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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 13, 1967
'Sino-Soviet split affects Viet war'
(Editor's note: This is the last of two articles on Robert A. Burton, KU assistant professor of Eastern civilization. An authority on the Chinese Communist party, Burton spent the 1966-67 school year in Hong Kong where he worked with a former party leader on a book of memoirs.)
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"We must throw out the idea of a unified Communist bloc. It should be quite obvious that there are many kinds of Communism in the world today."
These statements were made by Robert A. Burton, assistant professor of Eastern civilization, who returned to campus this fall after spending a year in Hong Kong, which he considers "home."
While in Hong Kong he observed the unrest in China and the Sino-Soviet split.
Historically enemies
"It was obvious to scholars in 1956 that Russia and China were headed for a major schism," he said. "Historically they are enemies, but more than that, they oisagreed on the very nature of Communism. The split is more than ideological today. They shoot at each other along their common border. They are out to destroy each other."
According to Burton, the basic difference between Moscow and Peking is Mao Tse-tung's belief that
after Stalin's death the Soviets faltered in their plan to build the ultimate socialist state.
Mao so fervently desires to build the "true Marxist state" that he has split permanently, with the Soviet Union's leaders, the KU observer said.
Burton says the United States must forget the myth that the Communist countries of the world are united by their beliefs. Burton points to Mao's desires as an example which supports his theory.
"Their alliances are as weak as many of ours," he said.
Fighting China as world power
Burton believes the Russians have the same goals in Vietnam as the United States: to contain China.
"We are fighting China as a world power, and so are the Russians," Burton said. "I hope we don't think Russia is helping North Vietnam as a favor to the Chinese."
Burton says the Chinese have "chosen to be difficult," to name the United States as the chief enemy and the Russians as our ally.
"If we pulled out of Vietnam," Burton says, "that would leave a direct confrontation between the Chinese and the Russians. For our purposes that might be a better situation.
"Even if we win the war, we will have a very hard time establishing a viable democratic government able to sustain itself against the North."
North Vietnam also is having problems, according to Burton.
"One week they will parrot the Chinese line and the next week they will follow the Russians. They fear both powers, and play both sides against each other.
"If we pulled out and the entire country went to the Communists," Burton said, "this might create more of a problem for the Communist countries. The nationalism of each new country causes many of the new Communist leaders to forsake their powerful 'parents' after they have been given heavy amounts of financial aid and personnel.
"Americans worry too much about the world situation. We are winning. The Chinese have hurt themselves diplomatically with the internal trouble they are having. The U.S. government has handled itself beautifully in this whole mess. We don't say anything and that leaves the Chinese with no statements to attack. We undersell ourselves."
Did research in Lawrence
Burton came to many of his conclusions about the Communist bloc countries from reading and research done here in Lawrence. His office is covered with mountains of material all the current available Communist literature printed in English from every Communist country in the world except Albania.
Undersecretary to talk here Tues.
Eugene V. Rostow, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, will be the main speaker at the 1667 Regional Foreign Policy conference Tuesday in the Kansan Union Ballroom.
Other speakers for the conference will be Walter J. Strossel Jr., deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs; Mrs. Charlotte Moton Hubbard, deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs; John K. Emmerson, diplomat in residence at Stanford University; John Evarts Horner, country director for Cyprus in the bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Reuben Sternfeld, alternate U.S. executive director for the Inter-
American Development Bank; and Constantine A. Cabeoris, chief of food for development in the Office of War on Hunger.
Mrs. Hubbard will be conference moderator.
Five - hundred representatives from the Kansas, Nebraska, and western Missouri region are expected to attend. A cross-section of people interested in foreign affairs over the three-state area was invited. Conference attendance will be by invitation only.
policy-making officials of the Department of State and regional and local leaders can exchange opinions.
The purpose of the annual conference is to provide the politicians, educators and newsmen of this area with information on current foreign policy. It also provides a forum where high level
Strossel will lead the European discussion; Emmerson, Asian; Horner, Middle Eastern; Reuben Sternfeld, Latin American; and Constantine A. Caborois, Agency for International Development discussion.
After Rostow's speech at 9:30 a.m., the conference will split up into interest groups.
Rostov was appointed as Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs in October, 1966. At the time of his nomination he was serving as State Department Advisor and Consultant to the Undersecretary of State.
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