13 DEC 1974

Dear Mr. Director:

In the course of my visits to Peking, I have come to appreciate the tact, efficiency, and good sense which characterize the work of the Protocol Department. Once again, you and your staff have more than lived up to your own high standard. On behalf of my family and my colleagues, let me convey to all of you our thanks for helping to make my visit a success.

In addition, I would like to add my sincere congratulations on your recent assumption of the position of Director.

Henry A. Kissinger

Mr. Chu Ch'uan-hsien
Director,
Protocol Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Peking.

SECRETARY'S SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1974

7:45 Wake-up
8:30 Breakfast
9:10 Depart for Tour of Forbidden City
10:00 Plenary Meeting
12:30 Return from Meeting to Guest House
12:45 Lunch - Main Dining Room with Mrs. Kissinger and staff
3:40 Afternoon Meeting - Conference Room in Guest House
5:05 Return from Meeting
5:45 Ambassador Bush Reception at USLO Peking
7:15 Cultural Performance at Great Hall of the People
9:45 Return to Guest House
10:00 Dinner in Main Dining Room with Staff
10:30 Return to Office
11:00 Retired

SECRETARY'S SCHEDULE

Wednesday, November 27, 1974

7:30 Wake-up
8:00 Breakfast
9:30 Meeting - Guest House Comples (Messrs. Bush and Lord)
12:30 Return to Office
1:30 Lunch at Guest House
3:10 Saw Mr. de Frank
3:30 Depart for Great Hall of the People for Meeting
5:00 Return to Guest House
7:15 Depart for Dinner hosted by FM Chiao Kuan-hua
9:15 Return to Guest House
10:00 Retired

SECRETARY'S SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 28, 1974

7:30 Wake up
8:20 Breakfast
9:05 Depart for Temple of Heaven with Mrs. Kissinger and members of party
10:40 Return to Guest House
10:45 Ambassador Rumsfeld - 11:50
12:00 Saw German Ambassador Rolf Pauls
12:50 Depart for Luncheon hosted by Amb. Bush at USLO
2:30 Visit to Forbidden City with Mr. Rumsfeld
3:45 Return to Guest House
3:50 Depart for Great Hall of the People
4:00 Meeting with Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-pind (Mr. Rumsfeld, Amb. Bush, Mr. Lord, Amb. Habib)
6:20 Return to Guest House
6:55 Depart for Great Hall of the People
7:00 Dinner hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger - Return Banquet
9:00 Return Guest House
9:45 Meeting with FM Ch'iao Kuan-hua at Guest House
11:20 Return from Meeting

SECRETARY KISSINGER'S SCHEDULE

Monday, November 25, 1974

8:40 am Breakfast
8:50 am Called Governor Rockefeller
9:55 am Departed for Foreign Ministry w/Amb. Hodgson
10:00 am Meeting w/FM Kirmura, w/Hodgson, Habib, Rodman, Lord, Gleysteen, Wickel
12:13 pm Returned to hotel
12:15 pm Barber
1:10 pm Called General Scowcroft
1:20 pm Departed Hotel Okura
2:00 pm Wheels up for Peking
5:15 pm Arrive Peking
5:45 pm Proceed to Guest House Complex
5:55 pm Depart for Hospital to see Chou En Lai w/Nancy, children, Chiao Kuan-Kua, Teng-Hsiao-Ping
7:40 pm Arrive Great Hall
7:50 pm Picture Taking Session w/entire party
7:55 pm Banquet at Great Hall
10:00 pm Return to Guest House
12:00 am Retired

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29

7:00 pm Wheels up for Tokyo
8:12 pm Dinner at airport
6:00 pm Arrive Shanghai
2:30 pm Wheels up for Shanghai
4:20 pm Depart Embroidery Factor for airfield
4:00 pm Arrive Embroidery Factory
3:20 pm Depart Gardens
3:00 pm Arrive Gardens
2:42 pm Depart Bandquet Hall
7:12 pm Bandquet
12:12 pm Arrive Soochow great house (by car)
11:42 am Depart Gardens
10:42 am Arrive Gardens
10:30 am Depart Tiger Hills
10:00 am Arrive Tiger Hills
9:00 am Arrive Soochow airport
8:00 am Wheels up for Soochow
7:40 am Depart Great Villas for airfield
6:42 am Breakfast
6:12 am Wakeup

