Sundtoy, Ftbruary 2'0, 1972 THE MICHIU^N vAILY pogi Five Sunc~y, F~bruory 20, '1972 THE MICHI.,AN VAILY Pog~ Five the sunday daily 0 a nd at I fBy RiCH LEVY in fact going.to China "to promote and LES AOSS peace and understanding." To cri- JULY 11, 1971, President ticize the trip would be like cri- ixon appeared on nation-wide ticizing Mother and Apple Pie and television and announced that. he could only tarnish the image of would soon make atrip to Peking. a nation united behind its Presi- uldnescrnmke a a trprisoek no.dent After the initial announce- This news came as a surprise notme thWheHusstf p. only to the American people and ment, the White House staff spe- to the allies of the United States, cifically asked that speculation but also to everyone in the U.S. about the trip be kept to a mini- government with the exceptions of mum. In this manner, Nixon hoped Nixon himself, Henry Kissinger:byo the inevitable criticism and a small handful of presidential by his opponents had he presented confidants. the plan for discussion and ap- home poses of the trip began to be some-' The President's China Trip, istence of) not because it will pro-, sible left within the Republican what obfuscated. The continued publicity given to the great "break-j through" by our great "peace- maker" President continued to; draw attention away from the con- Nonetheless, at present Nixon is tect South Vietnam, not because still using the China trip to divert attention away from the economic and political problems -onfront- ing the U.S. Television specials on it will pressure Nortn Vietnam in- possessed a familiarity with Chi- nese politics and whose function! it was to advise the government on p o 1 i c y decisions regarding China, Nixon prefered to rely on a small group of White House ad- visors headed by his favorite sec- ret agent, Henry Kissinger. In this situation, Kissinger openly return- ed to Peking, to negotiate a time and agenda for the talks.. i~t'T t!'+T t77.'C'A Tsivr ar .n_' tinuing war, and the increasing air China and the President's u p war, in Indochina; as well as from have replaced specials dealing with Nixon's economic problems both the war and with domestic prob- at home and overseas. For exam- lems. Even the Indochina War is ple, the coverage of the President's frequently covered as a 4idelight announcement of his trip to Pe- to Nixon's trip. For example, the king virtually obliterated further anticipated Tet offensive is report- news coverage of the P.R.G.'. ed not as an integral part of the Seven Point Peace Plan. Indochina War but rather as an To many people it seemed that effort by the Vietnamese to dis-1 whenever Nixon's critics got too rupt the President's trip to China. loud in their criticisms about de- Similarly, Westmoreland now jus-1 valuation, unemployment, infla- tifies the intensified bombing 'of to releasing American prisoners of war, but because it will prevent the Vietnamese from turning Nix- on's trip into a flop. News cover, age and analysis upon Nixon's return will no doubt be so exten- sive as to crowd news of the war' party. But the purpose of the trip is not merely to get Nixon re-elected. It will also have some affects on American foreign policy and some benefits for segments of American society. NIXON HAS already suggested When Nixon told the world of his trip in this nianner, the elected and appointed officials in Wash-E *ington-both supporters and oppo- nedts of Nixon-found themselves ; freed with a fait accompli; the: proval in Washington prior to pre- senting the plan to the Chinese. Having silenced most of the critics, of his trip, Nixon proceeded with his plans to realize the trip. Rather than take into his confi- BUT1BTWEN Nxon gn-tion, racism, price controls ad in- nouncement of the trip and Kis- finitum, the White House would singer's return to Peking, the pur- roll out that old publicity magnet alleged trations officers Communist troop concen- (which most American in Vietnam deny the ex- 1 it 7 1 t ,:t { Japan: Facing a change and economic problems off the that no major agreements will be front pages. reached on this trip (this is part of his argument that he should be NIXON'S DESIRE to propel a re-elected to continue the dia- worldwide image of "Nixon The logue). Peacemaker" is amply revealed But what will the American peo- in his style of handling the China m tri. B deidng ot o tkeany, ple- gain from Nixon's trip to trip. By deciding not to take nChina? Perhaps it will implement other elected officials on his trip cultural and scientific exchanges to China, but rather to take a large between the two countries. But number of hand picked newsmen, unless China "changes color" (that Nixon is working towards several is, decides to give up the quest goals. First, he will be the only for a communist society) the trip elected official who has had any will not in any way presage the contact with Chinese officials. This,'elimination of the major contradic- in conjunction with Kissinger's re- Ibons between American imperial- cently announced intention to re- ism and the Peoples' Republic of tire from his role of presidential China. advisor, will strengthen Nixon's claim for re-election as the only_ ____ man who has established a rapport with the Chinese. Nixon has also been using the trip in another way to improve moving away from his old position of virulent anti-communism and beginning high level negotiations A with the Chinese, he has drawn criticism from the extreme right wing. L : rebutting this charge, WEDNESDAY Nixon can pose as the rational man in the middle between the Student Gallery- paranoid right and the irrespon- f For the Student Body: SALE " J eans * Bells " Flares, V/2 off CHEKMATE State Street at