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MIPT: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT
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1. Following is text of draft submitted today for speech 12 by Secretary of State at the Chinese welcoming banquet on 13 16 April.
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2. Begins:
15 Your Excellency Foreign Minister Wu, Your Excellencies,
16 Ladies and Gentlemen:
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It is a great pleasure for me and my wife to be with you tonight.
I have long been looking forward to coming to
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It is unfortunate that this visit has to be so 20 short, leaving no opportunity to see more of your great
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country. But I already understand why the hospitality 22 which you accord to your guests is so famous. On behalf of
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my wife and those accompanying me, I should therefore first
Like to thank you for the warmth of your welcome and for
the meticulous preparations you have made
for us.
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