European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1969 Clayton fr1tchey Nixon oblivious to asian trends whatever the merits of president Nixon s reaffirmed cold Ness to a rapprochement with Mainland China it is out of step with the trend elsewhere in the world especially in Asia and the far East. It also May be out of step with the trend in the . Itself. Even As the president was slamming the door lost week on a new policy towards China our principal Pacific allies Japan and the Philippines were doing just the opposite. They arc obviously eager for a new Era of accommodation with China As a substitute far the . Policy of contain ment. If this trend continues As it seems certain to do the . Will find itself increasingly Iso lated in its Effort to sustain a worldwide Boycott of China. Our leading european allies Al ready recognize China and now other nato Powers such As can Ada and Italy Are on the Point of following suit. Will seek to reduce its military commitment in  True or not that is widely believed in the Orient. It is Only fair to say that unlike Japan and the Philippines most of the larger Powers in the far East and near East such As in Dia and Pakistan have never sup ported . War policy in Viet Nam nor shared Lyndon John son s dream of an anti communist new Asia United against China. Apparently Premier Sato had this trend in mind when he told the japanese parliament on the same Day As Nixon s first press conference that we would Wel come a situation in which communist China can be widely received As a member of the International  also on the same Day pres ident Marcos of the Philippines in his state of the Union message stressed the urgent need to strive toward a modes Visendi with China. He said Asia must seek peaceful coexistence with China adding external communist aggression represents a minimal threat at least not to the extent we once Felt it to  Marcos was merely saying out loud what Many nations of the East have been thinking since the tet offensive in Vietnam the end of the . Bombing of North Vietnam and the Start of the peace talks in Paris. A lot has changed in Asia in the last year. Marcos said his country must Start looking out for itself because the ., having been morally divided and economically trained by the Vietnam conflict the sooner that fantasy is for gotten the better. Not even Viet Nam s neighbors Cambodia and Laos share it. Nor does Burma. Laos in fact is presently urging a communist coalition govern ment for South Vietnam the leaders of Thailand have also been minimizing the communist threat. The change in the asian Cli mate seems to have escaped Nix on. His latest comment suggests that he still clings to his out of Date Campaign notion that the non communist nations of Asia can be organized into an effective anti communist Force of their own. In a new Jersey speech on oct. 19, Nixon said almost without exception the leaders of non communist Asia recognize the threat from communist China. They want Protection against  if so few Are now counting on the . To provide if and it is Clear they have no intention of starting an anti China club of their own Nixon seems to be equally oblivious of changes on the Home front. Some of the most influential senators of both parties rep resenting conservatives and liberals alike have been trying to signal the president that a change on China is not Only desirable but it now politically Safe. It s rare that a chief executive Tan get a Safe conduct past in and Vance from Leaden like sen. Rich Ard Russell John Sherman Coop or and Edward Kennedy As Nixon has but the new president does t seem to be interested or has t caught on. 1969, newday inc. European edition it. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan Edillor in chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry a Epstein. Circulation Man Afler Thi newspaper it an authorized publication of the. Department of Pef Enve for . Armed forces Ovan Eai. The Star and stripes i published by the com Mander in chief . European command in support of the command internal information program of the department of Peenie. Content of we Start and Stripe do not Nice wary reflect the official View of the u 8. Government or the department of defense. The appearance of Dot play in Thi newspaper concerning commercial publication Doe not constitute a endowment by the a apartment of defer or any of it component. Military add a the Start ant Stripe. Apo 09175. International mall the Star and Stripe port Fach 1034, 61-Darmitadt, German. Tel girl Helm by month in that War. No russians or chinese arc being Wile the North vietnamese Are pay ing a higher Price but on which their leaders evidently consider Cost effective. They cherish the Hope that they can ultimately enslave 17 million South Vietnam Ese and capture the needed Rice crops of the Fertile Mekong Delta. The invasion of South Vietnam could have been priced too High for the North vietnamese but our tragic policy called graduated response too Tittle too lot has ruled that out some examples of the application of a tru Clit fee Civ not test to North Vietnam May new be examined in retrospect. Soon after the invasion of South Viet Nam after warning Hanoi a could Hay broken the red River Dike destroying Rice production in the North and rendering 3 Mil lion a it Home leis Refu in the opinion expire red in the column ind  of that Pate represent hate of the to than ind a in a Wax to be Eonta Frery m  the Lewi of the Teri a raft to trip Luei rap it tit United 6ut pm Rani it Stead the Dike Are intact and South Vietnam provides the homeless refugees after i he tet offensive when 43 cities of South Vietnam were destroyed or seriously damaged a had the Power again after ample warning to destroy the North vietnamese Industrial Cen ters this Price for aggression was not exacted. Russia has supplied missiles and antiaircraft guns to the North vietnamese which have a Troy a More than 1,000 of our air planes. No Effort was made to top this traffic into North Vietnam ports and for a Long time our fliers were barred from attacking russian surface to till my Salt Sites which would have topped the Sam Effort. Sami could not the Hay passed the t9t.ffctiveni to to a thai be much More talk try to accomplish our Bjk Tiv in Vietnam when this Uit i fully applied to the conduct of hot ctr 0 a is neral Heitur corp