RECORD OF SECRETARY'S SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1974 -- Vladivostok

<table><tr><td>8:10</td><td>Saw Mr. Eagleburger</td></tr><tr><td>8:30</td><td>Saw Mr. Hyland</td></tr><tr><td>9:00</td><td>Went for walk with Gen. Scowcroft; joined later by Messrs. Sonnenfeldt, Hyland, Stoessel, Lodal</td></tr><tr><td>9:20</td><td>Walk with Gen. Scowcroft</td></tr><tr><td>10:00</td><td>Left with President for meeting with other side. (2:30)</td></tr><tr><td>3:30</td><td>Press briefing--Press Hotel</td></tr><tr><td>4:00</td><td>Motorcade tour of City of Vladivostok</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Train from Vladivostok to Vozdvizhenka Airport</td></tr><tr><td>9:25</td><td>Depart Vozdvizhenka Airport</td></tr><tr><td>10:20</td><td>Ar Tokyo</td></tr></table>

November 23, 1974--Saturday (Korea to USSR)

7:00 Office

7:45 Farewell call on President Park (Blue House)

8:15 Depart Hotel Chosun, Seoul for Kimpo International Airport

8:30 Board Air Force One for Vladivostok

10:00 Arrive Tokyo Japan

10:15 Depart Japan for Vladivostok

2:00 Arrive Vozdvizhenka Airport

2:05 Board Train for Vladivostok

4:00 Arrive Vladivostok - Dacha 2A (Secretary's Residence)

5:45 Hyland/Sonnenfeldt/Scowcroft/Stoessel

6:00 Head-to-Head Meeting with SG Brezhnev

11:45 Break in Meeting - Return to Dacha

11:50 Return to Meeting House

12:55 Arrive President's Residence

11/24/74

1:15 a.m. Press Conference

2:15 Return to Dacha

2:16 Paper work in office until 3:15 a.m.

3:15 Retired

RECORD OF SECRETARY KISSINGER'S SCHEDULE

Kyoto - Seoul, Korea

Friday, November 22, 1974

7:00 Wake-up Call
7:50 Depart Miyako Hotel by motorcade
8:00 Depart for airport by helicopter for Seoul
10:00 Arrive Seoul. Arrival Ceremony
11:15 Arrive Chosun Hotel
11:25 Depart Hotel for Presidential wreath laying ceremony at Unknown Soldiers' Memorial
12:00 Presidential wreath laying ceremony at Madame Park's Tomb
12:15 Depart by helicopter for Camp Casey
12:40 Arrive Indianhead Field, Camp Casey
1:00 Luncheon with troops at field mess
1:30 Tae Kwon Do divisional championships at Hanson Field House
1:50 Depart Camp Casey by helicopter
2:00 Arrive Chosun Hotel
2:15 Saw Mr. Eagleburger
2:25 Saw Amb. Habi
2:35 Left hotel suite for Blue House and Meeting with President Park (5:50 Return to Hotel)
5:50 Saw L. Eagleburger
6:00 Saw L. Eagleburger
6:20 Depart Hotel Suite for President Park's Dinner at the Capital building

(con't)

<table><tr><td>7:30</td><td>President Park's Dinner</td></tr><tr><td>11:00</td><td>Returned to Hotel</td></tr><tr><td>11:15</td><td>Saw L. Eagleburger and Gen. Scowcroft</td></tr><tr><td>12:25</td><td>Saw L. Eagleburger</td></tr><tr><td>12:45</td><td>Saw L. Eagleburger</td></tr><tr><td>12:50</td><td>Saw Mr. Saunders and L. Eagleburger<br>Retired for evening</td></tr></table>

