Anna Chennault

Anna Chennault, born Chen Xiangmei (June 23, 1925 – March 30, 2018), also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was an American war correspondent and known Republican member of the China Lobby. She was married to the World War II aviator Claire Lee Chennault. She was born in Peking (now Beijing), China.

In January 1981, Chennault visited Beijing to meet the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping as a private citizen, but she in fact was an unofficial diplomat representing the incoming Republican President Ronald Reagan, who was due to be sworn in as president on January 20, 1981.

Chennault died in Washington, DC on March 30, 2018 of complications from a stroke at the age of 94.Anna Chennault, secret Nixon envoy, Washington figure of ‘glamour and mystery,’ dies at 94

References

Other websites
 Anna Chennault interviewed by the American Veterans Center, published March 2017. (44 minutes)
 Papers, 1939–2004 (inclusive), 1955–1989 (bulk). Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

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