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Show royalty. All sorts of firsts accompanied accom-panied this tour-including the first visas issued to American correspondents corres-pondents since the Communist takeover in that country and the first phone call between the two countries on private lines in over 20 years. Yet, while what happened is very interesting, why the tour happened, why the sudden hospitality hospi-tality shown by the Chinese, is a terribly interesting question. I BY JAMES H. WALDO Wire Editor Although it at first sounds strange, the big news of the past week was made by the United States Ping-Pong Team. For it was this group which became the first Americans to be officially invited behind the so called "Bamboo Curtain." While in Communist China, the group was given the best of treatment, treat-ment, and was made to feel like One of the first things one would guess on reiki ' would be that the border dispi between Russia and Chi; getting more and more seiie. While these have been going since the Czarist period of Rue. they have become more toi. the last few years. While the Western World di not usually hear about fast v flicts, the signs of them sltppf up are abundant. In the last cc; munist party congress, heldonh: short while ago, the deleft from Mongolia gave a sped: which it stated that more Re: troops were welcome in Moif. Still another reason behind: sudden and seemingly xl. change of heart in China coil; that tire Chinese wish to slat trade with the United Slate this were the case, it wool: many years before the e would ever come into being. Thus, there are many m which could lie behind the tion and red carpet treat-given treat-given to the U.S. ping-pone ::: by the Chinese. The only ; . , which we will be able to Hi' j the reason actually was is ( and watch. However, there b -doubt that the reason ti s something a little more r cated than just a desire h:; t game of table tennis. c |