Anti-American and anti-Israel slogans were on display in Peking’s huge Tienamen Square as President Nixon and his entourage drove through this morning, according to the reports of correspondents covering the Nixon visit to China. One slogan said, “We warmly hall the great victories of the three Indochinese (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) peoples in their war against US Imperialism and for national salvation.” Another pledged support to the people of the Arab countries “in their struggle against US imperialism and Zionism.”
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