THE NATION: New Signals on Peking

The President of the U.S. hoisted the signals for a reappraisal of one of the fundamental policies of his Administration: the longstanding U.S. quarantine of Communist China. Last week, reflecting his own personal convictions, mounting pressure from such trade-strapped allies as Britain and Japan and the pleas of some elements of U.S. business, he made it clear that he believes that present tough trade restrictions on Peking are not realistic for the long pull.

He said as much at his weekly news conference in reply to a double-barreled question about 1) the "durability" of U.S. relations with the Chinese Nationalists...

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