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    "ocrText": "DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nN-1\nnews\nSumary\nP.2 \"Indochiva: sisclean\n2/2/72\nC\nHanoi was ready\nRendegrated from Contested Files 7-18-06.\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nPRESIDENT'S OFFICE FILES\n38\nFOLDER TITLE\n[Feb. Feb. 1-7, 1972 ] 1-7, 1972]\nRESTRICTION CODES\nA. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.\nE. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nB. National security classified information.\nfinancial information.\nC. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's\nF. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law\nrights.\nenforcement purposes.\nD. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy\nG. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nH. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1421 (4-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nPresidential Materials Review Board\nReview on Contested Documents\nCollection: President's Office Files\nBox Number:\n38\nFolder:\n[Feb. 1-7, 1972]\nDocument\nDisposition\n25\nRetain Open\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nPRESIDENT'S NEWS SUMMARIES\nFEBRUARY, 1972\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nPRESIDENT'S NEWS SUMMARIES - FEBRUARY 1972\n1. February 29, 1972 -- No comments\n2. February 28, 1972 - TV Coverage of P's Return -- No comments\n3. February 16, 1972 - No comments\n4. February 15, 1972 -- No comments\n5. February 14, 1972 -- No Comments\n6. February 10, 1972 -- Comments\n7. February 9, 1972 -- News of Significance -- Comments\n8. February 9, 1972 -- Comments\n9. February 8, 1972 -- Comments\n10. February 7, 1972 -- Comments\n11. February 3, 1972 -- Comments\n12. February 2, 1972 -- Comments\n13. February 1, 1972 -- Comments\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nNEWS OF SIGNIFICANCE\nFebruary 1, 1972 PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nNorthern Ireland is the news of significance, the first two days of\nthe week. The death of thirteen Irish civilians, shot down by British\nparatroopers, is the dominant story of Monday and Monday night. Ten-\nsions are sky-high. Bernadette Devlin made a physical attack on\nMaulding in the British Parliament -- and delivered an effective vitriolic\nindictment of British efforts to investigate the tragedy. Irish Catholic\nconcern in the United States has probably trebled as a result of the\nstories and dramatic television - - - - and there will be pressures brought\nupon the President to take a pro-Irish line. Edward M. Kennedy, who\nhas in the past sided fully with the Irish Catholics, has again made clear\nhis position.\nPolitically, Muskie racked up his second victory -- first was Iowa,\nnow Arizona. Though both victories have been far from sweeping.\nLindsay made a surprisingly strong showing in Arizona; he seems to\nhave gained some momentum; and according to some reports is moving\nahead of McGovern in Florida, with McGovern cutting back on his effort\nthere -- presumably to throw the reserves into a last effort in Wisconsin.\nOther reports, indeed most of them, show Wallace running first in the\nFlorida primary and at this stage the likely winner.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\nThe North Vietnamese are on the march. Anyone who has been\nfollowing the news closely in recent days cannot have missed that\nmessage. Monday it was driven home on most front pages with stories\nof NVN reserve division being moved out of the North onto the Ho Chi\nMinh Trail.\nOn the economic front, Dems aren't giving up on causing us trouble\nover the deficit and are trying to force us to admit taxes must go up.\nNo takers yet despite some rough days on Hill for our team. And the\nfate of the control program continues to be uncertain --- Gallup Poll on\npublic dissatisfaction and other similar indices aren't the opinion of\nthe experts -- but this confusion and uncertainty continues to prevail\namong people at large.\nJACK ANDERSON -- According to Marquis Childs -- and other\nreports -- \"The source of that leak (the Anderson papers) is known.\nWhat to do about it is another matter with no one in the Administration\nprepared to take action. This raises an interesting question since the\ndocuments seem to have come out of the Pentagon\". This is a certain\nquestion at the next press conference.\nCONNALLY -- Continued reports that the Treasury Secretary may\nbe headed back to the ranch. They keep cropping up.\nKISSINGER -- Profile higher than ever with cover of both news\nmagazines.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nREPARATIONS - The $2. 5 billion to the North Vietnamese, as\npart of the peace offer, is likely to attract both conservative and\nWallace opposition, as \"bribe\", \"reparations\" to the \"international\noutlaws\" responsible for the \"barbaric\" treatment of American\nprisoners of war. In light of present national mood about Vietnam,\nhowever, this will be less than customary.\n####\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nNEWS SUMMARY\nFebruary 1, 1972\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\n(Monday nets, wires, mags)\nThe Major stories of the day:\n-\nTension is at a fever pitch in N. Ireland as incensed Catholics con-\ntinue protest in form of strike, violence and physical attack by 5 feet\nof Irish fury in person of Bernadette Devlin upon 6 feet of British re-\nserve in person of Reginald Maulding. Lead on all nets with clear\nsympathy for Catholic civil rights protesters.\n-\nIn the biggest number of strikes against the North in one day since\n'68, 5 US planes attacked anti-aircraft defenses in NVN 5 times.\nUS troops in VN down to 136, 000, thus again beating RN's rate.\nWesty predicts a Tet worse than 169, '70 or '71 but not as bad as\n168 and he says NVA will take heavy casualties.\nNVN reveals its\nsecret 9-point plan calling for immediate US pullout and a neutral\nGVN now.\nVery grim situation in Cambodia and it's deteriorating\nin Laos, say nets.\nCambodia reportedly wants to talk peace with\nNVN.\nReasoner with less than positive commentary on RN's peace\nplan.\nWeekly news mags lead with that story and feature\nKissinger. Little hope seen that NVN will accept when they're so\nconfident they'll eventually get South to themselves.\n-\nVery positive ABC profile on Sisco.\n-\nFilm on 2 nets as Connally said new taxes won't be needed if ceiling\nis enacted and economy rebounds as expected. Dems on Hill were very\nskeptical, clearly trying to force us to call for new taxes.\n-\nPre-trial proceedings under way in Angela Davis case it may yet\nget going full steam 18 months after the courthouse shootout.\n-\nLindsay's surprising showing in Arizona tells us nothing about Nov.\nand little about today, said Sevareid. JVL seen 4th in Wisconsin by\nABC. And no good news either for Destiny's Tot in National Observer\nas Perry gives him a rough time.\n-\nNo comment by the Irvings as grand jury proceedings are underway\nin NY and a warrant is sworn out in Zurich for their arrests.\nINDOCHINA\nNBC/CBS film of NVN's Le presenting the heretofore secret 9-point\nplan. After report, Chancellor said it was clear both US and NVN secret\nplans were very close to those in public view. ABC noted the NVN pro-\nposal was dominated by emphasis on total and immediate US withdrawal\nand an end to backing of Thieu. Hanoi said all prisoners could be released\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\n\"Parallelly\" with withdrawal and \"completed at the same time, 11 and\ncalled for war reparations.\nNo mention of elections, noted NBC.\nNVN said the positions of the U.S. and NVN remain \"as different as\nday and night\" and that the U.S. has \"not budged a single millimeter. 11\n\"RN and Rogers deliberately sought to deform our positions, 11 said Le,\nand said they try to make people believe Hanoi demands a Comm. Gov't. in\nSaigon and that \"we want to humiliate the U.S.\nThis is perfectly in-\nexact. 11 Le said a \"large govt. of national accord\" would be installed in\nSaigon. He also denied RN might meet with NVN leaders in Peking.\nNBC reported Le's charge that US had deliberately broken off the secret\ntalks last Nov. ABC noted his renewed accusation that RN was guilty of\nduplicity for revealing the talks.\nNVN's Army newspaper set the price of peace as \"complete U.S. liquida -\ntion of all forces, all elements and all support that would continue the\nsurvival\" of SVN's govt. and army.\nChou said the US plan won't make\nit possible to end the war. He also said RN may change his mind on the\n8 points.\nThe State Dept. is telling U.S. diplomats worldwide that RN's peace plan\nincludes 12 \"important new elements.\n11\nSen. Gravel charges the Phoenix\nassassination program aimed at VC leaders makes RN's proposals no more\nthan twisted words. The VC won't run for office, said Gravel, as that\nwould \"just give Thieu and his group a nice list of who to go get. 11\nNewsweek says Le Duc Tho still plans, as scheduled before RN's revela-\ntions, to announce a \"dramatic\" new proposal in February.\nIn a cover editorial, the New Republic recalls its long-standing and\nbitter opposition to US policies in VN. And it calls RN's proposal a\npromise of \"the beginning of the end.\nRN has gone beyond [Vietnamiza-\ntion.\n]\nFor the 1st time, publicly, he seems to be seeking realistically\nnot only to get foreign troops out, but to set in motion political forces\nin SVN which may make possible a cease-fire and settlement of conflicting\ninterests. The packaging of the items and the \"conciliatory\" tone are\nnoteworthy. New Republic will countenance no intensified US bombing nor\nwill it blame NVN for suspicion but \"RN has produced a blockbuster that\njust might not unblock the impasse.\n11\nHe's on the right track. 11\nA National Observer survey finds RN winning \"grudging praise\" from a\nnation paying \"unusually close attention\" to a speech which was \"an avowal\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nof sincerity addressed not to Hanoi but to Tulsa.\n11\nSome previously\nanti-RN people strongly backed him with RN often receiving \"good marks\nfrom those who think the US no longer has a chance for a military\nvictory.\nNevertheless, much of the approbation was guarded, reluc-\ntant and grudging\" -- some of it openly cynical about the speech's\npolitical meaning.\nIn its lead article, US News says 2 facts stand out above all else\nin the VN picture: 1) \"The WH is virtually at a dead end\" in its nego-\ntiation efforts. \"It has made all the major concessions it intends to. 11\n2) \"The Communists, who have budged almost not at all since the Paris\ntalks started 44 months ago, appear determined to hold out for total cap-\nitulation by the US. 11 A chart by US News shows up the wide differences\nin position and reports many top US officials don't feel the proposal will\nbe accepted because NVN is \"convinced that it's winning the war and\ntotal victory without compromise is only a matter of time.\nHanoi,\nconfident of victory on its own terms, is more inclined to make peace with\nRN than it was with LBJ. 11\n\"One more try¹¹ in the peace quest is how Sidey views RN's proposal\nin Life. The arguments continue here in the US, many of them worthless,\nas there's virtually no hope of \"making any kind of a reasonable deal with\nHanoi. 11 LBJ would have taken a slice if ever offered. And now we see\nthe \"slow anguished collapse\" of the RN-HAK dreams that a new approach\nmight work even tho they have tried, as HAK says, to do \"everything\nhumanly possible. 11 Nonetheless, says Sidey, the US role in VN is ending\nand will continue to do so. RN fully recognizes any massive retaliatory\naction by the US will more than likely result in a new President\" who will\nend US involvement. 11\nThe Time and Newsweek cover stories on RN's secret agent are\nsimilar in their straight to positive thrust toward Henry Kissinger. Both\npieces review the logistics of the secret talks, the reaction to RN's speech,\nand the unique, wide-ranging influence of HAK. Time points out RN makes\nthe decisions; HAK guides the process. Similarly, Newsweek emphasizes\nthat RN is in charge of the policies.\nBoth mags agree RN threw the critics off balance and, adds Newsweek,\nhis foreign adversaries tho it's questionable whether the war was brought\nany closer to an end. \"The sad reality, 11 says Time, \"seems to be that\nHanoi has no desire to negotiate. 11 There's little incentive in the plan for\nHanoi which is determined to get SVN. Newsweek with several quotes\nfrom State officials downplaying the plan. One says \"a ceasefire is the\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\nmost obvious non-starter of all. 11 Another finds the proposal neither\nthe decisive blow nor decisive offer needed to end the war. Newsweek\nsays the record indicates that NVN is largely responsible for failing to\ntake up the chances for peace.\nIn any case, says Newsweek, the Dems were \"all but speechless\" as\nRN showed he's \"not only a grand strategist but a grand political manipu-\nlator. 