FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1917 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1947 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Hanoi Hints Peace Tal ks If US. Halts Bombing From Wire Service Reports WASHINGTON-New diplomatic moves by North Vietnam indicate Hanoi may be edging toward peace talks with the United States. Officials said yesterday that during the last few days Hanoi has asked a number of other coun- tries-Communist and non-Com- munist-to call Washington's at- tention to its recent statements ,that "there could be talks" if the United States stopped bombing North Vietnam. Administration officials em- phasized that there had been no direct contact between the United States and North Vietnam. But several said they would not be surprised if Hanoi made an ap- proach at some secrecy-shrouded point such as Rangoon, Burma. The problem facing President Johnson and his top advisors was to determine whether the Commu- nists were taking tentative steps toward the conference table, or simply trying to step up inter- national pressure on America to stop the bombing. The significance of the recent Hanoi moves lay not so much in the content of the statements, but the manner in which they were made and the widespread effort undertaken to see that Washington was fully aware of them.. North Vietnam's indication that it might be willing to talk peace if the U.S. bombings stopped fell short of the price Washington has demanded to end the raids. The President, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others have said repeatedly the bombings will be halted only if there is as- surance of a significant reciprocal reduction of Communist military activity. The statements made by Hanoi included one last week in an in- terview with North Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh by an Australian newsman. "If the United States really wants talks, it must first halt un- conditionally the bombing raids and all other acts of war against North Vietnam," he said. The statement was similar to one made earlier in Paris by Hanoi's permanent representative there. He said an end of U.S. air attacks might induce his govern- ment to talk peace. The unusual interest these state- ments aroused here was due to three factors. -The official Hanoi request to other countries to call U.S. atten- tion to these remarks. -Hanoi radio picked up the Trinh interview and broadcast it in English, calling special atten- tion to the part concerning official talks. The official Hanoi news- paper, Nhan Dan, did likewise. -The fact that the Hanoi posi- tion, though still falling short of American demands, omitted pre- vious assertions that talks could take place only if the United States agreed in advance to a four-point Communist program as a "basis of settlement." This program includes one un- acceptable demand - that the United States recognize the Na- tional Liberation Front, political arm of the Viet Cong, as the "sole genuine representative of the peo- ple of South Vietnam." Some officials theorize that North Vietnam, suffering from the U.S. air attacks, is eager to obtain a reduction or suspension of them to enable it to carry on the strug- gle indefinitely. This strategy would bank on U.S. war weariness. to force eventual American with- drawal. White House officials as well as those at the State and Defense Departments have shown consider- abel concern the last few days lest the idea grow that air attacks are not worth what they cost. Rusk, in an interview for broad- cast in Britain, defended yester- day the aerial war in the North as important from a military point of view, but said it also serves the political purpose. "If North Vietnam could sit there indefinitely, safe and com- fortable, while .it sends its men- and arms into South Vietnam," Rusk said, "what would be their incentive ever to make peace?" He also said in response to questions that in spite of many probings "we never had from any- body what they the North Viet- namese would do if we stopped the bombing." Rusk added, "It may be that the events in China may give Hanoi somewhat more freedom of action than they might have felt they had a little earlier. "And so we're exploring the pos- sibilities here to find out whether bombing of nonmilitary areas was or not it is possibly the case, but accidental and since then it has we just don't know yet." put the immediate Hanoi area off Much of the exploration is limits for all bombing. carried on through neutral coun- The Post, in a story from United tries such as India and Egypt, as Nations headquarters, said high- well as through U.N. Secretary- level outsiders who knew of the General U Thant. Polish move considered it as prom- There also have been occasional ising although it was not known reports of direct contact between how near the efforts had come to U.S. and North Vietnamese rep- resentatives. The Washington Post reported meanwhile that U.S. bombing of the Hanoi area in