TLS, one page, 7 x 8, United States Liaison Office letterhead, November 12, 1975. Letter regarding his appointment as Chief Liaison Officer in Peking, China. In part: “As far as I am concerned, the new assignment puts politics out of my life. It is controversial and challenging, and I am prepared to undertake it with enthusiasm. There is little to say about our work here except I feel the relationship between the PRC and the US should be a developing one and a continuing one. Clearly this large country is an important factor in the real world, and when our Secretary of State indicates that we give serious consideration to the views of the PRC as we formulate our own foreign policy, I think he is absolutely correct.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Though not officially an ambassador to China, since the US recognized only the People’s Republic of China on Taiwan, and not the rest of the country, Bush’s 14 months spent in China was seen as largely beneficial to relations between the two countries. RRAuction COA.
