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Show (feliind the JJeacfined j Formosa, Tibet, Laos or India, why should we keep hoping that he really doesn't? Why shouldn't we bring as much pressure to bear on Moscow to end these attacks at-tacks as we would bring on the Chinese Communists themselves. The weapons Red China uses on the Tibetans, Laotians, etc., are supplied by Moscow anyway and captuered arms are stamped as "Made in U.S.S.R." The least we could do is to identify Moscow and Peiping in the world's eyes as the partners they themselves profess to be. This theory forces Moscow to share in such brutalities as Red China's butchery in Tibet, just as Red China backed Moscow's Hungarian atrocities. It reminds the world that the smiling Soviet dictator who is about to be welcomed wel-comed to the U. S. is also condoning con-doning treachery in Asia. Such a policy might also force Moscow to bring more pressure to bear on Peiping to behave. For Moscow would be made to realize that it could not evade responsibility for Red Chinese actions bp playing play-ing on Western hopes that Moscow Mos-cow has split with the Chinese Communists. And if Moscow denied de-nied that it condoned China's actions the way would be opened for the rest of the world to put a wedge in between them. President Eisenhower has disclosed dis-closed that he believes Moscow is fearful of being caught in between be-tween a rearmed, resurgent Germany Ger-many and explosive Red Chinese population growth. Soviet Premier Khrushchev may be surprised to learn during his visit to the United States, beginning next week, that he may soon be carrying out our American foreign policy in the Far East. Even before the crisis in Laos and before Red Chinese attacks on the' Indian frontier, many Americans were urging the White House to make further use of the Russians in .taming the Chinese. Although Communist China and the Soviet Union proclaim repeatedly their "solidarity" and "unity under Communism," we find a growing belief that there is more disunity between Moscow Mos-cow and Peiping than meets the eye. Yet, while American strategy strat-egy is aimed at splitting Moscow Mos-cow and Peiping, remarkably little has been done to bring it about. In fact, no other problem in all American foreign policy seems to receive so much divided and contradictory attention as our strategy in dealing with the Red Chinese, if indeed, we have any policy and strategy at all. During the current Communist led revolt and invasion in Laos, for example, key administration spokesmen have been quoted as V saying that it has been inspired . by 1) the Russians; 2) the Red 'Chinese; 3) by both, or 4) by neither. That it is an honest internal in-ternal revolt against the Laotian monarchy A few surprisingly frank State and Defense Department Depart-ment spokesmen have declared that the "United States simply does not know the facts of the situation in Laos." The president is also among those who believe that Khrushchev Khrush-chev may have, raised the Berlin threat to actually win a German settlement so that he could sta bilize his Western front door as he contends with Red China in the East. Many observers believe be-lieve that this is also why the Soviet Union is so anxious to conclude a West European non-aggression non-aggression pact with the NATO allies. A NATO agreement to "go to the defense of the signatories" signa-tories" could be invoked by Russia Rus-sia to bring the Allies to Russia's defense' if attack by Red China. Russia knows the non aggression pact would be worthless if Moscow Mos-cow planned to attack the NATO Allies. But the threat of united NATO-Soviet action against Peiping Pei-ping might deter China from attacking at-tacking Russia, as friction between be-tween them inevitably increases. Moscow is also anxious to win more trade from the West, especially espe-cially the U. S., largely because Khurshchev is alarmed at the rapid growth of the Red Chinese economy. Would he accept conditions con-ditions guaranteeing that greater Western" trade would not flow into Red China? Many ar.eas of potential friction fric-tion exist between Moscow and Peiping. Rather than deplore the actions of one while the other talks peace, or merely hope Exactly one year ago, Khrush-' Khrush-' chev was also about to visit the U. S., just as he is today, when the Red Chinese raised the war scare against Formosa. President Presi-dent Eisenhower and the Central Intelligence Agency said that it "seemed" as though Peiping, jealous of a Khrushchev visit to the U. S., created the Formosa war scare to scuttle it. "On the other hand," it was also argued tha Khrushchev may have encouraged en-couraged the attack to avoid making binding agreements during dur-ing a U. S. visit which he did not really wish to make. The point is not that the highest high-est U. S. observers disagreed, or were in the dark about such important im-portant developments in Communist Com-munist strategy. It is not even that we appear as baffled as ever when, a year later, the same pattern pat-tern if an imminent Khrushchev visit, followed by a Chinese Red war scare, repeats itself all over again. Many Americans are urging the White House and State Department De-partment to stop wasting time wondering about Chinese-Soviet relations, whether recognition of Red China would woo Peiping from Moscow, etc., but to begin using the Communist pattern to our own advantage. If Khrushchev and Peiping applaud ap-plaud each other's aggressions and reaffirm their "unity under Communism," why waste time disagreeing? It is urged that we should accept their declarations of unity at face value until we have more reason to believe that Moscow and Peiping have actually actual-ly split. The West is advised to view the world as a whole and demand that Moscow control the Red Chinese before any concessions conces-sions on Berlin or any other West 'European problems are forthcoming. forth-coming. If Khrushchev says he supports Red Chinese aggression against 1. that they may split, more is being be-ing urged to help bring a split about. Khrushchev will find as he comes to the U. S. that he will be asked more and more to assume responsibility for the Red Chinese. |