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Communists, like Masaryk, or that I might be imprisoned for revisionism or<br />

deviationism."<br />

More than 2 million Cambodians out of an estimated total population of slightly more<br />

than 7 million perished under the Khmer Rouge; according to some estimates, the<br />

genocide killed 32% of the total population. [fn 15] <strong>The</strong> United States and Red China,<br />

acting together under the Kissinger "China card" policy, had liquidated one Cambodian<br />

government, destroyed the fabric of civil society in the country, ousted a pro-US<br />

government, and installed a new regime they knew to be genocidal in its intentions. For<br />

Kissinger, it was the exemplification of the new US strategic doctrine contaied in NSSM<br />

200. For <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong>, it was the fulfillment of his family's fanatically held belief in the<br />

need for genocide to prevent the more prolific, but inferior races of the earth, in this case<br />

those with yellow skins, from "out-breeding" the imperial Anglo-Saxon racial stock. In<br />

addition to opportunities to promote genocide, <strong>Bush</strong>'s tenure in Beijing presented him<br />

with numerous occasions to exploit public office for the private gain of financiers and<br />

businessmen who were a part of his network.<br />

Meeting of the Monsters<br />

In September, 1975, as Ford was preparing for a year-end visit to China, Kissinger<br />

organized a Presidential reception at the White House for a delegation from the Beijing<br />

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. This was the first high-level<br />

trade delegation to come to the United States from China. <strong>The</strong> meeting was carefully<br />

choreographed by Kissinger and Scowcroft. <strong>The</strong> Ford Library has preserved a<br />

supplementary memo to Scowcroft, at that time the NSC chief, from Richard H. Solomon<br />

of the NSC staff, which reads as follows: "Regarding the President's meeting with the<br />

Chinese trade group, State has called me requesting that Ambassador <strong>Bush</strong> and<br />

[Kissinger henchman] Phil Habib attend the meeting. You will recall having approved<br />

<strong>Bush</strong>'s sitting in on the President's meeting with the Congressional delegation that<br />

recently returned from China. Hence, <strong>Bush</strong> will be floating around the White House at<br />

this period of time anyway. I personally think it would be useful to have <strong>Bush</strong> and Habib<br />

sit in. <strong>The</strong> Cabinet Room should be able to hold them. Win Lord is someone else who<br />

might be invited." This meeting was eventually held on September 8, 1975. A little<br />

earlier <strong>Bush</strong> en route to Washington, had sent a hand-written note to Scowcroft dated<br />

August 29, 1975. This missive urged Scowcroft to grant a request from Codel Anderson,<br />

who had just completed a visit to China complete with a meeting with Deng Xiao-ping, to<br />

be allowed to report back to Ford personally. <strong>The</strong>se were the type of contacts which later<br />

paid off for <strong>Bush</strong>'s cronies. During 1977, <strong>Bush</strong> returned to China as a private citizen,<br />

taking with him his former Zapata business partner, J. Hugh Liedtke. In January, 1978,<br />

Liedtke was on hand when the Chinese oil minister was <strong>Bush</strong>'s guest for dinner at his<br />

home in Houston. In May, 1978, Liedtke and Pennzoil were at the top of the Chinese<br />

government's list of US oil firms competing to be accorded contracts for drilling in<br />

China. <strong>The</strong>n, in the late summer of 1978, J. Hugh Liedtke of Pennzoil made another trip<br />

to China, during which he was allowed to view geological studies which had previously<br />

been held as state secrets by Beijing. Pennzoil was in the lead for a contract to begin<br />

offshore drilling in the South China sea. [fn 16] Kissinger made four visits to Beijing

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