Thursday, November 30.1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Britain, Peking sign Hong Kong peace
HONG KONG — (UPI) Britain and Communist China have worked out an agreement ending months of violence along the Hong Kong-Red China border.
A crown colony spokesman said the program, which included assurances that border residents could "propagate the thoughts of Mao Tse-tung," was worked out in secret talks with Red army security forces assigned to the 17-mile border.
The Communist New China News Agency announced the agreement and the details were confirmed by government officials in Hong Kong.
In return the Communists assured colony authorities that the residents would "behave themselves," British sources said.
The settlement raised hopes for a reduction in a local campaign of terror in which Communists daily plant dozens of bombs—both fake and real—in public places.
The agreement called for:
—Assurances of safety for Communist border residents and promises that they be allowed to farm their lands inside the colony and "propagate the thoughts of Mao Tse-tung."
Removal of barricades on a vehicle crossing shut down by the British when several colony policemen were abducted and taken into Red China.
—Removal of barbed wire defense entanglements in fields of Red Chinese peasants working on the Hong Kong side.
Vietnam toll passes 15,000
SAIGON—(UPI)—U.S. officials announced today the total number of Americans killed in Vietnam combat had passed the 15,000 mark. They said 212 were killed last week, 149 of them in the battle of Dak To, the bloodiest of the war.
Meanwhile, American troop strength in Vietnam at the end of last week was reported at 467,000.
The week's action pushed America's casualties for the entire war to 110,441—15,058 dead,
94,469 wounded and 914 missing
in battle, the spokesman said.
U. S. intelligence authorities said Communist strength in South Vietnam was between 223,000 and 253,000 troops.
U.S.-Russia track duals may resume
NEW ORLEANS — (UPI)— If the Soviet Union and United States could reach an agreement on financial losses the United States suffered in 1966, the two countries could possibly resume dual track meets in two years, the executive director of the Amateur Athletic Union said Wednesday.
Col. Don Hull said the United States spent a considerable amount of money in 1936 to participate in a track meet against the Soviets, but that the Russians
canceled the meet after the U.S. team reached Western Europe.
"We feel we should be reimbursed fully," Hull said. "We have sent them a substantial figure."
candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination as a critic of U.S. policy in Vietnam and
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McCarthy to announce candidacy today
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Sen.
Eugene J. MeCarthy, D-Minn,
prepared to announce today his
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