Recently on the floor of the House I had suggested a mission to China. made up of Members of Congress. journalists. businessmen. and experts. to look into the conditions and potential of trade with the United States. Mr. Chou told me the Iron Curtain was of U.S. manufacture. He pointed out that they had initiated the idea of newsman exchange. When I returned to the United States I reported my conversation to the Department of State. I asked the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs. J. Graham Parsons. if we had made it clear in our negotiations with the Red Chinese that if their individual newsmen applied for visas. it was likely they would be allowed and thus the logjam would be broken so our journalists could get visas for China.