FOREIGN NEWS SUMMARY INDOCHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-4-5-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 18
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 9, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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SECTION ONE
TOS WINSTON LORD FOR HENRY A. KI5SINGER
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FOREIGN NEWS SUMMARY
INDOCHINA
TALKS
AP REPORTS THE TALKS WERE HELD IN AN "APPARENTLY ICY ATMOSPHERE
W AN AURA OF GRIM C,~NFRONTA'TION."...FOR THE 1ST TIMES THERE
WERE NO SMILES OR HANDSHAKES. AT THE END OF MEE~i'INQ, N. dIETS
AGAIN BROKE W/ L?NG- ESI' ABL ISHED CUSTOM AND CONSPICUOUSLY FAILED
i0 ESCORT THE US DELEGATES TO THE DOOR.
UPI SAID HAK AND THO WERE "GRIM-FACED AND 57UDIOUSLY AdOIDING
EACH OTHER IN PUBLIC." UPI CALLED THE ATMOSPHERE "THE COOLEST
NEWSMEN HAD SEEN SINCE HAK AND THO STARTED MEETING REGULARLY IN
OaT OBER."... AP SAYS T HO "SEEDED TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO
DEMONSTRATE HANOI`S ANGER OVER THE BOMBING."
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TO NOV. AND BEFORE THE B-~ RAIDS. NO ONE OUTSIDE TI~REET
'HAK AND NO JOVIAL EXCHANGE OF PLEASANTRIES. HAK-SULLIVAN SHOWN IN
"GRIM" MEETING THO HAK DID MAKE"HALF-HEARTED WAVE"~ TO PRESS....ON CBS
AM, KALISCHER SAID START OF MEETING SEEMED AS UNFRIENDLY AS THE
WEAT HER -- COLD AND CLAMMY. KALISCHER SAID THE N. VIETS. SEEM
ANGRIER. THEY' RE NOW ATTACKINf3 THE ADMIN. WHICH THEY.DIDN' T
DO BEFORE LAST ROUNDS ANA WHEN 'THO ARRIVED IN PARIS AFTER EXPERIENCING
THE BOMBING, HE WAS "VISIBLY WROUGHT." .KALISCHER SEES NO MORE
MOOD TO CO MFROMISE THAN BEFORE,. ADDING IF ANYTHING, NVN MAY BE
"TOUGHER."
THE CORDIALITY DIED DllE T@ BOMBINGS AND BITTER ACCUSATIONS FROM
BOTH SIDES, SAID NBC' S ?DOBYNS. THO WAS "UNPLEASANT AT BEST"
Q+I HIS PARIS RETURN AND HAK NOT MUCH BETTER. CORDIALITY OF PAST
TURNED TO "CHILLY DISDAIN" FROM NVN TOWARD HAK W/AN APPARENTLY
"DELIBERATE SNUB" UPON HAK' S ARRIVAL AT MEETING. DOBYNS SAID US
SOURCES FEEL IT MAY TAKE REST OF WEEK TO ASSESS T~iE, TREND BUT
IT'S CLEARS SAID REPORTER,. THAT DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN. HOWEVER,
HE RECALLED HAK EARLIER CALLED AGREEMENT 99 PERCENT COMPLETE
AND THO ALSO SPOKE BACK IN DEC. OF REACHING AN EARLY CONCLUSION.
QJERALL~, CONCLUDED D OBYNS, THE LACK OF OPTIMISM MAY BE HEST SIGN
REASONER NOTED " NO HANDSHAKES THIS TIME" ,WHILE SMITH CITED
"DECIDEDLY ICY' ATMOSPHERE, HUT ABC' S ROLFSGN IN PARISH WHILE
SAYING "OPTIMISM WA5 NOTICEABLY ABSENT" NONETHELESS EMPHASIZED
THAT PUBLIC ATTITUDES SHOWN BY HAK AND THO ARE'"NOT TO BE TAKEN
S'ERIOUSLY' IN LIL~HT OF EARLIER SMILES WHEN THE TALKS COLLAPSED.
R~..FSON NOTED MAJ(A AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT, "UNCOMPROMISING COMMENTS"
AND THE US BOMBING AS BEING THE REAL AREAS OF DIVISION. W/NVN
HAVINQ "$ OUNDLESS ANt~ER" OVER IT. ROL FSON DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
SESSION DEALT MORE W/ANGER OR W/"EFFORT" tHAK' S SUNDAY TERI+O
BLiT THEX WILL MEET TUESDAY.
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PERSONALLY AS THEY COM HIM TO HITLER IN AN "E~AORDINARY"
' ATTACKS UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS SAVAGE TONE. SAID THEY CAN'T TRUST
RN UNLESS HE SIGNS DRAFT .WlMINOR MODIFICATIONS ~- OTHERWI'SE,
NO PEACE. THE CRITICISM WAS "DISCOURAGING" TO STATE, SAID MARVIN
WH0 ALSO NOTED NVN, IN EFFECT, WARNED RUSSIA NOT TO PRESSURE HER.
AND HANOI SAID HAK HAD EARLIER ASKED NEUTRALS TO BE DROPPED FROM.
CEASE-FIRE FORCE AND FOR NVN' S LACK ~OF LEGAL RIGHT TO HAVE NVA
IN sour w
KALB ON CB5 AM SAID THERE HAD BEEN T00 MANY' ~"MAKE IT OR BREAK
iT" MEETINGS, ALT WO THI5 ONE HAD ALL THE QUALITIES. REFERRING TO
NVN STATEMENTS COMPARING RN' TO HITLER! KALB SAID THERE IS INCREASE
Iti "UGLX RHETORIC." KALB ACKNOWLEDGED THIS WAS FOR PROPAGANDA
Pt1RPOSESy BUT SAID U5 HAS USED SILENCE FOR PROPAGANDA LETTING THE
BOMBING SPEAK FOR IT SEL ~'.
