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Here is Mr. Armstrong's personal report of the first official visit by a church leader
f rom the world of Christianity to the capital of Communist China.
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
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thirty-five minutes 1 shall leave the government's guest "State House" to address 76
ambassadors, their wives and other government representatives from as many different nations anda
number of officials from the People's Republic of China, at the People's Great Hall. Last night I
addressed sorne 400 people at a banquet
at the Peking [Beijing] Duck Restaurant.
Present were many leading government
officials with their wives, and a number of
educators from various universities.
Speaking to leaders here is speaking to
the leaders of one fourth of all the people
on earth
today-one billion peopfe!
It
is
an awesome experience. But my address
last night was enthusiastically received. lt
is now 9:30 p.m. and I am back in our
apartment in the government's guest
State House, where Mrs. Armstrong and
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
discusses wor/d's future with Tan Zhen-lin,
vice-chairman of Standing Committee of National People's Congress.
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are staying. In fact, all our party,
including Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rader,
our aircraft crew, television and camera men, are also being housed here. Dinners and banquets
begin promptly at 6 p.m. here, so we are back early. There is virtually no nightlife here. Almost no
traffic on our drive back to our "home" in Peking [Beijing]. The People's Great Hall, where
tonight's banquet was held, is a magnificent, large and stately building. Halls and rooms are
extremely large by U.S. standards. In fact everything I've seen here so
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far gives the impression of bigness and spaciousness. Main boulevards
are not only wide, but all buildings are set back, I would estímate,
about 75 feet, with service streets between the main boulevard and the
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about the stze
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of an American football field , with very
high ceilings and massive chandeliers.
T here were ambassadors from 76 dif–
ferent nations there tonight. It was
the usual 10-course dinner (I'm
told they.served an 8-course dinner
for President Richard Nixon).
This was the third dinner for me,
and all were 1O courses. I was
introduced tonight by Mr. Tokuo
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