11 McGovern may be right tho, says Time, in his prediction that RN\nmay only gain a short-term advantage. Moreover, there is now fresh\ncontroversy over the war. But Time reports a poll by Plesser which\nindicates RN's speech was very timely. The number regarding the war\nas a \"leverage\" issue was up to 42% from 26% 6 months ago. Thus, to\nthe nation, the war was still going on and RN faced a rough time, said\nPlesser. In fact, he faces a relatively rough time no matter who runs\nagainst him 33% are firmly anti-RN voters. And in West (Wash., Ore.\nCalif.), RN trails 59-33 to Muskie with 42% firmly anti-RN. Nationally,\nhowever, RN retains a 46-42 lead over Muskie with Wallace getting 12%.\nDespite 'Brien's remarks, Plesser says Wallace definitely hurts RN\nand for his reelection, Wallace should be eliminated from the race, says\nthe pollster. He also notes no real RN weakness among 18-year olds.\nTime says Kissinger is superb at getting options but notes concern\nover all the responsibilities placed upon him. The Paris trips were\nhectic - - but frustrating in the end to the man who has a foreign policy\nrole unequalled since Dulles. He conceives, executes and explains the\npolicies, says Time, which concludes with HAK's remarks to the Press\nDinner on the loneliness for an America challenged to find the right path.\nAlso, a profile of HAK, the swinger.\nNewsweek writes of the \"superstar\" created by RN; a skilled and\ncool negotiator with power for a professor unseen in Washington since\nWilson. Note also of his demands on the staff and his ability to derive\nthe best from them or they leave, as 25% have. Discussing his future\nplans, HAK, who Time sees as greatly enjoying his prestige, tells\nNewsweek that he's concerned with excessive centrality of his role and\nhe doesn't want his person to become a factor in foreign policy. Specula-\ntion noted that he may leave early in RN's second term.\nOsborne says in New Republic that the primary reason for the\nspeech was \"quieting domestic dissent in this election year and dis-\ncombobulating most¹ of his opponents. The secondary reason was to\ndiscourage criticism and thus cause Hanoi to reduce its hopes that US\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 1, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCHUCK COLSON\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBOK\nSUBJECT:\nPlesser Poll\nThe February 1, 1972 News Summary contained the following\nnote:\n- But Time reports a poll by Plesser which\nindicates RN's speech was very timely. The\nnumber regarding the war as a \"leverage\"\nissue was up to 42% from 26% 6 months ago.\nThus, to the nation, the war was still going\non and RN faced a rough time, said Plesser.\nIn fact, he faces a relatively rough time no\nmatter who runs against him -- 33% are firmly\nanti-RN voters. And in West (Wash., Oregon,\nCali. ) RN trails 59-33 to Muskie with 42%\nfirmly anti-RN. --\nIt was requested that you note the underlined figures and prepare\na brief analysis of Plesser, his organization and techniques.\nPlease forward this report to the Office of the Staff Secretary\nby February 7, 1972.\nThank you.\nCC: H.R. Haldeman\nAlexander P. Butterfield\nJohn D. Ehrlichman\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\ndomestic pressure would force RN to accept Communist terms. The\ntiming, says Osborne, was to obscure the \"horrendous\" deficits and the\ncontinuing India-Pak analysis. The writer says RN was right when he\nimplied his critics must recognize, as Hanoi must, the difference between\nsettlement and surrender.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n6\nOn Wash. Week in Review Lisagor said HAK's talks reaffirmed\nthat the enemy is \"devious, cunning, deceitful and suspicious. 11 He\nsaid RN \"disarmed and discredited\" critics, and bought additional\ntime by removing VN from the front burner\nCoddrey said RN is\ngiving up on negotiations and concentrating on Vietnamization, On\nPOWs, Lisagor noted they'v always been held to the end in past wars,\nbut this is novel situation as Admin. has raised issue to high emotional\nlevel. Robert McNeil said he thought RN would change view of support-\ning Thieu if it was in his political interest, but Lisagor said no.\nLisagor thinks revelation of talks will make NVN, Peking and Moscow\nthink twice about secret talks in future, but noted NVN was using the\ntalks for their own nefarious purposes. Time's Neil McNeil said RN\nmade critics look \"foolish\" and there is sense of duplicity in Cong.\nleadership not being informed. McNeil also sees RN's public announce-\nment showing element of \"desperation\" and that RN has no solution for\nPOW releases. McNeil suspects doves will next suggest abandonment\nof SVN.\nHuman Events, giving the speech only routine mention, says it was\n\"a political master stroke, 11 cutting off the legs of the doves, decreasing\nsupport for Mansfield amendments, building support for Vietnamization\nand laying the groundwork for retaliation if the NVA offensive comes\noff. But there are also \"some disquieting elements, 11 says Human\nEvents, \"including a hint that the Admin is becoming partly 'McGovernized'\non VN. 11 Perhaps it is a too big a price to pay, to undercut critics at home;\nmeanwhile, the Communists are as obdurate as ever.\nOn CBS Spectrum, Jeffrey St. John says this is \"first time in US\nexperience\" that the opposition wants to give everything that the enemy\nwants, and that this may be the new meaning of treason. RN's charge\nof aiding the enemy, says St. John on CBS Spectrum, was not just a\npolitical point but the truth because NVN wouldn't have such confidence\nwithout \"irresponsible and irrational\" rhetoric of critics. Doves have\nbecome the war hawks of Hanoi, says St. John, and want U. S.\n\"humiliation\" to pay for past evils.\nReasoner took a look at RN speech after saying that perhaps our\nbiggest mistake in VN was to set as our goal what was desirable rather\nthan realize what is possible. Since '68, we've been undergoing a\ntortuous retreat and we're still shaving our goals. RN is reducing\nour aims but still there've been more and more deaths, said Harry\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7\nand for what? Reasoner compared RN's withdrawal process to that of\ncutting off a dog's tail bit by bit thereby lengthening and making more\npainful the action. Reasoner then took issue with RN's remark that\nsome in press had been dupes. Oh well, he concluded, Veep sees media\nas a conspiracy; RN only says reporters are dumb.\nAs for the foreign reaction, US News says \"few announcements by\na US President in recent times have drawn wider approval abroad than\nRN's revelations. 11 The mag also has RN's entire speech as well as\n5 pages from Kissinger's briefing.\nBill Bundy writes in Newsweek of a heretofore unnoticed private\ninitiative undertaken in Paris by LBJ's emissary in 165. But, as now,\nHanoi was unwilling to accept SVN's determination of its own political\nfuture. The \"XYZ affair\" wasn't publicized, says Bundy, lest it lose its\nchance of aiding in the search for peace. Bundy sees little chance of\nHanoinow accepting any free choice of a gov't if it wouldn't do SO then.\n\"Hanoi is after a sure thing.\"\nOnly ABC noted RN's latest withdrawal deadline was beaten by\n4 days.\nNBC/CBS note that Westmoreland predicts the NVN offensive within\n10 days will be large compared with the past couple of years, but smaller\nthan 168. He is confident the Allies can handle it as they are stronger\nand the guerrillas weaker than in '68. Chancellor noted 4/5 of all NVN's\nreserves are committed. Also NBC note of Westy's prediction of heavy\nNVA casualties\nB52s bombed NVN troop and supply buildups along\nSVN's western border in the heaviest raids there in 4 months.\nTime says the critical NVN-VC reaction to RN's plan \"made it\ndoubly clear that Vietnamization must work' if RN's hopes are to\nsucceed. But on the battlefield the results aren't conclusive. ARVN\nforces have replaced the US over almost the entire country but they've\nyet to be tested. Despite epidemics of draft dodging and desertion,\nARVN morale is up tho a few setbacks or suspicion of a US sell-out\ncould destroy the new mood. Poor leadership remains ARVN's\nperennial soft spot.\nLife's lead article: 'With pride but no passion, navy pilots fight on\nThey take casualties, lose comrades as POWs and wonder many of\nthem whether what they are doing is worth it. 11 The pilot featured in\nthe story says most want out and quickly. And feels the Communists\nwill take over SVN eventually. To all the pilots, the overriding concern\nis to get the POWs back\nThe Committee of Liaison has a packet of 451\nletters from POWs in NVN.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 1, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nHENRY KISSINGER\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBAK\nSUBJECT:\nAir War\nThe February 1, 1972 News Summary contained the following paragraph:\n- -Life's lead article: \"With pride but no passion,\nnavy pilots fight on\nThey take casualties, lose\ncomrades as POWs and wonder -- many of them --\nwhether what they are doing is worth it. 11 The\npilot featured in the story says most want out --\nand quickly. And feels the Communists will take\nover South Viet Nam eventually.\nIt was requested that you note the underlined portion of the above and the\nfact that this particular comment was chosen for the article.\ncc: H.R. Haldeman\nAlexander P. Butterfield\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n8\nNBC/CBS note that Cambodia has approached NVN for negotiations\nthrough the Soviet Embassy in Phnom Penh. Hanoi says it's too busy\nstudying US proposal, said CBS - - and that's Cambodia's worry - a\nceasefire that would leave them occupied,\nThe agreement Phnom\nPenh is reportedly considering would give the Communists use of\nsanctuaries on the Mekong.\nNBC with a very gloomy appraisal of situation in Cambodia where\nthings are getting worse. Soldiers who've had enough defeats and seen\nenough corruption are deserting. Emphasis on black market sale by\nCambodian officers of US aid goods. War is going badly. Lon Nol\npromotes incompetent, corrupt officers and while this may help him\nstay in power, NBC reporter Phil Brady said public and soldiers are\ngetting tired of it all. Cambodia is a sideshow war propped up by US\nand NVN has the power to decide how many will die.\nThe American Legion said it opposes amnesty for VN deserters\nScotty Reston's VN vet son calls for universal amnesty \"reconciliation,\nnot retribution\" -- in a New Republic article.\nN. IRELAND\nIt's never been SO dangerous, led Chancellor on NBC. The most\nintense pitch in 3 years, said CBS. Renewed tension and prospect of\nmore violence, said ABC. Retaliatory bombings; mobs in Belfast;\n\"anarchy\" in Londonderry where strike was 100% successful; Irish\nRepublic recalled her Amb. to Britain; Catholics say British fired\nfirst tho that question may never be resolved and Bernadette Devlin\ncalled Britain's Maulding a \"murdering hypocrite\" and proceeded to\nscratch and slug him. Articulate and forceful on all nets, Devlin\nsharply attacked British troops for their presence and their rule by\n\"the law of blind force. 11 Would she apologize to Maulding? \"I'm\nsorry I didn't get at his throat, 11 she bitterly responded. He's a\n\"murderer, thug and liar\" and responsible for the 13 dead so far\nas well as the 13 soldiers whose lives will be taken by IRA.\nA priest on NBC film said there was no provocation for the soldiers\nto fire; their actions were \"utterly disgraceful, 11 nobody fired at them.\nBut a British soldier on NBC and CBS said that was \"absolutely\nridiculous;\" a sub-machine and M-1s were fired.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n9\nCBS report on the shocking moments of the \"bloodbath\"; the 40\nminutes of terror; the 100 British bullets into civil rights marchers.\nPriests on film charging \"willful murder. 11 ABC gave more back-\nground on stone throwing, etc. by protesters and said, without\nqualification, that live ammo came from both sides. In any case,\nsaid NBC's Scherer, whatever progress there was toward a solution\nis now gone and tougher to obtain -- even tho a solution is more\nessential than ever.\nThe WH said RN is \"very much aware¹¹ of the strife in N. Ireland\nand doesn't like to see \"such violence break out anywhere. 11 UPI notes\nthis is the first WH public cognizance of the situation.\nThe Irish\nforeign minister is coming to the UN in a renewed attempt to engage\nthat body in some sort of supervisory role. He'll seek US and Canadian\nsupport.\nEMK, branding the deaths as \"wanton slaughter, 11 said he was\n\"appalled at the senseless and terrible new sacrifices of innocent human\nlife. 11 He said the killings resulted from \"the disastrous and repressive\npolicy of internment. 11\nRibicoff said the killings \"make it even more\nobvious that the current British policies have failed. 11\nCHINA\nThe PRC accused RN of \"bare-faced threats\" to plunder developing\ncountries in light of his expropriations statement.