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World Peace- In Our Time?
Manila, The Philippines. July 18:
T
HE BIG NEWS
headlines here in Manila
onFriday, July 16, announced President
Nixon's forthcoming visi t to Premier Chou En-lai of
Red China, at Peking. The President made his an–
nouncement on the U. S. West Coast July 15, but it was
already Friday over here.
The President was quoted saying that he "will undertake
what I deeply hope will become a journey for PEACE."
President Marcos, here in Manila, said the Philippine
Government welcomes "with genuine interest" Mr. Nixon's
decision. Most chief delegates to the Asian and Pacific Council
(ASPAC), meeting here, hope this unprecedented visit
will
help promote PEACE and stability in Asia and the world.
A
meeting has been set up between General Carlos P. Romulo
and me for next Monday morning.
It
is important. He is the
Foreign Secretary.
Meanwhile, let me give you a glimpse into the methods
by which Communist countries "work for PEACE."
In today's Sunday Hong Kong
Standard
is a half-pagewide
picture of President Nixon being "cheered after China decision."
But directly under the picture, front page, appears the follow–
ing in bold black headlines: "U. S. PLANS TO ATTACK CHINA,
SAYS
MAo's ARMED FoRcEs CHIEF."
The story begins with: "Chinese Armed Forces Chief
Huang Yung-sheng accused the United States of planning
aggression against China the same day as Peking announced
its invitation to President Nixon."
Further, "Huang said the U. S. in co-operation with Japan,
was attempting to turn South Korea into a military base for
aggression against. North Korea and China.
"He added: 'We serve the U. S. and Japanese reactionaries
this warning: You will never succeed in your schemes of aggres–
sion against the peoples of Korea, China and other Asían
countries . ... Should you dare to unleash a new war of aggres–
sion, you
will
certainly suffer complete annihilation.' "
There was more, accusing the United States of "scheming"
against China and peoples of Asia.
This kind of name-calling, false-accueing, and threatening
propaganda is typical of Communist methods - accusing the
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bring Rhodesia to its knees. The
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