From: Steve Bannon

From: Steve Bannon To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: peres Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:08:36 +0000 always the trains On Mar 28, 2018, at 8:02 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: And now I come to my own ego. I began relations between this new China and Israel. My sense is that when you watch Russian movements and actions, sometimes there's an unseen gravitational force that comes from someplace, and I often feel that place is China. I feel that the two countries are loosely coordinating their policies in some specific areas, including here. No, there is no coordination. There's a Chinese warship with the Russian ships off the coast of Syria, and the Chinese are training Syrian troops inside China. Let me tell you a story that I have from Kissinger. I think he also wrote it down somewhere. It was the 70th birthday of Stalin, and the Russians insisted that Mao Zedong come to participate. Mao didn't want to. He hated to fly, and he didn't like the Russians. But the pressure was tremendous: "We are brothers, we are Communists," and this and that. And, finally, the Politburo of China decided that they will go. Mao didn't like to fly, so they took a train. It was winter, so it took him 16 days to travel from Beijing to Moscow. That sounds awful. Before they went, the Politburo met to decide, "What sort of a gift are we going to bring to Stalin?" Well, China has gold, let's give him a collection of gold. They have the white jade, which is even more expensive than gold. So maybe a collection of white jade. Then Mao Zedong said, "Sony, what are we, a colony? We are paying a tribute to them?" And then one of the members of the Politburo suggested a collection of Chinese vegetables. [Laughs] Poor Mao, he arrives in Moscow, sick from this winter train ride. They put him in a small place, and they didn't pay attention to him. And they told Stalin about the gift, he says, "Oh, he wants to poison me. Send it away." And Mao Zedong was terribly insulted. So he says, "I am finished with the Russians." He told this story to Kissinger. And then the Russians all of the sudden realized what they did. So they sent a nice boy, Kosygin, to apologize to Mao. The Chinese put him in a tent, with mosquitoes. please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of EFTA00850125 JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00850126