\nCBS note that\nDr. Paul White said PRC and U. S. medical men are in the opening\nstages of cooperation on acupuncture.\nABC note that PRC compared India's presence in Bangladesh with\nIsraeli occupation of Arab lands and suggested the USSR defies logic\nby supporting India while opposing Israel.\nMIDEAST\nNearly 3 positive minutes on ABC of Joe Sisco at home, in office\nand running meetings. He's seldom caught napping by anyone, said\nthe admiring Ted Koppel\nReviewing Sadat's troubles with the\nstudent demonstrators, Newsweek finds his trip to Moscow further\nunderlying his precarious position. A concluding quote from a\nWestern diplomat: \"Sadat is clearly in deep trouble and trying his\ndamnedest to buy time. But he'll need mo re than diversionary tactics. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n10\nOTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS\nThe USSR is sending Cuba larger and more heavily armed missile-\nfiring patrol boats, the Pentagon reports\nKing Mahendra of Nepal\ndied.\nNATO's Luns says the Warsaw Pact comminique was ''neither\nwholly negative nor wholly positive\" on the troop cut issue\nUS News\nexpects renewed pressure -- some from within the Admin to pull\ntroops back from Europe's cold war as long as we can pull them back\nfrom VN's hot war.\nDEFENSE\nCBS note that at hearings approving Kenneth Rush, Goldwater\ndenounced Pentagon procurement practices as a disgrace, noting that\n\"the greatest technological country in the world takes 7 to 10 years\nto develop a major weapons system, while the USSR is doing it in 3. 11\nGoldwater demanded a major overhaul of the DOD practices and cited\n\"cost effectiveness\" as the culprit. He also charged men like Rickover\nare being pushed to the bottom of DOD\nSen. Stennis announced he\nwill support a reduction of NATO forces, although not 50%. Rush\nsaid any reduction would be \"a catastrophe. 11 UPI reports the outburst\nby BG, Stennis and Thurmond as additional evidence that concern over\nweapons has spread beyond the small group of critics.\nOtis Pike plans to investigate the armed forces' promotion record\nof females to see if they re given an even break.\n2 page US News article on defense spending: \"New Nixon budget\nserves this notice on Kremlin: Either agree to limit strategic arma-\nments or face a big US build-up. 11 RN has decided, says US News\nthat \"the time has come to start doing something about Russia's fast-\ngrowing military might\nRN hopes to signal Moscow and Peking that\nthey could easily and dangerously miscalculate US resolve.\nAlso\nan interview with Gen. Davison on our NATO forces where there is\nimproved morale and combat readiness.\nNBC/CBS note that William Wooldridge, once the Army's top\nenlisted man and now under federal indictment on charges of conspiring to\ndefraud service clubs in VN, will retire, with full pension and benefits.\nNo courtmartial.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n11\nADMINISTRATION\nRay Conniff says RN was \"very gracious 11 in a Sunday call assuring\nthe bandleader that RN wasn't upset over the protest Friday. \"It was\npretty wonderful\" of RN to call, says Conniff, who noted that for many\nyears he'd minimize his own problems by considering those facing the\nPresident\nNewsweek with note of the unusual for the WH audience\nclamor and the unusual provocation at the Wallace dinner. RN was\nunruffled; Mrs. Mitchell's reaction \"unrestrained. 11 In one of its lead\nAmerican notes another is on the calmer campus Time has a photo\nof RN with the Wallaces as it finds the Digest to have been very successful\npromoting its sanguine belief that man can manage his destiny. \"Brevity,\nof course, is the mag's other asset. 11\nA UPI dispatch leads: \"RN appointed two physicians to his cancer\npanel and directed them to make the drive to conquer the man-killing\ndisease a worldwide effort.\n11\nThe panelists expressed some optimism\nfor finding improved ways to treat cancer, but noted that a cure can't\nbe expected tomorrow. They also called for strengthening anti-cigarette\nefforts.\nStewart Alsop, in the cover story of Atlantic looks at 'Nixon and the\nSquare Majority. 11 He identifies this majority and traces treads of RN's\ncharacter, which are central to his conduct of the office, and to his\nappeal to this group of Americans. Among these characteristics are\nRN's instinct to strike back, his lack of ideology, his deep desire to\nwin, his Black Irish nature, his patriotism and his equally genuine\nlove of football. While the President is a poor politician, in the sense\nin which Americans come to know their politicians as extroverts RN\nis the essence of the \"preacher politician\" and this trait, too, is normally\nevident.\nWhile RN's lack of ideology and desire to win have helped him to\n\"finesse\" the Democrats out of one issue after another, Alsop wonders\naloud how RN will react, when the pressure is on, and a crisis appears --\nif a crisis should come up before November 1972. After that RN would\nhave no worry about winning again, and Alsop would trust his reactions.\nBut he is unsure, if a crisis should arise, with RN in deep danger of\nre-election.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n12\nIn an editorial, Roberts of National Observer charges Steinem went\nbeyond sense and decency in her recent Press Club remarks about RN.\nPerhaps a women's libber who resorts to locker-room jokes is the one\nmost in need of psychoanalysis. Maybe that's unfair, says Roberts.\n\"Perhaps Gloria is just a normal woman who, while escheiving marriage\nfor her own holy reasons, finds a higher satisfaction in making public\nwisecracks about the sexual adjustment of the President. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n13\nJulie has received her M. A. in education from Catholic U\nUS\nNews notes the comment of an official who knows well both HAK and\nRogers on the secret Kissinger trips: \"This is more evidence that the\nreal Secy. of State is Kissinger, not Rogers -- and we are wondering\nhow Bill will take it\"\nThe WH expressed confidence that leaks such\nas the Anderson Papers couldn't happen again. Ziegler said steps\nhave been taken to tighten security around secret sessions.\nConnally said he has \"no plans to leave my present job\" and is\n\"somewhat amused\" by friends predicting he will. He said he doesn't\nknow if he'll campaign for RN as RN and I have never discussed it. 11\nUS News says Connally's brother, Wayne, is convinced the Secy. will\nresign before Nov.\nIn a favorable Time profile, Pete Peterson's trade presentation is\nseen as a large factor in RN's Aug. 15 shock program. \"Personable\n'Maury''' Stans gets good marks for his influence and \"proudly pro-\nEstablishment record. 11 Time implies something however when it says\nhis new job will \"undoubtedly include reminding many favored industrial\nleaders of their debt\" to Stans for his help at Commerce. Flanigan's\nremoval from the domestic economic scene is likely to please Nader\nbut the \"high-level Mr. Fix-it\" for businessmen with a problem is\nlikely to continue helping out in key cases. R and D to increase US\ncompetiveness will be a Peterson goal; Flanigan may push for antitrust\nbreaks for multinationals.\nNewsweek is rough on Stans \"notoriously\" lacked tact in the\nJapanese talks; the African safari film is noted. Peterson gets a\nstraight paragraph. Mrs. Whitman comes off very well for her\nintellect and logic\nA very positive Time piece and photo on the\n\"comely 11 Marina Whitman - \"tough and highly capable\" on the\nPrice Comm; tops at Radcliffe. As for use of her married name\ndisapproved by Women's Lib -- she says she'd have had more difficulty\nif she had been von Neumann's son,\nPay Bd. member Neil Jacoby\nhas been sued by a black college student for allegedly refusing to rent\nher an apartment due to her race.\nSam Ervin charges the WH refused to let Colson and Malek testify\nat the Schorr hearings. Dan himself will testify Tuesday. Ervin also\nreleased a Hoover letter saying that a job inquiry was carried out on\nSchorr at WW request when he was under consideration for a job.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n14\nNewsweek has nearly 2 pages on \"the Czar of the Airwaves, 11 Tom\nWhitehead who has \"managed to infuriate, intrigue and occasionally\nbewilder virtually every sector of the vast US telecommunications\nestablishment. 11 Nick Johnson says it best: \"Whitehead is scaring the\nholy bejesus out of the industry. 11 Across the board, he's shown a\nrare disregard for the realities of Washington realpolitik. And now\nhe's gone into \"the most complex and acrimonious dispute of all\" - -\npublic TV's future. \"His case seems highly reasonable to many, but\nto public - TV veterans, any move toward decentralization could\nthreaten its very existence. 11 Local public-TV stations are evenly split.\nECONOMY\nNBC/CBS note that Dow-Jones dropped 4. 21 in an active day.\nGrappling with $62 B in deficits, said Chancellor, the Admin asked\nHill to raise debt limit and said it may have to do SO again next year.\nLevine said Admin was apologetic and Ways and Means have no choice\nbut to go along. Ullman of Oregon on NBC/ABC film charging Admin with\nbeing evasive on need for new taxes. Granted it's tough politically, he\nsaid, but public wants to know way things are. And Ullman feels tax\nhike is inevitable. On film on NBC/ABC, Connally insisted the Admin.'s\npolicy is to control spending and increase revenues through economic\nrecovery. If those goals are achieved, said the Secy., neither this Admin,\nor whoever is in power next year, will need to raise taxes. But,\nreiterated Levine for NBC, the Comm. feels new tax requests may be\none of 1st requirements of the next Admin. No one seems confident\nof restraining spending or avoiding new taxes. But Connally said\nAdmin has no plans to raise taxes.\nRep. Eckhardt said the Admin. has done a bad job of ojecting\nsurpluses and deficits because it has either not been candid, or engaging\nin \"monstrous self-delusion\" in projecting the economy.\nDavid Lawrence's US News editorial sees no reason for outrage\nover the deficits -- in fact there are billions being invested in assets\nand there is not as much of this as headlines suggest. When the re-\ncovery comes, says Lawrence, the \"deficits\"\" will be substantially\nreduced.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n15\n\"To Create Jobs, RN Pours It On, 11 is the title of Newsweek's\nfeatured business article. RN's Economic report was a modest review\nand look ahead but there was, \"hidden in the blandness, another\nstartling switch in Nixonian policy¹¹ provisions for ¹¹a quick,\nmassive dose of Federal spending to cut unemployment. 11 No one\nis exactly sure what the results will be.\nWanniski of National Observer found the \"good\" deficits received\nin the Capital with only mild disapproval. Most expect the deficits to\nstart diminishing in the years ahead as the economy expands. But\nHuman Events charges that \"this Republican Admin -- appears to have\ncome up with the most fiscally irresponsible budgets in US history\nSuch is yet another bewildering legacy of the Nixon era. 11 Also writing\nin the conservative weekly, Henry Hazlitt calls the budget \"appallingly\nout of control. 11 And he sharply raps Connally's defense of the deficits\nand the uncertainty he indicated to the Chamber over the duration of\ncontrols.\n2 pages in US News on the WH-CEA forecast for a bright 172 despite\nsome possible problems on the horizon in the area of inventory building,\nhousing, and trade. US News notes, as do other reports, that Herb\nStein called particular attention to the statement saying speculation over\nan early end to controls is \"groundless\".\nAnother 3 pages on the\n\"people\" side of the budget vast numbers are affected as domestic\nspending climbs and climbs\nAnd US News presents a 2-page red-\ndominated graph of the budget over 20 years -- 16 deficits, 4 surpluses\nand RN's reaching an unmatched \"flood of red ink. 11\nPHASE 2\nMrs. Whitman says Phase 2 seems to be working and the 2-3%\ninflation goal should be approached. \"Those of us on the Price Comm.\nhave been pleasantly surprised on how Ph. 2 has worked thus far. 11\nCommerce's Podesta defended inconsistencies in Ph. 2 decisions as\nnecessary to prevent \"smothering the economy's ability to move\nforward at a stable effective pace\nYou can't have simplistic\nsolutions to complex problems. 11\nBut Time's economic feature finds \"a growing national doubt about\nPhase 2. 11 There is cynicism and concern over equity. But \"despite\nthe popular disillusionment, many e oo nomists and businessmen believe\nPhase 2 is generally pushing ahead toward its goal: to slow inflation. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n16\nOkun gives it a solid \"B. 11 In an upcoming tour of the nation, Grayson\nand staff must correct public misunderstandings that were \"needlessly\ncreated in the rush\" to get the program going. Okun says \"many were\nled to expect too much and now they'are convinced that Uncle Sam is\nnot living up to his commitment. 