il i S. HINA: FROM ALL OUTNARDEKING HASEASURED VIEW OF THE VLADIVOSTOK SIH1HIT AN9 THE US-SOVIET AGREEMENT ON STRATEGIC ANNS THAT
; HE CHINESE PRESS HAS IIACE ONL'i* ONE PASSING MENTION OF THE SUnniT CONFERENCE, AND NO PUBLIC STATEMENT HAS YET BEEN MADE ABOUT
THE ARBS AGREEMENT. THE CHINESE HAVE NOT REPORTED STATEMENTS BY US
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LEADERS CALLING FOR INCREASES IN CERTAIN STRATEGIC WEAPONS PROGRAMS TO FIT THE LIMITS OF THE US-SOVIET AGREEMENT. IN THE PAST, PEKING HAS REPORTED SUCH STATEMENTS TO HIGHLIGHT US DETERMINATION TOROUGH STRATEGIC PARITY WITHj
; . HE CHINESE COMMUNIST-OWNED HONG KONG PRESS HASESSIMISTIC VIEW OF THE ARMS AGREEMENT. ONE OF THEIR LEADING HONG KONG PAPERS OBSERVED THAT PRESIDENT FORD AND SECRETARY KISSINGER HAVE QUALIFIED THE ACCORD AND THAT THE REMAINING "TECHNICAL PROBLEMS" MENTIONED BY US LEADERS COULD EVENTUALLYINAL
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//PEKING, OF COURSE, IS ENORMOUSLY SENSITIVE TO MAJORIN US-SOVIET RELATIONS AND HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT SUPERPOMER AGREEMENTS ON STRATEGIC ARMS* rOR INSTANCE* THE CHINESE PRESS LAST YEAR REFLECTED APPREHENSION OVER THE IMPLICATIONS TOR CHINESE SECURITY OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR MAR THAT EMERGE* FROM BREZHNEV'S VISIT TO THE US IN
//ONLY LAST MONTH, THE CHINA NEHS AGENCY RAN THO ARTICLES DURING SECRETARY KISSINGER'S TRIP TO POSCOM THAT HERE CRITICAL OF US-SOVIET RELATIONS IN THE STRATEGIC ARMS
//PEKING REFRAINED FROM ROUTINE ANTI-US STATEMENTS DURING THE VLADIVOSTOK MEETING AND EARLIER STOPS BY PRESIDENT FORD IN TOKYO ANDAPPARENTLY IN PART TOACKDROP OF CORDIALITY FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER'S TRIP TO
RIEF STRAIGHTFORWARD ACCOUNT OF THE JAPAN STOP, THE CHINESE PRESS STRESSED US-JAPANESEHICH PEKING
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