"Dr, Wang, this is Cordell Hull speaking, Tom delighted to have this opportunity of greeting you and it gives me much pleasure to participate with you to-day in the me auguration of direct radio telephonic communication between the United States of America and China, "Communication between our two countries dates from 1784, in which Sear an American ship with a cargo bf merchandise first visited China, The voyage from New Yorke to Cat ton occupied more than six months, Al that time séilling ships. afforded the only trans-oceanic means of communication, Now, as a result of in vention and development of instru ments and agencies of communication, great distances.are no longer serious obstacles to the interchanging between libations of goods, of ideas and even spoken words. Scientific achieve tents have in effect made the world Smaller, Have brought nations into closer contact with each other and have made neighbours of countries separated by great physical distances. Today Tam. exchanging greetings with you half way round the world in approximately the same time 25 would be required were we talking by telephone from different points in the same city.
am confident that this radio {elephone service which provides a new avenue of communication between the United States and China wil) facilitate and promote friendly Jand profitable relationships between the peoples of our countries and prove beneficio} to both nations'
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