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Part of White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Administration), President's Office Files

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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
S
NEWS SUMMARY
February 2, 1973
(Thursday nets, wires)
The major stories of the day:
VN-related topics led and dominated the nets (7-11 minutes)
as reports focused on POWs, RN's address at Natl. prayer
breakfast and ceasefire violations and supervision.
CBS
w/excerpts from interviews w/HAK on bombing and Thieu
on US support.
DOD received names of 10 POWs held in Laos, when it
expected list to contain info on about 60, was lead on all
nets. ABC called list "painfully short, 11 while CBS reported
HAK said he was "disappointed" and would ask NVN for
clarification. Cronkite also noted DOD's Friedheim was
"equally disappointed" and said US would continue efforts
for full accounting. NBC said DOD expressed "some
disappointment. 11
All nets noted VC Gen. Tra, who
planned '68 Tet offensive, arrived in Saigon for ICCS via
US chopper. Commission is now complete and can start
moving, said Cronkite.
Altho all nets noted decrease
in fighting, NBC film reports emphasized GVN interest in
controlling territory and capability of ARVN to "hack it"
w/lack of US support being "decisive factor. 11
RN's prayer breakfast statement "For 1st time in 10
years,
the US Pres. is able to say the US is at
peace in VN. 11
received film coverage on ABC/CBS,
and got, in Rather's words, "loud, long applause. 11 R.N
also urged all sides to make peace work and to let it begin
"w/each and everyone in his own heart. 11
On NBC film,
RN warned against isolationism that's followed other wars.
All nets w/film of WH welcome for PM Heath as he began 2
days of talks w/RN
CBS focused on Heath's "praise" for
steadfast pursuit of peace and hope for future, while ABC/
NBC w/remarks on US-EEC relations: "vital to future of
Western World. 11 Valeriani noted talks dealth w/ "ways to
avoid collision on troublesome economic matters while
keeping alliance strong both politically and militarily. 11
Jarriel noted threat of US-EEC trade war threatens Heath's
recent economic controls.

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