WHEN ASKED IN DC IF SVN WOULD BE AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE BY NOT
5IGNING PEACE SETTLEMENT, "NOi N0~ NOS" SAID EX-FOR-MIN. TRAN
VAN D 0.... NBC' S .DELANEY IN SAIGON FINDS THIEU STRONGER THAN A
MONTH AGO AS GVN CONTINUES TO SAY THERE'LL BE NO REAL ACCORD UNLESS
THEY SIGN. THIEU HAS GONSOLIDATED HIS PERSONAL POSITION -?
NO LONGER ANY EFFECTIVE RIVALS TO HIM AND THERE'S NO PANIC OVER
A US AID CUTOFF AS SVN FEELS IT~ HAS ENOUGH FOR 6.12 MONTHS AND IT
ALSO BELIEVES ITS ARMY CAN HANDLE AN`C~ NVA REMAINING. IN THE END,
SVN FEELS IT MUST TALK TO HANOI TO GET THE WAR RESOLVED HUT THOSE
SIDES AREN'T TALKING NOW SO POW AND CEASEFIRE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN. '
US AND NVN WOULD BE FINE .w/THIEU. HE MICNT THEN SAY TO US -? THANKS
FOR YOUR HELP. YOU MAY LEAVE NOW. BUT, SAID NBC' S MANS THIEU
WON'T SIGN ANY ACCORD THAT' LL ENDANGER HIS REIGN OR SVN` S
SOVEREIGNTY.
US NEWS LEADS ITS NO. ~ ST ORYx " FOR RN, THE DRIVE TO END THE
VN WAR SEEMED SUDDENLY TO BECOME A RACE AGAINST TIME." FACING
HILL AND "INTRANSIGENT HANOI," TIME FOR RN ?0 MAKE PEACE ON
HIS OWN TERMS WAS GROWING SHORT. JAN. 20 LOOMED AS A "DEAALINE~,"
THE LAST CHANCE RN HAS TO ACHIEVE ! ST TERM PEACE GOAL. THE MAG
REFORTS A SOURCE CLOSE TO TALKS AS SAYING HANOI IS IN A "WEAKER
POSITION"THAN?IN DEC. AND THE B0~9BING DESTRUCTION "DISTURBS THEM."
US OFFICIALS APPEARED LESS OPTIMISTIC, THO.
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SECTION TWO
TOE WINSTON LORD FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
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FOREIGN NEWS SUMMARY
NEWSWEEK LEADS W/2 STORIES ON VN TALKS -- ONE ON HILL THE OTHER
ON PARIS WHICH NOTES ABSENCE OF "BUOYANT OPTIMISM' WHILE IN US
"DREAMS OF XMAS PEACE SOURED INTO NEW YEAR'S HANGOVER." DAILY
PHOTOS OF NVN "ETCWED IN US CONSCIENCE" THE BOMB DAMAGE. HILL
THREATENED TO CUT SHORT RN HONEYMOON ANTICIPATED FROM LANDSLIDE.
NEWSWEEK FEELS US ARGUMENT THAT BOMBING BROUGHT PLEDGE FOR SERIOUS
TALKS IS "OPEN TO SERIOUS gUESTION" AND NVN HAS OFFERED NO SUCH
HI NT ~
CRITICISM FROM CLOSE FRIENDS" CUT US DEEPEST, SAYS NEWSWEEK
WHICH ALSO ASSERTS THAT 80MBING DID NOT RESOLVE TOUGHEST ISSUE
CF' SVN CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY AND SUN "COULD CONCEIVABLY STILL
CAUSE TROUBLE tBY) TRYING TO DRIVE RN-I~AK WEDGE." MAG ALSO
ALLEGES NSC STAFFER NEGROPONTE HAS LEAKED RUMORS ABOUT HAK WEAKNESS
IN TALKS AND IT NOTES RUMOR THAT RN PREFERRED HAIL`S TOUGHER
APPR OACH. BUT NEWSWEEK ASSERTS "MOST EXPERTS EXPECT THIEU TO COME
AR OUND EVENTUALLY," AND THEREFORE " INITIALING A TENTATIVE PEACE
IS POSSIBILITY." AS ONE US NEGOTIATOR SAID WE MAY BE "HOME IN TIA~E
FOR SUPER S OWL." NEWSWEEK OPINES "EVEN I F HAK COMES HOME EMPTY-
HANDED, THE NEGOTIA?IONS WILL STAY ON TRACK."
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TO EXPECT TALKS TO BE A Y MORE FRUITFUL THAN IN PAST. "YET,
? ALMOST INEXPLICABLY AFTER ITS EARLIER PESSIMISt9, WH SEEDED TO EXUDE
A PRIVATE SENSE THAT PEACE COULD. BE MADE THIS MONTH," BASED ON
TECHNICAL TALK PRO(~ESS. IT NOTES A US OFFICIAL IN PARIS SAYS
TALKS AREN'T BACK TO "SQUARE ONE*" BUT NEITHER HAS ADMIN RETURNED
TO "HEADY OPTIMISM" OF OCT. NOTING DC HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR
HINTS FOR AN RN-HAK RIFT, TIME SAYS IN THE END HAK' S REPUTATION
WILL STAND ON WHAT HAPPENS IN AARIS. IF PAST IS ANY CRITERION,
HE HAS ALREADY LAID DOWN PRIORITIES FOR DISCUSSION AND NARROWED
THE ISSUES TO FUNDAMENTALS: RELEASE OF POWS UPON US W/DRAWAL,
CEASE-FIFE AND INTERNATL. 08SERVER FORCE OF SOME CONSEQUENCE.
SEATING, AS. DOES US NEWS AND TIME THAT RN WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE
A TRUCE BEFORE JAN. 20,THE MAO ADDS SUCH AN AGREEMENT
WOULD PR {B ABLY INCLUDE A SEf~-ANTIC COMPRO[~ISE ON VN UNITY, BUT THE
US ISN'T LIKELY TO WIN A GUARANTEE THAT HANOI WILL REFRAIN FROM
USING VIOLENCE TO IMPOSE ON SVNr HOWEVER, AT THE LEAS?, US SEEKS
AN ASSURANCE NVN WILL RESPECT.. THE DMZ.
