NEWS SUMMARY JANUARY 12, 1973

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-5-10-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 12, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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WH30072 SECTION ONE OF THREE
NEWS SUMMARY
JANUARY 12, 1973
(THURSDAY NETS, WIRES, COLUMNS)
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
THE MAJOR STORIES OF THE DAY:
ALL NETS LED W/FILM REPORTS ON-SHULTZ ANNOUNCEMENT OF PHASE 3
DROPPING OF MOST CONTROLS ("WIPED OUT," SAID CBS) IN FAVOR OF
INCREASED VOLUNTARISM. "JAWBONING* WAS WHAT NBC'S LEVINE
CRITICALLY CALLED IT. ALL NETS EMPHASIZED QUICK, POSITIVE REACTION
ON WALL ST. BUT EMPHASIZED DECLINE BY CLOSE W/DJ STAYING UP 5.64
TO 1052. QUICK CRITICISM BY PRO XMIRE SPOTLIGHTED ON ABC FILM.
BUSINESS, LABOR GENERALLY PLEASED; HILL MIXED TO POSITIVE REACTION.
ALL NETS COVERED 4TH DAY OF PARIS TALKS WITH ALL NOTING THE JOINING
OF TECHINICAL REPS IN THE HAK-THO TALKS WHILE REGULAR THURSDAY
TALKS ALSO MET W/NVN-SVN CLASH OVER ISSUE OF 1 OR 2 VNS. NBC
SAID THIS IS SEEN AS MAJOR SOURCE OF DISAGREEMENT. ON THE PRIVATE
TALKS NO ONE WAS TALKING BUT CBS SAID INDICATIONS ARE OF "HEADWAY."
- ALL NETS W/WATERGATE TRIAL AS 2ND MOSTNPROMINENT REPORT W/FOCUS
ON SIRICA'S ACCEPTANCE OF HUNT'S PLEA OF GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS AND
BAIL OF $100,000. HUNT ON FILM ON ALL SAYING WHATEVER HE DID WAS
DONE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HE REALIZES CONSEQUENCES OF BREAKING LAW.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED HE COULDN'T HANDLE THE RIGORS OF LONG TRIAL
CONSIDERING WIFE'S DEATH IN PLANE CRASH AND NEED TO BE W/HIS KIDS.
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;LAWS IN. TURNING OVER TO IDDY $30,00f W/O RECEIPT. ABC/NBC NOTED
CRP SAID ALLEGED VIOLATIONS WERE "TECHNICAL AND UNINTENTIONAL" W/ABC
NOTING JUSTICE'S NOT NAMING NAMES MEANS NO ONE CAN BE TRIED.
ABC/NBC W/MAJOR FILM REPORTS ON WH-HILL "CONFRONTATION." NBC
W/FILM OF JDE, WEINBERGER, AND JACKSON ON ROLE OF SUPERCABINET;
ABC W/FILM OF MANSFIELD AND HHH AFTER UNANIMOUS DEN CAUCUS
VOTE TO NOT CONFIRM NOMINEES WHO WON'T PROMISE TO "TESTIFY ON
DEMAND." NOTED BY CBS. NBC BEGINNING SERIES ON THE
"CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS" WHICH SOME FEEL IS BUILDING
BETWEEN WH AND HILL.
- ABC/NBC FILM ON FAMILY OF AF CAPTAIN HECK WHO REFUSED TO FLY
B-52 MISSIONS AND IS "QUITING WAR."
INDOCHINA
TALKS
DEPUTY DOD SECY-DESIGNATE CLEMENTS SAID . HE'D NOT RULE OUT LIMITED.
USE OF NUKES AGAINST NVN IF PARIS TALKS BREAK DOWN COMPLETELY.
"BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY..THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT." CLEMENTS
WAS SURE HIS VOICE WOULD BE HEARD IN THE PROCESS FOR SUCH A
DECISION, AND HIS VIEW "WOULD DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES."
