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Sato expressed definite favor of the
idea, and directed one of the leading
Congressmen who had accompanied
me to look into the availability of
government funds from the educa–
tional budget to contr ibute to it.
Mr. Sato asked if
1
had any plans
for visiting Communist China.
1
told
him we have no definite plans for
such a visit, as of now.
It
was now ten minutes to three,
and we rose to leave. As we were
leaving the Prime Minister's official
residence, we saw the official auto–
mobi les of the U. S. Embassy and of
the Japanese Foreign Ministry driving
u
p.
The following mocning, the ex–
change of the ratification instruments
for the reversion of Okinawa back to
Japan, after 27 years under U. S. rule
was the big-headline, frontpage news
in Japanese English-language news–
papers.
HONG KONG, March 20 - l will
continue writing from here.
From Tokyo we flew on to New
Delhi, India. We were oot due there
for two days , so we broke the long
flight by stopping overnight at Hong
Kong.
I n Hong Kong (China), a big
headline at the top of the first page
of the
South China Morning Post,
March 18, has:
"Peking Blasts
'Nix011
Doctrine.'"
This dispatch is dated
Peking, March 17.
It
says: "The
'Nixon Doctrine' has come in for
heavy criticism here, three weeks after
President Nixon's visit to China." A
tirade against Mr. Nixon and the
United States follows.
In the Monday morning, March 20
edit ion, same newspaper, I find this
at the top of the front page: "China
Trade 'Experts' Exploit U.S. Firms."
This story shows how U.S. business–
meo, "blinded by the possibility of a
potential 800 million customers," are
being taken advantage of by Chinese
posing as "trade experts." American
firms, on the whole, the story says,
have little knowledge of how China
does business, and many Chinese, pos-
ing as trade experts, are taki ng advan–
tage of this in various ways.
Are we moving toward
PEACE'
Anti-Americanism is on the rise, and
is gaining
mome~tum
in new and
unexpected places around the world.
Anti -American incidents are spreading
in Turkey. In the Mediterranean Sea,
the U.S. naval fleet has been reduced,
whiJe the Soviet Union is fast iocreas–
ing its naval might there. The Rus–
sians have been establishing the ir
military presence in the Middle East
- especially in Egypt and Syria. Anti–
Americanism is being spread in Greece.
Instead of gains for
PEACE,
danger
signals are threatening all around the
world.
WHY?
It ought to be clearly apparent to
all, but almost no one seems to com–
prehend the simple truth.
As 1 have said before, and shall
keep on saying as long as it is possible,
there are just TWO
WAYS
of life. To
simplify it I call one the way of
"GET" and the other the way of "G!VE."
And just about every one is dedicated
to the way of
"GET."
Individuals are
out to get by taking any and every
possible advantage of others. Nations
are dedicated to their own
SELF–
interest ; and if that interest seems
best served by injury to others- even
war - there are nations that will not
hesitate to take any possible advantage
of other nations.
At the San Francisco Conference,
aJmost 27 years ago, the leaders of
nations met as "the world's last HOPE"
for
PEACE,
and the prevention of the
nuclear World War II that could
erase al! humans from the carth. Al–
truistic and lauditory speeches were
made in plenary sessions for effect on
the public, but in the prívate con–
ferences leaders of nations fought
viciously for selfish advantage over
other countries.
Space in this issue of the PLAJN
TRUTH does not allow me to indude
the material already written of meet–
ings with leaders of India, Ceylon and
Israel. That will have to wait ti ll the
June issue.
What Our
Readers
Say
(Contin11ed from inside front cover)
other parts nf this series on the
loaded
subjecr, the rnind."
Jarn Y.,
Haywood, Virginia
VD Epidemic
"1
am a teen-ager and usually
dis–
agree
with most of your anides, but
'The Silent Epidernic' was very shocking.
( read facts thar rnost people would not
bel ieve. This knowledge is very valu–
able in thc wo rld
I
am about to enter.
I
was amazed at the way you presented
the ' plain truth' about this problem -
not trying to shade anything. By this
artide you gave
a
warning that no
other source of information could have
given."
Chuck O.,
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Public Housing Problems
"I
am a college student majoring in
sociology mainly because
I
lived in
a
housing prnject for
10
years. To know
this war
of
life is heart·breaking.
I
strongly believe that these houses are
not fit fnr animals to live in. To surn
up my lO years experience,
I
would
have to say that life was sheer hell for
me. The slums forced me to rise above
my economic background. I commend
you on the fine artide written about
these slums. Everything in it brought
me back
to
my childhnod years."
L.
M.,
East Boston, .Massachusetts
Kneading Exercise?
"I
wou ld like
to
start receiving your
momhly publications. They have helped
me in many ways. My sister asked
to
write and tell you chat from making
so many loaves
of
che whole wheat
bread - che recipe you gave in you.r
Augusr 1971 issue - her bust size has
increased from 34A
to
360."
Cheryl
M.,
Lynnwood, Wyoming
lran Area Error
"Let me be the tOOOth person to in–
form the staff that Iran
is
not more than
twice the size
nf
Alaska (see page 429,
January 1972, PLAIN TRUTH).
ltl–
formation Please
Almm~ac
states that
Alaska has an area
of
566,432 square
miles."
Arthu.r
W.,
Sydney, Australia
*Of course you are corree/. Tbe copy
sbould bave read "larger tban Alaska
or more than tu•ice tbe size of Texas."
Tbe error u•as caugbt bere
-
but
1101
soon enougb before publica/ion.
By
tbe
way,
ll'e
al/ make mistakes, dott't we?
Tbe error
1/J(JS Oll
page 42
-
not page
4291