TIME BELIEVES RAIDS HALTED BECAUSE BOTH SIDES REACTED ALMOST
SiMULTANEOUSLY TO VARiOUS PRESSURES. RN WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE
CONTINUING "AVALANCHE AND REVULSION." NOR DID HE EXPECT RAIDS TO
Br SO COSTLY IN US LIVES AND PLANES. NOTING RZ' S STATEMENT ABOUT
HILL ACTION, TIME SAYS THAT MAY HAVE SEEMED MORE VALID IF ADMIN.
HADN'T BEEN SAYINQ ABOUT THE SAME THINaS FOR 3 YEARS. IT'S
TRUE HILL [~OCD OF FRUSTRATIOi~ AND ANGER WON'T STRENGTHEN HAK? S
HAND, TIME ADMITS, BUT IT? S ALSO TRUE THE ACTION MAY HELP FORCE
A SOLUTION BY PRESSURING SVii. I N ADDITION, NVN WAS ALSQ UNDER
PRESSURE, HAVING BEEN URGED BY USSR AND PRC TO REACH A QUICK ACCORD.
FACT THAT BREZHNEV SENT HIS OFFSPRING TO RECEPTION FOR COSEX,
THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR: " HANG I' S SPONSORS WANT A SETTLEMENT."
THUS, SAYS TIME, "PEACE -- BADLY STAINED, TORE SURE,
B1t THE EVENTS OF THE PAST MONTH -- APPEARS TO BE UNDERFOOT IF NOT
EXACTLY AT HAND. "
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EVIDENCE" THAT "USSR PRESS~.D NVN TO RESUME T AL KS" I N ~~' DER TO
CONTINUE THAW I N US- USSR RELAT IO n+S.
LAIRD, HILL AND OTHER REACTION
IN ABC FILM PETERSON CALLED LAIRD' S TESTIM;:~ivY A "HAPPY ASSESS-
ME NT" O F VIET NAMIZ AT ION AS NEARLY COB1PLE E BUT NOTED LAIRD' 5
RECOMMENDING NO PULLOUT OF AIR AND SEA SuPPOR't "CAST 50 ME DOUBT"
CN SVN CAPABILITY....LAIRD SAID SVN I5 VIRTUALLY READY Ti TAKE
VIER ITS OWN FULL DEFENSE IF TALKS FAIL.... LAIRD GuT HIGH MARKS
FROM MOST, SAID NBC' S COGHRAN BUT AFTER CAMERAS LEFT HE WAS PRESSED
TO EXPLAIN BOBBING. REPORTER ASKED "WHY QUIBBLE OVER APIECE OF
PAPER" IF ARVN CAN HANDLE THINGS ON uWN. LAIRD SAID BOTH HE AND
RN HAVE OFT EMPHASIZED NEED FOR POW/MIA RETURN. AND ACCOUNTING.
ASKED IF THAT WAS "HANGUP" IN PARIS, THE OUTGOING SECY SAID A
US FORGE WILL BE MAINTAINED TIL THAT:' S HANDLED. BUT HE WOULDN'T
SAY THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON FOR PARIS DELAY, DESPITE REPORTERS'
CONTINUED QUESTIONS.
LAIRD SAID "WHEN WE DETERMINED NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT GOINti
FORWARD....THE t~AY S tBOMBING) ORDER WAS. PUT BACK INTO EFFECT/"
tE ALSO SAID AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER !0 SVN HAVE THE RANGE TO FLY.
NORTH OF THE D1~lZ, "BUT NuT VERY FAR." LAIRD ADDED THAT "WE ARE
NOT GIVING THEM ANY CAPABILITY TO CARRY ON OFFENSIVE WARFARE,"
BUT TWICE N,.TED "I CANNOT SAY TO YOU THEY WILL NEVER GO NORTH.
BUT I CAN SAY SVty HAS BETTER. MILITARY CAPABILITY THAN NVN."
LEI~GETT ACCUSED LAIRD OF "LEAVING THE PENTAGON W/THE MOST
MASSIUE SCANDALS (COST OVERRUNS ETC) WE' VE HAD...OVER--ALL: I
WOULD RATE YOU A MINUS....THE WAR IS KIND OF A HOPELESS FAILURE."
. LAIRD SAID HE WAS "DEEPLY HURT" BY THE CHARGES, SAYING HE HELPED
DEVISE VN~ RATION TO GE'I' US OUT AND DOD CONTRACTS THAT LEGGETT
CRITICIZED WERE AWARDD BY DEMS, NOT RN. LAIRD ALSO SUGGESTED
THE LOSS OF 16 B-52' S WAS EXPECTED ABEL WHAT MAX PREDICTION OF
98 PCT PENETRATION WAS ACHIEVED DURING THE RAIDS.
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IN LENGTHY UPI FEATU~ FRIEDHEim sAY~ ir~~ n~~-~"i"` """`""
~3OTED SO MUCH LATELY BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS TALKING!. THE ADMIN
FEELS D tD SHOULD BE BASIC SOURCE OF VN INFO WHILE DOD THINKS IT
SJ{0[IL,D COME TO MACV BUT "WHEN THINGS ARE HAPPENING A LOT OF INFO
WINDS UP COMING FROM HEAR" HE SAID AS HE RECALLED HE .WAS ALSO
QUOTED FREQUENTLY DURING CAMgODIA~ THE EC121 SFlOOT,DOWN~ AND LAOS.
AS FOR CRITICISM OF HIS BRIEFINGS FRIEDHEIM $WRUG5 IT OFF A5
"THE SAME OLD 'KILL THE MESSENGER' THING." UPI NOTES A TIMES
Cq.UMNIST SAID "PERHAPS NO MAN IN HISTORY HAS EVER LIED
FOR HIS GOVT. AS DOC,'GEDLY~ AS WITLESSLY OR AS UNSUCCESSFULLY."
