hijacking

would require Cuba to bring
American hijackers to trial or
extradite them.

The pact has been long
sought by the United States.
Lack of diplomatic relations
between the two countries and
the problem of Cuban defectors
fleeing to the U.S. had
prevented moves towards an
agreement.

The current series of
negotiations began on
November 25 and was
conducted through Swiss
diplomats. The Swiss delivered
the seventh Cuban note,
indicating readiness to settle on
a pact, last weekend.

The draft agreement is
believed to include a provision
preventing the United States
from giving safe haven to
Cubans who commit crimes
and flee here, although it would

get out of hand, police had a
hound of their own on hand to
stand guard over them.

Admittedly, it was a pretty
inoffensive-looking sort of
beast, more cuddly than blood-
chilling. Still, it is an
interesting sidelight on the
Kissinger visit that police
should use guard dogs to
watch news reporters,
especially following the
outcry in Bangkok during Dr
Kissinger's visit there a few
days earlier when dogs were
used to control
representatives of the press.

A police spokesman
yesterday gave the following
answer to questions about the
incident. "It was just a normal
police dog patrol by the police
dog unit and had nothing to
do with Dr Kissinger's
arrival."

It would be interesting to
discover just how many
policemen and dogs stand
guard in the middle of the
tarmac on a day when no
VIPs are arriving. And why.

— KS.

South China Morning Post

Vol. XXIX No. 39

HONGKONG,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1973

Price 50 cents

H

the dollar

"HULLO FRIEND," SAYS DR KISSINGER TO MISS CHONG AT THE FERRY PIER. IN THE MIDDLE IS MR OSBORN.

Kissinger takes it easy

Negotiator-extraordinary, Dr Henry Kissinger, went on a relaxing trip round "beautiful" Hongkong yesterday – then it was back to talks with American China watchers at the U.S. Consulate.

After a three-hour boat trip to Clearwater Bay on the Governor's official launch, the Lady Maurine, Dr Kissinger greeted S.C.M. Post reporter Florence Chong with a cheerful "Hullo, friend."

He smiled as he described Hongkong as one of the most beautiful cities he had ever seen, adding he had seen most of it from the launch.

"I've had a good rest here," he said.

The globe-trotting special security adviser to President Nixon, here for an unofficial two-day rest between negotiations in Hanoi and Peking, set a brisk pace when he set off from the Mandarin Hotel to walk to the waiting Lady Maurine at Queen's Pier.

Crowds at the Star Ferry terminal were stunned for a moment as the bespectacled negotiator smiled for photographers who swarmed round him to take pictures.

He exchanged non-committal remarks with reporters as he strode along Chater Road, flanked by a mixed bodyguard of Hongkong and American security men.

Dr Kissinger looked relaxed and happy, in contrast to his pale and drawn appearance the day before.

He was accompanied by a small group of his staff and the American Consul-General, Mr David Osborn, and Mrs Osborn.

Mrs Osborn said Dr Kissinger enjoyed the cruise very much and said the scenery was beautiful.

Dr Kissinger returned to his hotel for a brief rest before dashing off to the American Consulate for talks.

He was there for about one and a half hours.

He went to Government House for drinks with the Governor in the evening, staying for about half an hour before leaving.

Dr Kissinger takes off from Kai Tak at 10.15 am today in the special presidential plane which brought him here from Hanoi on Tuesday.

TURES

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

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TV programme standards

WHEREVER television has been established it has exerted a very powerful influence on the community, adults and children alike.

In Hongkong as a medium for entertainment, information and education it reaches a great number of persons of all ages, in the privacy of their homes.

Responsibility for the selection of programmes to be seen and heard in each home must to some extent lie with the viewer; but it is reasonable for the viewer to assume that the programmes offered will reach standards which have been determined having regard both to the nature of the medium and the obligation to use it in the best interests of the Hongkong community.

It is therefore the responsibility of television stations to ensure that programmes which fail to reach these standards are not broadcast.

