U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association Speech · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_240
Title: U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association Speech
Description: A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin at the U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association in Atlanta, Georgia on September 4, 1977. Congressman AuCoin advocated for improved diplomatic relations and increased trade between the People's Republic of China and the United States, a popular political goal in the 1970s. The 1948 Vanport Flood is mentioned in the speech. AuCoin brought up the "Taiwan Question," and expressed support for Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China. Diplomatic relations were formally normalized a year later in 1978 following decades of tension. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1977
Date: Display: September 4, 1977
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; United States--Foreign relations--China
Place: United States; China
Source: Pacific University Archives
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Type: Text