liberty President of the United States was Indochint fContinued from Page 5) the 1955-57 period (when Nixon was Vice-President). Although t h e ambassadorial talks in "Warsaw were begun and an agreeinent on the mutual re- patriation of prisoners was nego- tiated during that period. the gov- ernment did not respond favorably to additional Chinese initiatives which were aimed at improving Sino-American cultural, economic and political relations. dence government officials who (Continued from Pagt 5) tion, the most important of whichdistracted by his tourism in the his China policy on its merits, is the balance of forces within Ja- People's Republic of China, we and could not. But Sato, fortu- pan. At the least we can observe must keep our eyes on the Indo- effects Tnately, is not Japan. He is not ev- that the post-occupation domi- chinese situation. But we should whom they are confident will pre- en the whole of the ruling conser- nance of the conservative party, also recognize and attempt to con- vail. vative party. His main political bolstered by American political solidate the trip's beneficial ef- Thus the Chinese would have no support comes from the right wing support and a military alliance, fects. Central, of course, is the re-, 'reason to suggest to the Indochi- of the party, that segment which has not prevented a gradual mili- duced likelihood of Sino-American nose that they settle the war on 'embodies the greatest personal and tary build-up. Have Nixon's trip hostilities. Other effects will come, American terms for the sake of ideological continuities with pre- and other recent jolts to Japan- probably not in Indochina, but in imnroving Sino-American rela- 1945 leadership. ese-American intimacy opened the America's client countries else- tions. This is all in line with the If we widen the focus and con- floodgates of rearmament? On the where around the Pacific rim of Chinese concet of a revolutionary sider the Japanese scene as a contrary, the rate of military ex-w Jt ic rim of foreign policy: supporting the ef- whole. the impact of the Sino- pansion has recently been cut back Asia. Japan in particular will be forts of peoples to liberate them- American dentente has been in-' (Asian Survey, Jan. 1972, p. 52). encouraged to peep out from un- seves but not advocating the lib- vigorating. The tired policy of fol-E There are political as well as der American wings and try ad- era tion of other peoples by Chi- lowing Washington's lead in all economic reasons for this. Nixon's just to the changes wrought in' nes- efforts. things is undergoing its strongest trip and the Sino-American thaw East Asia by America's failure in I dents rafts. Fair V, FEB. 23rd 1st Floor, Union IF THE CHINESE believe that Another likely topic of discus- postwar challenge. An internation- the U.S. intervention in Indochina sion will be the role of Japan in al posture based more on Japan's is doomed to defeat. then what will East Asia (see separate article). interests than on American cold- be the results of this trip? Within war anxieties has a chance of em- the last week the Chinese seem to' TN THE FINAL analysis. Nixon's erging. After all, on what grounds have indicated a higher priority trio will have almost no effect on can Japan continue to be guided for the Taiwan issue than for In- ' resolving the major conflicts be-. by cold-war dictates when Nixon dochina. This position is in con- tween the U.S. and China. The is chatting amiably with Peking's trast to that expressed less than Chinese are most interested in leaders? Parts of Japan's conserv- a year ago when Indochina was Taiwan but Nixon has already rul- ative leadership have their own felt by the Chinese to be the prob- ed out any major concessions on reasons for a strongly anti-Com- lem of the highest priority. Thus this tonic. The Indochinese con- munist stance 'in East Asia, but tht principal topic of discussion flict will not be settled in these their line has become much hard- between Nixon and the Chinese talks. Even if he wanted to. Nixon er to justify. will most likely be the removal of could not give the Chinese the A common liberal American ar- U.. forces and support from'Tai- guarantees against. a resurgence of gument against any loosening of wan. Nixon has already stated that Javanese militarism which they the Japanese-American tie has he will not make any concessions seek. Therefore the only likely ef- been that Japanese. rearmament to the Chinese in this regard. fects of this trip are the further would follow. George Ball raised Tht Indochina War will most'normalization of Sino-American this spector in his recent critique certainly also be discussed al- relations and an increase in con- of Nixon's trip (New York Times though the Chinese may well tell tacts between the peoples of the Magazine, Feb. 13. 1972). There m o countries. are many factors in this situa- Nixon that the people for him to! deal with are the Indochinese him themselves. Thus the intensifica- tion of the air war by the U.S. and Nixon's recent hardening of the '0., negotiating position wouldbe Enroll in U . of M seen by the Chinese as issues whhhuld prily be del New EuropeanSessions with by the Indochinese peoples not only remove the central ra- Indochina and China's new inter- tionale for Japan's rearmament, China's bellicose image. They also national eminence. i !, I' a 3i t' f make it politically incumbent up- on any Japanese government to appear to be making solid steps toward better Sino-Japanese re- lations. Rapid military expansion such as envisaged in Tokyo's "fourth defense buildup plan," doesn't fit, as Chou En-lai has been assiduously reminding the Japanese public. 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