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OCTOBER 26, 1971 THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN The dominant story this morning is the seating of Communist China in the United Nations, and the stunning ouster of Taiwan. The Chiagn Government was voted out 76-35, after the Administrat- ion's important question vote lost. Taiwan walked out as the final vote came; there was cheering and foot-stomping as is traditinal in Arab and Communist countries. The Times ran a three column Banner: UN SEATS PEKING AND EXPELS TAIPEI NATIONALISTS WALK OUT BEFORE VOTE U.S. DEFEATED ON TWO KEY QUESTIONS To indicate the stunning impace of the vote, one notes that the first edition of the Daily News, which came into the White House this morning banners the headline, US CONFIDENT OF CHINA VOTE Buckley is reportedly preparing legislation to cut back con- tributions to the UN; while some 32 Senators, with 10 Republicans among them, have indicated that, regardless of outsome, the U.S. stands firmly behind the UN. This story clearly dominates every- thing else this morning. Last night, Bill Gill h d a terribly pessimistic report on the Pakistan-Indian troubles, where war seems almost imminent. One does not get that hard an impression from this morning's papers, where the story is not domiannt. Reports indicate that the Paks slew some 501 enemy "Agents" in East Pakistan, however. Brezhnev's visit to Paris, the fact that he is not acknowledgdd as the Kremlin honcho on foreign policy toward Western Europe and the USA---and France's seeming acquiescence in the Brezhnev desire for an early all-European Security conference get the headlines on that "second" major story of the day.