2 - Much of what follows is necessarily of a general nature and may indeed be regarded as almost self-evident applications of the over-riding desire of programme producers to avoid those errors of taste which can cause offence to sections of the public or be harmful to the young people who will make up a large part of the television audience; but a clear statement of programme standards should assist producers and minimise the risk of conflict between a licensee and the Authority arising out of differing interpretations of the basic standards.

Compliance with these standards is the least that the licensee can do in the fulfilment of his responsibilities.

Television is an instrument of significant importance in the life of the Colony.

Regulations may eliminate abuses; only the goodwill and intent of those who actually operate the station and plan the programmes can ensure that television will be used constructively for the welfare of the community.

This responsibility will be discharged only by constant vigilance and effort, in order to avoid possibilities of abuse of the medium.

It is, therefore, not sufficient that these Standards should be regarded as a formal set of rules to be complied with to the letter; they must also be regarded as a practical guide and be applied in the spirit which this paper endeavours to indicate.

GENERAL PROGRAMME STANDARDS

3 - Fundamentally these Standards require the observance in television programmes of:

(a) ordinary good taste and common sense;

(b) respect for the individual opinions of the public;

(c) proper regard for the special needs of children; and

(d) respect for the law and social institutions.

4 - In the presentation of television

Misrepresentation

(b) Dramatic productions shall not simulate the presentation of news or special events in such a way as to mislead or alarm viewers.

Religious issues

(c) While the serious presentation of religious issues is to be encouraged, attacks on any established religious faiths or beliefs shall not be permitted.

Religious rites

(d) Any programme which includes a portrayal of religious rites shall ensure the accurate presentation of those rites and correct dignified treatment of the religious dignitaries and officers in their various callings.

Sanctity of marriage

(e) Respect shall be maintained for the sanctity of marriage and the importance of the home. Divorce shall not be treated casually or as a convenient solution to marital problems.

Intoxicating liquor

(f) The use of intoxicating liquor shall generally be avoided except when necessary for the development of plot or characterisation.

Drunkenness and drug addiction

(g) The portrayal of, and reference to, drunkenness and addiction to drugs or narcotics shall be limited to the needs of the plot and characterisation, and not presented as desirable.

Mental or physical afflictions

(h) Reference to mental or physical afflictions shall be treated with great care, to avoid offence to sufferers of similar ailments.

Sex relations

(i) Reference to sex relations shall be treated with discretion.

Presentation of crime

(j) The condoning of crime and the treatment of the commission of crime in a frivolous, cynical, or callous manner shall not be permitted.

say, simply because it attracts or secures the attention of audiences, or certain types of audience.

If the nature of the programme, or the quantity of it, or the function, it shall have, or may have, a closing effect.

Individual programmes of violence of which there comes to the knowledge of the public, or which are exhausted to the point that point there Purely important.

Intensity of the programme

(e) The quality or intensity of the programme may be a closing point.

A long shot, or charge is one which, though a long one, is enough to excite another.

Distance in the setting forth of the programme The senses are lessened.

It may also be the case that the story is simply the fairy adventure story of the routine characters, or the costume is stilted, or the dialogue is mechanical. The protection

But not too much. Reality can be achieved through any costume, or dialogue, or the setting forth of the senses.

The protection

(f) With the exception of the setting forth of the senses, reference, given in the following:

(i) scenes

(There are no mild and climbing a absolute un-

methods of inflicting injury are employed. (This includes rabbit punches, suffocation, the sabotage of

The Code of Practice published by the Television Authority in Hongkong. Tenders were called last week for two new TV station licences.

VIOLENCE

6 - The context of Violence:

(a) Conflict, the clash of purposes and personalities is a major element in drama, and not least in great drama.

vary greatly, but fear, horror, and the like, an entertainment

(ii) scenes

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HEREWITH ARTICLE FROM BOSTON GLOBE OF 2/11/73 BY OTTO ZAUSMER.
"IF KISSINGER DOESN'T PROPOSE TIES, IT'S A GOOD BET CHINA WILL:"

IT APPEARS THAT SOME SORT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN
THE US NO CHINA WILL BE ESTABLISHED MUCH SOONER THAN WAS EXPECTED
ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.

