Word: thomson
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Three weeks ago, James C. Thomson, Assistant Professor of History and a member of the East Asian Research Center, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Vietnam and China. Following are his introductory statement and his testimony before the Committee...
...THOMSON: That is correct...
...THOMSON: Let me suggest, as a way of answering your question, that the problem is China and the United States are squared off against each other with intense suspicion, and the problem is how to break out of the bind of mutual misapprehension...
...THOMSON: Senator, let me throw out a quick comment on that. It belongs so clearly in the crystal ball realm that anyone who would pretend to give you an answer is deluding himself. We see through a glass darkly here, and any pretense to an understanding of who will suc-Mao--and even if we knew who he was, what he would do--involves self-delusion...
...Thomson also said that in dealing with China, "it is essential to distinguish between China's highly bellicose words and her highly bellicose words and her highly cautious deeds...