Word: bordering
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China's efforts in Eastern Europe and those of Russia in Asia are part of a global Sino-Soviet competition that has gained new impetus and urgency because of the firefights on the Ussuri River border. Though the Soviets claim they have evacuated the disputed island in the Ussuri and have called for a negotiated settlement of the issue, the competition continues. The immediate aim of both sides is to recruit supporters for the world meeting of Communist parties, now scheduled for June 5 in Moscow. The long-range objective is to gain a strong foothold in the adversary...
Steps Toward War. As Western analysts see it, several intermediate steps are possible well before the point of full-scale war. The present local clashes, for instance, might be expanded into sudden over-the-border raids aimed at small military or agricultural installations...
Guerrilla warfare might be instigated by one side or the other, particularly by the Russians, since the Uigurs and Kazakhs who live along China's side of the Sinkiang border have been susceptible to Soviet pressures in the past. Hit-and-run air strikes, first at minor targets, then at more vital areas, would prove less costly than ground incursions in terms of men and materiel. All-out air strikes, however, would almost certainly provoke a declaration...
...most recent border clash, on March 15, fell far short of being a decisive incident. Details being released gradually in Moscow, however, assert that the Chinese force involved was the equivalent of a regiment-about 3,000 men. It is in the Soviet interest to portray China's belligerence in lurid terms. Moscow's reports were strongly phrased and probably exaggerated. The Chinese employed their Korea-proven "human wave" attacks-and Moscow claims that Russian casualities were heavy, although exact totals have not been released so far. A Soviet counterattack, using armored cars, reportedly cleared the island. Soviet...
Riverside on the Newton - Wellesley border is a popular public course, and is easy to get to by subway. Ponkapoag in Canton is the best public course south of Boston. And there's always the Cambridge Municipal on Fresh Pond, which can boast of convenience and nothing else...