IT IS ALMOST CERTAINTY THAT IF DR. HENRY KISSINGER SHOULD
FAIL TO BRING UP THE SUBJECT IN HIS TALKS IN PEKING THIS COMING
WEEK, THE CHINESE WILL RAISE THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS CALLED
"NORMALIZATION" OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THIS
IS JUST A NEW WORD FOR QLD-FASHIONED "DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS."

PEKING SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN NORMALIZATION NOW
THAT A CEASE-FIRE HAS BEEN REACHED IN VIETNAM.

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN VIETNAM PEACE AND US-CHINA DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS IS MUCH MORE THAN A MERE SEQUENCE IN SCHEDULING.

PEKING PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HELPING BRING ABOUT THE
CEASE-FIRE AND RENEWING EFFORTS FOR A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF
INDOCHINA HOSTILITIES.

IT WAS NOT EAST FOR MAO TSE-TUNG AND CHOU EN-LAI TO WATCH
THE US BLOCKADE AND BOMB THEIR ALLIES IN NORTH VIETNAM, BUT
PEKING DELIBERATELY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE IT CONSIDERED
A SETTLEMENT OF THE WAR NOW IMPERATIVE. WITHOUT A SETTLEMENT,
THERE COULD BE NO NORMALIZATION OR OTHER CLOSE RELATIONS BETWEEN
CHINA AND THE US, AND PEKING WANTS SUCH IMPROVED CONTACTS AND
IT WANTS THEM NOW.

THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS.

ONE IS THAT CHINA WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ERA OF PEACE IN THE
FAR EAST AND IT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CLOSE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL,
SCIENTIFIC AND PERSONAL TIES WITH THE UNITED STATES. BOTH ARE
IMPORTANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA.

SECOND, THERE IS THE EVER-PREVAILING FEAR OF AN ANIMOSITY
TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION.

LEONID BREZHNEV'S PLANNED VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR
IS UPPERMOST ON THE MINDS OF THE CHINESE LEADERS. THEY DO
NOT WANT TO SEE THE UNITED STATES MAKE A SETTLEMENT WITH THE
SOVIET UNION THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE CHINA OR ITS CHANCES OF
IMPROVING CONTACTS WITH THE US. THAT IS WHY PEKING WOULD LIKE
TO SEE ITS OWN NEGOTIATIONS WITH WASHINGTON CONCLUDED BEFORE
BREZHNEV ARRIVES.

THIRD, THE UPCOMING EUROPEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE BETWEEN
COMMUNIST AND NON-COMMUNIST EUROPEAN NATIONS, PLUS THE SOVIET
UNION AND THE US, WORRIES CHINA FOR SIMILAR REASONS.

AN AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM EUROPE COULD STRENGTHEN THE
POSITION OF THE SOVIET UNION IN EUROPE, EAST AND WEST. THAT
IS WHY PEKING IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN A CONTINUED PRESENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES IN EUROPE.

IN FACT, THERE IS A LOGICAL COROLLARY TO THE EUROPEAN SITUATION
IN THE FAR EAST.

CHINESE PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI RECENTLY TOLD A JAPANESE VISITOR
THAT JAPAN NEEDS THE CONTINUED PROTECTION OF THE US, INDEED,
EVEN THE AMERICAN "NUCLEAR UMBRELLA." HE DIDN'T SPELL OUT
WHY OR AGAINST WHOM, BUT IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS HE BELIEVES JAPAN
NEEDS SUCH PROTECTION AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION, AND THAT AS
MUCH AS CHINA WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES
GET OUT OF THE CHINA-JAPAN AREA, AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE IS
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FOR ALL THESE REASONS, CHINA WOULD LIKE TO NORMALIZE HER
RELATIONS WITH THE US. THE QUESTION IS MERELY HOW DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS CAN BE ESTABLISHED.

