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There was no levity when the leaders turned to two Chinese obsessions: the Soviet Union and Taiwan. In an interview with TIME on the eve of the summit, Teng had delivered a scathing attack on Moscow, describing the Kremlin as "the true hotbed of war" and saying that if China, Japan and the U.S. "really want to be able to place curbs on the polar bear, the only realistic thing for us is to unite...
...private talks with Teng, Administration officials stressed that the U.S. wanted to treat Moscow and Peking evenhandedly. Vice President Mondale told TIME: 'The President made it clear to Vice Premier Teng that we want a warm, but correct, relationship-not one of alliance but of cooperation." Carter urged Teng to look at things from the Soviet perspective. It was pointed out that Moscow claims to be as anxious about the Chinese masses on its eastern frontier as Peking is about the Soviet military buildup...
...Teng disagreed, insisting that Soviet policies are essentially aggressive. He did not actually oppose the prospective SALT treaty, but he repeated to Carter his view stated to TIME that the U.S. should not expect much from SALT. According to a White House aide, Teng told Carter that "SALT cannot supplant the need for decisive action in other ways." He did not spell out what other ways he had in mind. On Capitol Hill, Teng's warning about SALT may well have caused a couple of Senators to change their votes, lessening the Administration's chances of getting...
...public, Teng at the outset mentioned the Soviets only obliquely. As the week progressed, however, he sharply escalated his attacks. During a visit to Washington's National Gallery, for example, he startled 1,000 guests by saying that the "danger of a new world war" was increasing because of the Kremlin's "zealous pushing of global strategy for world domination." Soon, with no objections from his hosts to restrain him, Teng began turning more and more of his public appearances into forums for assaults on the Soviets, though he took care to do so only when...
...Soviets at first scarcely mentioned Teng's trip. Then, angered by his denunciation, Pravda blasted Teng for "rabid anti-Sovietism and hostility toward the policy of relaxation of international tension." The Soviets, however, seemed to recognize that the Administration was trying to put itself at a distance from Teng's harshest statements. Thus Soviet attacks on the Chinese leader spared Carter...