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Contingents of army, navy and air force - 120 men of each service - circle the field and begin to sing The Three Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points of Attention, a Red Army ballad from the 1930s. Still no Chou or anyone else around to suggest the momentous collision of East and West. About ten minutes before touchdown, the silence of the sky is broken. The presidential plane drops into view...
Soon the plane is on the ground. Just then Chou and a corporal's guard of officials come casually out. It is an understatement. Not in memory has a host not been in place when the presidential jet came to rest. The President and Pat Nixon appear in the doorway to a ripple of applause from Chou's thin line down below. After the Premier greets the President there is the usual small talk. Apparently...
...Chou asks about Nixon's trip. "It was very pleasant." Nixon replies, his voice carrying 25 yards in the stillness of the airport. "We stopped in Hawaii and Guam to catch up on the time. It is easier that way. The Prime Minister knows about that. He is such a traveler...
After the playing of the American and Chinese national anthems, Nixon and Chou move off down the line of troops. The other members of the official parties straggle along behind them. It is utterly unregimented, seemingly almost unorganized...
There is a Nixon off there somewhere. There is a glimpse at the Great Hall in the afternoon as he goes to the meeting with Chou Enlai. Then there is a banquet at night. While Americans watching on television get the idea that it is some kind of folk festival, it is not quite so hearty. The huge hall engulfs the guests, much like China itself. Nixon is a dim figure with Chou, nibbling at his shark's fin dish and supping his almond junket. Pat's red dress is a drop of warm blood in the gray...