Speech #920041534

I have spoken before concerning the administrations pingpong--or as one commentator has suggested pinkpongdiplomacy. Well. a new pingpong affair has come to light which much more closely reflects the realities of our efforts to deal with Communist China. On April 26. two Chinese refugees swam to freedom in Hong Kong with the aid of a bag full of pingpong balls. According " to news dispatches in Hong Kong. an 18yearold youth told of how he and a young friend fled a commune in Kwantung and spent 4 nights hiding along stream banks and in thick bushes. avoiding Communist authorities who were accompanied by trained dogs. The two young men carried an old inner tube and a plastic bag of pingpong balls to keep them afloat until rescued.