111 But Time says the economy will\nbe much better off if the controls are retained as long as necessary.\nIn a US News interview, Pay Bd. member Virgil Day downplays\nthe talk of disunity and delay on the Board saying \"it is beginning\nto operate in a coherent manner\nThere is an atmosphere of realism\nand we are trying to function as a unit. 11 He sees no chance Labor will\nwalk out and he praises both Boldt's tolerance and competence. Day\nsays it'll be 6 months before we can tell if RN's objectives will be\nreached but Day is optimistic.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n17\nThe news is \"sobering\" these days, leads the Tomorrow newsletter\nin US News. VN won't end quickly; inflation dangers are fanned by the\ndeficits; controls may last well into '73; the economy isn't recovering\nas fast as hoped. \"Actually, the outlook is brighter\" and the Admin\nwill be pushing hard to move things faster. \"Despite many problems,\nAmericans are finding some trends working for them. \"\nThe Civil Service Comm will instruct agencies to put delayed\nwage increases for bluecollar workers into effect.\nOTHER ECONOMY\nPrices farmers received for raw products jumped 3% in Jan. and\naveraged 13% more than a year ago.\nUS News, in its Trend of\nAmerican Business, notes RN's emphasis on raising productivity and then\nrunsdowns the recent positive stix: Leading indicators -- \"point to a\nsurge\"; machine tool orders; home building.\nUnemployment is hanging on \"like a debilitating flu\", says Time.\nAnd little more than mild relief can be expected from RN's remedies.\nDoubling the Emergency Jobs program might help more as would a\ntax-credit program to encourage new jobs. Tho the jobless may only\ndrop 1%, Time notes that equals 800, 000 persons more than the\n'68 margin of decision.\nSunday's LA Times led with a story saying\n\"the fear is growing in the Admin that, try as it might, it is not\ngoing to put much of a dent in the 6% unemployment rate. 11 Some\nwithin the Admin \"would be overjoyed\" to get down to 5%. Admin\nviews on the women and youth in the market, the slowdown in new\n\"good jobs\", the growing reservoir of \"hidden unemployed\" are\ndetailed in this piece. Some of same points noted in Time's story.\nAnother Time economy article tells of the continuing refusal of\nbusiness to open up -- considering the past premature Gov't forecasts\nof boom, their \"caution, confusion and cynicism are perfectly natural. 11\nIt may take a strong IQ before corporations open their checkbooks.\nThe views of Connally, Archie Davis, Dean Grayson and Pete\nPeterson dominate a 2 page US News review of US problems in trade\nand the need to improve technology and productivity.\nAnother\npage on Peterson emphasizes his No. 1 Aim at Commerce: \"making\nUS business more competitive in world trade. 11 A straight to positive\nprofile.\nUS News is joined by Time and Newsweek in reporting\nGM's problems at its Lordstown, Ohio plant where a young work force\nis frustrating GM's efforts to improve productivity.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n18\nDOCKS\nRN will meet with Reagan and Evans to assess the W. Coast dock\nstrike in which negotiations resumed Monday. CBS note of the talks\nand Hodgson's call for Hill action. He \"hopes but doesn't expect¹\nthe talks to settle the strike.\nRep. Frank Thompson said his panel\nwould consider drafting a bill that would in effect write a labor\ncontract binding on both union and management. \"We're not stalling, 11\nhe told Hodgson. \"This bill is too complicated to resolve in just two\nor three days. 11\nUPI notes a Moscow, Idaho housewife in her 3rd day of a fast which\nshe hopes will help lead to progress. She is upset over the loss of\nmarkets to local wheat farmers.\nCargo diverted to Mex. by the\ndock strike began to move into the U.S. again but not through the main\nport of entry.\n\"Toll of Dock Strike on Business, Farmers, Workers\n\"\nis head over 2 page US News feature on the failure of Congress to move\nwith any sense of urgency on RN's call.\nRACIAL AFFAIRS\nABC note that Senate defeated 59-16 a Southern-led move to continue\nexemption of state and local government employees from employment\ndiscrimination.\nAnd conceding the Tuesday attempt will fail, Senate\ncivil rights advocates gathered signatures for a 2nd cloture vote to\nhalt the Southern filibuster.\nABC film from Las Vegas where\nblacks are finally being allowed to work the gaming tables.\nDenver integrated two of its seven predominantly-black public\ngrade-schools. It was the first major breakthro ugh in creating racial\nbalance there in more than a year.\nAnti-busing forces in the Senate are only 2-3 votes short of victory,\nsays Totenberg in National Observer. \"Congress is on the verge of\nlegislating the courts out of the busing business. 11 If Ervin's bill\nfails, he'll tack it on to the women-rights amendment. But that\nmight doom that proposal too -- an outcome which Ervin wouldn't\nmind.\nNewsweek with a page on the busing issue -- the most\npassionate of all local concerns. Even Spock came out in opposition.\nEagleton says the controversy isn't helping the Dems \"one damn\nbit. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n19\nOTHER DOMESTIC AFFAIRS\nRN telephoned Ribicoff to re-enlist support for FAP, saying he stood\nready to \"sit down and discuss the situation and not let it get bogged down\nin Committee. 11 Ziegler said RN was \"not at that point¹ of agreeing to\nplace the proposal on a pilot base operation nor is the Comm. RN\nalso phoned Long and Bennett \"to make sure that the Committee under-\nstood that he did support welfare reform.\n11\nAn AP dispatch leads:\n\"Fighting to keep his plan alive, RN, telephoned Ribicoff offering to\n\"seek a common ground and work out a strategy\" to get the measure\npassed.\nThe AFL-CIO's Biemiller said labor sufferd a painful setback when\nRibicoff backed away from FAP but it couldn't support his new position.\nAnd Biemiller denounced Long's proposal as \"wage slavery. 11\nHEW\nsaid Richardson still opposses limiting the plan to a test\nSen. Bennett\nsaid he could support Long's concept but working out details might be\na problem.\nRN will ask for $1. 3B in Federal loan guarantees to help spur expan-\nsion of industry, business and community facilities in rural areas\nThe\ngovt. announced the first assignment ever of Fed. doctors and other health\nworkers to provide direct patient care in 18 rural and big city areas with\ncritical health manpower shortages\nCBS note of AEC ok of 1st nuclear-\npowered heart pacemaker.\nCBS note that FTC ordered cold-and-cough-remedy manufacturers\nto document such advertising claims as relief within minutes\nABC/\nCBS note that cigarette makers agreed to print prominent black-bordered\nhealth warnings in all ads\nCBS noted FDA ordered sharp cutbacks in\nuse of antibiotics in animal feeds lest humans pick up too much residue\nand thus impair effectiveness of drugs when really needed.\nNBC film of Cesar Chavez' cousin Manuel in Florida where he is\nfollowing in famed relative's footsteps to organize farm workers on citrus\nplantations. Confident of success and anxious to avoid the California\nexperience. Minute Maid is receptive and not opposing the union. A\ncontract signed with that huge firm owned by Coke would be a major victory.\nA Time business feature looks at the major problems besetting the\nad industry. The FTC has worried Madison Ave. thru the anti-trust\nattack on the cereal companies, the order that counterclaim commericals\nbe allowed and the call for honest, backed-up ads. There is improvement,\nsays Time, but some in the industry \"have not yet grasped the profound\nchange in values that is reshaping US society, putting new emphasis on a\nsimpler life and plainer talk. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n20\nEDUCATION\nAs earlier suggested by OEO's Sanchez, preliminary results show\nperformance contracting is no more successful than traditional class-\nroom methods in improving skills of poor children.\nMcGovern said\nthe Govt. should pay at least 1/3 of public elementary and secondary\neducation costs.\nA Life story on today's graduating high schoolers. They can't\nremember a time without VN. JFK's assassination was their signal\nthat the atmosphere in which they were to grow up would be one of\nviolence and suddenness. They have no use for illusions; are wary\nof almost everything from parents to communes; they want security,\nstability and material comfort. Group sex, etc., are regarded as\n\"ridiculous. 11 They still strongly oppose VN and violence and don't\nrepresent the Silent Generation of the '50s. But activism isn't attractive.\nThere is a sense of frustration with politics altho most plan to vote.\nCRIME-RELATED\nNBC/CBS note that FAA ordered all US scheduled airlines to start\nimmediately screening passengers and baggage for weapons or sabotage\ndevices.\nTwo men convicted of the 1970 sniper slaying of two Chicago police-\nmen have been sentenced for up to 199 years each\nNYC police\nidentified four members of the militant black liberation army being\nsought in the ambush last Thursday of two NYC cops. They were not\nlabeled suspects.\nFilm on 2 nets and note on third that Irving's appearance before a\nManhattan grand jury was postponed. He and his wife refused to say a\nthing to press. Zurich police issued arrest warrants for Irving and his\nwife after locating $442, 000 in cash and other valuables in a bank.\nNBC/CBS film as 18 supporters of Angela Davis were arrested for\nviolating tough demonstration regulations at the opening of her pre-trial\nhearings. $700, 000 spent so far on courtroom security. One reporter\nnoted Angela didn't appear as sick as she's been claiming\nThe Gov't\nhas moved to renew legal proceedings against the Seattle Seven asking for\na hearing to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n21\nTime has a 2-page review on the increasing controversy over grand\njury use. \"Even such sober observers as Harvard law prof Vorenberg\nprofess to see today's grand juries as equivalent to the Hill committees\nof the McCarthy '50s. Unless there is reform, 11 says Time, such\ncriticisms are likely to grow louder. 11\nHoover says in the FBI Bulletin that judges must deal \"promptly\nand decisively\" with courtroom disruptions or the judiciary will lose\nthe faith of the public. Hoover said \"public agitations\" and \"blatant\noutcries\" against a judge who takes firm action are equally disturbing.\nPOLITICS\nNational Observer's Edwin Roberts writes a sharp blast at Dems\nas he defends RN while acknowledging that R.N may be boring -- after\nall he hasn't got us in any new wars nor played nuclear chicken with\nMoscow. And he has quieted down campus and racial unrest while\nalso trying to contain inflation rather than fuel it. As for the exciting\nDems whose past leaders presided over the start of 4 wars in this\ncentury, Muskie seems the best \"in a startlingly mediocre field. 11\nRoberts says Lindsay apparently believes that \"nothing succeeds like\nfailure [and thus] he is anxious to bring his special talents to all\nAmericans. 11 Overall the Dem contenders show the noise and promises\nlong associated with their party but \"whoever they choose will be up\nagainst an incumbent with a good record of dealing with problems in-\nherited\" from the Dems. \"RN has displayed both initiative and\nmoderation during his 1st term, and if that's boring, a lot of\nAmericans will be content to find their thrills outside the area of\npublic policy. 11\nMuskie said in Fla. that \"we must bring relief and reform to our\nproperty tax system. 11 He proposed a $1 B program of direct federal\naid to the elderly.\nMuskie, focusing also on POWs in Fla. wore\na bracelet for a while with a POW's name on it; Mrs. Muskie will wear\none til the men are home -- the POW she is remembering was captured\non her birthday.\nIt's 2-5 that Muskie will get the nod, says Jimmy the Greek. And\na Time survey agrees. Even if Wallace beats him in Fla., Muskie's in\ngood shape. He'd get 60% now of Eastern Dems. In New England,\nhe'll get almost all the delegates. 55% is expected in NH. He may get\nall in Mass. In the South Muskie is hurting only in Va., NC and SC\ndoes he look good. Midwest Dems look good for Muskie tho Iowa was\na setback and he could be hurt in the big cities. And he should get a\nplurality of delegates in the West.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n22\nThe head of Md's 25, 000 classified employees said Wurf's\nendorsement may hurt Muskie in Md. It gave Edward Jones \"second\nthoughts. 11 New Republic notes 2 of Muskie's \"under-30\" delegates\non the Ohio slate are Frank Dole's son and the 19-year-old mayor\nof Newcomerstown who had indicated moderate-to-conservative\nleanings in various media interviews.\nSen. McGovern said he would resign if he couldn't end the VN\nwar within a few days of being elected and challenged Muskie to debate\nin NH.