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...struggle over Indochina is only part of the Sino-Soviet cold war. The Chinese fear a Russian encirclement -Moscow's allies on China's southern border could complement Soviet troops on China's northern flank. During his recent visit to Peking, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was told by the Chinese, "Our enemy is Russia." As Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping put it, "Two-thirds of the Soviet troops are now committed to the European front. But we are anticipating the day when they will be free to turn against...
...Midwest, where he feels at home, a welcome if not a beloved figure, the President last week was relishing what he calls a "working vacation." He was doing what comes naturally: chatting with an earnest 4-H'er about the calories in a pineapple milkshake, patting the beefy flank of a prizewinning steer, comparing a wooden porch swing to the one owned by "a girl I used to court." But the brief Western trip had its serious side. The President's approval rating had dropped to 45% in the Gallup poll and to 38% in the Harris...
...approval of Ford's military response to the Mayaguez hijacking has worn off like a weak injection, and has even produced second thoughts about its wisdom. The visit of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his passionate warnings against cooperating with the Soviets have hurt the President some on the other flank. "Where are we going?" the people asked. Too many vetoes, said some. No focus for the future. A few were uneasy over Ford's old-fashioned talk-too naive, too much like a Boy Scout. His friendship with business and the military establishment has brought up old doubts among...
...situation on the eastern flank of NATO, because of the dispute between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, does worry us very greatly. As you know, we have been working very hard to try and assist the parties in their negotiations, and one of the things we sought to do is to lift the arms embargo imposed by the Congress because we don't believe that Turkey will really negotiate under the threat of the continuation of the arms embargo. If that is lifted, the prospects for meaningful negotiations between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots are good...
...case can be made that the biggest loser of the Viet Nam War was Communist China and not, as it may at first have appeared, the U.S. One admittedly prejudiced senior China watcher in Washington puts it thus: "The removal of the relatively benign American presence from the southern flank of China has caused Peking a lot of worry. Hanoi's relations with China are uneasy. Soviet access to Southeast Asia-possibly a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay [site of the largest U.S. military installation during the Viet Nam War]-would change the whole strategic balance of power...