MEETING WITH PRC LIAISON OFFICE CHIEF HUANG CHEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-462-6-9-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 6, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

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I THE WHITE HOUSE
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MEETING WITH PRC LIAISON OFFICE CHIEF HUANG CHEN
Friday, July 6, 1973
The Western White House
From: Henry A. Kissinger
L PURPOSE i
To give you an opportunity to brief PRA Liaison Office Chief
Huang Chen in the wake of your meetings with Soviet Party
General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
III BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN
A. Background. Ambassador Huang has accepted. our invitation
for' a visit to San Clemente. This is his first trip in the
United States outside of the Washington area.
B. Participants. PRC Liaison Office Chief Huang Chen,
Chi Chao-chu (interpreter), Mr. Kissinger
.C. Press Plan. Meeting to be announced; photo opportunity.
III. TALKING POINTS
Welcoming Remarks
- It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Western White House.
I appreciate your traveling this distance and I hope your flight
has given you an opportunity to see something of our country.
I am pleased that your wife has accompanied you here.
Mrs. Nixon is happy to have the opportunity to meet with her,
and to express her thanks for the warm reception she received
when we were in China.
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Importance of Sino-U. S. Relations
- Our common dangers and our common interests have drawn our two
nations together at a critical time in history.
- A strong and independent China, and good relations between China
and the U. S. are in our own self-interest. We are very pleased with
the progress our two nations have made in the development of our
relations and we intend to insure that this progress continues.
- It is a cornerstone of our policy to see that Chinese strength and
independence are maintained. Dr. Kissinger will discuss this speci-
fically with you.
Cambodia
- It will be important to reiterate to Huang the points you and I have
made to them regarding a Cambodian settlement. Briefly:
We agreed wtih the objective Prime Minister Chou En-lai
stated to Ambassador Bruce: a neutral, independent and
free Cambodia.
-- Reaching a settlement in Cambodia is a matter of greatest
importance. It is key to the resolution of remaining issues
in Indochina. It will have a very positive impact on Sino-U. S.
relations.
-- The U. S. is not committed to any one man in Carizbodia. We
seek a settlement that will permit the warring elements to
live together; over time the Cambodian people can determine
for themselves what would be best for their future.
As we have stated, we are prepared to stop our bombing,
withdraw our advisory group, arrange for Lon Nol to leave
for medical treatment in the U.S., in return for a ceasefire
of 60-90 days duration, and negotiations between the Sihanouk
group and the remainder of the Lon Nol group.
-- We are also prepared, if a ceasefire is arranged, to have
talks between the staff of Ambassador Bruce and the staff of
Prince Sihanouk.
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Further, Dr. Kissinger will be prepared to meet with Prince
Sihanouk for political discussions during his visit to Peking
if a ceasefire is in effect by that time.
Chou En-lai Visit
- We would be happy to have Prime Minister Chou En-lai visit the
United States.
The visit would serve the interests of both our countries, and
demonstrate in concrete terms the improved relationship between us.
The form such a visit might take wofuld be adjusted to your wishes.
U. S. -Soviet Relations
- You and your government are familiar with the negotiations that
finally culminated in the Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
we signed on June 22.
- When Dr. Kissinger described our objectives last February to your
Prime Minister he said that we would undertake no obligation:
restricting the use of nuclear weapons;
involving third countries' relations with other third countries.
We have lived up to that promise.
I have made the following written statements to your Prime Minister:
-- The- agreement confers no special rights on either the U. S.
or the USSR. Further, we would oppose any such claim.
-? The U. S. will oppose a policy that aims at hegemony or seeks
to bring about the isolation of the People's Republic.
-- Any consultation under Article 4 of the agreement will be
fully discussed with the Chinese Government before it is
initiated and will not be concluded before the Chinese Govern-
ment has an opportunity to express its view.
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-- In no case will the U. S. participate in a joint move together
with the Soviet Union under this agreement with respect to
conflicts or disputes where the People's Republic of China is
a party.
- What we have sought, and achieved, with this agreement is to inhibit
Soviet behavior which would be contrary to our -- and your -- interests.
- Thus, there is no way the Soviets can resort to force without vio-
lating the agreement, thereby creating a legal basis for resistance.
This is something we did not possess with respect to third countries
? prior to the signing of the agreement.
- As you know, I have written Ch.airrrnan Brezhnev detailing our view
of the agreement. I told him that:
-- We have not agreed to ban the use of any particular weapons.
-- The obligations we have accepted as applicable to conduct
between the U. S. and the USSR are also applicable to our
conduct toward others.
-- We have made commitments to each other but we have not
agreed to impose any particular obligation or solution on
others.
-- We have left the rights of the U. S. and the USSR, and the
obligations each of us has undertaken, unimpaired.
- The U. S. will never participate in maneuvers aimed at isolating
the People's Republic. We will never make an agreement that will be
used to bring pressure on the People's Republic.
- Dr. Kissinger will be prepared publicly to state our opposition'to
hegemony and our readiness for full consultations with the PRC during
his August visit to Peking.
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