\nGeorge also called for \"a greatly expanded national program\n[to] alleviate oppressive property tax burdens. \"\nHHH received endorsement from Mayor Cervantes of St. Louis\nand mayor-elect Berry of Cincinnati.\nABC/CBS noted that Lindsay will seek del egates in Kans., Va.,\nColo., Okla., and Wash. in view of his strong Ariz. showing. It was\nsurprising, conceded Sevareid, and the Arizona results certainly\nincreased the number of young, women (40%) and Spanish-speaking\nin that delegation. It was a P r boost for Lindsay and hurt McGovern\nmore than Muskie tho the latter did make tactical errors and was\noutpolled by the left-liberals by 6% But no national pattern here,\ncautioned Sevareid; wait for the bigger primaries. After all only\n15% of Dems voted.\nABC film with Lindsay at 6 a. m. in cold Wisc. where he was\nobviously showing pleasure over Ariz. Called least effective in\nspeeches and best in informal setups, some like a farm visit, arranged\nsolely for cameras. Still, in rural Wisc, he talks about problems of\nbig cities. Clip of JVL criticizing RN and AG for not standing up to\ngun lobby and preventing hand guns to be SO prevalent. He referred\nto deaths of NYC cops from handguns. But reporter found JVL\nweaker than elsewhere -- as of now he'd be No. 4 in Wisc.\nLindsay called his 168 support of VP Agnew a \"boo-boo\"\nUS News notes some NY politicians feel JVL is aiming for Javit's\nseat in '75.\nPerry in Fla. with Lindsay found 2 superb politicos in Evers\nand Askew but the National Observer's political writer found JVL\nto be struggling for a style and theme. Hard talk is promised, but\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n23\nhe gives \"rambling, sometimes incoherent rhetoric. 11 Instead of a\ntough fight, he's \"ethereal, almost bemused. 11 He does score\nconstantly in the \"charisma\" area, but even that's more a posture\nthan anything else. One of Perry's roughest articles on anyone in a\ngood while. He gives excerpts from an incoherent Lindsay speech\nwhere 125 blacks sat on their hands -- (over the weekend 200 MDs\nresponded similarly to JVL.) Nonetheless, Perry feels sex appeal\nmay give Lindsay the 4th place in Fla. ahead of McGovern.\nNewsweek says Fla. is now crucial for everyone, including Wallace.\nMuskie must beat HHH to retain his lead-stance. So far Wallace's\npresence has dominated the campaign. Consensus polls show him with\n25% and Muskie and HHH in the low 20s or high teens\nWallace tells\nStewart Alsop of his scenario of power in which he'll get enough support\nto cause a ruckus in Miami and then go on to rack up enough votes as the\nAIP candidate to force \"the next Pres. to pay Wallace's price. 11 He\nscornfully dismisses talk of a deal with the Admin to drop out and is\nespecially scornful of the stories of his income-tax troubles. Alsop's\nNewsweek column finds McGovern's uncertainty on busing to indicate\n\"how very shrewd Wallace [has been] to put all his chips on busing. 11\nAlsop says the issue is no longer a sleeper, \"and it is bigger and uglier\nthan ever. It may be big and ugly enough to give Wallace.\nthe whip\nhand in the electoral college. 11\nJackson on ABC clip which opened, as usual, noting Scoop's identity\nproblem. Wallace is hurting him badly. So new tricks -- to Birmingham\nand then to Ga. to rap busing and Wallace and to support a strong\ndefense. Maddox liked it all except the \"gutter politics\" blast at\nGeorge. Reporter Clark agreed that's a risky course in Wallace land\nbut it may be Jackson's only way to stay alive in Fla.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n24\nCBS AM News noted that Chisholm's name was not brought up at\nthe Black Caucus call for a convention and only 2 of her Black M. C.\ncolleagues have endorsed her.\nWhatever happens, notes Time,\nShirley Chisholm's bravado is impressive. She says she has better\nexperience and education than all but 6 or 7 Presidents and her\nIQ is a near genius 160. \"I am a very brilliant-minded woman. 11\nNewsweek says Chisholm won't give up her delegates unless the\nrival promises an Indian for Interior, a woman to run HEW, a black\nin the Cabinet and a marked hike in minorities in policy-making jobs.\nYorty said in NH that RN has plunged the nation into a \"fiscal\nfairyland\". He accused the Admin of \"robbing the people through\ndebased currency and a highly inflationary fiscal policy.\nHartke\nwill enter the Calif. primary.\nIn a poll with 12% of the students voting, Stanford gave McGovern\n30% 13% each for RN and Muskie. Chisholm and McCarthy were\nnext.\nAskew will be the Dem. Keynoter.\nHuman Events notes\nLippmann's agreement with Acheson on the subject of JFK: \"He\nwas out of his depth. 11\nCBS note of McCloskey's charge that Stans' new role considering his\npast job is \"not in keeping with honest gov't. 11\nNewsweek has 2\ncolumns on the slight souring of \"the Admin's milk money. 11 The\nstory of the price support reversal and the contributions following it is\ndetailed with note made that 60 other MCs 34 Dems share the\nAdmin's embarrassment over the funds. Nader says: \"A victory\nhere will open the way for other suits of this kind.\n11\nTime note\nof Nader's suit concludes by noting the \"no comment\" from the WH\nbut adding that \"RN doubtless wishes Nader would switch from milk\nto hemlock. 11\nLeland Kaiser of Calif, Exec. V. Chmn. of the RNC Finance\nCommittee in '68, will direct Ashbrook's fund-raising.\nIn its\np. 1 feature Human Events calls for campaign funds for Ashbrook\nas it discusses \"the importance of his Candidacy\" even more\nimportant in wake of the deficits, new spending programs and \"fresh\nconcessions offered the Communists in Paris. 11 HE said Ashbrook's\ncandidacy already has paid off in \"concrete concessions from the WH\":\n1) Veto of the \"wildly radical child development bill\"; 2) Warm praise\nfor the Veep on the Rather interview; 3) ARNOs freshinterest in defense\nspending. \"The essential fact for conservative to r emember is that\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 2, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCHUCK COLSON\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBAK\nSUBJECT:\nStanford Poll\nThe February 1, 1972 News Summary contained the following paragraph:\n--In a poll with 12% of the students voting, Stanford\ngave McGovern 30%, 13% each for RN and Muskie. --\nIt was requested that you note these poll results and the fact\nthat Senator McGovern didn't get heavy support from the college\nstudents.\nCC: H.R. Haldeman\nAlexander P. Butterfield\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 2, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCHUCK COLSON\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBOLL\nSUBJECT:\nAshbrook Candidacy\nThe February 1, 1972 News Summary contained the following\nparagraph:\n- - HE (Human Events) said Ashbrook's candidacy\nalready has paid off in \"concrete concessions from\nthe WH\": 1) Veto of the \"wildly radical child\ndevelopment bill\"; 2) Warm praise for the Vice\nPresident on the Rather interview; 3) RN's fresh\ninterest in defense spending. --\nIt was noted that the above was absolutely wrong and it should\nbe countered immediately.\nThis the type of little lie that cannot be left standing -- it only\ncontributes to the myth that the President is totally political.\nPlease forward a report on action taken to counter this statement\n-- including any results by February 9, 1972.\nThank you.\nCC: H. R. Haldeman\nAlexander P. Butterfield\nJohn D. Ehrlichman\nJim Cavanaugh\nRon Ziegler\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n25\nRN bends to pressure. 11 Human Events also has a 4 -page campaign-\nstyle bio and profile on Ashbrook.\nThe FCC ruled Pat Paulsen is a \"bona fide\" GOP candidate and\ncomes under \"equal time\" provisions.\nTower formally announced\nfor reelection.\nCBS AM News carried a positive 4 min. seg.\nof Indianapolis City Councilman and basketball star Roger Brown,\nciting his decision to run as a Republican as the \"GOP has done\na lot for the city. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n26\nMISCELLANY\nNBC/ABC note that entire Austrian team may boycott winter\nOlympics due to banning of a star skier for too many endorsements --\ncommer cialism, pointed out an ABC film report, goes far beyond\nany one man at Olympics, tho\nCongress passed resolutions sup-\nporting Denver for '76 Winter Olympics and Colorado MCs said\ncriticism of the planning is misguiding. You can't stagnate, 11 said\nDominick. Meanwhile the Int'l Olympic Comm. accepted Denver's\nplans which move some of the events up to 150 miles away from the\ncity to ensure enough snow.\nLATE NEWS\nIsrael's Chief of Staff Elazar said the Soviet Union's current\nmilitary involvement in the Mid East is not sufficient to change the\nbalance of power\nMrs. Meir will invite Brandt to Israel, thus\nindicating a readiness by her. to be the first Israeli PM to officially\nvisit W. Germany.\nCORRECTION\nOn p. 15 of the January 29, 1972, news summary, distributed Sat.,\nreferences to Herb Stein in the last item are incorrect. The item\nrefers instead to George Shultz' appearance before the Mahon committee\nwhich greeted him and the Admin budget in \"chilly\" fasion.\n# # # #\n***\nNOTE TO THE PRESIDENT:\nLeslye was absolutely beside herself with appreciation for your\nphone call Monday. Buchanan and Allin also appreciate your taking\nthe time to call her.\n***\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nFOR TUESDAY, FELRUARY 1, 1972\nJANUARY 29, 1972\nWilliam S. White\nWar Issue Is Deflated\nTHE THUNDER on the\nnot running for President or\nhim \"inflexible.\" It now de-\nleft against this govern-\nanything else and is thus\nvelops that he was \"flexi-\nment's policy in the Viet-\nfree of political motivation\nble,\" indeed so much so\nnam war is declining in vol-\n- as to fragment a hereto-\nthat in any different na-\nume and rumbling off into\nfore monolithic new-isola-\ntional atmosphere he would\nthe far distances - the far-\ntionist, new pacifist anti-\nright now be denounced not\nout distances. In fact in both\nNixon bloc in the Sente.\nfor being beastly to the\nsenses.\nYesterday, the chic thing\nenemy but instead for con-\nPresident Nixon's disclo-\nwithin this bloc was to in-\nceding it far too much.\nsure that during 30 months\ndict the President as just\nThe nub of the business is\nof secret negotiations he\nshort of a war-lover. Today\nthat Mr. Nixon has managed\nhad offered the Communist\nthe dean of the college, so\nto make it plain, to all will-\nenemy just about what most\nto speak, sees the President\ning to listen to his propos-\nof his critics had been clam-\nas not too far short of a gen-\nals, that the more violent of\noring for and one-side\nuine peace-seeker.\nhis antagonists on Vietnam\nAmerican troop withdrawal\nMcGovern, McCarthy,\nwill never be satisfied with\nin exchange for American\nLindsay and company, then,\nanything he may do. The\nprisoners of war and a\nare suddenly cast into an\nwhole meaning of their posi-\ncease-fire — has largely neu-\narea of isolation from the\ntion contemplates uncondi-\ntralized all save his extre-\nmain body of the antiwar\ntional American surrender,\nmist and unappeasable oppo-\npeople. Moreover, the impli-\nthough no doubt they do not\nsition.\ncation they continually raise\nsee it in this light.\nUnless one supposes that\n- that the United States\n© 1972, United Feature Syndicate\nthe Democratic Party will\nshould demand no ounce of\nnominate as a presidential\nreciprocity from the enemy\ncandidate some wild-blue-\nand indeed should join the\nyonder aspirant such as\nenemy in the destruction of\nGeorge McGovern. Eugene\nour allied government of\nMcCarthy or John Lindsay,\nSouth Vietnam is cer-\nit well may be that an issue\ntainly not going to do any-\nSO often prematurely pro-\nthing to bring them back\nclaimed to be dead may this\ninto the main stream of\ntime be actually dead, for all\nDemocratic politics.\npractical purposes.\nSen. Edward Kennedy,\nFor the leading rivals for\nparenthetically, is associated\nthe nomination, Edmund\nwith them. But since he\nMuskie and Hubert Hum-\nsteadfastly disavows any am-\nphrey, have basically ac-\nbition for a presidential can-\ncepted both the legitimacy\ndidacy of his own. His views\nand the adequacy of the\nwill not have much influ-\nPresident's renewed and\nence unless, of course, he\nextraordinarily generous\nshould at some point change\npeace offer to the Commu-\ntactics and become \"availa-\nnists. True enough, Muskie\nble.'\nand Humphrey grouse a bit\naround the edges; but this is\nIN PRACTICAL political\nmainly only to keep a hand\nterms the President has hit\nthe hard core of automatic\nin.\nEven more importantly, so\n\"antiwarism\" a very heavy\ntireless an adversary in the\nblow. This is not so much\nbecause of his disclosure\npast as the Democratic\nPRESERVATION COPY\nleader of the Senate, Mike\nand renewal of what are in\nMansfield, has applauded\ntruth quite old concessions\nMr. Nixon for \"a long step\nto the Communists, rather,\nit is because of the revela-\nforward.