922–13

Conversation No. 922-13

Date: May 18, 1973
Time: 12:02 pm - 12:14 pm
Location: Oval Office

President met with Edmund C. Casey, James H. Cavanaugh and Stanley S. Scott. The White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Casey’s visit to People’s Republic of China [PRC]

-Delegation

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Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

-Itinerary
-Chinese medical treatment

-Acupuncture

-Leukemia

-Status

-Journal

-Operations

-Thyroid

-Stomach

-Knee

-Anesthesia

-Tooth extractions

-Dental clinic

-Abscess

-Novocain

-Cavities

-Extractions

-Anesthesia

-Novocain

-Lidocaine

-Acupuncture

-Delegation’s return trip

-Interest in US visitors


US-PRC relations
-Chou En-lai
-Henry A. Kissinger
-US delegation to PRC [?]
-Responsiveness of PRC
-Medical
-Scientific
-Political
-Table tennis
-Importance
-Education
-Communism
-Communication
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Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

-Medical advancements

-Anesthesia

-Cancer, arthritis

-Cure

-PRC

-US

-Congo

-Argentina

-Benefits to the world

-Visits by delegations


Casey
-Role as teacher
-Private practice

Casey’s visit to PRC
-Health care delivery system

-Cost

-Minister of health

-National health insurance

-Pre-paid by workers

-Factories

-Textiles

-Communes

-Peasants

-Paramedics
-Example for US

-Congress

-Accessibility

-Quality

-Illnesses

-Sickle cell anemia

-Occurrences

-Hypertension

-Occurrences in US

-Compared to PRC

-Peking [?] hospital

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Tape Subject Log

(rev. August-2011)

Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

-Diet
-Tension
-Philosophy
-Psychiatry

National Medical Association

-Scholarship program

-Black colleges

-United Negro College Fund

-Scott


Presentation of gifts by President

-Cufflinks


Casey et al. left at 12:14 pm.