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## KISSINGER - CHANGES

BY JAMES PRINGLE

PEKING, JUNE 19, REUTER -- PRESIDENT NIXON'S SPECIAL ADVISER HENRY KISSINGER WOULD DETECT SEVERAL CHANGES FROM BEHIND THE BROWN CURTAINS OF HIS RED FLAG LIMOUSINE AS HE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE CHINESE CAPITAL AFTER HIS ARRIVAL TONIGHT ON HIS FOURTH VISIT TO CHINA.

SOME OF THESE CHANGES REFLECT THE RELAXATION THAT HAS OCCURRED IN CHINA'S LIFE-STYLE EVEN SINCE THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WAS LAST HERE WITH NIXON LAST FEBRUARY.

THE WELCOME THEN WAS COOL--THE WEATHER WAS COLD AND THOSE PEDESTRIANS WHO WERE ON THE STREETS DID NOT EVEN LOOK UP AS THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE PASSED. BUT TONIGHT, KISSINGER ENTERED PEKING ON A WARM SUNNY EVENING ALONG A ROAD LINED BY POLICEMEN WHO HAVE SHED THEIR DRAB KHAKI FATIGUES WORN SINCE BEFORE THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN 1966.

INSTEAD THEY WERE WEARING SNOW-WHITE JACKETS AND PEAKED CAPS AS THEY FORMED A SECURITY GUARD FOR THE AMERICAN GUEST AMID A LANDSCAPE OF LUXURIANT TREES AND FLOWERS.

ALTHOUGH KISSINGER'S BOEING 707 PRESIDENTIAL FLIGHT -- THE SAME ONE WHICH BROUGHT HIM ON A TRIP LAST OCTOBER TO PREPARE NIXON'S VISIT -- TAXIED TO A HALT HALF A MILE FROM THE AIRPORT TERMINAL, THE DRIVE INTO TOWN WAS MORE RELAXED. MORE MD/MJ 1706

### AMS72

## KISSINGER - CHANGES 2 PEKING

THE LIMOUSINE TRAVELED AT A MERE 40 MILES AN HOUR, COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS SCRAMBLES. THOUSANDS OF CHINESE OUT FOR A STROLL AS THE SUN SET BEHIND PEKING'S WESTERN HILLS STOPPED AND PEERED CURIOUSLY AT KISSINGER'S RED FLAG AND 20 OTHER CARS IN THE ENTOURAGE.

MOST YOUNG GIRLS HAD SHED THEIR DRAB BAGGY GREY OR NAVY TROUSERS THEY WORE IN FEBRUARY AND WERE CLAD IN CALF-LENGTH, COLORFUL PRINT DRESSES.

THE NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ADVISER MIGHT ALSO HAVE NOTICED FEWER PORTRAITS AND STATUES OF CHINESE LEADER CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG. MAO HIMSELF PREDICTED THEIR REMOVAL IN THE DIMINUTION OF THE PERSONALITY CULT.

THE CAPITAL'S BARE, WINDSWEPT AVENUES OF FEBRUARY ARE NOW LINED WITH TREES AND DOZENS OF ICE CREAM VENDORS SIT UNDERNEATH. CHILDREN PLAYED ON THE STONE LIONS OUTSIDE THE FORBIDDEN CITY AS THE ENTOURAGE DROVE PAST.

THE AMERICANS ARE STAYING AT THE JADE POOL ABYSS PARK GUESTHOUSE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS - THE PLACE WHERE NIXON STAYED.

ALTHOUGH KISSINGER'S CAR DID NOT FLY THE U.S. FLAG, THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE CHINESE SPECTATORS KNEW WHO WAS ARRIVING -- THE PEKING PEOPLE'S DAILY PRINTED NOTICE OF THE VISIT LAST THURSDAY.
REUTER MD/MJ 1710

AMS73

PMS 2
KISSINGER (SCHEDULED)

BY JAMES PRINGLE

PEKING, JUNE 20, REUTER -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HENRY KISSINGER BEGAN TALKS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS HERE ONE HOUR AFTER FLYING IN LATE AT NIGHT-- AND EARLY TODAY HE AGAIN LEFT THE STATE GUEST HOUSE APPARENTLY TO BEGIN SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON VIETNAM AND OTHER ISSUES.

CHINESE OFFICIALS WERE SECRETIVE ABOUT KISSINGER'S MOVEMENTS BUT INDICATIONS WERE THAT HE SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE LAST NIGHT BEFORE LEAVING AROUND 1.30 A.M. (LOCAL TIME) THIS MORNING FOR THE STATE GUEST HOUSE, WHERE HE IS STAYING.

THEN, AROUND 9.30 A.M. HE AND HIS 11-MAN PARTY LEFT THE GUEST HOUSE. BUT THEY DID NOT STOP THIS TIME AT THE GREAT HALL, DRIVING PAST.

OBSERVERS HERE NOTED THAT THE CHINESE COULD HAVE CHOSEN A DIFFERENT VENUE FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS AT WHICH CHINESE PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI IS LEADING THE CHINESE TEAM.

MORE RWG/FD 0147

PMS 3
KISSINGER 2 PEKING

CORRESPONDENTS WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE KISSINGER PARTY ONLY A CERTAIN DISTANCE ALONG THE CAPITAL'S BOULEVARD OF ETERNAL PEACE BEFORE BEING HALTED BY TRAFFIC POLICE.

THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY GAVE NO DETAILS WHEN APPROACHED BY REPORTERS.

"I AM AFRAID I CANNOT SUPPLY YOU WITH ANY INFORMATION", A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MINISTRY'S INFORMATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

EXACTLY WHAT KISSINGER AND HIS PARTY ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CHINESE IS NOT KNOWN.

BUT IT IS CERTAIN THAT VIETNAM AND SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS ARE THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE FIVE-DAY LONG DISCUSSIONS. KISSINGER'S TRIP COMES AMID WORLDWIDE SPECULATION THAT A NEW VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE MAY BE IN THE OFFING.

CHOU EN-LAI NET NORTH VIETNAMESE POLITBURO MEMBER LE DUC THO TWO DAYS AGO.

THO IS HANOI'S SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PARIS PEACE TALKS AND HAS IN THE PAST HAD SECRET DISCUSSIONS WITH KISSINGER ON VIETNAM.

SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGORNY HAS JUST COMPLETED A VISIT TO HANOI AND SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE PARIS PEACE TALKS WOULD WOON RESUME.

MORE RWG/FD 0152

PMS 4

KISSINGER 3 PEKING

KISSINGER'S ARRIVAL--IT IS HIS FOURTH VISIT TO PEKING IN A YEAR-- ALSO COINCIDED WITH REPORTS OF RENEWED AMERICAN BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM. DURING PODGORNY S VISITI TO HANOI U.S. PLANES WERE KEEPING CLEAR OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE CAPITAL.

SHORTLY BEFORE THE KISSINGER PARTY FLEW IN, THE COMMUNIST PARTY JOURNAL PEOPLE S DAILY PUBLISHED A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE WARNING AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION STARTING "A NEW AGGRESSIVE WAR."

THE ARTICLE WAS A REPRINT OF AN EDITORIAL IN THE LIBERATION ARMY DAILY EARLIER IN THE DAY AND WAS SEEN BY PEKING OBSERVERS AS SIGNIFICANT.