mid-December, in which Hanoi contends damaged some civilian areas, upset a Polish effort to establish peace discus- sions between North Vietnam and the United States. The United States said any obtaining commitments from Ha- noi. No specific sources were named for the story. "At the moment the Poles are said to have suspended their ef- forts," the Post story said. "They are represented as ex- tremely frustrated, not merely over the effect of the bombing, but more particularly with the uncooperative attitude of Hanoi." Johnson Requests U.S. ESTIMATE: Mutual Enemy Troops on Increase; Recruitment Drive Planned SEfforts, For Viet Peace \WASHINGTON (') -President Johnson said yesterday it will take concessions by both the United States and the Communists to bring a negotiated peace to Viet- nam. But, amid a swirl of rumors about Vietnam peace moves, John- son said there has been no hint of serious Communist effort to bring the conflict to the confer- ence table. 'Every hour of every day the spokesmen of this government are under instructions to explore every prospect for peace," the President said. But at a White House news con- ference dominated by the South- east Asian war, this was Johnson's refrain: "In all candor, I am not aware of any serious effort that the other side has made, in my judgment,.4o bring the fighting to a stop and to stop the war." Time and again, Johnson stress- ed that point. For the United States, he said, "I will do anything I can on the part of this govern- Observers See Pro-Mao Forces RWinning Chinese Power Fight HONG KONG Al) - As seen from Hong Kong, Mao Tse-tung and his supporters appear to be winning the struggle for power in China, and that country's foreign policy is likely to become more strident and aggressive. That is the view of diplomatic experts and intelligence sources. They admit their knowledge of what is going on in China is in- complete, and base their reckoning on a piecing together of the best available information. Their re- ports indicate that Maoists now hold most of the major cities. "It looks as if the Mao dynasty has been restored," one of the ex- perts said yesterday. "The man- date of heaven apparently has been withdrawn from Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao-ping." China-Watchers This group of China-watchers believes victory for Mao is likely to plunge China into a tumultuous, traumatic round of events that will: -Give Mao the opportunity to put his "perpetual revolution" theory into action-to leave his imprint of his tortured country, even after the grave. -See relations with the Soviet Union become increasingly worse,j possibly to the point of armed' clashes along the border. -Produce an even more aggres- sive, xenophobic-fearful of foreign things-China, armed with nuclear weapons, and increase the risk of war. New Party Apparatus Mao seems likely to be forming a new party apparatus to run the country and put his "perpetual revolution" theory into effect. The experts contend that the power struggle really began eight years ago when Liu and Teng- using the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist party- kicked Mao upstairs and seized ef- fective control. Liu took Mao's job of president. As they see it: Mao apparently has been work- ing since then to make a come- back. He now has control of the armed forces, the propaganda de- partment, and several other im- portant ministries. Mao's real enemy was the Cen-, Peking Accuses U.S., Russia, Japan of Mainland Attack tral Committee. The new appara- tus will replace this. More than 70 per cent of the wall posters that have blossomed throughout China are thought to have been put up by Maoists, even many that attacked Mao. "Mao appears to have planned his comeback for some time," one of the experts said, "and confu- sion seems to have been an im- portant element of it. By attacking himself, he added to the confusion and the uncer- tainty of his enemies." The remaining 30 per cent of the posters are attributed to anti- Maoists "and the crackpots that all countries, including the Com- munist ones, have." The Red Guards were created to create confusion andi a state of uncertainty and tension. But these groups have served their purpose as a political weapon and have been ordered to disband, it is believed. Red Guard's Target The fate of the Red Guards' targets, Liu and Teng and their supporters, is not known. The sources said "it is unlikely outside top leaders in Peking that any one really knows their fate." Observers believe Mao will in- tensify his campaign against the Soviet Union when he is firmly back in the chair. "Russia his become in Mao's eyes a worse enemy than the United States," one of the sources said. Another possibility is that Pe- king might try to foment trouble by playing up racial differences among the Asian people across the bordering the Soviet Union. China-watchers here are treat- ing with caution reports of fight- ing in Sinkiang. They question that anyone really knows what