"China" Portland City Club Speech · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_338
Title: "China" Portland City Club Speech
Description: A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin to the Portland City Club in Portland, Oregon, on March 9, 1979. In his speech, titled "China," Congressman AuCoin described his recent trip to China, and explained how the goal of the trip was "to gather as much information as possible to prepare for Congressional debates on trade policy" and "to use the occassion to lay groundwork for vigorous Oregon trade with China in the future." In his speech, he explained how he saw signs of societal improvements during his trip to China. 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): 1979
Date: Display: March 9, 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States--Foreign relations--China; International trade
Place: China; United States; Oregon
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text