[Marxism] Chairman Mao and Secretary of State Kissinger discuss the Woman Question

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chairman Mao: The trade between our two countries at present is
very pitiful. It is gradually increasing. You know China is a very poor
country. We don’t have much. What we have in excess is women.
(Laughter)

Dr. Kissinger: There are no quotas for those or tariffs.

Chairman Mao: So if you want them we can give a few of those
to you, some tens of thousands. (Laughter)

Prime Minister Chou: Of course, on a voluntary basis.

Chairmain Mao: Let them go to your place. They will create disasters.
That way you can lessen our burdens. (Laughter)

Dr. Kissinger: Our interest in trade with China is not commercial.
It is to establish a relationship that is necessary for the political 
relations we both have.

Chairman Mao: Yes.

Dr. Kissinger: That is the spirit with which we are conducting our
discussions.

Chairman Mao: I once had a discussion with a foreign friend. (The
interpreters hold a discussion with Chairman Mao.) I said that we
should draw a horizontal line—the U.S.–Japan–Pakistan–Iran (Chairman
Mao coughs badly.)–Turkey and Europe.

Dr. Kissinger: We have a very similar conception. You may have
read in a newspaper that Mr. Helms has been moved to Iran, and there
was a great deal of speculation how this affected my position. In fact
we sent Helms to Iran to take care of Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and the
Persian Gulf, because of his experience in his previous position and we
needed a reliable man in that spot who understands the more complex
matters that are needed to be done. (Chairman Mao lights his cigar
again.) We will give him authority to deal with all of these countries,
although this will not be publicly announced.

Chairman Mao: As for such matters we do not understand very
much your affairs in the United States. There are a lot of things we
don’t know very well. For example, your domestic affairs, we don’t
understand them. There are also many things about foreign policy that
we don’t understand either. Perhaps in your future four years we might
be able to learn a bit.

Dr. Kissinger: I told the Prime Minister that you have a more
direct, maybe a more heroic mode of action than we do. We have to
use sometimes more complicated methods because of our domestic 
situation.(Chairman Mao queries about the translation and Miss Tang
repeats “mode of action.”) But on our fundamental objectives we will
act very decisively and without regard to public opinion. So if a real
danger develops or hegemonial intentions become active, we will 
certainly resist them wherever they appear. And as the President said to
the Chairman, in our own interests, not as a kindness to anyone else.

Chairman Mao: (Laughing) Those are honest words.

Dr. Kissinger: This is our position.

Chairman Mao: Do you want our Chinese women? We can give
you ten million. (Laughter, particularly among the women.)

Dr. Kissinger: The Chairman is improving his offer.

Chairman Mao: By doing so we can let them flood your country
with disaster and therefore impair your interests. In our country we
have too many women, and they have a way of doing things. They
give birth to children and our children are too many. (Laughter)

Dr. Kissinger: It is such a novel proposition, we will have to
study it.

Chairman Mao: You can set up a committee to study the issue. That is how 
your visit to China is settling the population question.
(Laughter)

Dr. Kissinger: We will study utilization and allocation.

full: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100320.pdf

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