WITH A CEASE-FIRE IN VIETNAM, AND SOON IN THE
REST OF INDO-CHINA, THE MAJOR OBSTACLE -- PERHAPS THE ONLY
ONE OF SIGNIFICANCE -- TO CHINESE-US DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IS
THE PROBLEM OF TAIWAN.

THE CHINESE HAVE LONG SAID THAT AS LONG AS THE UNITED STATES
RECOGNIZES THE REGIME IN TAIWAN, THERE CAN BE NO DIPLOMATIC
NORMALIZATION BETWEEN PEKING AND WASHINGTON.

A BEGINNING TOWARD A SETTLEMENT WAS MADE MORE OR LESS
UNOERUROSIVELY IN ONE PARAGRAPH OF THE COMMUNIQUE OF SHANGHAI
WHICH CONCLUDED PRESIDENT NIXON'S TRIP TO CHINA.

IN THAT JOINT STATEMENT, THE UNITED STATES AGREED TAIWAN
WAS A PART OF CHINA. THE US FURTHER AGREED THAT A SETTLEMENT
OF THE TAIWAN QUESTION WAS TO BE LEFT TO TAIWAN AND PEKING
AT THE PROPER TIME.

BUT THE COMMUNIQUE ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT FORCE MUST BE EXCLUDED
IN ANY SETTLEMENT, JUST AS IN THE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT BOTH
VIETNAMS PROMISED NOT TO USE FORCE FOR A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT
OF THE VIETNAM QUESTION.

FOR PEKING THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE. THE UNITED STATES WOULD
BREAK OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND WOULD WITHDRAW
ITS MILITARY FORCES FROM TAIWAN, WHICH PEKING CONSIDERS CHINESE
TERRITORY.

WASHINGTON COULD PERHAPS MORE EASILY AGREE TO THE SECOND
POINT THAN TO THE FIRST.

ALL THAT'S LEFT OF AMERICAN MILITARY POER IN TAIWAN IS A FORCE
OF 8000 MEN, INCLUDING ARMY/NAVY AND AIR FORCE.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NO GREAT RISK AND NO GREAT LOSS OF
PRESTIGE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO REMOVE THESE MEN.

PEKING IS UNLIKELY TO ATTACK TAIWAN, SOMETHING THAT WOULD
IMMEDIATELY DESTROY THE BUDDING FRIENDSHIP WITH AMERICA.

NOR DO THE CHINESE SEEM PARTICULARLY EAGER TO REGAIN THE

ISLAND.

THEY WANT LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS MORE THAN ACTUAL POSSESSION OF
THE REAL ESTATE.

A CASE IN POINT IS THEIR MUCH BIGGER CLAIM ON THE SOVIET
UNION. THE OLD FEUD OVER THE VAST TERRITORIES IN THE ASIATIC
PART OF THE SOVIET UNION HAS NEVER BEEN SETTLED.

ACCORDING TO CHINA, THE SOVIET UNION HOLDS MORE THAN A
HALF A MILLION SQUARE MILES OF WHAT USED TO BE CHINESE TERRITORY
AND WHICH WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM A WEAK CHINA BY THE RUSSIAN
CZARS.

PEKING'S CLAIM IS NOT THE RETURN OF THESE TERRITORIES. IT
SIMPLY WANTS MOSCOW TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE REGIME
PRECEEDING THE COMMUNISTS IN RUSSIA GRABBED A PART OF CHINA
SEVENTY TIMES THE SIVE OF MASSACHUSETTS. MOSCOW ALWAYS HAS
REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS.

BUT EVEN IN THIS INSTANCE, WITH ALL THE FEUDING AND THREATENING,
PEKING DOES NOT WANT TO USE FORCE TO REGAIN THE LOST TERRITORIES.