IT CALLED FOR RENEWED VIGILANCE BY CHINA S FIVE MILLION-STRONG PART-TIME MILITIA AND SAID CHINESE ARMED FORCES ON THE BORDER MUST BE STRENGTHENED. THIS WAS APPARENTLY A REFERENCE TO THE TROUBLED SINO-SOVIET BORDER.

THERE WAS LITTLE OUTWARD SIGN IN PEKING TO MARK KISSINGER'S ARRIVAL IN THE CAPITAL AND IN COMMON WITH HIS PREVIOUS VISITS THERE WERE NO WELCOMING CROWDS. ONLY PASSERS-BY GLANCED CURIOUSLY AS THE OFFICIAL CARS SPED THROUGH THE STREETS FROM THE AIRPORT.

KISSINGER PREVIOUSLY VISITED CHINA TWICE LAST YEAR TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT NIXON. HE ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT DURING HIS WEEK LONG STAY IN FEBRUARY.

LIKE HIS SECOND VISIT LAST YEAR, KISSINGER ARRIVED LAST NIGHT ABOARD A PRESIDENTIAL BOEING 707.

HE WAS MET BY FOREIGN MINISTER CHI PENG-FEI AND SENIOR VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHIAO KUAN-HUA, BOTH WHOM ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY A LARGE PART IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM.

THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN SHANGHAI WHERE TI TOOK ON A CHINESE NAVIGATOR FOR THE FLIGHT TO PKEING. KISSINGER WAS WELCOMED IN SHANGHAI BY CHANG WEN-CHIN, A RECENTLY APPOINTED VICE FOREIGN MINISTER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY S EUROPE, AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT. HE ACCOMPANIED KISSINGER ON THE FLIGHT HERE.

REUTER RWG/FD 0158

PMS39

## LEAD KISSINGER

BY JAMES PRINGLE

PEKING, JUNE 21, REUTER--UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY HENRY KISSINGER TODAY HAD TWO HOURS OF FURTHER TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADERS AS HIS PEKING VISIT NEARED THE HALF-WAY STAGE.

THE NEW ROUND OF TALKS CAME AFTER A FIRST DAY CRAMMED WITH THREE ROUNDS OF TALKS AND A BANQUET AMID SIGNS THE TWO SIDES WERE HOLDING SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS.

A SMALLER ENTOURAGE OF CARS THAN USUAL LEFT KISSINGER S STATE GUEST HOUSE IN PEKING S NORTHWEST SUBURB TODAY AND DROVE TO THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE.

THE MOTORCADE OF RED FLAG AND SHANGHAI LIMOUSINES RETURNED TO THE GUEST HOUSE JUST OVER TWO HOURS LATER.

KISSINGER RETURNED TO THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE IN MID-AFTERNOON TO BEGIN THE DAY S SECOND SESSION OF TALKS.

HE DROVE UP TO THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF THE HALL WITH MOST MEMBERS OF HIS MISSION, INCLUDING A WOMAN.

MORE JCK/OQ 0533

PMS40

## LEAD KISSINGER 2 PEKING

THE CHINESE CONTINUED TO KEEP THE WHOLE VISIT UNDER A TIGHT SECURITY BLANKET AND THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY HAS GIVEN ONLY MINIMAL DETAILS OF KISSINGER S ARRIVAL IN PEKING AND OF LAST NIGHT S BANQUET FOR THE 11-MAN U.S. TEAM.

DIPLOMATS HERE SAID THE LATENESS IN STARTING TODAY S SESSION POINTED TO KISSINGER DRAFTING REPORTS TO SEND TO WASHINGTON VIA THE COMMUNICATIONS SETUP ON THE PRESIDENTIAL JET STILL AT PEKING AIRPORT.

MEANWHILE, SPECULATION IN WASHINGTON THAT KISSINGER MAY MAKE A SECRET VISIT TO HANOI FROM HERE WAS DISCOUNTED BY DIPLOMATS TODAY IN VIEW OF NORTH VIETNAM S APPARENT INFLEXIBLE MOOD ON A SETTLEMENT TO THE WAR.

THEY NOTED HANOI S COOL RESPONSE TO THE RECENT VISIT THERE OF SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGorny AND THE FACT THAT THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE NOT YET REPORTED KISSINGER S TRIP TO CHINA.

ONE DIPLOMAT NOTED: "EVEN IF HANOI WERE WILLING, KISSINGER WOULD PROBABLY NOT TRY TO DO IT FROM HERE. NEITHER THE CHINESE NOR THE AMERICANS WOULD THINK IT A GOOD IDEA TO PULL OFF THE SAME OLD STUNT FROM PEKING."

DIPLOMATS IN PEKING FELT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SEND A SENIOR NORTH VIETNAMESE ENVOY TO CHINA FOR TALKS THOUGH THEY THOUGHT SUCH CONTACTS WERE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY.

THE PEKING TALKS... THIRD GRADUATION...

AMS 40
NIGHTLEAD KISSINGER (SCHEDULED)

BY JAMES PRINGLE

PEKING, JUNE 21, REUTER -- U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY HENRY KISSINGER HELD MORE THAN FIVE HOURS OF TALKS TODAY WITH PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI, AND TONIGHT CHINESE LEADERS WERE APPARENTLY ASSESSING WHATEVER MESSAGES OR PROPOSALS PRESIDENT NIXON S AIDE HAS CARRIED FROM WASHINGTON.

DOZENS OF THE LIMOUSINES USED BY CHINA S LEADERSHIP WERE PARKED OUTSIDE PEKING S GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE TONIGHT WHERE KISSINGER HAD HELD TODAY S TALKS.

THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION THAT THE MEETING HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH THE INTENSIVE SINO-AMERICAN TALKS, BUT THE LIMOUSINES BEGAN ARRIVING AT THE HALL SHORTLY AFTER KISSINGER LEFT AT DUSK.

IT IS ASSUMED HERE THAT VIETNAM IS THE MAJOR TOPIC IN KISSINGER S TALKS WITH CHOU, BUT DIPLOMATS HERE HAVE DISCOUNTED SPECULATION IN WASHINGTON THAT THE U.S. ENVOY MIGHT TRAVEL TO HANOI.

OBSERVERS HAVE NOTED NORTH VIETNAM S COOL RESPONSE TO THE RECENT VISIT TO HANOI BY SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGORNY, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT KISSINGER S ARRIVAL HERE HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED BY HANOI S PRESS.

THIS IS BELIEVED TO INDICATE THAT NORTH VIETNAM S LEADERSHIP IS ALSO LUKEWARM TOWARD CHINA S OWN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES.

DIPLOMATS FEEL THAT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF HANOI AGREEING TO SOME SORT OF CONTACT WITH THE AMERICANS, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE HERE WITH A NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL SENT TO MEET KISSINGER.

MORE WRM/PL 1512

AMS 42

NIGHTLEAD KISSINGER 2 PEKING

FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS WERE ALLOWED
TO WATCH FROM A DISTANCE THE ARRIVAL OF KISSINGER AT THE
GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE -- A MOVE PROBABLY DESIGNED TO DEFLATE
SPECULATION ABROAD ON KISSINGER'S MOVEMENTS.

