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...thus abundantly clear that if Thailand is to avoid further useless and unproductive participation in the Indochina war, an overall diplomatic solution for Southeast Asia will be necessary in the very near future. If such a settlement does not take place, the hopes for improvement in Sino-American relations based on reduction of "tension" in Asia may well fizzle...
...SOVIET BLOC. Reflecting the deep-seated Soviet fears of Peking, Moscow greeted the summit with the strongest barrage of anti-Chinese propaganda since the Sino-Soviet border clashes in 1969. For the benefit of Hanoi, which the Russians have been assiduously courting in recent months, the Soviet press offered-as proof of U.S.-Chinese "connivance" in the war -the fact that American warplanes continued to attack targets in North Viet Nam even as the Peking summit progressed. One Moscow newscast began with a few minutes of video tape of Nixon and Chou in Peking, then cut to footage...
...seven-picture spread on the presidential visit in Peking's People's Daily, described by resident correspondents as "unprecedented," proved an enigma. The Washington Post's Stanley Karnow thought the display was "calculated to communicate to the Chinese population the advent of a new era in Sino-American relations." But A.P. Correspondent Frank Cormier cautioned that it might be aimed mainly at irritating the Russians...
...deals affecting third countries will be made in Peking. That applies only in a limited sense. To be sure, the Indochina war will not be settled in Peking. China lacks both the inclination and the influence to force a settlement on Hanoi. In a broader sense, however, a Sino-American understanding about the future of the war and of Southeast...
...sorts of hopes and interests about China among Americans. Some of the interest is pure fad-the fascination with baggy peasant suits and spicy Szechwan cooking, for instance. But the fact is that the last 23 years of ill will and hatred represent an aberration in the history of Sino-American relations, and the renewed concern about China is a restoration of normalcy. America's attachment to China dates back to the mid-19th century, when the U.S. derived considerable moral satisfaction from befriending the helpless, prostrate country and exerting its diplomacy to limit the exploitation by other Western...