SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware DOROTHY FOSDICK, Staff Director RICHARD N. PERLE, Professional Staff Member II FOREWORD As part of our study of international negotiation, we thought it would be useful to publish a representative selection of Chinese comment on Soviet foreign policy during the past year. China has been delivering a simple message: that the Soviet Union has replaced the United States not only as China's main enemy, but as the principal threat to the security and independence of the smaller nations of the world. Though delivered in a variety of formats and on a variety of topics, the message has become even clearer and more strident in recent months. This does not mean that Peking has wholly abandoned its customary view of the United States. Chinese leaders still call the U.S. a "superpower", but one which must now contend with the U.S.S.R. for "world hegemony." Chinese statements, however stilted, are one important indicator of what is on the minds of China's leaders. "Pekingology" is obviously not an exact science, and the Chinese "line" on foreign affairs has shifted so dramatically over the years that the utterances of 1972 are omens which must be read with considerable caution. The materials reprinted here-selected and briefly annotated by the subcommittee staff-have been drawn from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports and the proceedings of the United Nations. HENRY M. JACKSON, Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security OCTOBER 27, 1972. III |