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- Part of White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Administration), President's Office Files
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OCR Page 1 of 50THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
NEWS SUMMARY
April 27, 1973
(Thurs, nets, wires, columns)
The major stories of the day:
-- The Cambodian opposition, variously referred to as rebels,
insurgents or Communists, are w/in 2 miles of Phnom Penh.
Lead on all nets w/film of enemy rocket attack which caused
heavy damage and casualties to civilians. ABC said Cambodia's
high command seems powerless as siege of capital seems near
w/insurgents closing in.
"A turn for the worse, 11 led
Chancellor w/Goralski film emphasizing false sense of security
that refugees have when they come to Phnom Penh. Attack seen
as psychological warning that Communists can attack when they
please and casualties were testimony to that, said NBC's Goralski.
Webster of CBS said rocket attack on city's environs, 1st since
Oct. , could be 1st of many. Over film of mother weeping at son's
death, he said that to her, the new negotiations in Paris come
too late.
All nets noted Sweden has again hit US Indochina policy
w/criticism of "indiscriminate" raids of Cambodia's citizens.
State's reply as noted by CBS: "A frosty no comment. 11 NBC
film on GVN's most conciliatory move ever to the homeless,
unemployed refugees from northern provinces as Thieu moves
to build political support
All nets noted heavy fighting in SVN
and CBS w/film of ARVN/NVA battles ever closer to Hue which
threaten to erupt into full-scale war and reflect how the C-F which
has never taken hold seems to be steadily degenerating.
Petersen, RN's chief Watergate investigator, is receiving the
grand jury testimony. That was main story on that front Thurs.
w/all nets focusing on it and Stern of NBC saying it raises same
questions earlier asked when FBI reports on Watergate went to WH.
All nets noted, however, that WH and Justice both say the testimony
is not going to WH.
Rather said RN has not yet decided if he
needs to make a clean sweep and if there are any resignations in
coming days, it may be of lower level staff such as Magruder but
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