GM board expected to approve shake-up NEW YORK (UPI) - General Motors Corp. Chairman Roger Smith and President F. James McDonald said late yesterday they planned a news con- ference amid speculation the firm's board had approved a. major reorganization plan. The announcement of today's af- ternoon session at the GM Technical Center in suburban Warren followed a meeting in New York of the GM Board of Directors. The action lead to widespread speculation the board had given its ap- proval to a plan grouping GM's five car- building division in large and small car units. The proposal has been described as one of the most significant in the No. 1 automaker's 75-year history. Under the plan, delivered to the board last month, the five divisions will keep their current nameplates and general managers, but the two new groupings each will be headed by another executive. Proponents of the plan say it will streamline the company and increase competition between the divisions. Op- ponents say it merely adds another layer of bureaucracy to the already massive automaker. .;,. The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 1984 -Page 3 USIA chief admits guilt, surrenders tapes WASHINGTON (AP) - USIA chief parties. But it is ill Charles Wick surrendered his including Florida, telephone tapes and transcripts to when he taped his Congress yesterday, apologized to Florida's attorney; those he secretly recorded and admit- to the matter. ted he had put out wrong information The transcripts a about the whole affair. the Senate Foreign "I now understand that taping of tee and the Hou: others without their consent is unfair, Committee are ofc invades their privacy and can lead to ded between July 8,: other, more dangerous, practices," he The agency also said. notes made by Wi WICK turned over 81 transcripts and listened in on some four tape cassettes to two congressional between May 27, 191 committees which oversee the United President Reagar States Information Agency. Wick did Wick as an honoral not disclose who the conversations were would stay on the jo with. USIA runs the Voice of America and is charges with promoting the U.S. LIBERAL ARTS MA image overseas. "I used the recording equipment in You're N the way others use written notes - to Over A help me make more fully informed decisions and to convey these decisions Ask Peace Corps vo to associates more effectively," Wick genuity and flexibil said, degrees. They'll tell "MY PURPOSE was always to ex- tiency s Tesoorest tend the reach of my own memory, energy conservotic never to threaten or humiliate others." nomic developmen The USIA chief, a close personal And they'll tell youc friend of Ronald Reagan since his hands on career e Hollywood days, also disclosed that un- Iheyll tell you its th til just before Christmas secretaries ever love. listened in on some of his conversations and made stenographic notes of what r ! !- - was said. Those notes were among the............ materials sent to Capitol Hill. When the taping incidents first came to light in The New York Times on Dec. .:*'*:.... 27, Wick denied ever having recorded ---- anyone without first informing him. He; ) also denied that he had taped conver- sations with James Baker, the White House chief of staff..-. LATER, both statements were....-...-..-.. - proven wrong. During the first days of this con- troversy, the public received a goodI deal of information, not all of which was accurate," Wick said in a Thtmet rree ean dictated to new s agencies by his office."wah from my anxiety and faulty recollc I c ad tion. I regret this." To anyone harmed or embarrassed by the taping, he said, "I freely coupon void afte2pm apologize." while supplies ldst FEDERAL LAW does not prohibit Wet expires 1-17-89 taping telephone conversations so long as the recording is done by one of the legal in some states, , where Wick was s talk with Baker. general is looking in- nd cassettes sent to Relations Commit- se Foreign Affairs conversations recor- 1981, and Sept. 6, 1983. o sent stenographic ck's secretaries who of his conversations 82, and Dec. 23, 1983. r last week defended ble man and said he ob. JORS... leded All to Woad. olunteers why their in- ily are as vital as their you they are helping eoples attain self suf- )s of food production, on, education, eco- nt and health services. about the rewords of experience overseas. he roughest job you'll m - .I. : : UNION . . - . "Ground Floor: .U. 1 / AP Photo Secretary of State George Schultz greets Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang of China upon his arrival yesterday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Ziyang meets with Reagan today. - P -HAPENINGS- Highlight The Classic Film Theater is holding a special 20th anniversary showing of Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick's famous dark comedy about learning to love nuclear weapons. Admission is only 50 and the theater will be giving out free popcorn. Rumor also has it that Dr. Strangelove himself may attend the show. The fun starts at 7 p.m. Films AAFC - Two or Three Things I know About Her, 7 p.m., Made in the U.S.A., 8:30 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Speakers Alice Lloyd Library - Jim Gehlhar, "Learn about Study Abroad," 8:30 p.m., Alice Lloyd Red Lounge. Ann Arbor Public Library - Ejner Jensen, "Nineteen Eighty-four/1984: Orwell's and Ours," 12:10 p.m., Main Library meeting room. Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering - "Lotsizing in Closed Job-shops," 4 p.m., 241 IOE building. Center for Chinese studies - Harold Stevens, "The New Child Develop- ment Center of China," Lane Hall Commons. Ecumenical Campus Center - Otto Sellinger, "Some Aspects of Nicaragua Today," International Center. Center for Russian and East European Studies - Elena Semeka- Pankratrov, "The Sun and the Moon in Bulgakov's, The Master and Margarita: Life, Death, and Resurrection," 4:00 p.m., Rackham East Con- ference Room. National Organization for Women, Ann Arbor-Washtenaw chapter - Jean Campbell, "Getting your Life in Perspective: Upward and Onward on the Education Front," 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Church, 917 Washtenaw Ave. Meetings Arts Choral - 3 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Hands-on Museum - Training session for new volunteers, 7:30 p.m., Han- ds-on Museum. Baptist Student Union -7 p.m., 2439 Mason Hall. Ann Arbor Go Club -7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Fencing Club -8 p.m., Coliseum. Performances Union Arts - Concert of the Month, Toni Marie Montgomery, 8 p.m., Pen- dleton Room, Union. Miscellaneous The Performance Network - auditions for Murphy's Cat, 7:30 p.m., The Performance Network, 408 W. Washington St. Recreation Sports - Registration for Sports-O-Rama and Sports Spec- trum, 8:30 a.m., NCRB. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Malicious Intent 101 01.j Chinese leader opens meetings with Reagan WASHINGTON (AP) - Premier Zhao Ziyang of China arrived late yesterday for talks which the Reagan administration hopes will spark new momentum and good will after months of disputes over trade and security issues. Controversy over the size and duration of continued U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remains at the heart of the disagreements. "I WOULD BY no means want to say that such differences have disap- peared," a senior U.S. official told reporters at the White House. "But we will let the premier know that differen- ces should not obscure the mutual benefits both nations have from this relationship." The Chinese premier flew to nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then went to a downtown Washington hotel after touring the restored Colonial city of Williamsburg, Va., earlier in the day. After completing his round of official talks with President Reagan and his Cabinet, Zhao is to go on to San Fran- cisco and New York, then continue his North American tour in Canada. REAGAN, who is to meet with Zhao today, is scheduled to return the visit by traveling to Peking in April. A senior U.S. official said Reagan will try to consolidate ties between the United States and China after a year marked first by almost constant quarrels and then by "a period which has restored momentum and a positive tone to our relationship." U.S. officials recite a long series of statistics, ranging from the more than 10,000 Chinese students now enrolled in American universities to the estimated $1.5 billion in U.S. high technology ex- ports now predicted for this year, to make the point that relations are growing closer. "THE UNITED States has made good on the president's policy to treat China as a friendly, non-aligned coun- try," the official said. U.S. officials now tend to play down previous expectations that a strategic alliance can soon be forged between Peking and Washington against the Soviet Union. The note China has made clear it would be uneasy over any perceived alignment against Moscow. On the other hand, he said the United States is interested in building a long- term and stable relationship with China and its more than 1 billion people. 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