\"\ntion that for 30 long months\nTHE VITAL POINT here\nhe has been trying to per-\nis not that as Mansfield goes\nsuade the Communists to ac-\nso goes the Senate, for that\ncept American. proposals\nwould overstate the matter.\nthat the hard core was ac-\nRather it is that Mansfield's\ncusing him of not being will-\nposition and power are such\ning to tender at all.\nparticularly since he is\nThe hard core was calling\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1972\nBeside the stories highlighted on p. 1 of the news summary, the\nfollowing are of interest on this day when tension is high in N. Ireland as\nlarge numbers of British troops are on alert for the funerals:\n1. N. Ireland problem is no longer being approached in bipartisan\nmanner in Britain. Lead in Times.\n2. Optimism on SALT tho no firm accord yet reached as sessions\nrecess in move seen related to PRC trip.\n3. Post and Times both front-paging story that a GOP N.J.\nantipoverty official has criticized the UP for interfering in a poor people's\nlaw suit.\nRelating to Admin, several stories are p. 1 in some papers: RN's\nrequest for rural funds (leads WS Journal's news review and is well played\nelsewhere); the Schorr testimony -- - not as prominent as TV tho; Justice's\nantitrust suit against milk producers (p. 1 in Times, Post, Trib); Admin\nconsidering $16 B VAT; Reagan raps FAP and questions RN's own belief in it.\n5. Post leads with story that US wants mutual limit on Navy units\nin Indian Ocean\nSun leads with surprise Garmatz decision not to run\nagain\nTrib banner on teacher cutbacks.\n6. Reston with more sympathetic view than in some of his past\naccounts of RN's trip to China\nStringer in Monitor on RN, the man who\ngets things done.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n-2-\n7. Straight to positive Semple review of RN's Tuesday activities.\nPost with good inside photo of prayer breakfast. Also photo in Sun, Inquirer\nand News, latter 2 w/ story on prayers for trips.\nJulie photo with blind\ntops P. 3 in Inquirer\nFeature in Post on progress inccurbing drug abuse\nin Army\nAnd this is the day of M The Dems Are Broke\" ad.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nNEWS SUMMARY\nFebruary 2, 1972HE\nPRESIDENT HAS SEEN\n(Tuesday nets, wires)\nThe major stories of the day:\n-\nAll nets again led with the continuing violence and increased tensions\nin N. Ireland. A national day of mourning is called for Wed. in the\nIrish Republic.\n-\nNew development in Indochina SVN planes have been bombing Ho\nTrail for 2 months\nKalb reports secret talks weren't renewed\nbecause US refused to meet with anyone lower than Le Duc Tho --\nspecifically Xuan Thuy.\nThere've now been 12 protection\nreaction raids against NVN in 2 days -- the most since '68.\n2 nets with film of RN at the Prayer Breakfast where he said either\nwe live together or die together and asked for prayers that US will\nbe \"on God's side\" during his upcoming trips.\n-\nSchorr on all nets taking a very negative view toward FBI checks on\nunknowing persons and sharply rapping Admin. for a calculated\nprogram to intimidate and discredit media tho he didn't directly\nconnect his personal experience to that intimidation.\n2 nets note WH is considering a $16B VAT to replace property tax\nfor school financing.\n-\nReagan, to delight of Senate conservatives, sharply criticized FAP\nfilm on one net.\n-\nThreat of staph outbreaks among babies no longer washed with FDA-\ncriticized hexacloraphene.\nSoul-filled rites for Mahalia Jackson on film on all nets and 2 nets\nwith film of heavily-attended rites for 2 NYC policemen who were\nbuddies in VN and murdered last week.\nSevareid implored Hill to pass Peace Corps funds as requested by\nAdmin; Brinkley recalled no country ending a war ever hiked defense\nspending before this one. He buttressed his usual anti-DOD blast\nwith criticisms of procurement practices leveled by Goldwater,\nStennis and Thurmond.\nOklahoma City has been ordered to desegregate schools this fall.\nFilm on Denver's confusion over charge of de jure segregation.\nthe AG suggests Admin. might oppose the Merhige decision in\nDem Richmond. Ed Edwards beat Dave Treen for La. Gov., though Treen made\nbest GOP showing since Reconstruction.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n2\nINDOCHINA\nIt's clear Hanoi was ready to continue the secret\ntalks at only a somewhat lower level, said Kalb.\nThe US refused to deal with Xuan Thuy -- we'd\nonly take Le Duc Tho or equivalent. NVN didn't\ncomply. State says there are no serious negotiations\nnow underway, concluded Marvin.\nState expressed hope that public disclosure of US\nand NVN positions \"could help to move us towards\na more serious consideration of the problems,\nparticularly by the other side. 11\nNVN strongly\ndenied reports that there is a plan for it to have\npeace talks with Cambodia\nFormer POW John Sexton said RN's proposal is\n\"a step in the right direction\" and said he was\ndisgusted over the way the VC told him they\nwould free him and all other POWs as soon as\nRN set a pullout date. He did and \"the VC lied, 11\nsaid Sexton.\nAll nets noted the first-time-ever SVNAF bomb-\ning of the Ho Trail\nAn NVA offensive of\n\"substantial proportions, 11 according to ABC,\nis still expected\nCBS noted 2 US soldiers\nwere killed and 4 wounded. That's the highest\n24-hr. US combat death toll in 7 weeks, say\nwires.\nNVN, VC, Pathet Lao and Cambodia's rebel move-\nment will meet to redefine war and peace aims on\nthe eve of RN's Peking visit.\nSen. Buckley said RN's overtures to the PRC\nhas created terribly damaging \"shock waves\"\nto Asia allies over US military commitments.\nRN's PRC trip has caused \"all kinds of lingering\ndoubts over what would be the deals made under\nthe table, 11 said Buckley, and announced he plans\nto request a meeting soon with RN to report his\nno\nfindings.\ncan't entime to\nAt\nhave\nhim see\nhave we the then muts use Hich as us\nI\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3\nN. IRELAND\nAll nets led with mounting tensions in N. Ireland,\nwith film showing barricades of commandeered\nvehicles being used to block off Catholic commu-\nnities, bombings and demonstrations at the\nBritish Embassy and Amb. residence in Dublin,\nsniper fire and an encounter across the border.\nThousands on strike. The first British soldier\nin revenge for Sunday's violence was killed.\nIRA has promised a total of 26. All noted the\ncrisis is far from over. The funeral for Sunday's\n13 victims will be Wed. and thousands are expect-\ned to attend from the Irish Republic.\nAll nets noted that Britain's top judge, tough law-\nand-order man Lord Widnery will investigate\nthe situation, but the Irish feel no Englishman\ncan give an impartial hearing.\nA Catholic doctor at the post mortem said mos\nof the 13 killed Sunday were shot in the back.\nBut the British Gov't said the Army had conducted\nitself \"with great skill and great restraint. 11\nIrish Republic's foreign minister said it \"may\nhave to move to get English troops out of N.\nIreland\"\nState said the US is obviously\nconcerned and saddened by the events but cannot\nplay a direct role. The situation is very complex,\na very tangled problem and it's better to leave\nthe solution to involved countries.\nMayor Daley termed the British occupation in\nN. Ireland a \"sham, 11 and referred to British as\n\"storm troopers. 11 He sent $25,000 from the\nDaley Irish Relief fund to aid families of the dead\nand wounded\nRibicoff said Britain \"should be\ncondemned\" for its actions and the \"time has come\nfor people to speak out on problems not just in\ntheir own back yard. 11\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n4\nCHINA\nNBC noted DOD says PRC has missiles with a\n2, 000 mile range, capable of striking into USSR\nThe latest Soviet pocket manual of communism\nexcludes all reference to China and Albania\nAnd UPI notes a recent Soviet TV show on Maoist\nChina depicting it as \"a land of militaristic robot\npeople victimized by Mao's brainwashing and\nbullying. 11\nSEATO will conduct naval exercises in the South\nChina Sea during RN's Peking visit, but it's purely\na defensive exercise negotiated prior to RN's\nplans and there is \"certainly no intention of being\nprovocative, 11 says SEATO.\nThe PRC will lend Chile $65 M. The USSR gave\nChile a $50 M loan last month.\nUSSR\nNBC noted SALT ends Friday but will probably\nresume in the spring and there could be a deal\nbefore RN goes to the USSR\nSpokesmen rejected\nsuggestions that adjournment was connected with\nRN's Peking visit.\nNATO's Luns said the presence of substantial U. S.\nforces in Europe is \"indispensable and irreplace-\nable\" for the foreseeable future as the USSR\nhasn't changed objectives even if they' re more\n\"subtle\" in presentation. Luns charged USSR\nmilitary moves are often the wedge for introducing\npolitical influence and said the East and West had\nnow entered an \"area of negotiations\" which \"will\nbe characterized by policies of movement and\nmaneuver,\n11\nReportedly Russia may now agree\nto negotiate with Brosio on troop cuts.\nINDIA-PAKISTAN-\nChou pledged to \"throw his full weight\" behind Pak's\nBANGLADESH\nefforts to overcome its crisis\nNBC carried\nfilm on Mujib's difficulties in getting guerrillas\nto surrender weapons. Thousands are still in\ncirculation\nMujib said it is time for Pak leaders\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n5\nto realize that the concept of two wings of Pak\nis not only dead, but buried.\nHollings, Saxbe and Allott are among 15 Senators\nurging recognition of B-D\nEMK opens hearings\non the refugees Wed.\nOTHER FOREIGN\nColombo gave up his effort to succeed himself.\nAFFAIRS\nAP says his failure to provide a new gov't in-\ncreased speculation that new elections will be\ncalled, testing whether Italy has backlashed toward\nthe right.\nA UPI Sunday feature discusses how upsetting RN's\nPRC trip is to Sato's gov't - - \"they're deeply\nworried. 11 July 15, 1971 was Sato's worst day\nas PM. (UPI also notes Amb. Meyer \"almost\nfell out 11 of his chair when he heard the speech.)\nSato looks ahead to the Peking talks with the\nhope that \"Japan's applecart [won't be] upset\nagain by surprises from RN on the China question. 11\nEasy abortion and increased contraceptive use is\npushing birth rates down in East Europe and gov'ts\nthere are concerned. A NATO study reports about\n60% of all Hungarian pregnancies are aborted,\nprobably the same in the USSR.\nSevareid put in a plug for the Peace Corps as he\nnoted its appropriations come up for settlement\nin Hill conference this week. There'd have to be\ndrastic cuts -- half of the volunteers - - if money\nwasn't forthcoming as agency has been operating\non its authorized fund. Sevareid reacted very\nfavorably to P. C. 's new push on practical expertise\nand noted that not only are applicants up but SO\nare requests from abroad -- even Allende who\nsaid he'd throw out the volunteers in his campaign\nwants more. Funds spent by a Gov't indicate its\npriorities and Sevareid concluded by saying that\nthe difference between the Peace Corps request\nand the Hill's proposed spending level for the\nagency is probably equal to the smallest cost\noverrun of a weapons program designed to kill.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n6\nBadillo nominated the Berrigans and Pucinski\ntook his Hill privilege to nominate Charles Rhyne\nfor the Nobel Peace Prize.\nINTERNATIONAL\nThe House authorized $900 M to the Interamerican\nECONOMY\nDevel. Bank but attached tough amendments on\nexpropriations, seizure of fishing vessels and\nillegal narcotics traffic.\nEEC Ministers agreed to offer long-term negotiations\nfor eliminating trade barriers. They'd start in\n73 if Congress approved. Short-term proposals\naccepted by the EEC fell far short of US requests\nConnally predicted the Market and Japan will reach\na short-term agreement next week. He foresees\nno immediate U. S. trade benefits.\nSec. Stans said RN will issue an exec. order extend-\ning coverage of Asian textile import restricting\nagreements in about 10 days\nUrging a tough\nstance, Sen. Long said \"somebody is going to\nget hurt\" if US trading partners fail to make\nconcessions to help the US balance. One suggested\nretaliation was banning the Concorde from landing\nhere.\nCBS note that Gold prices soared to a record\n$48/oz. high and the dollar stayed weak in\nEuropean markets reflecting continued uncertainty\nin dollar and the US economy.\nDEFENSE\nBrinkley took all to task for the peace dividend\nthat has disappeared. Everybody assumed the\n$30 B/year for VN could be used for something\nelse, but no DOD cuts are evident. Brinkley\ncited Stennis opposition to the military for\n\"piling everything on the weapons¹¹ and Goldwater's\ncriticism of the Pentagon's \"Godawful waste. 11\nThe deficit is just about the size of the expected\npeace dividend. It could have balanced the budget,\nsays Brinkley, or red ink spending could have\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n7\nbeen spent on civilian needs. However the\nmilitary establishment is ending the war while\nincreasing rather than cutting expenses. Makes\nno sense to David.