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{"value"=>"<p>1948-1979 The papers in this file concern mostly the effort by The Times to gain entry for its correspondents, into mainland China. This effort was hampered by both the U. S. policy towards China and the attitude of the Chinese Government. Of special interest: Efforts to obtain Chinese visa for Harrison Salisbury, Tillman Durdin, Henry Lieberman, Abe Rosenthal, Walter Sullivan, and others. The file contains copies of several letters from Turner Catledge to Chou En-Lai, the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China. Times editorial on admission of American correspondents to China (1956). AHS's correspondence with John Foster Dulles regarding U.S. policy of barring American newsmen from Communist China (1957). Effort for coverage of China with Max Frankel taking overall responsibility (1967). Effort to open a bureau in Peking. Suggestions for stories to Reuters' China correspondents (1956). Reuters series on Communist China by Walton Cole. Readers Mail (1958). Herbert Matthews's talks with John Foster Dulles on the question of visas for Communist China (1955, 1957). Opening of the Peking Bureau (1979). (Tillman Durdin was the first regular correspondent for an American newspaper to enter China since the 1950s). (1971)</p>"}
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