is going on in that isolated area. No Western Iftelligence "Certainly no Western intel- ligence agency knows for sure what is happening there," one of the sources said, "probably even Mao himself doesn't." The experts believe Peking's for- eign policies are likely to show less fear of the possibility of war. They think Mao was kept in check when Liu and Teng held the reins. But the experts point out that Mao appears to be genuinely un- afraid of ,the prospect of nuclear war. He has often declared that he believed the Chinese people would survive a nuclear holocaust because of their numerical super- iority. ment to go more than halfway to bring it to an end." Underscoring that theme, John- son made. these statements: -"I think that any peace agree- ments would involve understand- ing on both parts and certain con- cessions on both parts." But he said possible concessions cannot be discussed in advance of nego- tiations. --He said the United States is prepared to halt the bombing of North Vietnam in return for "Just almost any step" by the Commu- nists. "As far as we can see they haven't taken any yet,' he said., "We would be glad to explore any reciprocal action. We have made one proposal after the other." 'Real Glad' ,"We'd like to have a cease-fire," he said, "we'd be real glad to stop our bombing as we have on two previous occasions if we had any indication of reciprocal action." Johnson said the United States stands ready to discuss mutual steps to ease the combat, an ex- change of prisoners, an effort to bring true demilitarization to the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam-"or any other aspects which might take even a small step in the direction of peace." But again"he declared that there has been no serious effort by the other side to move toward the peace table. Centers on Vietnam Almost every question during the half-hour session dealt with Vietnam. And when Johnson faced one that did not, the war came up again. It came up indirectly when Johnson was asked about .the Re- publican resurgence in Congress. "I'm going to try to do with the Congressional Republicans what' we are trying to do with our ad- versaries in other parts of the world," he said. "I am going to say to the minority party that I am willing to meet them half- way." Johnson said the administration will try to work out "an area of agreement" with compromises de- signed to pass his legislative pro- posals. He said partisan infighting is no good for the country. Other Topics On other topics f Johnson said China is having serious internal problems, prob- lems which are not going to im- prove the position of North Viet- nam. "I do not see that the differ- ences in China are going to con- tribute anything to the strength of the North Vietnamese," he said. But Johnson said he was not im- plying that China's internal dis- coid is likely to bring peace quickly. " He urged Senate approval of the proposed consular convention with the Soviet Union. "I feel very strongly that the ratification of this treaty is very much in our national interest," Johnson said. He said~ it could mean 10 to 15 more Communist diplomats in the United States, but that does not raise security or espionage prob- lems "which the, FBI cannot ef- fectively and efficiently deal with." 0 Johnson defended the Dem- ocratic National Committee, saying it gave the party's congressional candidates more help in the 1966 elections than at any time in his- tory. "Some people have used the committee as a whipping boy, and some don't understand the func- tions of the committee," he said. Some Democratic politicians have sharply criticized the committee's operations. SAIGON, South Vietnam (;P)- U.S. headquarters yesterday boost- ed its estimate of enemy forces in South Vietnam to 284,000 .even as the day's reports from allied field units told of the killing of more than 150 up and down the coun- try. U.S. Marines accounted for '68. The revised estimate indicated a net increase of 3,000 Communist troops last week, proportionately much greater than an influx of 4,000 Americans in the same week that boosted total allied strength, ;includingVietnamese, to nearly 1.16 million men. As to possible contributing fac- tors in the Communist gains, a captured Viet Cong. document made public Tuesday had called on the guerrillas to press a cam- paign for South Vietnamese re- cruits, "regardless of age or sex." Monsoon storms have recently impeded. U.S. air operations againstthe routes by which North Vietnam's regulars infiltrate the south. U.S. squadrons were held to 57 missions over North Vietnam Wed- nesday. Several of these strikes were made in the demilitarized zone that blanket§ the border. Heavy fog and cloud cover in some cases prevented assessment of the results. Dispatches from neighboring nations reflected the Southeast Asian ferment that is crystalized in Vietnam war: , -A Laotian army spokesman announced between 20 and 30 Pathet Lao destroyed six U.S.