"China" Portland City Club Speech

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: Display

March 9, 1979

Identifier

PUA_MS147_338

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

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text