The Lien Ho Pao (United Daily News) said July 28 that Asian anti-Communist morale will be demoralized by Nixon's new Asian policy.
The paper said: "Nixon is encouraging Asians to establish their own collective security system while the United States gradually scales down its military presence in Asia. U.S. economic assistance would be continued.
"Nixon has called on peoples of Asia and the Pacific region to unite in peace. But for 20 years free Asians have been trying to safeguard peace while the Chinese Communists have been making war. The Chinese Communist Party's Ninth National Congress called for a continuation of conflict. Nixon has not told the Chinese Communists to stop their aggressive warmaking.
"Past U.S. policies in Asia have been of containment or regional defense. No effort has been made to destroy the root of Communist aggression. Americans fought for three years in Korea but Communist in filtration and sabotage still threaten freedom-loving Koreans. The United States is keeping its promises to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. But Laos and South Vietnam are paralyzed by the Communists. Nixon should understand that the most effective defense is an active offense. He should re-evaluate the passive attitude underlying U.S. treaty commitments in Asia.
"Nixon has been advocating an Asian collective security system with out realizing that a defensive stature is not enough. Communist aggression is growing even as he seeks to cut back U.S. military commitments. Free Asian nations will find it harder and harder to defend themselves.
"Increase in economic aid to troubled Asian nations may not be so helpful. India has received much assistance from the United States. Border conflicts with the Chinese Communists and internal conflicts among language groups have frustrated U.S. efforts.
"Nixon's new Asian policy does not clear the way for peace. It only reiterates Asia's troubles and presages more of the same."
Commenting on the same subject, the English-language China News said July 27 that President Nixon's new Asian policy does' not mean American withdrawal from Asia but does suggest avoidance of further troop commitments.
The paper said: "President Nixon has begun to talk about his 'new Asian policy' in general terms.
"He wants to end the Vietnam war and avoid new Vietnams. This doesn't mean American withdrawal from Asia. It does suggest that the United States will try to avoid the further involvement of American troops in Asian conflicts.
"Sizable U.S. forces will remain in Korea and possibly in Thailand. No important American leader of either political party has advocated a pullout from South Korea.
"In terms of Asian relationships, Nixon's program seems to require a collective security system in which the United States would participate with leadership, training personnel and military hardware. The combat personnel would come from Asian members.
"This approach is bound to revive interest in proposals for a Pacific and Asian Treaty Organization - a NATO - like umbrella to prevent aggression and keep the peace in this part of the world.
"President Nixon has also spoken of the possibility of a summit meeting with the Russian leaders. Such a conference can be expected next fall.
"Moscow has recently shown an eagerness to become more deeply involved in Asia but this is not winning any support in the United States. The Asian role that Nixon envisages for the U.S.S.R. is help in ending the Vietnam war.
"What would the United States be prepared to offer in return? Some international observers are talking of a possible Pax Russo-Americana. The Chinese Communists would be penned up and the Middle East cooled off. Russia would remain dominant in Eastern Europe and the United States in Western Europe. Ideological struggle would continue in some places-Africa, for instance.
"Out of their growing fear of Peiping, the Russians might be persuaded to use some degree of influence in Hanoi. Whether this would be enough to bring a peace that the United States could accept is uncertain.
"President Nixon will meet and bargain with the Russians. He will not, however, agree to any arrangement that makes the Soviet Union coequal with the United States in keeping the peace of Asia. That would be inviting the tiger to help in the tiger hunt. President Nixon has seen too many tigers to go a round putting his head in their mouths."
The Shin Sheng Pao (New Life Daily) said August 6 that President Nixon's new Asian policy opens the way for Russian and Chinese Communist aggression in the Asian and Pacific region.
The paper said: "The United States is changing its policy at a time when Asia is confronted by Chinese Communist political threats and Russian economic and diplomatic penetration.
"As American troops withdraw from Vietnam, the focal point of the Asian situation has moved from Paris to Thailand.
"Since last spring, the Chinese Communists have been building supply routes through Yunnan to Laos and Thailand. Artillery has been given to Communist guerrilla forces in Thailand.
"Peiping will not accept peace in Asia and is preparing for a second Vietnam-style war in Thailand or elsewhere.
"The Russians are moving into the Indian Ocean and the Pacific diplomatically and economically to counter Chinese Communist moves and fill the vacuum to be left by the United States.