- supplied T28 fighters and two helicopters of Air America, a charter firm,. in a raid on the air- port of Luang Prabang, the royal capital of Laos. He said five or six persons were killed. The Pathet Lao are Communist guerrillas. They hold, eastern INTER N NEEDS A position is now open on representatives can expectt our car-tours of Europe, o dent services abroad. You m, extremely enjoyable and th experience and valuable nt Send your name, address, y tion (e.g., trip to Europe leadership positions, etc.). M ODY 6260 Cuda MADRID, Spain VP)-The Span- ish government took stern meas- ures against a growing revolt of university students yesterday after closing two of the nation's largest schools and breaking up in Vaven- cia efforts of militant opposition students to hold a national con- vention. Madrid University, with an over-all enrollment of 43,000 stu- dents, was shut for the third day by order of the rector following campus clashes between students and security police. Barcelona University authori- ties, facing a protest strike in sup- port of Madrid students, closed all classrooms for an estimated 21,000 students, Valencia Crackdown'- Eight thousand students at Va- lencia joined the strike after the crackdown there and the univer-, sity there also may be closed. While the direct motivation for last Friday's campus demonstra- tion in Madrid which sparked the snowballing student problem- was support of a general labor protest parade, behind it were efforts of Laotian territory through which North Vietnam moves men and! supplies via the Ho Chi Minh trail.' -In Phnomh Penh, Cambodian' officials raised another charge of violation of their border territory. They said South Vietnamese for- ces staged an attack Monday on the village of Svay Angang, 60 miles east of Phnomh Penh, and two Cambodians were killed and six wounded. . There was no immediate com- ment in Saigon, where Communist activity along the frontier remains a matter of concern. Overall combat casualties de- clied on both sides last week, but American_ losses were - slightly higher than in the week before. Unofficial tabulations of the American toll since 1961 edged up to 7,129 killed and 40,799 wounded. 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At Valencia, where delegates sparking the independent student organization attempted to hold a national conference, police broke up the meeting and arrested 15 to 25 student leaders. Matriculations Cancelled Barcelona University officials gave students three days to pro- duce acceptable excuses for their absence from classes. Those with- out excuses were told their matri- culations had been cancelled and they had ten days in which to renew them and pay again the term fee of $100. Many students protested they lacked money to make a second payment of fees. Others said they faced trouble at home if they had to ask their parents to pay again. "Perhaps this is one way of get- ting the parents to control their sons and daughters and teach them to respect public order," commented one university official. TOKYO (-P) - Radio Peking charged yesterday that the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan had engaged in "a criminal plot" to use Manchuria's Heilung- kiang for an attack on mainland China. This alleged plot was foiled when the army and Mao Tse- tung's supporters seized control of Heilunkiang after bloody fighting Tuesday, the broadcast added. China has accused the Soviet Union of massing troops along the Siberian border next to Heilung- kiang. How U.S. and Japanese forces-far from Manchuria- could possibly be involved was not explained. Charges Collaboration Peking has charged often that the Soviet Union and the United States were collaborating to try to encircle China. Almost as surprising as the story, were wall posters appearing in Peking saying Premier Chou En-lai had called "sheer fabrica- tion" reports that three of Mao's chief opponents were dead, in- cluding Lo Jui-ching, the purged chief of the general staff. Wall posters last month widely reported Lo had committed sui- cide, as had Vice Premier Po I-po, and said Tao Chu, former pro-' paganda chief and No. 4 man in the party hierarchy, had died of a heart attack. The Peking correspondent of the Japan Broadcasting Corp. said Chou at a State Council meeting Sunday not only denied any of the three were dead but also con- tradicted reports that party Gen- eral Secretary Teng Hsiao-ping had tried to commit suicide. Purpose to Protect "Such reports were probably made up by those who are trying to protect them," Chou was quoted as saying, A wall poster said yesterday the army had been ordered to "seize and control all warehouses" in China to check raids and pillage by "evil elements." There have been previous reports that sup- porters of Mao's No. 1 enemy, President Liu Shao-chi, have been freely distributing food through- out the provinces as one of ways of winning over workers and peas- ants in the struggle for power. 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