Late 1950s:
US relations with Communist China were virtually nonexistent. US prohibited import of goods originating in or passing through Communist China.
There were rarely any exceptions, even for #pandas.
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An animal dealer & a noted animal importer both asked Dulles for help getting
@USTreasury permission to bring Chi Chi the giant#panda to US. Several US zoos were interested in giving Chi Chi a home, including the@BronxZoo.Show this thread -
Dulles put his aides to work on the
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10 JAN 1958 Dulles received
@USTreasury decision: allowing Chi Chi to enter US would be “a serious departure from the basic policies.” The#panda matter was closed. http://bit.ly/2CZBHOX (PDF)Show this thread
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WE DID IT CIA PROUD OF IT
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Panda Diplomacy!!!Love this concept! We love all Our Friends in China! The Panda Huggers Strategy in action! Happy Thursday to You all!
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The U.S. security is at Great Risk from foreign & domestic threats.The Liberals and the Panda-huggers orchestrated a campaign to malign President Trump and his allies, so as to defend North Korea and China's strategic interests.Michael Wolff is a Black Snake of The Fifth Column!pic.twitter.com/bkz4R7D6dg
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There's Only One World and Only One Leader in this World:USA. May God bless the Most Powerful Nation of the World where God is not ashamed to be called God! Our Relationship with China is a matter of complexity.
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Hey wasn’t that also the guy that authorized the MK Ultra experiments... where unwitting American and Canadian Citizens were subjected to mind altering drugs to experiment with mind control?
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سي اي ايه و اف بي اي فاشلون نهاية أمريكا قد أقتربت بركان سوفه ينفجر قريبا في فلوريدة و كنتاكي و دالاس مقرنا في مثلث برمودا
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LANGLEY: in the shed w/ the chainsaw (I have to call it like that or else people are going to think it's a shed w/ a toilet and we can't have that shit in DC) there is 6point2million dollars to cover the costs of these panda diplomatic unforeseens (I mean pagoda's). ~landskeeper
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