"American troop withdrawals from Vietnam and Nixon's new Asian policy will expedite Chinese Communist and Russian aggression.
"According to Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, the United States will not give military assistance to Asian nations fighting Communism nor intervene against Communist subversion.
"A collective security system for the Asian and Pacific area must be established and defenses beefed up to frustrate the intentions of Peiping and Moscow."
China Times - No peace in sight
The China Times (Chung Kuo Shih Pao) said August 14 that the United States should reconsider its Vietnam policy.
The paper said: "A large-scale Vietnam Communist offensive has erupted along Cambodian and Laotian borders and the area adjacent to the demilitarized zone. The Communist forces include the North Vietnamese 304th Division and 9th Regiment and the Viet Cong 9th Division, 271st Regiment and 272nd Regiment that had been evacuated to Laos and Cambodia.
"The offensive may lead Washington to reassess the Vietnam situation. The United States has advanced the timetable for withdrawal of its forces in expectation of a continuing combat lull.
"Communist return to the battlefield demonstrates that they have no intention of ending the Vietnam conflict through political channels. The Communist practice is to alternate the use of military and political measures to destroy the defensive capability of the allies.
"Moscow cannot or will not curb Hanoi. The Soviets do not want the Americans to withdraw from Vietnam. The attrition of such a conflict is welcome to the U.S.S.R.
"The Communists also may be seeking to create conditions for new proposals at the Paris peace talks and to alienate Saigon from Washington.
"It is imperative that the United States re-evaluate its Vietnam policy."
New Life Daily - Empty dialogue
American efforts to renew the dialogue with Peiping will be futile, the Shin Sheng Pao (New Life Daily) said August 11.
The paper said: "The Moscow Peiping border conflict has led Western observers to expect large-scale armed clashes. The United States thought the time was ripe to lift travel and trade restrictions as a friendly gesture toward Peiping, which failed to respond. Secretary of State William Rogers said the United States would try again to resume the dialogue with Peiping. Now the Moscow-Peiping statement on negotiations regarding the Ussuri River shows that U.S. appeasement is impractical.
"The border incidents did not imply serious armed conflict between Moscow and Peiping. Stationing of troops along the Ussuri is part of propaganda undertakings by both sides. Moscow and Peiping have no intention of launching large-scale attacks.
"The Chinese Communists have repeatedly stressed that conflicts between the Communist and democratic countries are permanent. Peiping will only take advantage of appeasement to intensify its political blackmail.
"The Moscow-Peiping agreement on the Ussuri implies an easing of tensions between them and an expansion of Communist infiltration of the free world.
"The Russians have been sending armored troops to the Czech border to counteract the influence of President Nixon's visit to Romania.
"The Chinese Communists are penetrating into Laos and Thailand, using Vietnamese Communist manpower.
"The Chinese Communists consider the United States as their arch enemy and regard Russia as a friend that has betrayed the Communist cause. Peiping wants' to make it difficult for the United States to defend Southeast Asia and impossible for America to fight or make peace in Vietnam."
Commenting on the same subject, the China News said August 10 that there is nothing for Washington and Peiping to talk about.
The paper said: "Secretary of States William Rogers says the United States will make another effort to renew the dialogue with Peiping.
"To describe what has gone on between the United States and the Chinese Communists as a dialogue requires considerable imagination.
"More than 130 meetings were held at Geneva and Warsaw over the years with only the result of adjournment.
"Finally the Communists broke off with the Johnson administration and then shied away from beginning talks with the Nixon Republicans. They have shown no further interest in discussions with the United States.
"For some strange reason, how ever, the Americans are perversely intent upon talking whether the Chinese Communists want to or not. They seem to have the wishful thought that if they keep trying long enough, the Peiping regime will become more reasonable.
"This lack of hard-rock realism is brought out in Secretary Rogers' explanation of the U.S. decision to ease restrictions on travel to and trade with the mainland. He said the United States wanted to remove irritants and help remind the people on mainland China of our historic friendship for them'.
"The travel ban is scarcely an irritant. Mao Tse-tung doesn't want any Americans in Red China except maybe Edgar Snow. The United States could eliminate the restrictions entirely without any Americans except Communists and fellow-travelers getting in.
"As for the trade, Peiping doesn't care about selling US$100 worth of curios to a few American tourists. What it wants is the privilege of buying American computers and materials useful in the nuclear 'armament program. Recently the Chinese Reds tried to smuggle a computer out of the United States by way of Canada.