YET STRICT SECRECY CONTINUES TO SURROUND THE VISIT AND
THERE IS NO CERTAINTY OVER WHAT KISSINGER DID AFTER HIS
ARRIVAL ON MONDAY NIGHT OR ON TUESDAY MORNING.

KISSINGER EVIDENTLY SPENT SOME TIME THIS MORNING COMMUNICATING
WITH WASHINGTON BECAUSE HIS ENTOURAGE DID NOT REACH THE GREAT
HALL OF THE PEOPLE UNTIL 10:30 (LOCAL TIME).

ONLY ABOUT SIX OF HIS 11-MAN PARTY WERE PRESENT AT THE
MEETINGS TODAY AND IT IS LIKELY THE OTHERS WERE DEALING WITH
CHINESE OFFICIALS IN THEIR OWN SPECIAL FIELDS.

BEFORE THE DISCUSSIONS KISSINGER TALKED FOR
15 MINUTES WITH A LEADING AMERICAN CHINA EXPERT, PROF. JOHN
FAIRBANK OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, WHO ARRIVED IN CHINA THREE
WEEKS AGO ON THE INVITATION OF CHOU.

ASKED IF KISSINGER WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS, FAIRBANK
SAID "YES, HE SEEMED VERY NORMAL. HE SEEMED TO BE TAKING A BREAK
FROM WHATEVER IT WAS HE WAS DOING."

FAIRBANK SAID HE DID NOT ASK KISSINGER ABOUT HIS MISSION HERE.

KISSINGER, A FORMER HARVARD LECTURER, MET ANOTHER FORMER
HARVARD MAN AT THE TALKS IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE.

HE WAS ESCORTED TO HIS CAR AT DUSK BY CHAIRMAN MAO S
PERSONAL INTERPRETER CHI CHAO-CHU, A HARVARD GRADUATE WHO PRESUMABLY
TRANSLATED AT THE SESSION WITH CHOU.

AMS 43

NIGHTLEAD KISSINGER 3 PEKING

CORRESPONDENTS NOTE THAT KISSINGER HAS BEEN ENTERING AND LEAVING
THE GREAT HALL BY THE LESS-USED SOUTH OR BACK DOOR. PEOPLE S
LIBERATION ARMY GUARDS ON DUTY AT THE DOORWAY DO NOT SALUTE
THE U.S. ENVOY AS HE PASSES.

HIS TALKS, WHICH ENTER THEIR FINAL FULL DAY TOMORROW, COVER
THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, WORLD AFFAIRS
AND MATTERS RELATING TO TAIWAN, WHICH CHINA SAYS IS PART OF ITS
TERRITORY.

CHOU IS LIKELY TO PROBE KISSINGER ON
AMERICAN-SOVIET RELATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT MOSCOW
SUMMIT AND ON KISSINGER'S RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN.

THE RETIREMENT OF JAPANESE PREMIER EISAKU SATO,
REGARDED BY THE CHINESE AS A REACTIONARY FIGURE, HAS BEEN VIEWED
HERE WITH GREAT INTEREST.

REUTER WRM/PL 1523

AMS 38

INDOCHINA - NIGHTLEAD SCOTT

BY RONALD CLARKE

WASHINGTON, JUNE 21, REUTER - SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER HUGH SCOTT REPORTED TODAY DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES WERE UNDERWAY TO END THE VIETNAM WAR, ROUSING SPECULATION HERE THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARING FOR INTENSE BARGAINING THIS SUMMER INVOLVING THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA.

PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HENRY KISSINGER IS LAYING PART OF THE GROUNDWORK IN HIS DISCUSSIONS IN PEKING AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS HOPEFUL HE WILL BRING HOME THIS WEEKEND STRONG INDICATIONS THAT CHINA IS WILLING TO PLAY A PART IN ENDING THE WAR, DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID TODAY.

WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN RONALD ZIEGLER SAID KISSINGER HAD HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH CHINESE PRIME MINISTER CHOU EN-LAI, BUT HE REFUSED TO CHARACTERIZE THE MOOD OR THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TALKS.

SCOTT TOLD REPORTERS HE COULD NOT COMMENT IN DETAIL ON "WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING ON," BUT HE SAID THERE WERE THIRD PARTY ACTIVITIES INVOLVED.

THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR MENTIONED THE RECENT VISIT TO HANOI BY SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGorny.

SCOTT, WHO WAS APPARENTLY SPEAKING WITH THE AUTHORITY OF NIXON, ARGUED AGAINST LEGISLATION BEFORE CONGRESS THAT WOULD CUT OFF FUNDS FOR THE VIETNAM WAR.

INDICATING THAT NIXON FEELS A VOTE TO CUT OFF FUNDS WOULD BE MISINTERPRETED ABROAD, SCOTT SAID:

"THE PRESIDENT FEELS THAT IN THE PRESENT STATE OF DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE, IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT SENDING THE WRONG SIGNALS TO HANOI."

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AMS 39

INDOCHINA--NIGHTLEAD SCOTT 2 WASHINGTON

DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THAT, PARTLY AS A RESULT OF NIXON'S VISIT TO PEKING, CHINA HAS DROPPED MUCH OF ITS OPPOSITION TO A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN VIETNAM.

THE CHINESE MAY SEE A POSSIBILITY OF ACHIEVING THEIR AIMS IN VIETNAM -- THE REDUCTION OF SOVIET INFLUENCE AND A U.S. WITHDRAWAL -- THROUGH NEGOTIATION, THE SOURCES SAID.

PODGorny PREDICTED ON HIS WAY HOME FROM HANOI THAT THE PARIS PEACE TALKS WOULD RESUME SHORTLY AND SAID THE SOVIET UNION WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DE-ESCALATE THE WAR.

THE CHIEF U.S. NEGOTIATOR AT THE PEACE TALKS, WILLIAM PORTER, HAS RETURNED TO PARIS AND NORTH VIETNAMESE SPECIAL ADVISER LE DUC THO FLEW HOME TO HANOI AFTER MEETING CHINESE LEADERS IN PEKING.

THO LEFT CHINA ON THE EVE OF KISSINGER'S ARRIVAL FOR HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT.

A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID TODAY THE PARIS PEACE TALKS REMAINED SUSPENDED AND THE U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATIONS WERE STILL WAITING FOR A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

THE U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATIONS SAID WHEN THEY WALKED OUT OF THE TALKS LAST MONTH THAT THEY WOULD NOT RETURN UNTIL THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG SHOWED THEY WERE READY FOR SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS.

BUT SOME DIPLOMATIC SOURCES HERE SAID THEY TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT A ROUND OF SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS WILL OPEN SOON.

HANOI MAY GAMBLE ON A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATIC SEN. GEORGE MCGOVERN IN NOVEMBER, FOLLOWED BY A U.S. WITHDRAWAL AND A QUICK SETTLEMENT OF THE WAR NEXT YEAR, THE SOURCES SAID.

BUT CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION HAD MADE CLEAR BY THEIR AGREEMENT TO HOLD THIS YEAR'S SUMMIT TALKS THAT THEY ARE READY TO DEAL WITH NIXON THIS YEAR, THE SOURCES SAID.

