Friday, May 21, 1971
THE MICHIGAN DAILY.
Page Seven
of , France reported easing towards
, /7British entry to Common Market
PARIS {IP-President Georges
Pompidou and Prime Minister
Edward Heath ranged over Eu-
rope's future Thursday, with
France reportedly resolved to let
Britain join the Common Market.
Word of the historic shift -in
the postion of the Pompidou gov-
ernment came from high French
sources. They acknowledged, un-
der questioning, some tough is-
sues have yet to be negotiated.
There was no confirmation from
the British, who twice were
barred from membership by
French vetoes in the 1960s.
The French sources attributed
Pompidou's shift in part to direct
Italian and West German initia-
tives since April.
Prime Minister Emilio Co-
lombo of Italy and West German
Chancellor Willy Brandt were
said to have urged Pompidou to
meet Heath and in exchanges of
letters warned him strongly of
the dangers of French isolation.
Pompidou told French and
British ministers and diplomats
that "On many essential points,
and particularly concerning the
general concept of Europe, its or-
ganization and objectives, our
views are sufficiently close to al-
low us to continue without pes-
simism."
In his response, Health said it
was heartening "for me to dis-
cover in my talks with the presi-
dent how close are our ideas and
aspirations."
The French sources stressed,
however, that the process of
change in French thinking began
during the regime of the late
President Charles de Gaulle. .
Pompidou and Heath outlined
the sort of parliamentary situa-
tion each faces on the ouestion of
Common Market enlargement.
This gave Heath the chance to
explain how his government ex-
pects to cope with the fierce re-
sistance within his own Conserva-
tive party, and within the opposi-
tion Labor party, on the matter
of British entry.
All British party leaders are
pledged to support his-providing
the terms are not too stiff.
Outside Elysee Palace, senior
French authorities, familiar with
Pompidou's thinking, uninhibit-
edly discussed their government's
approach and made these points:
-Their president, as they see
it, has taken the basic political
decision that will permit British
entry.
-Precise terms and time scale
will be matters for the Brussels
negotiators.
-Pompidou still may be ex-
pected to resist certain British
demands that would give Britain
a position of permanent privilege
within the community, now made
up of Belgium, France, West
Germany, Luxembourg, Italy and
the Netherlands. These would
include preserving a special, in-
dependent international role for
the pound sterling, and safe-
Diplomat's fate unknown
Turkish Justice Minister Ismail Akar, investigating the kidnaping
of Israeli diplomat Ephraim Lerom, tells newsmen no new word
" has been received from Turkish terrorists who threatened to kill
Lerom at 11 a.m. yesterday if jailed Turkish revolutionaries were
not released by the government.
N. Vietnamese open
Laotian supply route
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THE XEROX CORP. yesterday disclosed that it had sent its
foreign sales representatives on visits to Peking in search of trade
with China.
The disclosure was made by Xerox President C. Peter Mc-
Colough at the company's annual shareholder's meeting.
In Washington, State Department officials said they had
no knowledge about the reported contact between Xerox and
mainland China and, in fact, that they learned about it by reading
news dispatches.
That such contacts exist was no surprise, the officials said,
and added that as far as the State Department knows authorities
on mainland China have issued a number of visas to American
businessmen. They declined to elaborate, or to give names.
TWO OHIO REPUBLICANS, Reps. Clarence Miller and
Frank Bow introduced legislation in Congress which would make
it a federal crime to display a Viet Cong or North Vietnamese
flag while the U.S. was fighting in Southeast Asia.
"It is seditious to me to see a pompous band of renegades
shoving the VC or North Vietnamese flag at us while wiping their
feet on the flag U.S. servicement have fought to defend," Miller
said.
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SAIGON /P) - The North Viet-
namese yesterday gained a new
supply route through southern
Laos just as monsoons began
flooding older routes farther to
the north.
This setback to allied com
mands in Indochina cane with
the abandonment by Royal Lao-
tion forces of the last remaining
outpost on the Bolovens Plateau
in southernmost Laos. Control of
the plateau gives Hanoi drier ac-
cess to South Vietnam's central
highlands and northeastern Cam-
bodia.
The government outpost at
Houei Rang in the Bolovens Pla-
teau was evacuated in the face
of advancing North Vietnamese
troops when Laotian field com-
manders decided it could not be
held.
Coupled with Hanoi's capture
of two key towns last Sunday,
the lass of Bouei Kong put the
North Vietnamese in control of
the entire plateau.
The eastern edge of the pla-
teau overlooks the Ho Chi Minh
supply trail and Hanoi's control
of the plateau would enable it to
expand the trail's road network
westward.
Truck traffic on the trail itself
was reported sharply reduced.
U.S. aerial reconnaissance ob-
servers noted some dirt roads
flooded or so muddy that move-
ment was difficult.
The monsoon storms now be-
ginning to sweep the trail also
cut into some U.S. bombing and
gunship attacks, but did not if-
feet the B52 heavy bombers
which fly at 30,000 feet and above
the bad weather.
U.S. headquarters reported a
few B52s struck in Caineia ii
support of Socith Vietnamnese
ground forces but there were no
missions flown in South Viet-
nam and all the rest of the eight
engine bombers were concen-
trated on Laos.
In the northern end of South
Vietnam, American positions just
below the demilitarized zone
came under North Vietnamese
rocket attack late yesterday for
the second straight day.
In other actions, it was re-
ported that two rocket bombard-
ments hit U.S. bases about a
mile from the DMZ which di-
vides Vietnam into two coun-
tries. The attacks caused no U.S.
deaths and a small number
wounded.
Georges Pompiaou
guards for Commonwea~lh pro-
ducers at the expense of those
within the community.
On wider political issues,
French sources were emphatic
that the entry of Britain, Nor-
way, Denmark and Breland-the
four applicant states-will change
the scope as well as the nature
of the European community.
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