Thomson Will Be TV China Expert

ABC-TV has hired James C. Thomson, lecturer on History and a member of the East Asian Studies Research Center, as a special China expert during Nixon's upcoming visit to China. He will appear on a television special scheduled for February 19 at 10:30 p.m., and on the twice-daily reports which ABC will run during Nixon's visit.

Thomson has written several books on China and served on the National Security Council Staff under President Johnson.