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>WASHINGTON -- Amid a discussion of trade in 1973, Chinese leader Mao Zedong made what U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called a novel proposition: sending tens of thousands, even 10 million, Chinese women to the United States.
>Chinese leader Mao Zedong, here depicted in an Andy Warhol painting, offered women to the U.S.
>"You know, China is a very poor country," Mao said, according to a document released by the State Department's historian office.
>"We don't have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands."
>A few minutes later, Mao circled back to the offer. "Do you want our Chinese women?" he asked. "We can give you 10 million."
>After Kissinger noted Mao was "improving his offer," the chairman said, "We have too many women. ... They give birth to children and our children are too many."
>"It is such a novel proposition," Kissinger replied in his discussion with Mao in Beijing. "We will have to study it."
Damn you, Kissinger. Our nation's genepool could have been improved damn near infinitely.
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