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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW March 18, 1974 (Sat-Sun nets, wires, papers) The major stories: The oil weapon has not been sheathed, said CBS. No agreement on embargo lift. Arabs to meet again Monday at 5 am EDT. Energy is the major weekend story - OPEC's -month freeze on prices, speculation over embargo lift, FTC's criticism of allocation program or Schweiker call for probe of majors' treatment of indies lead 6 of 8 Sunday papers and the M-E oil situation led NBC/CBS Sat and NBC on Sun. Other major stories Sunday: Impchmnt move gathers steam; RN to Nashville; Europe "aroused" and "shocked" by RN's tough words; Minneapolis banker's wife is kidnapped; No word on Hearst or US exec in Argentina; Portuguese mutiny is quelled; Skepticism of probers toward gasoline deductions on RN returns. Last item is p. 1 in 3 of 8 Sun. papers and Sun. NY News banners: "RN Lawyer: Deed toPapers 'Doesn't Exist. 111 De Marco's claim that paper was destroyed as a "routine legal practice" when replacement deed was drawn up noted by all nets. Sat. NY News also bannered: "Deed to RN Papers is Lost" w/ subhead: "Document Vital in Tax Case¹¹ and p. 2 topped: "RN Can't Find Papers Deed. 11 And p. 1 in Star is: Lost' Deed is RN Tax Key. " Mills says he has no inside info and that his resignation/impch prediction by Nov. is based on what he reads in the papers. NBC film. "Failure of WH lawyers to produce the document - they say it's lost - has convinced Hill probers RN improperly claimed deductions for his VP papers, " leads Star's Cohn. McClory says Sirica will rule that G-J report should go to Judiciary. CBS Sun lead followed by Graham saying G-J has info in its report going beyond evidence RN is giving to Hill and it includes detailed proof that hush money went to Hunt after RN "ambiguously" dis- cussed matter w/Dean 3/21. If RN didn't firmly rule it out, said Graham, this could be obstruction of justice. And Time claims RN said "it'd be wrong¹¹ only re: clemency and on 3 times when hushmoney came up in 3/21 talk w/Dean, RN didn't say or suggest such payments would be wrong.