${T FRIEDHEIM SAYS HE WOULD "NEVER KNOWINGLY LIE OR DO SOMTHING
MISLEADING." BUT HE CAN'T DIVULGE ALL AS HE HAS TO PROTECT
p.ASSIFIED INFO. FRIEDHEIM ALSO FEELS HE HAS THE "OBLIGATION
TO BE SILENT WHEN I CAN'T ANSWER IN A~ TRUTHFUL WAY." UPI NOTES
REPORTERS ARE FRUSTRATED THAT FRIEDHEIM CAN DOGGEDLY REPLY OVER
AND OVER "NO COMMENT" OR "I HAVE NOTHING TO GIVEE YOU ON THAT"?-
NO MATTER HOW HARD HE IS PRESSED. FRIEDHEIM, THO, SAYS " IF I
DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE HEATS I WOULDN`T BE IN THE KITCHEN.....
WE DON'T COME TO WORK JUST 0 N SUNNY DAYS."
WH SAID HERB r{LEIN WA5 REFLECTING HIS OWN VIEW WHEN HE SAID
RN HAD A "VERY CLEAR MANDATE" TO PROCEED WITH HIS VN POLICIES.
AT SAME TIME, WARREN SAIDs " IM NOT GOING TO COMMENT QN RN' S VIEW
Ot ON TALKS. KLEIN HAD ACCUSED HILL CRITICS OF APPLYING." A DOUBLE
STANDARD" IN DENOUNCING RN' S POLICIES AFTER "PARTICIPATING IN AN
ELECT ION WHERE HE HAD AVERY CLEAR MAND ATE TO PROCEED THE WAY
HE HAS I N VN."
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009061P1Z JAN 73 ZYH ZFF-1 ~Fd~1 9 ~ 10 ~5
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NOREIGN NEWS SUMMAR1/
R OBT. BYRD ON TODAY DIDN'T BELIVE HILL WOULiJ BE SUCCESSFUL
IN LEGISLATING END TO WAR, SAYING IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO RN VETO
AND HE DOESN'T THINK HILL COULD OVERRIDE IT. HE FEELS EFFORT WAS
A~ADE T 0 SHOW SENTIMENT RATHER THAN FOR PRACTICABLE REASONS. BYRD
DOESN' T THINK HIS VOTE AGAINST DEM RESOLUTION WAS OUT-BF-STEP:
FE AGREES WAR SHOULD END, BUT DISAGREED W/MEANS AS IT WAS PROPOSED
" AT` WRONG TIME, IN WRONG PLACE AND THRU WRONG VEHICLE."
BIRD ALSO BELIEVES IT MAY GIVE NVN MORE HOPE OF GETTING WHAT
THEY WANT THRU NEGOTIATIONS.
BYRD FEELS R N SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED W/LEADERS BEFORE BOMBING--
81T DOESN'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING ALTHO PUBLIC
MIGHT HAVE GIVEN MORE SUPPORT HAD IT BEEN TAKEN INTO RN' S
CONFIDENCE. HE AGREES HILL IS IN A "DETERMINED MOOD" TO END
THE WAR! 8UT ADDED IT CAN'T LEGISLATE POW RELEASE, AND NVN
WON'T SIMPLY RELEASE POWS IN EXCHANGE FOR US W/DRAWAL. HE HOPES
RN WON'T RESUME BOMBING, THO.
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REPLYIma 1nA1 1,176 LH~il~i~ n+. cu;.a wis~s~ ~rn.+ ,.n...~~.~~ ?---??-'
RESPONDED T 0 gUESTIONING ON HILL-WH RELATIONS ~BY SAYING HE BELIEVES
RN INTENDS T 0 MEET MORE W/LEADERS AI+ID DOESN'T KNOW WHY HE
HASN'T UNLESS HE FEELS t~CS ARE HIS ADVERSARIES. BYRD FEELS THE
TALKS HAVE A CHANCE IF US MAINTAINS ITS PERSI5TENCE~
PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE AND USSR/PRC EXERT SOME PRESSURE ON NV N.
LABELING DEM END-THE -WAR MOVES AS ACTS OF FRUSTRATION,
JACKSON SAID HILL COULD IMPAIR THE TA~.KS AND SET A TRAP FOR
TT SELF BY TRYING TO FORCE RN TO END THE WAR. EFFORTS TO CUT
OFF FUNDS "COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON THE NEGOTIATIONS
AND..BE USED AGAINST ..T HE ~DEMS) AT A LATER TIME IF' THEY
FAIL, HE SAID. "OBVIOUSLY MANY DEMS FELT RN WAS GOING..TO $E
DEAD ON VN I N ' 72 AND I ~1ApE IT CLEAR FROM BEGINNING THAT
WOL{l,.DN' T BE THE MAJGR ISSUE. THERE IS A CERTAIN OBSESSION .
THAT DEVELOPS ON SOME OF THE ISSUES....IT' S AN ATTEMPT TO
RESPOND IN A STATE OF FRUSTRATION." JACKSON STATED. THE FACTS
ARE! JACKSON ADDED, THAT RN "HAS THE INITIATIVE AND HE IS NOW
IN A POSITION WHERE HE CAN BLAME THE CONGRESS IF THE PARIS TALKS
FAIL."
MUSKIE SAID RN WILL BE IN TROUBLE AT HOME AND ABROAD IF HE
DOES NOT END VN BY INAUGURATION. "THAT' S HI5 OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD
UP PROSPECT OF SOMETHING BETTER FOR U5 AND WORLD." HE ADDED THAT
RN IS "CLOSE TO THE CRUNCH" AND "A GREAT DEAL WOULD DEPEND ON
WHAT HAPPENS" BEFORE INAUGURATION. ASKED WHAT RN WOULD DO IF
PAGED WITH THE CHOICE OF "PEACE WITHOUT HONOR, OR NO PEACE AT
A1.L, , MISKIE SAID "ON THE BASIS OF THE LAST 2 MONTHS; I
THINK HE'D CH006E CONTINUED WAR."....SIa ED ALSO SAID THAT
" PRESIDENT'S CAN STRETCH THEIR MANDATES ONLY SO FAR, AND CANNOT
STRETCH THEM BEYOND WHAT THE US PEOPLE BELIEVE IS MORAL."
