Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1964 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1964

Nationalist China Aiding Viet Nam

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With the silent if not wholehearted approval of the United States, Nationalist China is increasing its involvement in South Viet Nam. The National-

ists announced last week they were tripling the size of their agricultural advisory team in Viet Nam. Now there are persistent reports in Taipei that the Nationalists will help the South Vietnamese Army, set up a political department along the lines of their own highly effective system. Privately, U. S. government and military men have expressed concern that the Nationalist help could provide Peking with another ex-

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cuse for provocation. Special session: The Supreme Soviet of the US.S.R. to meeting in what amounts to a special session of the Soviet Parliament. Ordinarily the body meets at the end of the year to adopt the annual budget and economic plan. No agenda for the special meeting has been announced but reliable sources say it will pass welfare legislation to carry out Premier Khrushchev’s determi-

nation to boost individual incentives to raise productivity. Legislation will provide higher salaries for teachers, physicians, engineers and expend the pension system to peasants who are not now covered. Introduction of a universal 40-hour week also is expected. Break in the wall? • West Berliners’ hopes for an East-West agreement to permit visits to Communist East Berlin are being raised again.

Talks between West Berlin and East German officials have been extended beyond the expected target date and some of the meetings have lasted several hours- This has led to rumors that the negotiators actually are down to working out details of an agreement which would give West Berliners compassionate passes to visit Berlin relatives on urgent family matters such as illness. No peace in Cyprus:

Diplomats in London are writing oft chances of a Cyprus settlement in the current Geneva mediation effort. Attempts at formal negotiations so far have been frustrated by Greek refusal to participate in a roundtable conference, American pressure apparently has made no impression on the Greeks. At the same time, the reported Greek military buildup in Cyprus is seen as an attempt to force a political solu-

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