\nFulbright and Case pressed RN to send WH\nagreements for bases in the Persian Gulf and\nAzores to the Senate\n2 physicists report\ndevelopment of a new laser with some colleagues,\nsaying it could be used in a powerful weapon.\nThe Army's wife-of-the-year has resigned in\nprotest over \"crass, rude and unforgivable\"\nwording of letters sent to warrant officers --\nincluding her husband who has served 22 years --\ntelling them to retire or be released. \"The Army\nis its own worst enemy, 11 said Mrs. Willett as\nshe noted her past efforts to improve its image.\nArmed Forces Journal, the nation's oldest\nmilitary mag, urged that the Navy's next carrier\nbe named for M. L. King altho it recognized\nsome in the service and some civil rights leaders\nmight be \"aghast. 11 But the privately-owned mag\nfeels such a move would recognize the progress\nmade by the once lily-white Navy.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n8\nADMINISTRATION\nABC carried a lengthy film report on RN's\nstatements at the prayer breakfast, in which RN noted\n'72 was as an appropriate opportunity for peace as\never before, but that it would be naive to think\ndifferences will evaporate by getting to know each\nother better. The pragmatic factor is that we\nmust all learn to live together or die together,\nsaid RN, and he expressed appreciation as a\nperson for prayers for the Pres. and asked that\nfuture prayers be for \"our nation, under God,\nin the person of the President, [to be] on God's\nside. 11\nRN's travels to PRC and USSR were among concerns\nat breakfast, said CBS. 3,000, among them the\nrich and powerful, were gathered in the expensive\nhotel, said Rather. He preceded lengthy clip\nof Mayor Washington's remarks about unity and\nreconciliation and joining hands by saying the\nMayor gave the session a camp meeting flavor\nwith his down by the riverside sermonette. Then\nRN's conclusion asking for prayers for the\nnation. Session concluded, said Rather, with\npatriotic and religious singing. Film of RN and\nMrs. Nixon singing \"America. 11 No mention on\nNBC tho that net was only one to cover '70 and '71\nPrayer Breakfasts.\nSindlinger reports 63% of public feels RN is doing\nhis best to end the war\n3 of Nebraska's\nteam learned they were made first round draft\nchoices during their meeting with RN.\nUPI reports Dick Kleindienst in Jacksonville\nsaid RN had helped bring about \"a return to\nrelative domestic peace\" in addition to carrying\nout '68 pledges on crime, civil rights and drug\nabuse. He used the opposing criticism from\nWallace and the other Dems as an indication that\n\"we must be doing a good job\" in civil rights.\nOne reason for domestic calm, said the Deputy\nAG, was RN's winding down of VN, a development\nwhich makes it harder for the radicals to gain\nothers support.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n9\nMary McGrory notes the whispering that Connally\nisn't happy in his work. Considering the awe\nand respect in which he's held at the WH, this\nseems surprising. One Texas MC says the Secy.\ndoesn't believe the economy will be righted by\nfall and \"he doesn't wish to be around to bare\nhis breast to the hailstones. 11 RN's comments\non the VP on Rather's show were apparent by the\nstart of Connally's restlessness. The Secy. 's\nhopes to be a GOP Pres are over he hopes the\nDems will take him in '76. As does Kraft,\nMcGrory also suggests the Secy. may be interested\nin State.\nECONOMY\nAll nets noted the WH has confirmed it is considering\nVAT to raise $16B to replace educational funds\nnow raised by property taxes\nThat's \"by no\nmeans a final decision, 11 said Ziegler who said\nthe consideration of a program about which RN\nhas \"a positive attitude\" is not inconsistent with\nConnally's statements on no new taxes.\nShultz said there is \"no draft of legislation or\nproposals for a major new tax\" for FY '73.\nSen. Jackson called VAT \"absurd\na sales tax\nin disguise\" and said the govt. should instead\nraise monies by closing tax loopholes so millionaires\nwould pay at least a minimum tax.\nConnally said it's a \"whole lot easier to criticize\"\na $50B increase in the debt limit than \"justify it\".\nHe also said \"we still have wage and price controls\nbecause there is no acceptable alternative\" but\ndeclined to speculate how long they'd last.\nSen. Ellender challenged the Admin. to use actual\nfigures in discussing FY '73 proposals rather\nthan what he called misleading figures. He said\n\"the true deficit is $36.2B, 11 but Shultz maintained\nthe unified budget concept adopted in '69 represents\nmost accurately the full impact of the Govt. on\nthe economy.\nCEA's Solomon defended the\nbudget as noninflationary and said higher taxes\ncould depress the economy, causing a larger deficit than\nanticipated, but the possibility still increased that\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n10\nthe Admin. may be required to go back to\nCongress before the election for an accounting\nof its economic performance and plans. Rep.\nUlman is interested in a short term ceiling\nextension.\nNBC noted Shell has withdrawn request for oil and\ngas price increases; this, noted Chancellor,\nlessens the likelihood of other big oil firms\nseeking increases.\nCLC will disclose those firms and landlords\ninnocent of cheating but the names of most\ncheaters will be kept secret for the time being.\nGibbons of Teamsters said a St. Louis Local will\ntake legal action to oppose CLC's ruling that only\npersons earning $1. 90 an hour or less will be\nexempt from wage controls.\nAlready record-high retail beef prices will soar\nif animal feed antibiotics are banned, according\nto some agricultural spokesmen, but the Admin\nsays its impossible to tell effects of the ban now.\n2. 1 million homes should be built in '72, predicts\nOwens-Corning's home building products division.\nRinfret and Martin Gainsbrugh said GNP and\nother projections for '72 must be scaled down\nbecause of possible inflationary pressures from\nthe deficits. Rinfret said the prediction of a\n$100B GNP increase is a political rather than\neconomic forecast.\nDOCKS\nABC noted Govs. Reagan and Evans met with RN\nover ending the dock strike.\nReagan charged\nthe Hill with \"footdragging\" saying the problem\nis apparently so far away that Congress is ignoring\nit. And Evans said there'd be quick action if it\nwere an E. Coast strike. \"RN has done all he\ncan, 11 said Reagan.\nStans said the strike is costing millions each day in\nshipping losses.\nMcCall said Asians regard\nit as a disaster and are shocked over US unwilling-\nness to end it.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n11\nAP says the Labor Subcomm. has shown little\ninterest in quick action despite the ''heavy\nartillery\" the Admin is bringing to bear\nMeanwhile Ford accused the Dems of \"dragging\ntheir feet' charging some are \"fearful\" of\noffending labor.\nCong. Thompson urged the Admin to pressure\nshippers to allow the loading of grain and citrus\njust as it did for military cargo. Butz said that\nwas only a cosmetic solution.\nA group of Hawaiians charged the state isn't doing\nanything to put an end to the strike and that the\ngov't is \"controlled by labor\". 80, 500 letters\nwere delivered to Rep. Thompson requesting\nlegislation to end the strike and noting RN has done\na lot to pressure Cong. but he \"must continue\nuntil Cong. demoastrates\" it will act.\nBritish Columbia's Maritime Employers will ask\nfor a court injunction to halt the embargo of\nUS cargo diverted by the strike.\nOTHER ECONOMY\nJustice is suing the Associated Milk Producers\n(AMPI) for monopolizing milk sales in 14 states.\nThe JFK Center is trying to negotiate changes in\na contract with a 125-man local which is bringing\nsome stage hands $1500 a week.\nA local\nUMW official has contradicted the union's long-held\nassertion that retired miners didn't have to keep\npaying dues to get their pensions.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n12\nWELFARE\nAll nets - - NBC (with film) -- reported Reagan's\nopposition to RN's welfare reform proposals.\nNBC noted Long would like to kill the bill, while\nReagan on film said he and RN agree on welfare\nreform and inducing people to work but that he\ndisagrees with FAP. Ribicoff on film on NBC\nsaid everybody thinks the welfare recipient is\na cheater\nthat it's not politically popular to\nbe against welfare reform. NBC's Duke said\nthat once again there's agreement that there should\nbe reform but \"not on how to do it. 11\nReagan said bringing welfare under the Fed. govt.\nwould be a \"fiscal and administrative disaster. 11\nHe said Calif. costs would soar nearly $100 M\na year and charged that a guaranteed income\nplan was \"a giant step toward a welfare state. 11\nReagan said \"Frankly, I'm not sure RN believes\nin it any longer. 11 He declined to comment on that\nremark when at the WH later\nWhen Reagan met RN\non the dock strike, RN, said Ziegler, took the\nopportunity to \"reiterate his support of welfare\nreform [which] seems to be on dead center. 11\nZiegler said the WH wants to get the program going.\nGov. Evans also questioned Fed. operation of\nthe program \"with no meaningful state input. 11\nLong welcomed Reagan's testimony as \"magnificent.\nYou have made the most encouraging and most\nlogical.\nand eloquent\" statement by any publ ic\nwitness. Carl Curtis said it was \"splendid. 11\nRibicoff says he was unswayed by RN's call and\nwill still fight for a pilot program. On the Today\nshow he said another \"hoax and fraud\" shouldn't\nbe perpetrated on the poor through false promises,\nand reiterated the program should be tested, as\nit will also save the taxpayer. He had \"construc-\ntive talks with both RN and Richardson but\ndeclined to divulge the contents. The Exec.\nand Legis. branches haven't been \"frank and\nhonest¹¹ with the public on welfare programs, and\nthe health insurance program should also be\npiloted, said Ribicoff.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n13\nRACIAL AFFAIRS\nCBS/ABC note that the Senate was 9 votes short\nof invoking cloture on the EEOC debate\nMansfield\nput the Senate on a double shift, after the vote the\nearly shift devoted to the filibuster and late one\nto foreign aid appropriations.\nCBS note that AG Mitchell doesn't believe courts\nshould impose their will on local govts. providing\neducational systems unless constitutional\nprinciples are violated, Breaking up govt.\nunits to achieve racial balance \"doesn't appeal\nto me in the slightest, 11 said the AG. He said\nJustice would enter the Richmond case if the\nresult of the decision would wind up contrary\nto RN's position that RN has taken or if quality\neducation is destroyed in the process of\nachieving racial balance.\nWarning that the Supreme Court may strike down\nany antibusing law, Griffin urged swift approval\nof a Constitutional Amendment. He spoke as a\nshort debate erupted in the Senate over busing as\nHarry Byrd commended the AG's hint of action\nin the Richmond case.\nNBC/ABC noted that a Fed. judge has ordered\nOkla. City schools integrated this fall, with busing\nif necessary.\nABC carried film report of Denver\nschool situation in which the school board argues\nno official action resulted in segregation and\nwants the law clarified, while opponents claim\nthere is prejudice and unequal education. The\nSup. Court ruling will end this type of confusion\nnationwide, said ABC reporter.\nOTHER DOMESTIC\nAll nets noted RN's $1.3B rural development loan\nAFFAIRS\nprogram aimed at preserving rural community life\nby encouraging other avenues of employment.\nCarl Albert said RN's message represented a\n\"belated acknowledgement of a problem intensifying\nsince\" Jan. 169 but contained little new. The\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n14\nsmall farmer needs help if rural America's\ndecline is to be halted, said the Speaker, and the\nAdmin's record in this area \"has been consistent\nindifference. 11\nBy 25-6 a new antipoverty bill providing $5.3 B over\n2 years was approved by House Educ. and Labor.\nThe child-care program's deletion was the only\nconcession to the WH. A $600 M increase in\nHeadstart replaced that program. OEO's Sanchez\nwarned last week the bill's future was jeopardized\nby not removing RN's other objections.\nCBS note that some hospitals report staph infections\namong infants whose bathing with hexaclorophene\nwas stopped due to FDA warning\nABC in a\nfilmed report on a hospital nursery in New Haven\nwhere the warning is being taken as just that and\naltho newborn are again being washed with the\nsubstance, they're being rinsed extra well. A\ndoctor said FDA needs to reevaluate the ban,\nstudy the effects and then determine if each\nhospital can use it safely in relationship to its\nown particular bacteria situation.\n6, 000 \"intermediate care\" nursing homes in 33\nstates and DC have been put under federal juris-\ndiction as part of a Gov't crackdown on substandard\nhomes.