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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1971)
Nixon's trip to Moscow raises hopes of new pushes towards world peace By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent President Nixon’s second diplomatic blockbuster of the year—a planned summit in Moscow after his Red China visit—raises hopes that the superpowers, perhaps even in spite of themselves, are being pushed by events toward a period of relative peace. Although there would seem to be a rocky road ahead, the Nixon announcement is bound to generate unusual excitement in view of vague suggestions that the Vietnam war might, after all, be nearing its end and that there might, after all, be a way out in the Middle East. Whatever might develop in (Analysis those areas, a complex com petition involving three immense nations seems to be developing. Any suggestion of peace resulting from this competition would be no less welcome even as a byproduct of nuclear-age power by politics. The summit development puts a new complexion on Moscow’s current diplomatic campaign. It would be interesting to know how much the summit invitation was a Soviet initiative. Whether it was or not, however, the Kremlin’s willingness to play host to Nixon so soon after his China visit suggests a calculated coun terthrust at Peking. Events of recent days provide this background: —There has been a dazzling display of diplomatic globetrotting by the three top soviet leaders. —President Nixon has hinted that the Vietnam war is really being played out and he has said that enormously important events now are taking shape. —Only a couple of days ago there was an on-the-nose prediction by a shadowy Soviet figure that there would be a Nixon-Soviet summit and that the Vietnam war’s end might be insight. Peace might not necessarily be the prime Soviet motivation, despite an apparent anxiety to avoid any accident that could trigger major war. Certainly the Russian leaders have made it plain they will not tolerate ideological p^ace. But motivation comes from another source. The sustained Chinese diplomatic drive which puts Peking within shouting distance of a U.N. seat may have made the Russians wonder whether a Chinese- American rapprochement might not tend to isolate Moscow and even weaken its grip on Communist Eastern c.urope. China, Russia and the United States are like giants at a see saw. The one who manages to stand at the middle can tip it in either direction. The Russians would want at least to be in a position to tip the balance at any given time. Thus, the Russians have been extremely active. Communist chief Leonid Brezhnev took on the Eastern Europe chore with a sudden visit to Yugoslavia. He is due in France later this mon th.Premier Alexei Kosygin tied himself to North Africa to talk with the far-left Algerian regime and pro-Western Moroccan leaders. He is due next week in Canada, which resents President Nixon’s economic policy. President Nikolai Podgorny has just returned to Moscow from North Vietnam, where he negotiated an agreement. The Hanoi announcement stressed the economic side, a broad program of Soviet aid. The suggests that Moscow has a permanent interest in remaining entrenched in Indochina and an abiding interest, as well, in whatever stttlement is made of the Vietnam war. San Quentin warden to discuss prison riots San Quentin Warden Louis S. Nelson will dicuss “Prison Riots” at the fall conference of the Oregon Corrections Association in Portland October 19-21. Nelson is one of three main speakers at the conference, which is co-sponsored by the Oregon Corrections Association, the University is Wallace School of Community Service and Public Affairs, (SCSPA)’ and the Division of Continuing Education. Kenneth Viegas, director of community service programs in CSPA, is president of the Oregon Corrections Association. Other conference speakers include Joseph Coughlin, assistant director of the Illinois Correction Division, and Jacob Tanzer, director of the Depart ment of Human Resources in Oregon. The conference theme is “Diversion Not Escape: A Workable Option.” The public may attend all conference events for $6.00 or register for one day for $3.00. Students may attend free, except for meals Further information is available from the DCE Con ference-Institute Management office in Salem, 378-4248. petrel we hope to ex plore ways that our ultimate values or faith are more deeply joined to our life currents, there will be time to enjoy the beach, make sand candles, and sand sculpture. ON THE BEACH, OCTOBER 15-0CT0BER 17, 1971. the cooperative Christian ministry call: 342-4876 for more information This week Moscow entertained President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. Amid the oratory it seemed clear that Moscow did not intend to risk any big-power confrontation in the Middle East. Podgorny promised to help with Arab “defenses” while driving toward a “political settlement” with Israel. An item in the London Evening News from its Moscow man on Monday speculated that Russia and America had found a com mon interest in ending the Vietnam war and engaging in a “race for peace.” He predicted a Nixon-Soviet summit. The correspondent is Victor Louis, widely assumed to be an agent of the KGB, the Soviet security organization. President Nixon last week digressed in his television talk on the economy to say that 1972 could be “a year in which historic events will take place on the international scene, events that could affect the peace of the world in the next generation, even the next century.” In his announcement Tuesday the President said he doesn’t believe in having meetings to no particular purpose, because that would tend to create euphoria and raise hopes which sub sequently would be dashed. This will lead many to believe that the President had fairly substantial reason for making his “historic events” statement. NEED SOME NEW THREADS? 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