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WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW October 18, 1971 Major Sunday Stories: THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN -- H. Rap Brown, subject of FBI search for over a year, is in fair condition following a NYC shootout after a robbery attempt. (CBS Sat. lead) India and Pakistan are building up their forces and the situation. there is described as tense. (NBC Sat. lead -- - - no regular Sunday newscasts) Secy. Connally says we're in no hurry on monetary reform and will wait til others come further to our point of view. Continuing tough-line stance tho suggestion of surcharge exemptions for those who cooperate with us seen as sign of flexibility. Secy. Connally suggests boards will likely set "guidelines" in what Post says is in conflict with Herb Stein who said this question was "wide open". VP Agnew is warmly received in Athens -- "a rousing welcome", says Times altho others question the degree of enthusiasm. - Henry Kissinger is off to Peking with no details for press. (Film on both nets of departure.) The symphony of liberal criticism -- academia, media and Senate -- continues over the list of 6 Court possibles. -- Excerpts from LBJ's "Vantage Point¹ turns up in almost all major national papers as he recalls November 22, 1963. Stories widely carried in Saturday papers: -- "Japan Yields to US, Signs Textile Curbs" with many Kennedy-Tanaka photos. A major US victory but Japan is reported by Times to be resentful and determined to retaliate. And the radicals are in Japan's streets for what's expected to be a bloody, violent month of protest against the Okinawa reversion treaty.