NEITHER DOES IT WANT TO TAKE BACK TAIWAN BY FORCE.
EVEN IF PEKING WERE ATTEMPTING TO USE FORCE, THERE STILL
WOULD BE THE US MILITARY POWER IN THE JAPAN-PHILIPPINES AREA.

THE REAL STICKY POINT IS NOT MILITARY DEFENSE OF TAIWAN
WHICH THE US GUARANTEED, BUT DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION OF TAIWAN.

THIS IS WHERE A COMPROMISE WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF INGENUITY
ON BOTH SIDES.

THE US IS WILLING TO OPEN UP DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH PEKING
PROVIDED THEY DO NOT MEAN BREAKING OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
TAIWAN.

WASHINGTON DOES NOT INSIST ON AN EMBASSY IN PEKING. THE
CONTACT COULD BE ON A LOWER DIPLOMATIC LEVEL, HOWEVER, THE US
IS RELUCTANT TO BRING DIPLOMATS HOME FROM TAIWAN.

CHANCES ARE THAT BOTH PARTIES WILL GIVE AND GAIN AS THEY
DID OVER VIETNAM. THE US MIGHT EVENTUALLY REDUCE ITS DIPLOMATIC
REPRESENTATION IN TAIWAN TO A LOWER LEVEL, PERHAPS TO A SORT
OF TRADE MISSION WITH CONSULAR POWERS.

THIS TECHNIQUE WAS SUCCESSFULLY USED FOR YEARS IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC (BONN) AND EAST EUROPEAN
COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WHO FELT THEY COULD NOT HAVE OPEN DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH BONN AS LONG AS WEST GERMANY DID NOT RECOGNIZE
THE EAST-GERMAN COMMUNIST STATE.

IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT IF THE US MADE SUCH A MAJOR CONCESSION
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WASHINGTON (AP)-THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY WILL ESTABLISH OFFICIAL GOVERNMENTAL LIAISON OFFICES IN WASHINGTON AND PEKING TO SPEED UP NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

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THE DEVELOPMENT WAS ANNOUNCED IN A JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED IN WASHINGTON AND PEKING.

PRESIDENTIAL AIDE HENRY A. KISSINGER SAID THE OFFICES WILL SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL CONTACT POINTS ON THE EXPANSION OF TRADE "AS WELL AS ALL OTHER MATTERS EXCEPT THE STRICTLY FORMAL DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS" OF TIES BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES.

KISSINGER SAID THE LIAISON OFFICES WILL HAVE FULL DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES BUT WILL IN NO WAY IMPLY ESTABLISHMENT OF FORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

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KISSINGER, WHO RETURNED TUESDAY FROM FOUR DAYS OF EXTENSIVE TALKS IN PEKING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG AND PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI ALSO DISCLOSED THAT:

--TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN HELD PRISONER BY CHINA SINCE BEING SHOT DOWN OVER CHINESE TERRITORY, WILL BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY ARE AIR FORCE MAJ. PHILIP E. SMITH, A PRISONER SINCE SEPT. 20, 1965, AND NAVY LT. CMDR. ROBERT J. FLYNN, HELD SINCE AUG. 21, 1967.

--THE LIFE SENTENCE OF JOHN THOMAS DOWNEY, A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY EMPLOYEE HELD SINCE THE KOREAN WAR, WILL BE REVIEWED IN THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR. KISSINGER SAID HE HAD BEEN TOLD COWNEY'S SENTENCE COULD BE SHORTENED FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND THAT HE WAS INFORMED DOWNEY'S CONDUCT AS A PRISONER HAD BEEN EXEMPLARY.

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BY FRANK CORMIER

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--THE UNITED STATES HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO WITHDRAW ITS REMAINING MILITARY FORCES FROM THE CHINESE NATIONALIST ISLAND OF TAIWAN BUT THE SUBJECT WILL BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY, WITH DECISIONS BASED PRINCIPALLY ON WASHINGTON'S ASSESSMENT OF THE DANGER OF WAR IN THE AREA.

--SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM P. ROGERS AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER CHI PENG-FEI WILL BEGIN DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS NEXT WEEK ON SETTLEMENT OF PRIVATE AMERICAN CLAIMS AGAINST CHINA, TOTALLING SOME $250 MILLION, AND SOME $78 MILLION OF BLOCKED CHINESE ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE AIM WILL BE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES QUICKLY THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS.

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THE AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH LIAISON OFFICES IN EACH OTHER'S CAPITALS APPARENTLY WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT TO COME OUT OF KISSINGER'S PEKING TALKS. HE SAID THE TWO GOVERNMENTS FELT THE EXISTING FORMAL CHANNEL FOR CONTACT THROUGH THEIR PARIS EMBASSIES "WAS INADEQUATE."

WHILE THE HEADS OF THE TWO OFFICES WILL NOT HOLD FORMAL DIPLOMATIC TITLES, KISSINGER SAID THEY WILL ENJOY FULL DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR HOME GOVERNMENTS BY CODE.

THE COMMUNIQUE SAID KISSINGER AND THE CHINESE "AGREED THAT THE TIME WAS APPROPRIATE FOR ACCELERATING THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS."

"TO THIS END, THEY UNDERTOOK TO BROADEN THEIR CONTACTS IN ALL FIELDS. THEY AGREED ON A CONCRETE PROGRAM OF EXPANDING TRADE AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER EXCHANGES.

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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA WILL ESTABLISH "LIAISON OFFICES" IN EACH OTHER'S CAPITALS -- A STEP WHICH STOPS JUST SHORT OF FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ONE-TIME BITTER ENEMIES, THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ANNOUNCED TODAY.

"THE TWO SIDES AGREED THAT THE TIME WAS APPROPRIATE FOR ACCELERATING THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS," WASHINGTON AND PEKING SAID IN A JOINT COMMUNIQUE THAT FOLLOWED THIS WEEK'S VISIT TO CHINA BY PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY HENRY KISSINGER.

"IT WAS AGREED THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE EACH SIDE WILL ESTABLISH A LIAISON OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE OTHER," THE COMMUNIQUE SAID.

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THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT NIXON'S ARRIVAL IN PEKING, A VISIT THAT CHIPPED AWAY 20 YEARS OF ACCUMULATED ICE FROM RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS NATION.

WHEN CHINA ESTABLISHES ITS LIAISON OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, IT WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAVE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE CAPITAL OF A NATION WHICH RECOGNIZES THE RIVAL NATIONALIST REGIME ON TAIWAN.

NO MENTION OF THE TAIPEI REGIME WAS MADE IN THE 350-WORD COMMUNIQUE.

THE FUNCTION OF THE LIAISON OFFICES WAS NOT SPELLED OUT IN THE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT THE COMMUNIQUE SAID THE TWO NATIONS AGREED "ON A CONCRETE PROGRAM ON EXPANDING TRADE AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER EXCHANGES."

PRESUMABLY, THE OFFICES WILL HANDLE TRADE AND RELATED MATTERS.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE COMMUNIQUE WAS ISSUED, KISSINGER BRIEFED THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE DURING A 75-MINUTE BREAKFAST MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

KISSINGER WAS IN CHINA FROM FEB. 15 TO FEB. (19. HE MET FOR 19-1/2 HOURS WITH CHINESE LEADERS, INCLUDING A TWO-HOUR SESSION WITH COMMUNIST PARTY CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG.

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THE COMMUNIQUE SAID DETAILS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LIAISON OFFICES "WILL BE WORKED OUT THROUGH EXISTING CHANNELS."

THE TWO GOVERNMENTS -- WHICH FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES VIRTUALLY REFUSED EVEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER'S EXISTENCE -- ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT "TO BROADEN THEIR CONTACTS IN ALL FIELDS."