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...Touring Shaba region with Zaïre's President Mobutu Sese Seko, Huang declared that the Katangese invaders had been "Soviet-Cuban mercenaries." Since then Keng Piao has carried China's admonitory message to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as to the Caribbean. The indefatigable Vice Premier has scheduled visits for next autumn to Guinea and Ghana...
...slight downplaying of its avowed intention of "liberating" Taiwan by force if necessary -the main obstacle to normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations. Returning from a ten-day visit to China two weeks ago, New York Democratic Congressman Lester Wolff reported that China's top foreign policymaker, Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing, had told him that Peking was willing to negotiate its differences on Taiwan with the Nationalist Chinese government. Said Wolff: "There was none of the rhetoric we had heard before about the 'murderers on Taiwan.' Taiwan was mentioned in a much more conciliatory framework...
...that? Well, one simplistic way was to abolish cities, because cities cannot survive without money. The new Cambodian rulers did just that. What matter that hundreds of thousands died as the cities were depopulated? It apparently meant little, if anything, to Premier Pol Pot and his shadowy colleagues on the politburo of Democratic Kampuchea, as they now call Cambodia. When asked about the figure of 1 million deaths, President Khieu Samphan replied: "It's incredible how concerned you Westerners are about war criminals." Radio Phnom Penh even dared to boast of this atrocity in the name of collectivism: "More...
...most immediate progress came on noneconomic issues. Japanese Premier Takeo Fukuda popped a surprise idea for an agreement among the Seven that would sever airline traffic with any nation encouraging or harboring terrorist hijackers. The proposal passed unanimously...
...country that is least capable of recovery made the boldest promises. Premier Giulio Andreotti pledged to tame inflation and lift Italy's economic growth rate to 3.7% by cutting government expenditures, reducing welfare outlays and funneling more funds into industry. Milan's Corriere della Sera called Andreotti's pledges "gambling Italy's credibility...