U.S. Relations With the People's Republic of China (2008)

U.S. Department of State

Interview on Today With Pat Kenny, RTE Radio 1

John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
Dublin, Ireland
November 18, 2008

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QUESTION: Let's talk about Vietnam – it wasn't your first overseas location – was it?

DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: I started my career in...well, I entered the Foreign Service in 1960 and my first posting was to Hong Kong in 1961.

QUESTION: What was your mission that tiny, little independent colony close to China?

DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: Well, then it was a British Crown Colony. Of course now it's a part of China or it has reverted to China if you will. But, I was just a Vice Consul and a trainee and beginning my career and then I went to Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 where I was a political officer reporting on developments in the country.

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Released on November 19, 2008