JOHN Al~1ERSON IS QUOTED IN NAT'L OBSERVERS "CONGRESS HAS.
REACHED THE TURNING POINT ON VN. ((SOP MCS) WHO' VE BEEN SEMI-
HAWKISH HAVE REALLY BEEN CONVERTED BY THE BOMBING. THEY' VE NO
5f OMACH FOR SUCH TACTICS ANYMORE. I HOPE THE AD MIN GETS THE
MESSAGE. HAK HAS TO COME BACK W/AN AGREEMENT IN A RELATIVELY.
SHORT TIME.
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OJER BEFORE IT STARTED." HE DEFENDED RN' S BOMBING AND ADDEDs
" HAD WE USED THESE WEAPONS WHEN JFK WENT TO WAR, AND USED
THEM CORRECTLY, THE WAR WOULD NOT HAVE LASTED MORE THAN A
WEEK.". ?.. HEBERT SAID "WELL- INTENTIONED BUT PERHAPS EMOTIONALLY
UPSET PEOR.E HAVE SPEWED THE NVN LINE" AND ADDEDt "THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS AN HONORABLE PEACE AND HONORABLE PEACE
RESTS SOLELY ON RELEASE OF POWS AND MIA ACCOUNTING."
NEWSWEEK SAYS VN "REVULSION" COULD LEAD TO UNPRECEDEpTED
W/RN. COTTON HAS "NEVER SEEN HILL IN SUCH AN
UGLY M0 03." RZ' S ATTEMPT T O MEAD OFF HILL REVOLT WAS W/WHAT
NEW SW NEWSWEEK CALLED "SHOPWORN ADMONITION' AGAINST JEOPARDIZING TALKS.
NEWSWEEK REPORTS SYMINGTON' S "t90ST ELOQUENT" PLEA AND OPEN
WEEPING OVER WAR AS WELL AS pELL' S DESCR I PT IO N 0 F HOW "MURDER"
DURING XMAS SEASON WAKES HIM AT NIGHT. AND NEWSWEEK SAYS THE
LUKEWARM SEN. GOP VOTEOF CONFIDENCE "CHAGRINED" WH BUT GOP SOLONS
ARE CALLED " ST ILLBITTER" OVER R N "DESERTION OF T HEMP' I N CAMPAIGN.
UNANIMOUS R~-ELECTION OF SCOTT WAS EFFECTED AFTER WORD PASSED OF
POSSIBLE WH AIDE'S OPPOSITION TO HIM OVER BUSING FIGHT. "FEISTY
MOOD PROMISED TO LASE" CLAIM'S NEWSWEEK~ AS T4C' S HAVE "CAPTURED '
DECEPTIVELY SUBDUED MOOti BACK HOME." IRONICALLY GIVEN PERIOD AS
ONE OF WOULD-BE TRIUMPH, INAUGURATION DAY "LOOMS AS DEADLINE"
FOR R N.
WRITING IN NEWSWEEK~ STEWART ALSOP NOTES HOW THE BOMBINGS,
IMFOUNDING OF FUtWS AND GOP FEELING THAT THE '72 GRP CAMPAIGN
WAS " THE MOST SELFISH" IN HISTORY HAVE. COMBINED TO CREATE. A VERY
"SOUR AND ANGRY'" HILL. OUT ALSOP FEELS THE RN OPPONENTS ARE HEADING
ON A COURSE "FESTOONED W/BOOBY TRAPS SKILLFULLY SET BY RN." THE
PUBLIC MAY WELL BE JUST AS ANTI-SPENDINt3 AND ANTI-TAX RISE AS
THE WH THINKS IT IS. AND ON THE WAR, THE DENS ARE, WHETHER THEY
LIKE THE CHARGE OR NOT, CLEARLY UNDERCUTTING THE NEGOTIATIONS.
MCIREOVER ANHONORABLE SETTLEMENT W/THE POWS RETURNED -- NO LONGER
TIED TO RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SUN ~-- WOULD EVEN
DAMAGE DENS MORE. AND I F IT'S NECESSARY TO SELL OUT SVN TO GET .THE
POW' S BACK, RN MAY WELL LET DEM HILL DO THE FOUL DEEDI SAYS ALSOP.
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FOR RN, COMMENTING 'T'HAT"~.~BERAL MC' S "HAVE ABANDONED dEGOTIATION
FOR CAPITULATION." HE SAYS CONSERVATIVES ARE WORRIED BY ATTACKS
~l ADMIN 8Y HILL AND "ANTAGONISTICALLY TRRESPONSIBLE NATIONAL
FRESS" WHO WOULD "MAKE A MOCKERY" OF WH POWER. ANTI-WAR MC' S
DISPLAY "ACUTE IGNORANCE" OF REALITIES WHILE BLAMING RN FOR
INTRANSIGENCE ON NEGOTIATIONS. HE CONCLUDES "IF HILL UNDERCUTS
NEGQfIATIONS, IT WILL BETRAYINti US IDEALS, PRINCIPLES, AND THE
WILL OF THE PEOPLE," A WILL REFLECTED BY NEITHER HILL DOVES NOR
"SNEERING PSEUDO"HUMANITARIAN NEWS MEDIA EDITORIALS."
DAVID LAWRENCE SAYS CUT OFF VOTE WOULD COMPLETELY DISREGARD
THE FACT RN CANNOT FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY IF MONEY IS INTERMITTENTLY
W/ HELD AND WOULD BE, IN EFFECT, "AN INVOLUNTARY SURRENDER."
