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- Teng:
- you listen to the information from Lon Nol it won't be accurate. As for the information provided by Thieu, we think it is also unreliable. We think the fundamental question is this. It is good that you have withdrawn your armed forces, but you have not really disengaged. Your feet are still bogged down there and probably all these specific issues all stem from the fact that the fundamental issue has not been completely resolved. I should think that that is true about the entire Indo-Chinese issues too.
- Kissinger:
- I finally want to say one thing about normalization. Secretary Habib has informed me of his conversations here. On the claims/assets agreement, I understand the principal Chinese see concern and I will, when I return, see whether our lawyers can come up with a definition compatible with Chinese principles.
- My impression is that the other aspects are soluble and I try to find a way of solving that aspect.
- Interpreter:
- That...
- Kissinger:
- That particular one.
- Teng:
- I hear that he has placed great emphasis on matters of United States law.
- Kissinger:
- That is what I will look into when I return.
- Teng:
- How can U.S. laws govern China? That is not logical.
