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...that same briefing, Kissinger was asked if he could say something about what he and Mao Tse-tung had talked over. He paused. "I am debating whether to spend ten minutes saying 'No,' or just say 'No.' " Then he spent 45 seconds saying "No." While most people can understand the need for confidentiality in such discussions, is there not room in this age for a little public glimpse at conversations by either Nixon or Kissinger with a man whom just a few years ago we were calling an international murderer...
...white marble stairs, up a cascading red carpet, we were herded into position on a three-tiered platform erected especially for group portraits with the Premier. Immediately in strode Chou, brisk and businesslike, and very trim in a plain gray tunic with matching gray trousers. A miniature Chairman Mao button pinned to his tunic gave the only dash of color to his outfit. The guests applauded the Premier, and Chou, still unsmiling, clapped in return. Floodlights snapped on and the official photographer cranked off three exposures. Then everybody trailed after the Premier as he entered the Great Hall...
...Premier continued to table-hop. At every table Chou would carefully clink his glass of Mao Tai, which he barely sipped, against the glass of each guest. One very striking young Ethiopian woman started to pull back her glass, reminding the Premier that he had already toasted her at another table. Chou's eyes stayed right on the beautiful lady and his glass kept moving forward until it clinked hers...
...Chinese medical team to the U.S., for instance, was given more space than a trip by the same team to France, a sure sign-experts claim-of China's priorities in foreign affairs. Several weeks ago, two large, front-page pictures of Henry Kissinger with Chairman Mao Tse-tung confirmed to China watchers that another thaw in Sino-American relations was indeed occurring...
...working out articulations of policies already determined by the party. The daily 3 a.m. deadline is ignored if late-breaking news dictates. But Sinologists find People's Daily worth waiting for; its comments and its attitude toward stories provide a means of looking at the world through Chairman Mao's eyes...