AS OF NOW, CIRCUMSTANCES WOULDN'T JUSTIFY IT, HE SAID ...SEN. HUGHES
REPEATED HE MAY TRY TO BLOCK NOMINATIONS OF CLEMENTS AND RICHARDSON
IN PROTEST AGAINST VN POLICIES. AP SAY CLEMENTS OTHERWISE SAILED
THRU HEARING WALL INDICATIONS HE'D GAIN QUICK APPROVAL. HE WAS
NOT ASKED DIRECTLY ABOUT REPORTS OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A CIVIL SUIT.
ALL NETS NOTED BREZHNEV SAID PEACE WAS COMING "LITTLE BY
LITTLE" TO VN BECAUSE BOTH SIDES WISHED TO END THE WAR BY PEACEFUL
MEANS, BUT NONE TOOK NOTE OF HIS COMMENTS THAT "CLIMATE TENDS
TOWARD SUMMIT W/RN... NBC SAID NO ONE IN PARIS SEEMED TO BE AS
OPTIMISTIC AS BREZHNEV.
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OF THE TECHNICAL REPS IN THE HAK-THO TALKS "A NEW DIMENSION"
BUT THE WEEKLY SESSION REFLECTING THE "SAME OLD IMPASSE."
KALISHCER CALLED IT THE "PROPAGANDA SESSION." ISHAM ON
NBC/CBS FILM W/NOTHING TO SAY TO COMPLICATE OTHER TALKS.
NVN'S MAN "NOT SO RETICENT" AS HE SAID SVN, W/US CONNIVANCE,
WAS TRYING TO DIVIDE VN IN 2 (ALSO NBC),. AND SVN'S MAN AGAIN
CALLING FOR NVN W/DRAWAL AND HANOI'S RESPECT FOR THE REALITY OF
2 VNS. BUT A PRIVATE TALKS, SAID FENTON, OF CBS9 THE LENGTH
(50 HOURS IN PAST WEEK) AND FREQUENCY OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS
SUGGESTS HEADWAY. (NBC'S DOBYNS SAID TECHNICAL EXPERTS GOING
IN TO HAK-THO MEETING LOOKED LIKE "BUROCRATIC VERSION OF
ROCKETTE'S ROUTINE.") INFO FILTERING OUT INDICATES NVN/US ARE
AT POINT OF "DIFFICULT AND TOUGH" BARGAINING SAID CBS.
NBC/CBS FILM OF HAK-THO AS THEY SMILED BROADLY FOLLOWING
.LONGEST OF CURRENT SERIES OF TALKS... WIRES NOTE SOME OBSERVERS
TOOK PRESENCE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN HAX-THO TALKS FOR 1ST
TIME TO MEAN THE 2 SIDES WERE DISCUSSING SPECIFICS, ALTHO
THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL INDICATION THIS WAS SO.
DOBYNS ON NBC SAID ONLY CLUES*TO PRIVATE TALKS MIGHT BE
DISCERNED FROM NVN-VC STATEMENT AT PUBLIC TALKS. SIMILARLY
KALISHCHER SAID ONE CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON...
NVN WARNED IT WILL NEVER BE INTIMIDATED BY BOMBING AND WON'T
ACCEPT US EFFORTS TO "IMPOSE UNREASONABLE TERMS" IN TALKS.
SVN WAS JUST AS UNYIELDING, SAYS AP, DECLARING WITHDRAWAL
OF NVN FROM SVN REMAINS "FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM FOR THE RESTORATION
AND MAINTENANCE OF PEACE." MEANWHILE SVN SAID "NO PROGRESS
EXPECTED AS EVERY AVAILABLE INDICATOR SUGGESTS NVN IS PREPARING
FOR THE WORST." ...HOWEVER US SPOKESMAN LAMBERTSON SAID TONE
OF SEMI-PUBLIC SESSION WAS "SOMEWHAT IMPROVED" COMPARED
W/LAST WEEK'S VITUPERATION.
VC SAID DMZ IS "LIKE KNIFE ACROSS THE HEART OF THE VIETNAMESE.
