Nixon in China (The Film)

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17 februari 1970.

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Mr. vice president mr. speaker members of the Congress and members of the cabinet I want to express my very deep appreciation to all of you who have come here to send us off on this historic mission and I particularly want to express appreciation to the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate who are here.

We of course are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the people's republic of china and the united states of america going to be swept away by one week of talks that we will have their we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states have had great differences we will have differences in the future but what we must do is to find a way to see that we can have differences without being enemies in war.

If we can make progress toward that goal in this trip the world will be a much safer world and the chance.

Particularly for all of those young children over there to grow up in a world of peace will be infinitely greater I would simply say in conclusion that if there was a postscript that I hope might be written with regard to this trip.

It would be the words on the plaque which was left on the moon by our first astronauts when they landed there we came in peace for all mankind thank you and goodbye the president's moved I'm glad to say after having worked with him for him for 21 years is one of really great pride and certainly all of us have great pride in him today because he's as I think he always is in complete control of his well his destiny but more i think the countries and the world his mode is a pensive.

He has studied he has worked hard he has thought about this for.

Well i know from early 1967-68 maybe longer that somehow we had to have a negotiation that we couldn't have this many million people alienated from the United States.

I can only hope and pray enjoying the rest of the world and hoping it will be successful and i am excited i am proud the through a lot of big moments with the Nixons but i think this is truly one of the greatest so there were 17 parts of their bodies and the rock opera vendors of went very well with no problems president to be in good spirits and the choppers going over to andrews as he felt the opening of gone well so things seem to be on food unofficial start a little bit of yes.

Easy covers after we get on the plane to the next yes that on the table in the bathroom it's kind of an idea and please be covered through actual conference of the 276 and we were on the plane watching the TV doesn't cross with the sort of cross.

Well I think what we have to do that.

First day.

Just do it.

Feel it out as we.

We're going to.

We're going to find out what the find out whether.

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And i want to feel naturally there be.

Plenary sessions.

Having everyone everyone all our rivers there.

I do not want to have a the situation say a word basically.

Very private meeting with him bri where they're extra people there.

My experience has been that these times really luster and if they they let it brown difficulty is that day we have a battery session we have a dinner postpone the dinner.

Everything.

Pay any attention they always start on the second and that's not have a then never late start on the second and on the hour I think big.

Just catching my over trip they'll get it done in two hours and the plenary session because you'll make a statement he'll make a statement and there'll be some general agreement on how to proceed.

Different things the Chinese comments before Joe and bellerose happy memoirs most interesting.

Read the first part 2 talk about really the more call.

Fascinated.

Good night.

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All the truth.

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Just shot sort of a montage of the of the leaders as they stood on the platform so you go one after another.

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How are you thank you for all the flowers.

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We're going to have to walk a very fine line in this briefing today because it's the first briefing with this group that's that's going to China with us and because of the many sensitivities with the people's republic of china i think i think we want to give him the general feel of what the visit will be about what the discussions will be about but we can in any way to get into the agenda or get into the schedule because it's not set and I think we want to talk a little bit about the leadership meeting yesterday and the point that the president made that all Americans who have a stake in this visit that it's the beginning of a process a process of communications with a country that we haven't really been in touch with for 21 years and and how we want that process to continue and and how the continuation of the process will be discussed in the meetings and I think I think that's the only tone we leave this morning don't you.

You know it's gonna be a rough session run because they're just thirsting for news and you know you have an all-star cast down so I don't envy you your job well when you put Buckley and Teddy white max frankel Phil Potter and John Chancellor Walter Cronkite and all those people in one room I guess they're not going to be a little difficult day but we'll deal with it.

Saturday very 19 president of usable again this morning we're going to domestic questions on the bus and seeing the positive girl.

The back strike we were over the script with it over to express some is conflict for him and the meetings and putting so he's going to do is remove the surgeon of the door families way which is to get into the long run out to the store for a philosophical discussions with Joe which are the person is not in trying to prove who's also region and disturbing the planning session literally reading a written program which other place and also his men climb to do and intends to Paula Zahn technique on this rather than a surprise if you will be much better that way.

That's literally right this is not a time for a long speech but I would not want this opportunity to pass without saying just a word with regard to the significance of this moment.

Some of you may recall that it was two and a half years ago that right here in Guam I announce the new direction for American foreign policy based on the principles of self-reliance self-respect equal dignity for all nations large and small throughout the world and tomorrow i will take off from Guam for shanghai and peking the first president of the United States ever to visit China why am i know it is said is where the American day begins and I would hope that all of you here today would join me in this prayer that with this trip to China.

A new day may begin.

For the whole world thank you very much.

And.

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Make any public land better go back the way it came right down and told me we debated and how to handle the same for a while college degree and heading come over and I told him I was holding the tanger in his hand think about it okay about half the tangerine and run by doing it all.

It was at least a little startled we spent a very long how come here with the various contingencies rose and we had no idea where they've been back for what happened.

You couldn't not tell me this we didn't exactly not a hammer we debated the back and forth to what to do.

