The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 19, 1981-Page 11

China aiding U

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United
States is getting information on Soviet
missile tests and other vital military in-
formation from Chinese specialists
using U.S.-supplied equipment at two
spy stations in northwest China, gover-
nment sources said yesterday.
The sources, who asked to remain
anonymous, stressed their concern that
disclosure of the arrangement might
embarrass the Chinese government,
and cause it to cut off this source of
valuable information from the United
States.
THE GOVERNMENT maintained an
official blackout on any information
about the spy stations, which were
reported to have been in operation since

last year.
According to intelligence sources, the
stations are located so they can elec-
tronically monitor missiles fired from
Tyuratam in central Russia to an im-
pact area on the Kamchatka Peninsula
in the far northeast.
While these stations help significan-
tly in keeping the U.S. abreast of Soviet
missile test developments, the sources
said, they do not provide as clear a field
of observation as did two CIA-operated
monitoring stations manned by U.S.
specialists in northern Iran, until they
were shut down by the revolutionary
government that ousted the shah.
In addition to observing Soviet test
missile flights, it was understood the

. S. in spy
Chinese-operated stations listen in on
communications inside the Soviet
Union, a technique widely used to
gather intelligence on military orders,
movements and other developments.
Despite the value of these stations to
the United States, the sources reported
that some Pentagon officials had
misgivings about furnishing the
Chinese the necessary technology to
operate them. The doubters feared the
decision could backfire if China's
leaders should turn against the United
States at some future time and return to
a friendly relationship with Russia.
INFORMATION ON what had been a
closely held secret surfaced at a time
when the United States and China ap-
pear to be developing an even closer
relationship in their common concern
about the Soviet Union.
Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr.
announced earlier this week that the
Reagan administration would lift
longstanding restrictions against sales
of weapons to China. Under the Carter
administration, U.S. policy was to
provide certain technology that could
be used for both civilian and military
purposes, but to stop short of furnishing
arms.
THE MENACE from the Soviet
Union, a common concern of both
nations, has outweighed ideological dif-
ferences, although those remain.
In the Shanghai communique that
formalized the U.S.-China nor-
malization process in 1972, the two
countries committed themselves to op-
pose efforts by any other nation to
establish "hegemony" in the region, a

effort
pointed reference to Soviet expansion.
The commitment is repeated in the 1978
document that established diplomatic
relations.
Asked whether the United States
would provide China with nuclear
weapons, Pentagon spokesman Henry
Catto said: "I would think that would be
highly unlikely. There would be no need
for us to, inasmuch as they have their
own."
Catto said that any Chinese weapons
requests, if they are made, will be
treated on a case-by-case basis.
OTHER RECENT defense ap-
propriations include the approval by
the Reagan administration of the sale
of military trucks to Guatemala,
sidestepping touchy human rights
questions with a last-minute change in
rules governing the export of items of
war.
Approved June 5 with no public an-
nouncement, the sale of $3.2 million in
military trucks and jeeps is the first
concrete step in President Reagan's
push for closer relations with
Guatemala's right-wing government.
On the same day - prior to approving
the sale - the administration removed
those vehicles from a list of military
items barred from sales to governmen-
ts "which are engaged in consistent
patterns of gross violations of inter-
nationally recognized human rights."
The change permitted sale of the
trucks and jeeps without a review of
Guatemala's human rights record, a
process that might have embarrassed
that country's conservative, military
government.

Chris tianse n
selected as new
10Denti~stry dean

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attention." However, Christiansen
said, "I do plan on making several
visits to Ann Arbor before actually
moving."
ASKED ABOUT his plans as dean of
the dental school, Christiansen said, "It
has always had a very good research
base and I think research will remain a
strong component."
"I have found the faculty to be an ex-
tremely capable and a very humanistic
group - I look forward to working with
them," Christiansen added.
A dental school administration sourr
ce said, "We're very fortunate to have
him. This guy is really sharp. We an-
ticipate his direction in the future."
THE NATIONWIDE search for a new
dean began over a year ago and sources
say the long wait has caused some
speculation and concern. Additionally,
past dean and administrative positions
have usually been filled from within the
school. *
One professor said, "Historically,
people have been brought up through

the ranks at the dental school, and this
represents a change."
Christiansen holds a DDS from the
University of Iowa, a master of science
in orthodontics from Indiana Univer-
sity, and a Ph.D. in physiology from the
University of Minnesota. He has also
taught at a number of dental schools in
the country.
UNDER DEAN Mann's direction, the
dental school became the number-one
school in the country, according to a
1976 poll of dental school deans.
Christiansen called the dental school
"excellent. The entire University has
considerable strength as an academic
institution," he said, "I think the
assessment of dental health needs is a
priority in Michigan, and also main-
taining and further developing a strong
research base. I'm interested in main-
taining a superiority in educational
standards, clinical teaching, and
clinical care."
"I'm looking forward to it being a
very happy relationship," Christiansen
added.



Another thrilling
show from Koko

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tually the same way without one's in-
terest level dropping at least slightly?
It is true that each band gives us a new
wrinkle, but for that to be interesting
musically one must absolutely adore
the blues.
And it's hard to adore the blues
because there have been so many
potent hybrids of the blues and other
styles. The pure blues (basically the
exact same stuff that has been played
for twenty-five years) can seem stale in
comparison to blues-based rock or
reggae. Koko Taylor summed it up
 when she repeatedly said, "How about
a big hand for this blues machine,
they're working hard for you". Koko
didn't think of "blues .machine" as an

insult but as a compliment ... and of
course it can be, depending on how
much you happen to love the blues.

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