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SPEAKING IN SC, W. GERMANY'S SCHMIDT SAID "VN IS DEEPLY
DISTURBING NOT ONLY FOR YOUR NATION BUT ALSO FOR MY PEOPLE AND
THE EUROPEANS AS A WHOLE." THE ALLIES HAVE NEVER BEEN "SERIOUSLY
CONSULTED" ON VN, "NOR HAVE THEY VOLUNTEERED TO GIVE THOUGHTFUL
ADVICE." HE CONFINED HIS PERSONAL JUDGMENT "TO ONE SINGLE
SENTENCES THIS. WAR MUST BE ENDED, OTHERWISE THE DANGER OF
ALIENATION MIGHT TURN INTO REALITY AND THEREBY DEELPLY INFLUENCE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN-US RELATIONS."
90-YEAR OLD KING GUSTAV OF SWEDEN CALLED FOR IMMEDIATE PEACE
AND SAID US MUST NOT RESUME ITS "MERCILESS. BOMBING." HE OPENED HIS
SPEECH W/TRADITIONAL SENTENCE, SWEDEN'S RELATIONS W/FOREIGN
POWERS ARE GOOD." US ENVOY WAS NOT IN GALLERIES... SEN. SCOTT
SAID BECAUSE PALME'S MAJORITY IS "SO SLIM, HE HAS TO APPEASE THE
EXTREME LEFT BY SPEWING ANTI-AMERICANISM. IT'S AN AFFRONT TO
SWEDISH AMERICANS" IN THE US, HE SAID, ADDING HE'S GLAD THERE'S
NO AMB. FROM SWEDEN NOW. SCOTT IS "FED UP."
NOTING RN HAS OFTEN CITED THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE US
WORD IN VN BECAUSE HE FEELS IF US ABANDONS SVN THERE WOULD BE
WORLDWIDE REPERCUSSIONS, KALB ON CBS RADIO SAID US ALLIES ARE
QUESTIONING THE CREDIBILITY THEORY, AND RATHER THAN FINDING
SUPPORT IN ADMIN PURSUIT OF A LASTING PEACE, A NUMBER HAVE BEEN
"APPALLED" BY US POLICY, PARTICULARLY W. GERMANY. IF THE CREDIBILITY
THEORY WERE RIGHT, KALB ASSETED., ALLIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING OFF A NVN VICTORY, BUT THE CONTRARY APPEARS
TO BE THE CASE. THE US WAS HELD IN HIGHEST REGARD AFTER RN
VISITED PRC AND USSR AND MOVED TO END VN. "THERE MIGHT BE A
LESSON THERE SOMEWHERE," CONCLUDED MARVIN.
BENTSEN FEELS RN IS PURSUING A POLICY OF "SECRECY AND
REMOTENESS" BY NOT ALLOWING STATE AND DOD OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY
ON VN... MCCLELLAN,AND MILTON YOUNG SAID MOORER HADN'T FULFILLED
THE ADMIN'S OBLIGATION TO CONGRESS FOR A FULL EXPLANATION OF
THE BOMBING. BOTH URGED RN TO ISSUE A FULL STATEMENT
ON THE MATTER... GRIFFIN BELIEVES RN WILL PUBLICLY EXPLAIN
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BOMBING AFTER CURRENT ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS. HE HAS INSIDE
KNOWLEDGE BUT SAID CURRE HILL HOSTILITY TO WH MAKE FIT
IMPERATIVE RN EXPLAIN RECENT ACTION... LOEB, WHO HAS STRONGLY
BACKED RN'S BOMBING, SAYS THE MAIN REASON SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD KNOW BETTER ARE SPEAKING IRRESPONSIBLY NOW IS THAT RN
HAS FAILED TO TAKE TO TV TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. MEANWHILE
THE CRITICS DOMINATE THE MEDIA AND MANY PAPERS HAVE PLAYED
UP THE ATTACKS IN PART OF "A MASSIVE ATTEMPT TO POISON THE
MINDS OF THE PUBLIC AGAINST THEIR OWN NATION."
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