NEVER BEFORE HAS THE PRES. BEEN PREVENTED FROM NEGOTIATING FROG! A
POSITION OF STRENGTH AND THE MOVES AREN'T ENCOURAGING NVN TO
MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS. HE ALSO WONDERS WHETHER SUCH A STEP WOULD
I~ MET W/DISMAY IN EUROPE AND WHETHER IT .WOULD UNDERMINE RN' S
AUTHORITY IN DEALING WlOTHER COUNTRLES. IF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS
THINK RN DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE US AND THAT HILL HAS THE DECISIVE
VOICE, "THERE WILL 8E A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION AS TO WHERE US
REALLY STANDS IN WORLD AFFAIRS," SAYS THE US NEWS EDITOR.
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FOREIGN NEWS SUMMARY
7 LETTERS IN NEWSWEEK ON THE VN IMPASSE -- ALL CRITICAL OF US
P.1.ICY. ...TYNE WlALL 4 OF ITS SELECTIt)N AL 0 CRITICAL....DAN
~RRIGANIS SEEKING US APPROVAL 10 GO TO HANOI SAT.... AP REPORTS
ABOUT 2iG0G ATTENDED THE LA ANTI-WAR RALLY. UPI ESTIMATED 1500
Bl1T CBS SAID 4-5,0G1~ UN. NITS.
AgC' S SMITH IN DEFENSE OF RN ACCUSED TIMES AND OTHER OF "STRONG
LANGUAGE AND WEAR MEMORIES" IN WEEKEND EDITS AGAINST RNGJS BOMBING.
NOTING TIMES' CALLED IT UNPRECEDENTED "TERROR BOMBING AND W/OUT
HILL PERMISSION," HKS SAID" I BEG TO STRENGTHEN MEMORY." FDR WAS
"BIGGEST" TERROR BOMBER AND YET THE 3RD GREATEST PRES IN BOTH TIMES'
AND HKS OPINION. HST WAS MOST " SPECTACULAR BOMBER, WIPING OUT
2 CITIES W/2 B OMOS. YET TIMES AND O'T'HERS HAKE BEEN HEAPING " LAVISH
PRAISE" ON HST. FINALLY HE NOTED IKE WHO IN 'S3 WlOUT HILL PERMISSION
OtDERED SATURATION BOMBING OF N. KOREA WHICH CAUSED END OF WAR.
SMITH SAID HE DIDN' T SEEK TO JUSTIFY THOSE PRECEDENTS, ONLY TO POINT
0;1T THEY HAPPENED AND WERE MUCH MARE COSTLY THAN RN' S RECENT ACTIONS.
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IN TACTICS WHILE RN? S O~ALL ASIA STRATEGY SHOULD ~ON
PRtD(1CE ENCOURAGING RESULTS. THE LONG-TERM POLICY -- UNDERSTANDING
dY USSR AND PRC -- HAS ALREADY CREATED CONDITIONS FOR A GENERATION
D+ PEACE; THEREFORE " WE CAN LOOK BACK AT `72 W/CONSIDERABLE
SATISFACTION AND PRIDE. N4 OTHER YEAR SINCE WWII' S END HAS
PROVED MORE PRc~UCTIVE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY OR MORE ENCOURAGING
FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE." THANKS TO ??2 INITIATIVES, NO 040E IS
AFRAID OF A NEW WORLD WAR OR SERIOUS POWER CONFRONTATION, PADEV
ADDS ?? THIS IS, INDEED AVERY SOLID ACHIEVEMENT FOR ~?H US."
PADEV D OESN? T BELIEVE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS OF US DIPLOMACY IN VN
SHOULD BE MINIMIZED CONSIDERING US IS DEALING W/" AN ENEMY AS
CUNNING AND TREACHOUS AS HANOI." AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SIGNED WEEKS AGO IF NVN HADN' T TRIED TO INCLUDE "FINE PRINT"
VERY DIADVANTAGEOUS TO USA ADDING HANOI MADE A GRAVE. MISTAKE AGAIN
AS THEIR TRICKS WOULDN' T F00L RN. " IT? S GOOD TO KNOW RN BEHAVES
THE WAY HE DOES WHEN CONFRONTED W/.DUBIOUS COMMUNIST NEGOTIATING
METHODS." PADEV URGES US TO WAIT AND SEE .WHAT RESULTS WILL BE
BEFORE CONDEMNING RN' S EFFORTS AND NOT TQ HELP NVN BY MAKING
NEGOTIATIONS MORE DIFFICULT, AND HE PREDICTS RN' S POLICY WILL
SU CCED AGAIN.
OT HER VN
ABC NOTED GI' S DOWN TO 24,0RJG, LOWEST SINCE JANo ?GS WHEN.
81ILDUP BEGAN. SMITH NOTED LEVEL MIGHT SLIGHTLY INCREASE S00N DUE
TO PRE-XMAS W/DRAWALS.
TIME CALLS THE GRI~UND WAR A BITTER, STALEMATED ONE OF ATTRITION.
THE UGLY GARBAGE OF WAR SPRAWLS OBSCENELY NEAR QT.
THE CITY ITSELF IS TOTAL DESSOLATION ?- NOTHING BUT RUBBLE. ARVN
SEEMS TO BE WINNING THE BATTLE FOR QT, THE MAG SAYS. BUT THERE
ARE MAJ CR PR OBLEM5 AND TRO OPS ARE HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF PEACE TALKS.
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WARS INHABITED BX PERHA~250 CIVILIANSGM~MMMRUBBLE~F' QT WHERE
25 ~D100 ONCE LIVED SHOWN ON CBS. NOW TH SURVIVORS ARE IN REFUGEE
CtXNPOUNDS~ MANY AROUND DANANG WHERE 265*fdRlQ1 REFUGEES ARE IN
34 CAMPS. FOCUS ON "CAMP B" AND ITS 15 x.000 RESIDENTS -- SAME
POPULATION AS IN SAN GLEMENT~~ NOTED REPORTER WAGNER WHO EMPHASIxED
LACY( OF .! OBS BUT POINT ED OUT MOST .WERE VERY YOUNG OR VERY OLD.