Also speculated on are you wearing your possibilities that you have when you're sitting in the Chinese against Al's with the troops fighting outside you can have wondered if the president taking off alone with no staff no security about agent to know about cetera about that roads generally turned out to be unfounded.

Since the present return shortly after four.

Anyway there's a crack me up the meeting over to sit down obviously very impressed with the whole thing that we're going to be any details at that time do young guys you turned on walk in your condo my Hindi java ee doesn't move up to Maine and programming where one TD Shindo to that domain younger wises up so you got from do you President Nixon's visit to our country at the invitation of the Chinese government provides the leaders of the two countries with an opportunity of meeting in person to seek the normalization of relations between the two countries and also to exchange views on questions of concern to the two sides.

This is a positive move in conformity with the desire of the Chinese and American peoples and an event unprecedented in the history of the relations between China and the United the American people are a great people.

The Chinese people are great the peoples of our two countries have always been friendly to each other but owing to reasons known to all contacts between the two peoples were suspended for over 20 years now through the common efforts of China and the United States.

The gate too friendly contact has finally been opened in conclusion I propose a toast to the health of President Nixon and mrs. Nixon to the health of our other American guests to the health of all our friends and comments present and to the friendship between the Chinese and American people's by travelpod member.

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Never seen before and that these all expectations and one stands there sees the the wall going to the feet of this mountain and realizes that runs for hundreds of miles as a matter of fact thousands of miles over the mountains and through the valleys of this country that it was built the over 2,000 years ago.

I think that you would have to conclude that this is a great wall and that it had to be built by a great people many lives of course we lost building it because there is no machinery or equipment at the time it had all be done by hand but under the circumstances it is a certainly symbol of what China in the past has been and what China in the future can become and people that could build a wall like this certainly a great past the proud of and a people who have this kind of a past must also have a great future my hope is that in the future perhaps as a result of the beginning that we have made in this journey that many many Americans particularly the young Americans who like to travel so much will have an opportunity to come here as I have come here today with mrs. Nixon and the others in our party that they will be able to see this wall that they will think back as i think back to the history of this great people and that they will have an opportunity as we have had an opportunity to know the Chinese people know them better and i think one of the results of our trip we hope maybe that the walls that are erected whether they are physical walls like this or whether they are other walls of ideology or philosophy will not divide people in the world that people's regardless of their differences in backgrounds and their philosophies will have an opportunity to communicate with with each other to know each other and to share with each other.

Those particular endeavors that will mean peaceful progress in the years at that.

So all in all I would say finally I we've come a long way to be here today 16,000 miles and many things that have occurred in this trip have made me realize that it was worth coming but i would say as I look at the wall it's worth coming 16,000 miles just to stand here and see the wall agreement secretary is really don't present really is a menace privilege we've all had to be here today.

We rolling my career of the truck there no it's okay we are now in the final hours of the president's momentous visit this farewell banquet here in Shanghai but what about that keep it rolling.

The president's momentous business.

This is the farewell banquet in Shanghai a few hours before the president ends is unprecedented pilgrimage to peace and flies back to Washington the guests here.

Americans and Chinese alike and the rest of the people around the world will one day have reason to thank richard nixon for having the courage and the vision to fly to pay King to further his search for a generation of peace.

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It's prime minister chairman Jang and our Chinese and American friends.

This magnificent banquet marks the end of our state and the People's Republic of China we have been here a week this was the week that changed the world.

As we look back over this week we think of the boundless hospitality that has been extended to all of us by our Chinese friends we have today seen the progress of modern China we have seen the matchless wonders of ancient China we have seen also the beauty of the countryside the vibrancy of a great city song I all this we enjoyed an armistice but most important was the fact that we had the opportunity to have talks with chairman mom with Prime Minister John lie with the foreign minister and other people in the government joint communicate which we have issued today summarizes the results of our talks.

But what we have said in that communicate is not nearly as important as what we will do in the years ahead to build a bridge across 16,000 miles and 22 years of hostility which have divided us in the past and what we have said today is that we shall build that bridge with chairman mouth with the Prime Minister and with others with whom we have met our talks have been characterized by friends by honesty my determination and above all by mutual respect our communicate.

Indicates as it should some areas of difference.

It also indicates some areas of agreement to mention only one that I Spit is particularly appropriate here in Shanghai is the fact that this great city over the past has on many occasions been the victim of a foreign aggression and foreign occupation and we join the Chinese people we the American people in our dedication to this principle that never again shall foreign domination foreign occupation be visited upon this city or any part of China or any independent country in this world.

Mr. prime minister.

Our two peoples tonight hold the future of the world in our hands and as we think that future.

We are dedicated to the principle that we can build a new were a world of peace aware of justice.

The world of independence for all nations and if we succeed in working together where we can find common ground if we can find the common ground on which we can both stand where we can build the bridge between us and build a new world generations in the years ahead.

Look bad and thankless for this meeting that we held in this past week and let the great Chinese people and the great American people be worthy of a hopes and ideals of the world for peace and justice and progress for all.

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