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...Ceausescu did agree to an exchange of information-service library centers. The two men also decided to resume negotiations toward a U.S.-Rumanian civil air agreement-none now exists-and to open formal discussions aimed at mutual extension of consular facilities. Most of the remaining time was spent discussing East-West relations, which both men are anxious to improve. In his toast to improving those relations during a state dinner at week's end, the President declared: "We are flexible about the methods by which peace is to be sought and built. We see value neither in the exchange...
...trouble centers on Muong Soui, an important garrison on the northwestern edge of the strategic Plain of Jars. It straddles vital Route 7, the only good east-west highway in Laos, and controls the gateway to the Upper Mekong as well as access to Route 13, which links the royal capital of Luang Prabang with the administrative capital of Vientiane. Before this year's Communist spring offensive, it was one of three major government outposts in Communist-controlled northeastern Laos. Then, last April, Communist forces began moving on Muong Soui. To relieve the pressure on the garrison, government troops...
...Bucharest, a languid and Latinate city, will be the scene of a major development in East-West relations. It will become the first Communist capital ever to play host to an American President. The Rumanian capital is already busy getting ready for the 20-hour state visit. The Rumanian army band must learn to play The Star-Spangled Banner, a notoriously difficult capitalist number...
...same time, the White House insists, the President has no intention of making the visit to Rumania seem like an anti-Soviet gesture. "Eastern Europe, after all," says one man close to the President, "is central to the issue of East-West peace." In fact, if there is any likelihood of detente with Russia, with the upcoming disarmament talks as a first step, Nixon's next major mission may well be to Moscow...
...what about Russian troops still stationed in Hungary? Perhaps you could say Soviet divisions in East Germany, Poland or Czechoslovakia are part of the Warsaw Pact defense system-but Hungary is far removed from the East-West invasion routes, yet Soviet troops remain there unchallenged and unquestioned...