PR OFILE OF FAMILY OF 10 -- ALL INURED IN WAR -- AND THEIR GRAND-
PARANTS. LIVE BETTER THAN LOST W/FATHER A POLICEMAN. 12 LIVE IN 12
X13 HOOCH. EVEN THO NO REAL PEACE IS EXPECTED A~ MORE WAR AT QT
IS SEEN AS LIKELY THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND LIVE IN 61T -- TO BE NEAR
SMALL PLOTS THEY OWN AND GRAVES OF ANCESTORS. THEY THUS .CARE LITTLE
FOR GOV' TS, PRESIDENTS. OR WARS -- ~ANDw CONCLUDED WACiNERr THEY
THUS SHARE ATTITUDES OF MILLIONS IN SVN.
SUGGESTING THEY EXPECT NEW ATTACKS NORTH OF THE 20TH IF TALKS
BLEAK D O'uJN~ NVN SAID HUNDREDS OF ANTIAIRCRAFT UNITS HAVE BEEN
FORMED BY THE HOME GUARD AND MILITIA AROUND HANOI AND
HAIPHONG. ...RUNNING FOR COVER IS SOMETHING N.VIETS ARE USED TOE
SAID CBS AM' S HARTS LEADING INTO FILM OF B52` S DROPPING BOMBS.
REPORTER DAVIS ADDED THAT WAS SOMETHING US HAS NEVER HAD TO FACE
BUT NVN HAS SURVIVED AND FOUGHT FOR YEARS UNDER THIS AND IN DOING
SO HAS WON RESPECT OF US WHICH DOESN'T KNOW HOW NVN DOES IT. DAVIS
THEN CONTINUED W/INTERVIEW OF NVA DEFECTOR WYO RECOUNTED HOW
NVA WAS AFRAID OF B52' S.
ABC NOTED NELSON PROPOSAL ~OF GOV' T-FINANCED STUDY OF ENVIRON-
MENTAL EFFECTS OF US BOMBING AND DEFOLIATION IN SVN AND LED INTO FILM
~' SCIENTISTS STUDYING EFFECTS FOR AUGUST REPORT TO HILL. AB C? S
COLLINS NOTED IMPORTANCE OF DATA ON "KILLBACK:" THE RESIDUAL
EccLOGiCAL DAMAGE DONE BY BOMBING. SO FAR DATA AND STUDIES
REVEAL NO ADVERSE EFFECT OF DEFOLIANT DAMAGE ON HUMANS.
LAIRD ABOLISHED NAME EGRESS RECAP IN FAVOR OF HOMECOMING FOR
POW RETURN.
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w HAS PROMISED "FIRM SUPP~" AGAINST NVN "AGGRESSION HE ALSO
' EEL IEVES US BOMBS HAVE SO WEAKENED NVN THAT IT' LL SE FORCED TO
" NEGQTIATE A "JUST" SETTLEMENT AND WITHDRAW FROM CAMBODIA.
OT HER FOREIGN AFFAIR S
LAIRD WARNED IT` LL BE "ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE" TO AVOID. CUTS OF
GIS I N EUROPE I S NAT 0 MEMBERS REDUCE THEIR OWN MILITARY
EFECTIVENESS. AND HE SAID HOPES OF E-W DETENTE MAY CAUSE
PREMATURE RELAXATION OF DEFENSE, REQUIREMENTSa THE SIMPLE FACT
I5 THAT USSR MILITARY $UILDUP~ CONVENTIONAL AS WELL AS NUCLEAR
CONTINUES W/ VIGOROUS MONENTUM."
NEWSWEEK NOTES A STATE OFFICIAL` S DESCRIPTION OF SWEDEN AS AN
"UNFRIEI~LY .COUNTRY" BUT PALMS SUPPOSEDLY "HAS NO WORRY AT ALL"
ABOUT POST-VN RELATIONS W/US. NEWSWEEK, HOWEVER FEELS THERE IS
"LITTLE QUESTION PAL ME WAS TEMPORARILY UNDERESTIMATING" BgTH
SPRAIN OF US-SWEDEN RELATIONS AND THEIR EARLY RESOLUTION POST-VN.
WEST GERMANY" S FIRST ENVOY TO PRC WILL BE ROLF PAULS~ NOW
AMH. T O U S.
T p3AY' S MC GEE NOTED SOME FEEL IRELAND PM LYNCH IS HERE
UNOFFICIALLY "TO GET PRIVATE CITIZENS TO STOP HELPING IRA. LYNCH
SAID HE DIDN' T DISCUSS. MATTER W/RN BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE RN OR
ADMIN COULD D O A90UT IT DISCUSSING EEC MEMBgRSNIP, LYNCH
SAID. IT WOULD MEAN BETTER OPPQRTUNITIES FOR US INDUSTRY IN IRELAND
AS THEY C OUL
HAVE ENTIRE EEC AS MARKET. HE EMPHASIZED THIS
IN TALK W/ RN AN BLIEVE RN IS WELL-DISPOSED AND' HAS GENUINE
IN IRELAND.
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T_Q U NLTE AS A'Y ~S'~ US ,t 1~li ERESI' S I M ~ T HE AREA. .... t~WSWEEK FEELS:
CAIRO `STUD~N~ tti~REST IS EVIDEi~CE ~'EACE IS "F'UiitTHER AWgY THAN
AT' ANY TIME IN PAS? ?WQ YE;~RS' ('IHO) US HfJP~S TLS LAU~iCH i~A~10R
CAEACIE) E~'FI~tT." A M~DEASI' D~I~'L+D~9AT SAYS `TALKS ARE "'OUT' 0~' THE....
gUESTIDN. 'THE 'SXxUATIOt~ YS SxMPLY NaT CONDUCiV~ TQ HEd{I'IIATED
5'~TTLE[~tEE111'I" W/EQYPT? S ISfiTERNAL` PROBi.EAiS AIND SADAT* S 6ri~AK
P05ITIO>11 BARRIERS TO PEACE. ~tEWSWEEK ALSO QUOTES "RUEFUL`
ISRAELI N1I~fISTE~t~ ."THE SAD"REALI'T.Y YS THAT S'TAT~1S QU0 IS REALLY
PREFERABLE ~Q ANY QF T}~E EXISTIAlt3 POSSYBILITIES FOR CHANaE" .
