February 7, 1967

Japanese newsmen rept Liu and Teng have been ousted from posts; say neither has publicly exercised official duties since Nov; Hsinhua says anti-Maoists still control party machinery in SW China, but Yugoslav news agency says Kweichow mil command had informed Mao that his forces had seized power in that prov; Maoist city communes, based on 1871 Paris Commune, reptdly set up in Shanghai and Taiyuan

In London, for official visit to GB; illus

Kennedy confs with Johnson, repts he brought back no N Vietnam peace feelers; denies Newsweek rept, remarks to newsmen after conf; holds Johnson's judgment must prevail on issue of whether N Vietnam seeks talks; Newsweek backs its rept; French official is believed to have discussed settlement with Kennedy in Paris; question is whether it reflected Hanoi offer or official's own appraisal; Adm believes latter; had sent Under Sec Katzenbach to conf with Kennedy upon his return to counter any impression that he brought back significant peace feelers

Negroes: survey of decline of civil rights movement in South

Heavyweight: Clay defeats Terrell to keep champ