NIXON HAS PROMISED A U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM VIETNAM WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF A NEGOTIATED CEASEFIRE AND THE RELEASE OF U.S. PRISONERS.
REUTER WRM/PL 1503

AMS 53

SECOND NIGHTLEAD KISSINGER

BY JAMES PRINGLE

L.L.

PEKING, JUNE 22, REUTER--U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY HENRY KISSINGER WENT LATE TONIGHT TO A COMPLEX OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WITHIN PEKING S FORBIDDEN CITY FOR WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS FINAL MEETING WITH PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI BEFORE HE LEAVES TOMORROW.

KISSINGER S LATE-NIGHT MEETING, COMING NEAR THE END OF HIS FIVE-DAY MISSION, BEGAN AFTER DINNER AND FINISHED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

CORRESPONDENTS HERE WERE ALERTED TO IT BY A LINE OF SECURITY POLICE AND SOLDIERS STRETCHING FROM THE STATE GUEST HOUSE IN PEKING S NORTHWEST SUBURBS TO THE WESTERN ENTRANCE OF THE SECTION OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY WHERE CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG IS SAID TO LIVE AND WHERE PREMIER CHOU HAS AN OFFICE.

OBSERVERS SAID IT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT MAO RECEIVED KISSINGER. THE LAST OCCASION THE CHINESE CHAIRMAN MET TOP-LEVEL GUESTS WAS DURING PRESIDENT NIXON'S VISIT HERE IN FEBRUARY. KISSINGER WAS PRESENT ON THAT OCCASION.

THE KISSINGER ENTOURAGE HAD NOT BEEN SEEN THURSDAY SINCE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PARTY RETURNED AT NOON FROM A VISIT TO TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY HERE. OBSERVERS BELIEVED THE U.S. ENVOY WAS WORKING IN HIS STATE RESIDENCE AND POSSIBLY TALKING WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS THERE.

THE THURSDAY NIGHT MEETING INSIDE THE COMPOUND, WHICH ALSO HOUSES THE OLD PALACES AND PAVILIONS OF CHINA'S MING AND MANCHU DYNASTIES, WAS KISSINGER'S SECOND SESSION THERE DURING THIS VISIT.

HE SPENT MOST OF TUESDAY MORNING BEHIND THE RUSSET WALLS OF THE COMPLEX WHERE SOME STATE COUNCIL OFFICES ARE SAID TO BE.

KISSINGER IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE PEKING EARLY FRIDAY AS HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN WASHINGTON THE SAME DAY.

THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING THE KISSINGER PARTY SEVENTH

GRAPH AMS 3.

REUTER MB/PL 1539

UPI-41

(KISSINGER)

HONG KONG--CHINESE PREMIER CHOU EN-LAI TUESDAY EVENING HOSTED A DINNER FOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HENRY KISSINGER AND HIS PARTY, THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY (NCNA) REPORTED.

PRESENT WERE YEH CHIEN-YING, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE MILITARY COMMISSION; CHI PENG-FEI, FOREIGN MINISTER; CHIAO KUAN-HUA, VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER; HUANG CHEN, CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; AND WANG HAI-JUNG, ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER.

EARLIER, CHOU MET WITH KISSINGER, NCNA SAID. THE AGENCY GAVE NO DETAILS OF THEIR TALKS.

6-21--TS1041AED

UPI40

(VIET TALKS)

PARIS--A NORTH VIETNAMESE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE VISIT TO PEKING OF HENRY KISSINGER WAS A MANEUVER AIMED AT SPLITTING HANOI FROM ITS ALLIES.

NGUYEN THANH LE, SPOKESMAN OF THE HANOI DELEGATION AT THE SUSPENDED VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, WAS ASKED AT A NWWS CONFERENCE ABOUT CURRENT INTERNATIONAL MOVES TO END THE WAR.

WITHOUT MENTIONING KISSINGER'S PEKING TALKS BY NAME, LE REPLIED, "THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING BY ALL MEANS TO WEAKEN THE FORCES WHO SUPPORT THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS MANEUVER WILL SUCCEED."

IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT KISSINGER AND THE RECENT TALKS IN HANOI OF SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGORNY, LE SAID "THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HOLD DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE."

LE REPEATED THE STANDING COMMUNIST DEMAND THAT THE U.S. RESUME THE WEEKLY SESSIONS OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

6-21--TS1039AED

## NBC NIGHTLY NEWS NBC-TV 6:30

### Possibility Of Solution To VN War Discussed In Three Capitals

**JOHN CHANCELLOR:** The main story of the day involves the diplomatic traveling of three men and the possibility that some solution to the VN War is being discussed in three capitals.

The President of the Soviet Union, Nicolai Podgorny has returned to Moscow from a trip to Hanoi after what he says was a successful visit. The NVNese are less enthusiastic.

The senior peace negotiator from NVN, Le Duc Tho, has left Peking after talks with Chinese officials.

And Henry Kissinger, the President's foreign affairs advisor, arrived in Peking today for more talks.

All this traveling has led to much speculation that something was up, that a solution to the war may be in the offing. That speculation grew stronger today because of what Clark MacGregor, counsel to the President for congressional affairs, said in New Orleans when Paul Duke of our staff asked him if there is a connection in all of this.

Here is what he said.

**CLARK MACGREGOR:** Well, there are a number of -- first, let me say I haven't any inside information of a highly classified nature that I'm free to disclose, but looking back on the communique that concluded the President's visit to Peking, and the communique that concluded the President's visit to Moscow, and noticing the visit of Padgorny -- President Podgorny of the Soviet Union to Hanoi Le Duc Tho, the principal NVNese negotiator's movements, Henry Kissinger's conversations today with Chou En-lai, and knowing the President as I do, I just know that these are not a disconnected or happenstance series of events, but rather they do follow an organized plan. And we can only be very hopeful that the diplomatic activity will produce progress in the Paris Peace Talks.

**PAUL DUKE:** You are suggesting, are you not, that there is a link between the trip of Mr. Kissinger, the trip of Mr. Podgorny, the Russian President?

**MACGREGOR:** I think that's a fair

conclusion to draw from the facts that are evident for all to see.

**CHANCELLOR:** One of the fascinating and as yet unexplained elements of whatever is going on, is that the Chinese are not letting Russian ships land war supplies to NVN in Chinese ports.

Eighty-five percent of Hanoi's war supplies come by sea, but NVNese harbors are blocked by American mines and for some reason the Chinese won't let the Russians use Chinese harbors.

While Podgorny was winding up his visit to Hanoi yesterday, American planes knock out 146 pieces of air defense equipment in NVN, including 76 Russian-made missiles. The biggest destruction of NVNese anti-aircraft equipment in any single day of the war.

## 60,100 US Ground Troops In NVN

**CHANCELLOR:** American troop-strength on the ground in NVN (sic) is at its lowest point in seven years 60,100 men. But there are thousands more engaged in the war from bases around VN, 10,000 on Guam; 42,000 on more than 60 ships in the South China Sea, and about 40,000 airmen in Thailand, adding up to a force of 92,000 servicemen involved in the war but not in VN.

## ABC EVENING NEWS ABC-TV 7:00

### US Planes Destroy AA Missile Sites

**HOWARD REASONER:** The US Command in Saigon reported today that American planes in their latest raid against the North destroyed some 200 pieces of air defense equipment, including numerous anti-aircraft missile sites.