\nTobacco-state solons Ervin and Jordan said Moss's\nlegislation to limit tar and nicotine in cigarettesis\na direct attack on Americans' right to run their\nown lives and \"a police state far beyond Hitler's. 11\nA no-fault auto insurance plan that would save an\naverage of $45 per vehicle in premium costs, was\nproposed for NY. Although not as sweeping as\nRockefeller's, it received his endorsement. It\nwould still be the most far-reaching in the country.\nCBS/NBC noted Virginia Knauer accused the\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n15\nAmerican Trial Lawyers Assn. of waging an\nemotional and deceptive campaign against no-fault.\nThe Assn. Pres. said \"we are telling the truth.\nwe will not be intimidated. 11 Mrs. Knauer's\nsharp statement said the Trial Lawyers were\ncasting a long shadow over the integrity of all\nlawyers.\nEPA said 40 states and 4 other jurisdictions have\nsubmitted plans on time to implement air quality\nstandards\nD. C.'s plan to cut commuter traffic\nby 25% is lead in Star and News.\nNBC noted ICC ok'ed a 2. 5% emergency surcharge\nfor the railroads which must remove it by June 5.\nCRIME-RELATED\nNBC\nfilme\nreport of FAA requirements to\nscreen passengers and luggage notes precautions\nare for safety of the passengers. FAA spokesmen\nsay passengers probably won't be aware of\nactivity altho reporter noted passengers might\nthink it \"embarrassing\" as false alarms occur\nwith metal screening devices. This is part of\nreason airlines are nervous about screenings,\nbut most have been quietly using some method for\nalmost a year\nCBS noted latest emergency move\nand then related how the latest hijacker -- Trapnell\nof the LA to NYC flight - - had \"passed\" the airlines¹\npsychological profile of a safe passenger despite\nhis extensive mental and criminal record.\nCBS and ABC film reports on large turnout services\nfor one of two slain NY police officers. One of the\nbiggest gatherings of mourners in the history of\nSt. Patrick's Cathedral. Comm. Murphy said\n\"every man on the force is dedicated to catching\"\nthe killers. Moving tributes on both nets.\nNote by ABC that 12 law enforcement officers were\nmurdered in January, compared to 10 in Jan. of\n1971.\nCBS AM News noted that HHH said RN's request for\nfunds for his anti-drug campaign was ¹totally\ninadequate\" and that he would put the CIA out to\ntrack down smugglers.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n16\nMEDIA\nChancellor cited the mystery of the Admin. in\nwhether it was \"intimidating or recruiting\"\nSchorr. All noted that Schorr didn't know he\nwas being considered for a job and that WH said,\nas hearing began, that he was up for a post\nwith CEQ. Cronkite said many journalists saw\nincident as intimidation. All nets carried filmed\nsegs of Schorr's testimony in which he called\ninvestigation without consent an \"insensitivity\nfor personal rights 11 and urged legislation against\nit tho he acknowledgedR] order to revise procedures.\nHe said the FBI probe -- not a neutral matter\nfollows him like a shadow, with callers suspicious\nhis lines are tapped and friends asking him if he's\nstill in \"trouble\" with the FBI. ABC/NBC noted\nWH officials had refused to testify, with NBC\ncarrying Sen. Ervin on NBC film wondering if it\nwas \"stupidity\" or \"duplicity\" in handling the\nsituation.\nCBS had Schorr responding to\nEMK's query on difference in Gov't's attitude\nto media over 10 years ago.\nCBS also noted\nFBI report was \"entirely favorable\" on Dan.\nSchorr said the FBI investigation reflected \"the\nclimate of suspicion hostility and nervousness 11\nthe Admin. has helped generate about the news\nmedia\nHe said the investigation began the\nday after the WH called about questions he raised\non RN's commitment to provide parochial school\naid and that he believed the job offer story until\nhe ran into Malek who \"professed ignorance and\nsurprise\" and promised to call him back, which\nhe never did. (This section on start of inquiry\nnot on nets)\nSchorr charged (in response to\nEMK) the Admin. has made people believe \"it\nis no longer an honorable thing to be a newsman. 11\nHe said Admin has made effort to COW and\nmanipulate press, set public againstit; by design\ndiscredit media and it makes no difference what\nit says.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n17\nHoosier Press Assn Pres. Cardwell said he has\nno fear of freedom of the press being abrogated\nas there are too many press voices to ever be\nsilenced by govt\nThe dean emeritus at\nMissouri's School of Journalism said public\nfeelings of the day may have more to do with\nattitudes toward free speech for the media\nthan any specific admin. He said \"a case can\nbe made that the Exec. Branch today is not\nbetter or worse than previous admins. \" in its\nrespect for the 1st Amend.\nNick Johnson charged the FCC has ''failed\nmiserably\" to implement a national communica-\ntions policy and said the agency \"is in serious\ntrouble.\n11\nPublic TV endorsed Chrm. Torbert\nMacDonald's proposed long-range financing plan\nas the WH prepared a rival, one-year funding bill.\nPOLITICS\nCong. Ed Edwards beat Dave Treen for gov. of\nLa. with a large black vote and Cajun country\nhelping considerably.\nNBC noted Stans charge that the Dems. are lying\nabout a $30M GOP war chest. There is only\n$2M in the GOP treasury. \"We start with very\nlittle, 11 said Stans\nThe UPI reports McCloskey\nhas run into critical financial trouble.\nSen. Buckley said Ashbrook's race might \"create\nscars 11 in the GOP ranks as \"the problem with\nprimary adventures is that you can lose control\nof it. It could lead to a hardening of attitudes. 11\nRep. Clarence Brown announced his re-election,\nurging at the same time RN's re-election.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n18\nThe Dems are considering a weekend telethon --\nala Jerry Lewis for Muscular Dystrophy -- to\nraise campaign funds. Pledges could be charged\nto credit cards.\n13 Dems and 3 GOPs have been listed on the Wisc.\nprimary ballot.\nEMK will ask to be taken off\nnoted NBC\nPatsy Mink, also on the Wisc.\nballot, wants to be on the Oregon's as well.\nThe Black Caucus asked \"for an appropriate number 11\nof prime-time hours each year, generally com-\nparable to those of the Exec. Branch.\nWallace\nwill enter the W. Va. primary.\nMISCELLANY\nDow-Jones down . 38 in another active day.\nAll nets reported Mahalia Jackson's funeral services,\nwhich drew thousands, the plain as well as the\nilluminaries, as Mayor Daley, Correta King,\nSammy Davis eulogized her. RN's message of\ncondolence was noted on NBC. Aretha Franklin's\nsinging caused widespread emotional fervor in the\nhall.\nAll nets noted that former Hughes aide John\nMeier, Dem. Sen. candidate from N. Mex. ,\nhas been tied into the case, with Irving saying\nhe was the so-called George Gordon Holmes\nhe dealt with and Mrs. Irving identifying a picture\nof Meier as the contact man. NBC pointed out that\nMeier is a computer expert and is known to have\nhad access to info. on Hughes. Meier says the\ncharge is \"ridiculous. 11\nGolda Meir thinks women's lib is \"a foolish thing\"\naccording to a group of visiting American women.\nGod is more in the news and seems \"more marketable\"\nthan in the 60's when he was declared dead, accord-\ning to Reasoner in his Commentary. Special interest\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n19\ngroups are enlisting his support increasingly:\nRay Conniff's young singer broughtHis son to\nmind in her message at the WH. RN said nothing\nthen but said he hoped to be on God's side at the\nprayer breakfast. It's hard to find fault with\nthat approach, says Reasoner, and it's natural\nto be pleased with an upsurge of any philosophy\nturning to love. But, wonders Reasoner, what\nmust God think.\nwith His place of 5 years ago\nvs. His ratings today. How does God like the\nbusiness of being a \"fad?\"\nCronkite with concluding essay voiced his\npleasure as Webster's now says \"Febuary\"\nis\nthe preferred pronunciation rather than the\nimpossible-to-say February.\n####\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL\nFOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1972\nFEBRUARY 1, 1972\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nA Lesson About Credibility\nWhenever anything is disclosed\nsince 1969 Henry Kissinger had been\nabout the inner workings of foreign\nperiodically winging off to Paris for\npolicy, the important thing to look for\nthe most serious bargaining. That in\nis what light it sheds on the govern-\nfact the Americans had offered to set a\nment's credibility and trustworthiness\nwithdrawal deadline. That in fact the\n-or anyway, so we have gathered\nAmericans and South Vietnamese had\nfrom what has captured headlines\noffered that fondest dream of the\nthese past few years. Somehow,\ndoves, the resignation of President\nthough, this instant tradition seems to\nThieu. That in fact Hanoi spurned all\nhave been ignored in the case of the\nthis, all the while publicly denouncing\nnewly disclosed efforts to negotiate a\nthe United States for failing to respond\nVietnam settlement.\nto its proposals.\nIt's a pity, for quite a bit can be\nThe administration did not disclose\nlearned about our times by setting the\nthis, did not defend its credibility, be-\npublic record of the last few years\ncause it feared that doing so would\nbeside the secret negotiating efforts\njeopardize whatever chance might ac-\ndisclosed last week. There is a lesson\ntually remain of negotiating a settle-\nabout credibility, and that lesson\nment in the secret talks. In other\nshould not be ignored simply because\nwords, it was precisely because the\nit's not the currently fashionable one.\nAmerican government was doing the\nWhat the comparison reveals is that\nhonorable and responsible thing that\njust as the administration was doing\nits credibility was under attack, that\neverything it could imagine to strike a\nan acid was eating away at that most\ncompromise with Hanoi, its credibility\nprecious sset of a democratic govern-\nwas taking beating after beating for\nment, the trust of its citizens.\nfailing to do enough to strike a compro-\nThe administration's decision to\nmise with Hanoi.\nmake the record public reflects its\nRemember the public record: Sena-\njudgment about the balance between\ntors were suggesting that the adminis-\nthe benefits of secret negotiations and\ntration could not be trusted to do its\nthe damage to its credibility. It's not\nbest at negotiating, SO legislation was\ndifficult to conclude that since Hanoi is\nnecessary to compel it to be more\nobviously not about to budge at a se-\nforthcoming. Prestigious commenta-\ncret offer, perhaps a public one is\ntors and editorialists were saying the\nworth trying. And in making the rec-\nsolution in Vietnam could come only\nord public Mr. Nixon is asking for a\nwhen the administration dropped its\nbit more trust from the people and the\nthoughts of a \"military solution\" and\nCongress.\nfinally got serious about negotiating.\nThe President has a point If we are\nSenators, newsmen and others in-\nto mark up against the government\nterviewed the North Vietnamese nego-\nevery deception anyone can uncover or\ntiators in Paris, and found they were\nconcoct, let us also mark up for the\nmodels of reasonableness, ready to set-\ngovernment those times when it has\ntle the war if only Mr. Nixon were not\nbehaved better than its critics have\nso blind and intransigent. Assurances\ncharged. And here is an instance, and\nfrom our negotiators that this attitude\nscarcely a small one, that gives no sup-\ndid not prevail at the actual bargaining\nport to the view that the American gov-\ntable were quickly dismissed on the\nernment is somehow sinister.\nground that everyone knows the gov-\nIn this instance, rather, the record\nernment lies. In short, the administra-\nsupports the view that as human insti-\ntion found its credibility constantly im-\ntutions go a democratic government is\npugned.\nreasonably trustworthy, that the\nAll this, until last week, the admin-\nAmerican leaders are selected from\nistration bore in silence The President\namong the American people, and that\nand his top officials never disclosed\nby and large they are more likely than\nwhat they knew: That in fact ever not to do the decent thing.\ntreare\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFebruary 2, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCHUCK COLSON\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBAR\nSUBJECT:\nDistribution of Editorial\nIt was requested that the Wall Street Journal editorial of\nFebruary 1, 1972 entitled \"A Lesson About Credibility\"\nreceive wide distribution. It was also noted that the theme\nof the editorial is one that should be used more often by our\nspokesmen.\nPlease follow-up on this and submit a report to the Office\nof the Staff Secretary by February 9, 1972.\nThank you.\nCC: H.R. Haldeman\nAlexander P. Butterfield\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum"
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