Carter Welcomes Deng Xiaoping to the White House
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEThe American Presidency Project's note on the remarks states that "the President spoke at 10:12 a.m. on the South Lawn of the White House" on 29 January 1979; 10:12 a.m. EST is 15:12Z.[1]
Four weeks after relations began, Deng Xiaoping stood on the South Lawn for a full arrival ceremony — the first visit to Washington by a leader of Communist China. He went on to charm Congress and the press, and to be photographed in a ten-gallon hat at a Texas rodeo.
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