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INTEREST IN MIDEAST PE1~~ ADDING PERHAPS OPFORTUNITIES DIDN?T
REALLY PRESENT THEMSELVES EARLIER. " I AM REALY QUITE OPTIMISTIC
? ABOUT TREND (TO PEACE)" HE SAID. H~, FEELS MIDEAST MAY BE ON
!~~~~rov~ d r , r~R~~ ~ Pry'! ~~,-E-~oQ~cM ~r
THE ;5~43~9)$ 91 8.0945?!5 $3;3)9>a.3~5" AS WHOLE WORLD SEEMS
IN MO CD FOR PEACE AND COOPERATION. RECENT EVENTS INDICATE A
"GENERAL AND GENUINE DESIRE TO REMOVE CAUSES OF TENSION AND DANGER
TO W CRLD PEACE." ~ HUSSEIN SAID ~ HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL T O W/ HOLD OIL FROM ANYONE. BUT, HE ALSO SAID ARABS ARE
DISTURBED BECAUSE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN CHANGING JERUSALEM'S FAVE
DESPITE PROHIBITIVE UN RESOLUTIONS. ...TIME REPORTS STATE, ON
QRDERS FROM WHO IS MERELY OFFERING ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL GO-BETWEEN
IF EITHER SIDE WANTS TO TALK. ONE STATE OFFICIAL WHO FAVORS MORE
PRESSURE FROM US GLOOMILY CHARACTERIZED PEACE PROSPECTS AS
"Pi OR IBU ND" ."
THE HONEYMOON IS OVER FOR TANKA, SAYS AP. 6 MONTHS AGO
H= WAS HAILED AS ANSWER TO JAPAN' S PROBLEMS. TODAY MANY EXPRESS
DIEAPPOINTMENT~ BLAMINf3 HIM FOR SOARING LAND PRICES AND LIVING
COSTS. G OV' T LEADERS FEAR THE SISSAT ISFACT ION COULD COST
THEM UPPER HOUSE MAJ~tITY NEXT YEAR. CRITICS SAY TANAKA HAS FALLEN
IN TO SAME PATTERN OF BUROCRACY AND INACTIVITY AS SATO.
LAIRD PREDICTED IF ADMIN' S PLANS FOR MILITARY AID FOR ROK
ARE CARRIED OUTS THERE WILL BE NO REQUIREMENT FOR US GROUND TROOPS
THERE.
TIME BELIEVES PROSPECT FOR US-CUBAN HIJACK AGREEMENT PLACES US
IN A DILEMMA SINCE US MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO TURN BACK REFUGEES
FROM CUBA. REt THE 3 REFUGEES THAT ESCAPED TO FLA. IN DEC. ~
THE MAG REPORTS A STATE STAFFER FEELS IF THE PRICE OF A SKYJACK
ACCORD MEANS THEY HAVE TO BE DEPORTED, "THE PRICE IS TOO GREAT."
AN AD MIN OFFICIAL THINKS INSTEAD OF AEPORTATION THE 3 COULD BE
QiIVEN STIFF JAIL SENTENCESr...PAUL SCOTT ATTACKS APPARENT NEW ADMIN
POLICY ON HIJACKS AND CUBAN REFUGEES. SCOTT SAYS "ADMIN INSIDERS"
CALL DEPORTATION POLICY AN OUT-GROWTH OF RN DECISION TO "DOWNGRADE
CONCEPT OF FREEDOM" IN US-COMMUNIST RELATIONS, A POLICY
"COMPLETELY DIVORCED FROM ALL MORALITY."...REPORTS ARE ROGERS WILL
MAKE A SWING THRU LAT. AM. IN PREPARATION FOR AN RN VISIT THERE
LATER IN ? 7~ ~ SAYS US NEWS.
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HAS REFUSED TO ALLOW SOLanENITSYN TO DIVORCE HIS FIFc.,! WIFE,
AMID THUS FRUSTRATES CHANCE HE? D HAVE TO MOVE TO MOSCOW.... ABC/ NBC
NOTED USSR SHOT AND UNMANNED SPACECRAFT TOWARD MOON, THEIR FIRST
MOON PR OBE I N NEARLY A .YEAR.
DE FE NSE
LAIRD SAID RULE WAS DEMOTED BECAUSE OF HIS "CRUDE, RUDE AND
INDECENT" REMARKS ABOUT IKE. "HE SHOWED VERY POOR TASTE AND
JUDGMENT," SAID LAIRD WHO DESCRIBED RULE AS "AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE."
THE SECY MAINTAINED HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RULE'S NEW ASSIGNMENT
AND THAT USN OFFICIALS ASSURED N'IM THE DEMOTION HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH RULE'S COST-CUTTING EFFORTS BUT RATHER WERE DUE TO SERIES
OF STATEMENTS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF SUPERIORS....THE SUPREME COURT
CLEARED THE WAY FOR AN OPEN HEARING FOR FITZGERALD AS HE RECAPS
HIS DCD SPENDING CRITICISMS W/CALL FOR '"LEANER, MEANER" MILITARY
AS MORE EFFECTIVE AND 'ATTACK ON SOLELY GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTS
JOB
AREA SUCH AS DEFENSE-RELATED INDUSTRY. HE EXPRESSED DISAGREEMENT
W/MCG' S DEFENSE CUT PLANS, HOWEVER.
THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED ANOTHER APPEAL OF THE ACLU AND
OTHERS CHALLENGING SURVEILLANCE OY ARMY INTELLIGENCE..... US NEWS
REPORTS DRAFT D ?GERS AND DESERTERS ARE RECEIVING FAR LIGHTER SENTECES
THAN THEY FEARED, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN AMNESTY IS IN THE CARDS.
HOWEVER VIOLATORS ARE BECOMING LESS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT RETURNING
HOME.
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