written many-but his book, the one I particularly refer to was his "Anti-Memoirs." I would commend it to you not only for what it tells about China and its leaders, but also about France, its problems, and the whole World War II and post-World War II era. We had a discussion prior to the dinner on the subject of China generally, and I was particularly impressed with his analysis of the leaders. Malraux at that time was the Minister of Culture in the de Gaulle Cabinet. In 1969, when I met with President de Gaulle in Paris, Mr. I asked him to come because there was an interesting coincidence. I do not want to indicate I have read them all but I have been exposed to a great number. In mentioning Andre Malraux, I do not want to reflect on many of the other experts-and there are many experts in this field of China-whose books have been brought to my attention. On Monday, I have an event that I think has already been announced, a meeting with Andre Malraux, and I am giving a dinner that night for him to which several Congressional leaders will be invited, as well as members of the official party, the Secretary of State, Dr. Nixon, and I will be going, and the other members of the official party at that time will be announced from Washington. of course, as you know, we have already announced that Dr. The official party will be announced from Florida, Key Biscayne, on Saturday the 12th. This will not cover all the details, but it will at least cover those that we can announce at this time. ![]() THE PRESIDENT Ladies and gentlemen, before going to your other questions, I would like to make an announcement with regard to the details of the trip to Mainland China.
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