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    "ocrText": "8\nADMINISTRATION\nJames Michener, in May Readers Digest, discusses his\nimpressions of RN's PRC trip. He says: \"I thought RN handled\nhimself superbly thruout the trip. He was amiable, well-groomed,\nunflappable. He often broke away from protocol and displayed a\ngood deal of easy charm\nHe may well have been just what PRC-US\nrelations needed at this moment in history -- a friendly man who\ngot along well with his hosts. 11\nAs to results, Michener says that altho VN wasn't settled,\n\"the dreadful animosity of the last 2 decades was ended, some kind\nof normal relations could be established, and the leaders. had a\nchance to size each other up. Those were considerable accomplish-\nments. 11 And writer's overall impression of PRC is that it's \"a\ndreadfully dull place, cowed by dictatorship, and obsessed by puritan-\nism\". PRC has made advances, but they've been made \"at too great\na price in the loss of human freedom\".\nMichener writes of PN: \"The more I observed this gracious\nlady in action, the more I came to respect her\nnot once did she\nlose her patience. Her smile was always ready, and she spoke\nwithout affectation. 11 He adds: \"She photographed sensationally,\nbut she also knew the right thing to do. 11 Further, \"I concluded that\nPN is a captivating woman, an adept politician, and a strong-minded\ngal, and just about the perfect First Lady to take to a difficult area\nlike PRC\n11\nVPAgnew, at Coast Guard Academy, criticized \"some of the most\ninfluential voices in our midst\" who \"derride our allies and applaud\nour enemies, bewail our shortcomings and ignore our virtues. 11\nNBC film as the Veep said \"it's a time when it is apparently more\nfashionable to run our country down than to serve it.\nbut that\nhistory has painfully taught us we must stay prepared militarily,\neven as we strive for tranquility. 11 He asked if we \"will bear any\nburden, pay any price\nor is US ideal reduced to keeping only\npersonal freedom and to hell with others. 11"
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