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On the recordJanuary 18, 1981
I welcome the opportunity through this Consular Convention to improve the relations between the two countries and their nationals.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States-People's Republic of China Consular Convention Message to the Senate Transmitting the Convention.

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