300 Foot Telescope

In November 1976, an official delegation of astronomers from the People's Republic of China visited the U.S., and on 18-19 November visited NRAO-Green Bank. They flew to Elkins and drove over the mountains, accompanied by a U.S. Government escort. The U.S. government had also sent advance security personnel to check the site, including Redwood House, where Green Bank Site Director Bill Howard was living and where an evening reception was held (Bill Howard says security personnel even looked under the beds). In October 1977, NRAO Director David S. Heeschen was a member of the official U.S. delegation of astronomers who visited China. Front row: Bill Howard, Wang Shou Guan [Director of Beijing Observatory], Xiang Delin [Nanjing Observatory], unknown [possibly a translator], Zheng Yi Jia [Beijing Observatory], unknown, unknown. Back row: unknown, Ken Kellermann, unknown.

Records of the NRAO

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Still Image

1976-11-18

NRAO/AUI/NSF

GB76-14091

Photographs Series

300 Foot Telescope Unit

2A