Nixon to visit Chou En Lai in Peking signals new path in foreign policy
Editorial examines President Nixon plans to meet Chinese Premier Chou En Lai in Peking before May 1972. It notes potential domestic and international impacts, including election-year leverage for Nixon, easing Viet Nam War tensions, and advancing U S China relations toward peace and trade. The piece emphasizes cautious optimism about a rational basis for normal relations and the possible historic significance.
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Chou Enlai
Peking
Henry Kissinger
Chou
Ichard Nixon
China
United Nations
United States
Pentagon papers reprint invites readers to examine the documents directly
Bantam Books publishes a 2.25 paperback of the New York Times Pentagon Papers series. The volume lets readers compare high level Pentagon analysts with Times reporting and form their own conclusions. Controversy over publication will persist, but informed readers can judge the material themselves.
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New York Times
Bantam Books
Justice Department
the Times
Times
What other editors say about Soviet youth motivation
Readers abroad ask if Soviet young people today are as strongly motivated as earlier generations. Young people live under different conditions than their fathers and forefathers did, yet they share conviction, enthusiasm, and dynamism with youth of the Revolution, the Civil War, and the early five year plan periods. Sovereign youth remain loyal to traditions of their fathers.
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Mitchell
Daniel Ellsberg
Congressional Medal of Honor
Pentagon
CIA
America
Ejisberg
Paris Press Drives Indochina Peace Talks Strategy
The article argues Hanoi is shaping a diplomatic offensive from Paris to force a settlement in Indochina. Le Duc Tho and Madame Binh push for an unconditional U.S. withdrawal with safeguards, while public opinion in the United States shifts toward opposition to Nixon's Vietnam policy and a quick end to the war. The piece links domestic sentiment to Hanoi's demand for a blank-check surrender before talks begin.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hanoi
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
le Duc Tho
Madame Binh
Indochina
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
North
South
China
Russia
Ant
U.S
Crumbas
War on crime shows some gains
The FBI reports in early 1971 show crime rising nationally but at a slower pace than prior years. The Nixon administration cites tougher law enforcement and reduced permissiveness as factors, with declines in 61 large cities though New York and Los Angeles diverge, and Chicago shows mixed results under Mayor Daley.
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Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Los Angeles
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District of Columbia
Justice Department
Hoover
Letters to the editor Advice to pet owners
A Long Beach reader argues that pet overpopulation stems from owners who breed dogs and cats without discrimination. The letter warns of genetic disease risk, pet wastage, and shelter euthanasia, urging responsible breeding and humane planning for litters.
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