In article QJX%j.16$jX.4@trnddc04, Vincent Brannigan
wrote:
PaPaPeng wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 14:52:02 GMT, Vincent Brannigan
wrote:
I was personally involved (as a student) in Ping-Pong diplomacy back
in 1972
No doubt you were one of the original astronauts who landed on the
moon too.
No but I was the persons who initiated the contact with USTTA president
Steenhoven on behalf of UMCP Chancellor Charles Bishop to help arrange
the premier venue of the tour, the match at Cole Field house. This was
the only large venue inside the Washington beltway (12,000 seats)
"1972: A ping-pong match between the United States and the People's
Republic of China is played at Cole, the first sporting event between
the two countries."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Field_House
It was my first date with Dr. Ruth. We met Henry Kissinger
First impression of Kissinger was?
Joe