Hanoi claims that its forces shot down four US jets, but said nothing about the crewmen.

### Podgorny Returns To USSR

**REASONER:** The Soviet President, Nicolai Podgorny, has returned home from NVN. The Soviet Tass News Agency says he ended his visit to Hanoi by demanding that the US halt its bombing raids against the North and resume the VN Peace Talks in Paris.

2. Tuesday, June 20, 1972

RADIO-TV
DEFENSE DIALOG

SUMMARIES ARE
NOT TO BE QUOTED

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1972 (BROADCASTS OF JUNE 19)

RADIO TV REPORTS, INC.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

SUMMARY OF NETOWRK NEWS IN THIS ISSUE

JOHN CHANCELLOR, NBC: The main story of the day involves the diplomatic traveling of three men and the possibility that some solution to the VN War is being discussed in three capitals. That speculation grew stronger because of what Clark MacGregor said in New Orleans when Paul Duke of our staff asked him if there is a connection in all of this. One of the fascinating and as yet unexplained elements of whatever is going on, is that the Chinese are not letting Russian ships land war supplies to NVN in Chinese ports. While Podgorny was winding up his visit to Hanoi yesterday, American planes knocked out 146 pieces of air defense equipment in NVN. American troop strength on the ground in VN is at its lowest point in seven years -- 60,100 men. But there are thousands more engaged in the war from bases around VN, 10,000 on Guam; 42,000 on more than 60 ships in the South China Sea, and about 40,000 airmen in Thailand, adding up to a force of 92,000 servicemen involved in the war, but not in VN.

HOWARD REASONER, ABC: The US Command in Saigon reported that American planes destroyed some 200 pieces of air defense equipment. Hanoi claims that its forces shot down four US jets, but said nothing about the crewmen. Soviet President Nicolai Podgorny returned home from NVN. The Soviet Tass News Agency says he ended his visit to Hanoi by demanding that the US halt its bombing raids against the North and resume the VN Peace Talks in Paris. Kissinger arrived at Peking for several days of talks. Secretary of State Rogers went to Capitol Hill hoping for congressional approval of the nuclear arms agreement that the President signed in Moscow. BOB CLARK, ABC: Reports on Capitol Hill.

WALTER CRONKITE, CBS: Russia put something of a damper on all that weekend speculation that a new peace initiative was in the works. But there was still a log of diplomatic maneuvering and more talk of peace is in the air. American aircraft again were over NVN in force today and they resumed their bombing of Hanoi. Radio Hanoi claimed four American planes were downed over the weekend. The American Command had no report on that, but did say that one was shot down 60 miles north of Hanoi last week, the two crewmen are missing. In SVN several thousand SVNese Marines pushed into communist-held Quang Tri Provnice. South of An Loc there were two battles. In one an American advisor was killed.

JOHN HART, CBS: The Pacification Program has been out of the main news recently from VN. Bob Simon went to two provinces in the Mekong Delta, An Giang and Chuong Thien, to see how the pacification is coming along. BOB SIMON, CBS: Reports there's a big war going on in VN and the people of An Giang Province know all about it; they read newspapers and listen to the radio. This village is less than 200 miles from An Loc. It could just as well be 200,000. The rice grows so fast here, people say, you can almost hear it at night. What you don't hear is artillery, B-52s or the wail of refugees. An Giang is 100 percent pacified, claims the American Command, and for once, it's no exaggeration. In 1966 President Johnson and Premier Ky decided in Honolulu to create a showcase province in VN. Naturally enough they chose An Giang. An Giang is a haunting image of what VN could be without a war. In nearby Chuong Thien Province one travels by helicopter if one can because the roads and canals are not safe, not even by daylight.

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VIETNAM: KISSINGER AND PODGORNY TRIPS

Summary

Foreign media paired the announcement on Wednesday that Henry Kissinger will go next week to Peking with the disclosure that Soviet President Podgorny was en route to Hanoi. They linked the two missions, directly or indirectly, as efforts to break the Vietnam deadlock.

Mr. Kissinger's travel plans drew these typical observations:

--"Kissinger's trip to Peking demonstrates China's urgent quest for rapprochement with the West and the amazing latitude America has achieved in its Vietnam policy" (Die Welt, Hamburg).

--"Diplomatic observers" in Washington "note that Dr. Kissinger's return to Peking cannot but help to bring further pressure to bear on Hanoi" (Manchester Guardian).

--"Kissinger's mission perhaps is aimed at averting the danger that China may get involved more or less directly in the Vietnam war" (Messaggero, Rome).

Mr. Podgorny's trip aroused a variety of speculation:

West Berlin's Spandauer Volksblatt asserted that he "went to Hanoi to help the U.S. end the war in Vietnam."

Combat of Paris suggested that the Soviet leaders, "fearing difficulties with Hanoi... wish to persuade its leaders that negotiation is better as long as northern units still hold some bargaining points in the field."

The Hindu of Madras judged from Mr. Podgorny's remarks in India en route to North Vietnam that "the Soviet Government apparently has something up its sleeves.... Nixon probably communicated some new proposals."

Aside from the brief Peking NCNA announcement on Wednesday that Mr. Kissinger would visit the PRC, Communist Chinese, Soviet and North Vietnamese media have not mentioned either the Kissinger or Podgorny travels.

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Cologne: "Kissinger to Hanoi?"

The Kissinger and Podgorny trips were top stories in West German papers yesterday and today.

Today's independent *Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger* of Cologne speculated on the possibility of a Kissinger meeting with North Vietnamese leaders in Peking or Hanoi.

"Shows America's Amazing Latitude"

Hamburg's right-center *Die Welt* wrote today:

"Kissinger's trip to Peking demonstrates China's urgent quest for rapprochement with the West and the amazing latitude America has achieved in its Vietnam policy..."

"In Vietnam, Washington is reaping the fruits of its detente with Moscow and Peking, a detente which is essentially the result of mounting Sino-Soviet rivalry..."

"Bargaining Table Within Reach"

Left-center *Frankfurter Rundschau* suggested today that "three events make Kissinger's trip to China particularly interesting: Podgorny's visit to Hanoi; the renewed readiness for negotiations indicated by both sides in Paris; and the bogging down of North Vietnam's offensive in the south as a result of monsoon rains and U.S. bombing.

"After weeks of escalation, the bargaining table again is within reach. Both sides have valid reason for action. Nixon is under time pressure since the war has become a prominent election campaign topic. Hanoi must seek a new approach now that its allies practice amazing restraint toward escalation."

"Combined Pressure on Hanoi Possible"

Independent *Stuttgarter Zeitung* asserted today that "it would not be surprising if by carefully coordinated pressure, the Soviets, the Chinese and the Americans

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tried to get Hanoi to start constructive peace talks. They should be aimed at
an interim solution which permits the U.S. to withdraw without loss of face
before the Communists' unavoidable coming to power."

However, the paper said, "the limits to coordinated action are set by the prestige of the leading powers, which cannot betray an ally. We should not pin exaggerated hope on Kissinger's talks. Nevertheless his secret diplomacy is bearing fruit."

