COMMENTARY OF U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON INTERNAL PRC DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-18-2-39-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: November 12, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/05/14 : LOC-HAK-18-2-39-7
'THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 12, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Director of Central Intelligence
StTBTECT: Com.rnentary of U. S. Government Officials
on Tnterxia;l PRC Developments
The President has directed that there should be no comments by
U. S. Governm.Ent officials, whether on, a background basis or
otherwise, to the press or the public concerning internal political
developrn.ents in the People's Republic of China, notably the
apparent purge of Lin Piao.
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