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...viewing Sunday night in the U.S.-Monday morning in Peking-this would be the first of the television spectaculars on a mission in which television rated a high priority in the White House planning. Although the White House refused to confirm any details, it was certain that Premier Chou En-lai would meet Nixon at the airport, and TV screens then would record a strange sight: Nixon, the champion of capitalism, riding with Chou in an official black Hongchi (Red Flag) car and entering Tienanmen Square. There they would pass the ancient scarlet walls of China's imperial past...
...although the Chinese would supply the food and the U.S. only the champagne and cigarettes). There would possibly be two meetings with Mao, one in Hangchow at week's end when the Nixons and the Chairman may go boating on mist-shrouded West Lake. Nixon will meet Chou daily in working sessions, then he and Pat will be entertained in the evenings, probably at a Chinese opera and a gymnastic or other athletic exhibition. In the talks, both sides will be well supported by unsung experts (see opposite page...
...Another gray-haired Asian hand, Jenkins first went to Peking with the Foreign Service in 1946; he remained in China until driven out by Mao Tse-tung's approaching armies in 1949. He later held sensitive positions in Hong Kong and Taipei. He speaks excellent Chinese. He met Chou En-lai at the 1954 Geneva Conference, and again last fall when he returned to Peking with Henry Kissinger...
...guard military man who shifted to the foreign ministry in 1949, and under Chou's watchful eye has risen in the career ranks as an unassuming but skillful administrator. Reticent, nervous and a chain-smoker, he has little to do with policymaking and has no specialized knowledge in U.S. affairs. He was China's first ambassador to East Germany...
...China Wald spoke with several ranking officials, including Chou En-lai, who discussed notable Harvard personalities. His comment on Presidential advisor Henry A. Kissinger '50, as reported by Wald was, "as a man, he's good to argue with...