"Moscow Cannot Ignore Hanoi's Leverage"

Independent Frankfurter Allgemeine suggested yesterday that the North Vietnamese leaders "will tell Podgorny that his country must help Hanoi, particularly now that China has reduced its aid to a minimum of deeds accompanied by torrents of words, and military victory is near..."

"Hanoi still has more leverage in this war, and can enter the next round of the Paris negotiations with self-assurance. Nor can Moscow ignore its strength. Podgorny will try to keep the price for this as low as possible..."

Independent weekly *Die Zeit* wrote yesterday:

"Giap's offensive has lost momentum. The question is whether North Vietnam sees a revival of Vietnam diplomacy as a pause enabling the military to prepare for renewed action. But in Hanoi the doves have become stronger as a result of three factors:

"1) The revived U.S. air war and mining of ports hit North Vietnam harder than expected; 2) Nixon can drop his bombs with less inhibition than Johnson since his visits in Peking and Moscow have made a confrontation with the two Communist powers a more calculable risk... 3) North Vietnam's chances of attaining its aims by political means are better than ever."

West Berlin: "Podgorny Helping U.S. End War"

Pro-Social Democratic Spandauer Volksblatt of West Berlin stated flatly today that "Soviet President Podgorny went to Hanoi to help the U.S. end the war in Vietnam."

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"The U.S. is making a new attempt to have the Soviets participate actively in the search for a solution in Vietnam, and unless indications are wrong, the Soviet leadership is more willing than ever to do so...

"Of course Moscow will continue to demonstrate solidarity with North Vietnam, but de facto the Soviets have accepted the intensified American warfare in Vietnam with amazing calm. Podgorny's call for the cessation of the air raids during his stop in India seems to contain a note of apology."

However, the paper cautioned, "Washington's hope might fail. Even if the Soviets tried to persuade the North Vietnamese to make concessions, it is not certain that they will have the slightest success."

## "Both Trips Arranged at Moscow Summit"

Independent *Der Abend* of West Berlin speculated that the Kissinger and Podgorny trips "were arranged at the Moscow summit." It said that because of North Vietnam's "stagnating offensive," Hanoi "is forced to begin searching for a way out.

"In this effort, Podgorny's visit can set the tracks in an important way, because by his presence the Soviet Government chief dispels all concern that the North Vietnamese might be left in the lurch by their allies."

## London: TV and Radio Reporting

British television and radio networks yesterday gave prominent news attention to the report that the U.S. had halted its bombing strikes around Hanoi during President Podgorny's visit to the North Vietnamese capital.

A BBC radio correspondent said there was speculation in the U.S. that both Russia and China were becoming increasingly involved in trying to restrain North Vietnam. "Another report, seized upon here as a good sign and evidence of Russian constructiveness," he said, "is the Russian dispersal of warships off the coast of North Vietnam."

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The independent *Times* of London said yesterday in a report from Washington that the Kissinger trip to Peking "must be seen as another striking indication to Hanoi that the great powers do not let the Vietnam fighting deter them from proceeding with their larger interests."

## "Big New U.S. Drive for Cease-fire"

The conservative mass-circulation *Daily Express* suggested that the Kissinger trip "indicates that the President is making a big new drive to get a Vietnam cease-fire...."

"Diplomatic sources say that President Nixon is ready to offer 'a compromise solution' to end the fighting and start talks on a Vietnam peace settlement. These sources hint that Mr. Nixon has private information that Hanoi's leaders may be ready to reopen negotiations."

The conservative *Daily Mail*'s story from Washington said, "There are signs that Mr. Nixon's understanding with China is being shaken by storms within the triangular relationship between Peking, Moscow and Hanoi...."

"Dr. Kissinger is expected to assure Premier Chou that Mr. Nixon is still determined to pull out of Vietnam as soon as Hanoi agrees to an internationally-sponsored cease-fire and the return of U.S. prisoners."

"The Podgorny trip to Hanoi is being watched with interest in Washington. The hope is that the Soviet leader is taking the first step in a Vietnam peace mission which could lead to a Russian attempt at mediation."

## "A Further Turn of the Screw"

The liberal Manchester *Guardian* reported yesterday that "diplomatic observers" in Washington "note that Dr. Kissinger's return to Peking cannot but help to bring further pressure to bear on Hanoi...."

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"The Nixon Administration may or may not be deluding itself, but it clearly now believes that a peace settlement on its terms is now in sight in Vietnam so long as it maintains the pressure of bombing and blockade. The Kissinger visit to Peking is thus seen as a further turn of the diplomatic and military screw now being exerted against Hanoi's 'intransigence.'"

In an editorial the paper commented:

"When President Nixon spoke early in May about North Vietnam's invasion he offered terms which in any other circumstances would have been sensational.... But with the fortunes of Saigon and Washington improved on the ground, doubts remain about how flexible the U.S. is prepared to be."

### Paris: "Soviets Will Urge Early Negotiation"

French media gave much news space to the Kissinger and Podgorny trips; comment centered on the latter.

Intellectual-left *Combat* of Paris suggested that "Moscow is beginning to feel that Giap, however remarkable, is no longer invincible...."

"Fearing difficulties with Hanoi, the Soviet leaders wish to persuade its leaders that negotiation is better as long as northern units still hold some bargaining points in the field."

The Washington correspondent of moderately conservative *Figaro* stated yesterday that "there is every reason to believe that, informed of the impending Podgorny visit to Hanoi, the Chinese leaders believe it clever to go one better by adopting a tougher line than the Kremlin in order to remind the North Vietnamese where their real friends are. This attitude, all on the surface, does not at all mean that the Chinese leaders are not prepared to play an active role in the negotiation of the conflict in order not to leave to the Russians the benefits of a fruitful negotiation."

### "White House Thinks Podgorny Has an Offer to Make"

Today he reported that "circles close to the White House" feel that "Podgorny is not going to Hanoi empty-handed, and that he has some attractive offer to make.... The essential goal of Mr. Kissinger's mission to Peking is to explain to the Chinese leaders that it is in their own interest to counsel a political solution in Vietnam, where they would regain a large part of the influence they recently lost to the USSR."

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The Washington correspondent of mass-circulation *France-Soir* suggested that Mr. Kissinger, after reassuring Chou En-lai that the bombings near the Chinese border in North Vietnam were "not directed against China...might go further and, backing Podgorny's action, ask Chou to use his influence on Hanoi to bring the North Vietnamese to negotiate seriously."

## Rome TV Reporting

State-run Italian TV reported that many in Washington political circles "think that the main subject" of the Kissinger talks "will be Vietnam, although it seems unbelievable that China may act as a moderating influence on the North Vietnamese."

### "Hanoi Compelled to Be More Flexible"

Independent *Corriere della Sera* of Milan judged that "both the Chinese and the Soviets had shown that... the Vietnam problem is of secondary importance among international concerns of interest to the big powers... North Vietnam has been gravely hit by U.S. bombings and the blockade. These facts may compel Hanoi to be more flexible..."

### "Danger of Direct Chinese Involvement"

Independent *Messaggero* of Rome carried this Washington report:

> "The resumption of an anti-U.S. campaign on the part of the Chinese press and radio, the emergency meeting of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee... and the bombing protest note... may indicate that Kissinger's sudden mission has other purposes than the mere normalization of Sino-American relations. Kissinger's mission perhaps is aimed at averting the danger that China may get involved more or less directly in the Vietnam war."

