PEKING February 2l, l972 Allan Jackson In the President's "Journe y Jor Peace" - East meets West in Peking in friendly fashion. President Nixon's reception by Red China's Premier Cltou En-Lai _ was followed shortly by private talks wit/a Claairma,r Mao; aNd tllen in rapid succession - three more discussio11s with Cllou ; after which · a state ba11quet; with welcome guests i11cluding not only tile President and Mr. Nixo,r but also every American currently in Peking. Th.ere a series of toasts - hopefully, usllering 111 tltat "11ew cltar,ter" i,r U . S . a,rd Clainese relatio,r~. First, C la o u - s a y i,, g : " T la e A m er i can p e op le are a great r, e o 1' l • . The Chinese people are a great people. The peoples of our two countries - hav e alway s been friendly to each otla.er. But owing to reasons known to all - contacts between us were suspended fo-r over twenty _ years . " Bui now - Chou went 011 - "through the common efforts of our two countr i es _ the g llte to friendl y co11tacts bas finall y be e n PEKING - 2 ot,ened. " Next - President. His response - including a reference to Past differences - but adding : "Let us start. in these next Jive days - a long march together; not i,e lock-step - but on different roads leading to the same goal; tlle goal of building a world structure of peace and justice; iJI wldclr all may stand togetber with equal dignity; a,ad ;,. 111laich each nation. large or small - has a right to deterffliflB its own form of government free of outside hrterfere,ace." The Preside,at J c -further ,aoted tltat Cllairmafl Mao has written : "So many deeds cry out to be do,ae - a11d always urgently. The •orld rolls on. Time passes. Sei•• tl1e day - seize the hour . " Whereupon tl,e Preside,at atldsd on his own : "This is the hou,· - this is tlae day - for our two peoples to rise to the heights of greatness - which can build a new and better world." President Nixon in Peking. VIETNAM In Vietnnm - a sudden r1tsh of enemy activity; including a series of mortar and rocket attacks - also, a ground attack in tire Mekong Delta. Not exactly a Communist "offensive" - we are told; but sttll - more tlea11 fifty s uc I, attacks nationwide. All at, pare,atly timed to coi11cide - with President Nixon's arrival in Peki11g. VATICAN At the Vatican in Rome - death came today to the Dean of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Eugene Tisserant of France - Ille man who moderNized tlae Vatica11 libraries - now tlae victim of a lengtlay Hlness. Be would ••ve bee,. eighty-eight next month. DOCKS From Peking - P, · esident Nixon has expressed his gratitude - at an end to the U.S. West Coast dock strike. The President said : "For thousands of Americans whose li v elihoods ha v e been threatened - tlais strike has bee,e a pa inf u l ex P er i enc e ; and i ts end - is m o s t we l c om e . " However, the President also signed into law today - a piece of newly-passed emergency legialalio11 he broNglat along with #aim; a bill that would have ended the stril,e a,eyway - by compulsory arbitratio11, if need be. The Preside,et noted, by way of explanatio,a, tlaal terms of tl,e ,aeao dock contract -"will still be subject to approval by tlae r,ay board. " BELFAST At Bel/as t in Northern Ireland - a bomb ext,loded today - in a car that was carrying four men. All Jo•r killed i,sstantly. A British Army st,okesma,s later said : "We t,resume the four men were IRA - o,a tlleir way to a bombing" wlaen tile bomb ext,loded t,rematurely . SINAI The the Middle East - in the Occ11r,ied Si,aai Israel began today its biggest war games since t11e real tlling back in 'Sixty-Seven. Invited guests and observers i11cluded tor, Israeli officials - as well as foreign military attaclaes and newsmen; while for those wlao couldn't make it - a blow-by-blow radio commentary. U. N. r,eace envoy Gu,a,aar Jar-ri,ag - a vistto-r today in Cyt>rus; wllere he met with local officials Ambassado-r to Nicosia. A gove-r,ame,at sr,okesma,a later said tlaat Ja rrin . g - "has undertak e,a a reactivation of II is Middle Ea s t f> e a c e m is s i o n ; " w tt h Ni c o s i a - to • e r v e as h is ma i 11 base of or,erations. DETROIT Genera l Motors began today the largest and most expensive auto recall in history . GM sent out an initial batch of a laundred thousand l ettet's - to the owners of GM cars equit,t,ed with defective motor mounts. Al togetl,er • • • total nearly seven million, in all - which GM will 110111 fix free of claarge . Tlae comt,any adds tllat it t,la,as to lleet, 011 se11tli11g o .. t a 1a,u1dretl tlrousand letters a day - till tlle Job is Jir,ally done. Total 60al of all this - ext,ected to rur, abo•t Thirty-Five Million. SUGGESTED LEAD · -IN TO THOMAS TAPE "SOUTH AMERICA- ONE." And now - it's time again for . Lowell Thomas; reporting back tonight - from Iris latest trek in seaYcla of lliglt adven tu.re. Lowell. .. SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "SOUTH AMERICA- ONE" Thank yore, Lowell. A final note - in a moment. CHELSEA Along with tlte rest of the Northeas t - Chelsea ~ Mass., was hard-hit b y a bitte r w inter storm this past weekend ; which (Je rhap s accounts for the arrival of a lie rd of white seals toda y - at the Chelsea l'aclrt Club. M e m b e rs rep o ,t th a t th e s ea l s - w ere r, lay in g a""""' a swim raft ; climbiag ur, - and then diving off. At least , .. e observer added : "They look and sou,ad like little doga." Luckily though all--•·~, bark a,ad ,ao bite. Now for Lowt'll - tlais is Alla,a Jackso,a sayi,ag so long until tomorrow.