"To remind mainland people of American friendship, the United States would have to persuade Peiping to make Washington's decisions known to the people.
"Except for a few hard-core Maoist propagandists, none of the 700 million Chinese people knows about the American attempt to 'remove irritants'. The people of the mainland haven't even heard about the moon landing except through the grapevine.
"Secretary Rogers regretfully admits that 'None of our initiatives has met with positive response'. To his credit, he understands that Peiping will discuss nothing 'unless we first abandon support of our ally, the Republic of China. This we do not propose to do'.
"That being the case, why the continued American myopia on the subject of negotiations with Peiping?
"In any further dialogue, the Chinese Communists are going to say, 'Hand over Taiwan', and the . Americans are going to say 'Never in a thousand years'.
"So what else is there to talk about?"
United Daily News - Ryukyus jurisdiction
Commenting on prospective return of the Ryukyus to Japan, the
Lien Ho Pao (United Daily News) said August 12 that a four-power conference should be held to decide jurisdiction over the islands.
The paper said: "Japanese Prime Minister Sato will visit the United States in November and a final decision on the timetable for return of the Ryukyus to Japan is expected then.
"Under what conditions should the Ryukyus be returned to Japan and what should be the relationship of the Ryukyus to the security of the Asian and Pacific region?
"The United States maintain that Ryukyuan military bases should remain under U.S. jurisdiction. Japan wants the bases brought under the U.S.-Japanese Security Treaty. This would bar stockpiling of nuclear weapons at the bases and require Japanese consent for use of the bases in combat situations.
"The United States is prepared to withdraw nuclear weapons from the Ryukyusand depend on Guam and submarines armed with nuclear missiles. However, a Japanese veto on American use of the bases could prevent the United States from de fending other Asian nations.
"Korea strongly expressed its dissatisfaction with plans for the Ryukyus during U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers' visit to Seoul. A four-power conference of the Re publics of Korea and China, the United States and Japan should be held to assure unrestricted use of the Ryukyus in the defense of Asia."
New Life Daily - Anti- Mao uprisings
Discussing the new wave of anti-Maoist activities on the Chinese mainland, the Shin Sheng Pao said August 13 that Mao's downfall is near.
The paper said: "On August 4, 63 refugees from the Chinese main land arrived in Hongkong. In Shansi province, recent uprisings destroyed the 'revolutionary committee'. Soldiers and their commanding officers joined in the uprising. On the main land, the only way to escape from Communist tyranny is to become a refugee or rise up against the Maoist regime.
"Mao's recent criticism campaign in Shanghai is proof that his Ninth National Congress failed to impress the mainland people. Further suppression will only give rise to more anti-Maoist activities. An anti-Maoist wave is on the way and Mao faces his doom."
Commenting on the same subject, the Chung Hua Jih Pao (China Daily News) said August 13 that the mainland intellectuals are increasing the tempo of their anti-Mao struggle.
The paper said: "Anti-Maoist, anti-Communist trends are growing stronger in local and provincial administrative ranks. Some administrative units have even disregarded Mao's instructions. The people have been accused of using Communist cadres' 'anarchism' and 'capitalist class elements' to destroy social order, agricultural and industrial production and ultimately to topple the Maoist regime.
"Young intellectuals of southern China have been handing out propaganda leaflets calling for unity and a march on the cities. In Fukien intellectuals fought Communist army forces and casualties exceeded 300.
"Anti-Maoist activities on the mainland are now directed and led by young intellectuals. They were educated by the Communists but now have turned against tyranny."
The Chung Yang Jih Pao (Central Daily News) said: "The so-called 'combat objectives' ordered by the Ninth National Congress' are still mere slogans. Old cadres realize the emptiness of Mao's talk and have decided to 'lie down and quit', 'go to the mountaintop' and pursue factionalism and anarchism. Many have joined in anti-Maoist and anti-Communist activities to destroy Mao's monolithic leadership and undermine Mao's propaganda teams.
"In Peiping last month university students attacked the 'revolutionary committee' and the 'education bureau'. Students all over the mainland are saying 'down with all systems and organizations' because the 'revolution has reached its limit'.
"Mao's efforts to undermine the free world cannot cover up chaos on the mainland. He is sounding his own death knell."