Influential left-of-center *La Stampa* of Turin said the "phase of confrontation" was now becoming a "phase of consultation" and that this new structure "could receive a shock from Mao's death or withdrawal from politics. Thus the U.S. is following the developments in Peking with some anxiety."

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Tokyo TV: "No Ground for Optimism"

A commentator on Japan's publicly-financed NHK-TV reported today that "something is expected from the visits on the ground that the talk may lead to an escape from the current deadlock on Vietnam. However, there is no ground for optimism."

Noting that both North Vietnam and the U. S. are "facing difficulties" because of the continuing conflict, he declared that "President Nixon must take steps to end the Vietnam war in order to cope with the coming election campaign."

For North Vietnam, he said, the blockade was making military supply "more and more difficult" and the bombings were "threatening the livelihood" of the people.

A Washington correspondent of Tokyo's independent-liberal *Asahi* wrote today, "The purpose of Kissinger's visit to Peking is to explain to China that the blockade and bombing measures are aimed at bringing Hanoi to the conference table and to prevent additional Chinese aid to North Vietnam, as well as avoiding a reversal in U. S. -China relations."

The paper's Moscow correspondent reported that Mr. Podgorny would explain to Hanoi that there was no "summit deal" with the U. S. at the expense of North Vietnamese interests. "The Soviet Union," he wrote, "is expected to tell Hanoi that in exchange for continued assistance, North Vietnam should take a more flexible stand so that it can achieve a compromise with the U. S. more quickly."

"Nixon Aim--POWs Home Before Convention"

Conservative *Nihon Keizai* of Tokyo reported today, "There is a growing view in Washington that North Vietnam, which has continued to take a tough stand, has indicated some willingness to compromise. The Nixon Administration hopes to use this opportunity to clear the way for a peace breakthrough in one stroke.

"President Nixon is aiming at a 'dramatic scene' in which U. S. POWs in Vietnam will return before the August Republican Convention--which will renominate Mr. Nixon as the Presidential candidate."

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## Seoul Treatment

State-run TV today carried a report from a Washington correspondent that the White House was not ruling out the possibility of a Kissinger visit to Hanoi after Peking.

Influential Donga Ilbo and several other papers today speculated on the Kissinger and Podgorny trips as being efforts to probe for a peaceful settlement of the Indochinese war rather than for any other officially stated objectives.

## "U. S. Position for Peace Talks Now Strongest"

Seoul's middle-of-the-road Joongang Ilbo commented this morning:

> "Because of the mining of North Vietnam's waters for 40 days and unprecedentedly heavy air strikes, Hanoi's war potential is rapidly diminishing and the regular Hanoi forces now in South Vietnam are languishing and losing much of their mobility.

> "It now seems that the U.S. can initiate peace negotiations from a stronger position than at any time before. The draining of Hanoi's war power and the weakening of its military mobility together are proof that the Communist attempt at bringing about another Dien Bien Phu has failed."

## Hong Kong: "Peking Opens Door Wider"

Pro-Nationalist Wah Kiu Yat Po of Hong Kong yesterday saw the Kissinger visit as an indication that Peking leaders were opening wider the door to the China mainland. The paper said Mr. Kissinger's mission was to assure Peking that no secret agreements were made at the Moscow meeting, to secure a Vietnam settlement, to help Japan to establish relations with Peking, to carry out plans set forth in the Shanghai communique and to win more votes for President Nixon's re-election.

The pro-Nationalist Express linked the Kissinger trip with Peking's statement condemning U. S. bombing, saying "Nixon is unwilling to see the good will fostered with Peking leaders in February 'go down the drain.'"

Anticipating that President Podgorny would try to persuade North Vietnam to return to the conference table, the paper concluded: "After Kissinger's visit to the mainland and Podgorny's trip to Hanoi, a new situation may emerge in Vietnam."

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Manila: "Hope Podgorny Will Convince Hanoi"

The nationalistic *Manila Bulletin* noted today that the Podgorny trip suggests that "underneath the disagreement on Vietnam outlined in the Moscow communique of May 29 lay an understanding between American and Soviet leaders to seriously negotiate an end to the war." The paper said that at the summit the Russians had stood "for a cessation of the bombing and a complete and unequivocal withdrawal of American troops and their allies from South Vietnam."

The paper said the only way the Soviets could penetrate the blockade and help Hanoi would be by a massive response that would "bring the Moscow summit and all the understandings reached there to naught." It concluded:

"Therefore, it is hoped Mr. Podgorny's visit to Hanoi is concerned with persuading North Vietnamese leaders to seriously negotiate with the Americans for ending the conflict in a manner 'just to all.'"

Kuala Lumpur: "Will Chou Nudge Hanoi?"

The influential conservative *Straits Times* of Kuala Lumpur today wondered whether Mr. Kissinger could convince Chou En-lai that "it is time he nudged Hanoi into a more realistic attitude in Paris." Saying that the military situation had changed adversely for North Vietnam and that "success on the ground has been a tonic for South Vietnamese troops," the paper commented:

"Hanoi's demand for Saigon's virtual surrender and the formation of a 'coalition government' which would be Communist in fact if not in name has been overtaken by events. The North Vietnamese are not going to accept overnight their descent from a position of strength but... once the Paris negotiations are resumed, they may disclose possibilities of political settlement that were not visible five weeks ago."

Singapore: "Hanoi Does Not Have Many Options"

The independent English-language *New Nation* of Singapore wrote yesterday, "There are signs that another attempt to solve the Vietnam conflict by negotiations could begin soon...."

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"There are doubts in some quarters about Russian seriousness in wanting the war ended as peace in Indochina might pave the way for America's total military disengagement from the region. This, it is argued, will eliminate tensions that now keep Hanoi in need of Russian military help, and also relieve pressures on China.

"Hanoi, however, does not appear to have many options open to it. North Vietnam remains effectively blockaded and has taken severe punishment for its belligerent move across the DMZ two months ago. Its military capacity appears to have been seriously undermined by massive American air raids and early gains it made in the south are slowly being lost."

Madras: "Something Up Soviet Sleeve?"

The conservative *Hindu* of Madras, noting Mr. Podgorny's remarks about U.S. bombing during his visit to India, said that "the Soviet Government apparently has something up its sleeves in rushing one of the top Kremlin trinity to Hanoi.... Nixon probably communicated some new proposals."

New Delhi's *Hindustan Times* front-paged its Washington correspondent's report that "White House officials are cautiously hopeful of a negotiated settlement."

Tel Aviv: "Trips Linked to Paris"

Semi-official *Davar* of Tel Aviv speculated that the Podgorny and Kissinger trips were linked with efforts behind the scenes to break the deadlock at Paris, but it maintained that "the final decision will rest, of course, with Hanoi, which has already dashed many hopes."

"The outcome of Podgorny's talks will show whether the U.S. bombings have mellowed their desire to continue the war for a united Communist Vietnam."

The paper praised Mr. Nixon's Vietnam policy, saying "it has averted a smashing North Vietnamese victory" and proved that "despite the limitation of American foreign commitments a humiliating expulsion of the U.S. from Southeast Asia is impossible."

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## Beirut: Middle East Effort Next?

