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...charge: "In the Middle East, in Southeast Asia and elsewhere in the world, we will stand by our friends-we will honor our commitments-and we will protect the vital interests of the United States" (see box). That sounded impressive, though any President would presumably say much the same thing, but it is not easy to apply such traditional principles to the complexities of international politics...
...trying to set a policy course to follow in response to the Chinese invasion, the Carter Administration was hampered last week by uncertainty over exactly what was happening in Asia. For one thing, a heavy cloud cover prevented the usual satellite reconnaissance, forcing U.S. experts to rely on intercepted radio messages to determine the progress of the Chinese forces. For another, Administration officials differed in their judgments of both Chinese and Soviet intentions. Immediately at issue was a planned trip by Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal to Peking. Some State Department experts opposed the trip, arguing that a postponement would indicate...
Reasoned a senior Administration official: "Why should we hurt ourselves by stopping our efforts to enhance our now normal relationship with China? Let's not be so hysterical about this that we do things that endanger our interest." Said one Sino-Soviet expert: "Secretly, I revel in this sort of thing. Of course, there are hazards in it; there is the danger that the war could upset the stability of the entire region. But from a strictly hardheaded standpoint, the best thing might be that there is no outcome to the Sino-Vietnamese-Soviet conflict, that they all sort...
...thing is certain, however-- Harvard pre-meds are singing the same old song. Chemistry 20b, "Organic Chemistry," ranks sixth on the list...
...Princeton's gonna try to do the same thing in the 100 (free) that they did in the 200," Crimson mentor Joe Bernal predicted last night, referring to the four Tigers in the eight man 200 free final. But Harvard's second-year coach plans to unleash a few seahorses of his own tonight...