Zhou Enlai and Pierre Trudeau discuss Canada's overarching foreign policy positions and Sino-Canadian relations. Trudeau says that Canada wants to be "a strong country with a strong identity."
October 12, 1973
Verbatim Transcript of the Third Meeting between Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Zhou Enlai
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Zhou Enlai and Trudeau have a wideranging conversation on international politics, covering the Vietnam War, Sino-Japanese relations, Nixon's visit to China, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Arctic circle, and nuclear energy safeguards, among other topics.
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- Arab countries--Foreign relations--Soviet Union
- Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union
- Cambodia--History--Civil War, 1970-1975
- United Nations
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Geneva Conference (1954)
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Nuclear energy--Pakistan
- Arab-Israeli War, 1973
- China--Foreign relations--Japan
- China--Foreign relations--Soviet Union
- China--Foreign relations--Poland
- China--Foreign relations--United States
- Japan--Foreign relations--Soviet Union
- China--Foreign relations--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
- Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States
- Korea (South)--Foreign relations--United States
- Cambodia--Foreign relations--Soviet Union
- Nuclear energy--China
- Cambodia--Foreign relations--China
- Canada--Foreign relations--China
- China--Foreign relations--Laos
- Laos--History--20th century
- Canada--Foreign relations--United States
- Nuclear energy--Latin America
- Arab countries--Foreign relations--China
- Nuclear energy--France
- Cambodia--Foreign relations--United States
- Laos--Politics and government
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam (Republic)
- Algeria--Foreign relations--France
- China--Foreign relations--Palestine
- Territorial waters--Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
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MG26-O19, vol. 151, file 151.4 (Ivan Head - Travel and Events - October 1973 - Prime Minister's Visit to China - Objectives and Substance - n.d., 1973), Library and Archives Canada. Obtained by James G. Hershberg.
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