Conservative al-Hayat of Beirut believed that "Podgorny's mission in Hanoi is to convince its Government to end the fighting in South Vietnam. Should he succeed, the U.S. might make a similar effort in the Middle East and pressure Israel to accept a peace settlement on the basis of the Security Council resolution."

Pro-Cairo al-Youm saw the suspension of air attacks over Hanoi and the Kissinger and Podgorny trips as "indications that serious negotiations will start soon, especially since Gromyko and French Foreign Minister Schumann urged resumption of Vietnam negotiations and Hanoi seems to have lost hope of forcing the U.S. to withdraw unconditionally."

## Valletta: "Both Sides Offer Elbow Room"

The Times of Malta, noting speculation that the Paris talks might be resumed, declared on Wednesday that "it now appears that the North Vietnamese, feeling the effects of the concentrated bombing on their lines of communication and on important targets close to Hanoi and Haiphong port, will face the Americans with a set of new conditions. What these new conditions will be remains to be seen, but it has become clear that there is a willingness from both sides for more elbow room. The Communists, however, have still to prove they are sincere in continuing the discussions in a constructive way."

## Moscow Stresses Negotiation

Although Soviet media attention to Vietnam has remained at a low level, basic points of Moscow's position have been steadily advanced in general commentaries addressed to both domestic and foreign audiences. Thus Moscow radio introduced a broadcast in English to Britain on Wednesday: "There is no way to settle the problem of Vietnam but negotiations."

The commentary said that "Vietnam has repeatedly urged serious negotiations," pointing out that a negotiated solution "is advantageous for the U.S. as much as for Vietnam." The basis for negotiations, the radio contended, should be the Provisional Revolutionary Government's "seven-point program," which it outlined.

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It said that "our firm stand on America's persistent aggression in Indochina was presented at the talks with the American leaders in Moscow" and publicly reiterated by General Secretary Brezhnev during President Tito's visit shortly thereafter.

The commentary concluded with a standard pledge: "Our support of the Vietnamese people and the other nations of Indochina is steady as they fight against imperialist aggressors for freedom and independence."

## Sole Mention of Kissinger Trip

Aside from the brief Peking NCNA announcement on Wednesday that Mr. Kissinger would visit the People's Republic of China from June 19 to 23, Communist Chinese, Soviet and North Vietnamese media have not mentioned either Mr. Kissinger's trip or the visit to Hanoi of Soviet President Podgorny.

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VIETNAM: KISSINGER PRESS CONFERENCE

Foreign media reported Henry Kissinger's press conference remarks on his return from Peking, stressing that he said Hanoi might now be reviewing its policies.

The Washington correspondent of *Figaro* of Paris concluded that when the Vietnam conflict is settled it will be through direct U. S. -North Vietnamese negotiation.

The London *Observer* said that while Mr. Kissinger had noted that Hanoi had not yet given any indication of readiness to enter serious negotiations, Secretary Rogers had struck "a somewhat more optimistic note" in speaking of "more and more countries" urging Hanoi to negotiate.

Moscow TASS carried a brief account of the Kissinger press conference, stressing his remarks on the possibility of a negotiated settlement.

Paris: "U. S. -DRV Direct Negotiations Certain"

Moderate conservative Figaro's Washington correspondent, Jacques Jacquet-Francillon, reported today that "Mr. Kissinger has come back from China convinced that the North Vietnamese are at this very moment profoundly re-ordering their policies and re-examining the position they should take in order to resume the talks in Paris." He asked:

"In what direction is the change being made? To achieve what end? Mr. Kissinger pretends to ignore these questions...."

"However, Mr. Kissinger, in an excellent mood, did not hide the fact that on the whole he was very satisfied with the results of his mission...."

"For the time being, only one thing is certain: when the time comes to settle the conflict, it will be settled through direct negotiation between North Vietnam and the U. S. Is that time getting close? Mr. Kissinger said everything he could say to indicate that he believes it is."

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London: "U. S. Offer to Hanoi Still Open"

Today's conservative London *Daily Telegraph*, which supports U.S. Vietnam policy, noted that "North Vietnam is now the object of international blandishments, persuasion and chastisement such as few small countries have ever experienced. President Nixon repeated that his offer... is still open. He is appealing--at last from a position of strength--to Peking and Moscow to use their influence to bring Hanoi to reason. Meanwhile, the devastation of the north from the air continues, and must surely lead, it seems, to collapse before long at the present rate of destruction....

"Dr. Kissinger, just back from Peking, discerns no clear indication that Hanoi is ready for serious negotiations. Yet unless the rulers in Hanoi are contemplating self-inflicted genocide, the appearance of utter intransigence that they present must surely be a bargaining tactic. Their country is not threatened, nor ever has been. All they have to do is to leave their neighbor alone and abandon their ambitions for Communist empire. But when they do at last consent to negotiate, there can surely be no question now of their imposing terms that could lead to the communization and subjection of the south. For Mr. Nixon, from electoral considerations, to accept any risk of this would be to fail to recognize that victory is at long last within grasp and to throw away its hard-earned fruits."

"Rogers More Optimistic"

The independent London *Observer* said yesterday that while Mr. Kissinger had noted that Hanoi had not yet given any indication that it is prepared to enter serious peace negotiations, Secretary Rogers struck "a somewhat more optimistic note" in saying there was evidence "that more and more countries were urging Hanoi to negotiate."

Two Hopeful Hong Kong Reports

On Saturday, the *Daily Telegraph* reported from Hong Kong that diplomats of East European countries in Peking believe that "despite Hanoi's uncooperative attitude toward cease-fire and peace proposals by Moscow and Peking, a cease-fire will be arranged in Vietnam within the next few weeks as a direct result of Dr. Kissinger's talks."

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The independent *Times* of London reported on Saturday that "the agreed hopeful view" of American ambassadors to Far Eastern countries now meeting in Hong Kong, was that "new negotiations for a Vietnam cease-fire are imminent, with open support from Moscow and discreet support from Peking....

"All intelligence from Vietnam is encouraging and directly confirms earlier second-hand reports of Party dissension in Hanoi over General Giap's blunted offensive.... and North Vietnamese anger over what is regarded as passive or even treacherous reaction in Moscow and Peking to the devastating American bombing in the North and the mining of North Vietnamese ports."

## Rome TV: "Some Hope for Negotiations"

State-run Italian TV said last night:

"The diplomatic web woven by Nixon's trips to Peking and Moscow, by Kissinger's trip to Peking and by Podgorny's to Hanoi holds some elements of hope for a return to negotiations. This hope is still alive, but the cruel logic of the war looms large..."

## Vienna Radio: "Unparalleled Contacts!"

A commentator on the Austrian state radio said on Saturday that it was possible that the Soviet Union "is genuinely interested in a compromise peace in Indochina," but such a compromise was possible "only if Peking wants it, too. And it is only possible if the other two superpowers give the U.S. a chance to get out of the war without loss of face....

"This small local war, cruel as it is, has not enhanced the danger of a major war, but has resulted in an unparalleled intensification of contacts among the superpowers. This sounds paradoxical, but it is a fact. Nixon in Moscow and Warsaw, Podgorny in Hanoi, Kissinger in Peking, and all within one month!...

"But where is Europe?.... There is no role for present-day Europe in this tri-polar match... Since it speaks with too many tongues it has no voice in world affairs."

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