Tokyo - Kyoto, Japan

November 21, 1974

8:00 Wake-up call
9:30 Departure Ceremony (Akasaka Palace)
10:00 Depart Tokyo International Airport for Kyoto
11:00 Arrive Osaka - Depart for Kyoto via helicopter
11:35 Arrive Miyako Hotel, Kyoto
11:40 Lunch and Personal Time
1:45 Depart Miyako Hotel for scheduled tours
2:00 Tour Old Imperial Palace
2:50 Tour Mijo Castle
3:15 Tour Golden Pavillion
Approx.
5:15 Return from Tours
7:00 Dinner at Tsuruya Restaurant given by Ambassador Uchida
(Approx. 11:15)

Tokyo, Japan

November 20, 1974

8:15 Wake-up Call

8:30 Met with L. Eagleburger (8:37)

8:53 Met with L. Eagleburger (9:07)

9:20 Met with L. Eagleburger (9:57)

10:00 The President, Prime Minister Tanaka, Foreign Minister Kimura (Akasaka Palace) (11:30)

11:50 Depart Akasaka Palace for Luncheon at Imperial Hotel

12:00 Luncheon (Imperial Hotel)

Directly from Imperial Hotel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Meeting with Foreign Minister Kimura

2:00 Foreign Minister Kimura (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (Approx. 3:55)

4:20 Diet Reception (Okura Hotel)

5:00 Non-Governmental Organizations' Reception (Okura Hotel)

5:40 Ambassador Hodgson's Reception for the President and the American Community

6:10 Returned to Akasaka Palace Suite

6:15 Met with L. Eagleburger and General Scowcroft (6:40)

7:30 US Reciprocal Dinner for the Emperor (Akasaka Palace) 10:00

10:10 Met with L. Eagleburger (11:55)

11:00 Met w/Nakasone (Secretary's suite) Eagleburger remained (11:45)

Midnight Retired for evening

Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, November 19, 1974

8:00 Breakfast

8:30 Met with Larry Eagleburger (9:25)

9:25 Depart for Arrival Ceremony (Akasaka Palace)

9:30 Arrival Ceremony for the Emperor (Akasaka Palace)

9:50 Depart Akasaka Palace via motorcade enroute to
Imperial Palace (10:58)

11:05 Meeting w/President/Prime Minister Tanaka/
Foreign Minister Kumura (Akasaka Palace) (1:10)

1:15 Depart for Luncheon at Prime Minister's Residence (3:15)

3:30 Courtesy call on the President by Tokyo Governor
Minobe (3:50)

4:30 Meeting with Sato (Secretary's Suite, Akasaka Palace)
(5:15)

5:45 Met with General Scowcroft (6:00)

6:40 Met with General Scowcroft (6:35)

7:20 Depart Akasaka Palace for Imperial Palace for Dinner
hosted by Emperor

10:20 Returned to Akasaka Palace

10:30 Meeting with Finance Minister Ohira/Amb. Yasakawa/
Amb. Hodgson/Jack Wickel (Interpreter) (11:30)

12:00 Met with Larry Eagleburger (12:20)
and General Scowcroft

12:30 Retired for evening

President's Trip to Japan, Korea
and the USSR

Sunday, November 17

Monday, November 18

9:25 a.m. Depart South Lawn for Andrews AFB
9:40 Arrive Andrews AFB
9:45 Depart Andrews AFB for Anchorage, Alaska
12:05 p.m. AST Arrive Elmerdorf AFB
12:10 AST Depart Elmerdorf via motorcade for ceremony and meeting with Walter Hickel and President
12:45 AST Return to Elmerdorf AFB
12:50 AST Depart Elmerdorf for Tokyo
Crossed International Dateline

Monday, November 18

3:30 p.m. Arrive Tokyo International Airport
3:35 Depart by helicopter for Palace
3:55 Arrive Akasaka Palace
6:00 Dinner w/President/Scowcroft/Hartman/Nessen (Dining Room)
8:00 Returned to quarters