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OCR Page 1 of 50THE PRESIDENT
HAS
SEEN.
DIGEST OF WEEKEND COMMENT
October 29, 1973
MIDEAST
"RN sees long M-E Peace, helped by US-Soviet Pressure; Both
Nations Sending Observers" is one-4-col. NY Times head w/3-col.
head as well: "Pres. Will Let Bork Name a New Prosecutor; Vows
Full Cooperation. 11
2 other p. 1 stories from conf: "A Fatigued
RN Asserts He'll Not Quit" and "RN says Some Allies Failed US on
M-E. 11
"RN May Send Truce Observers 11 banners Inquirer w/sub-head:
"New Prosecutor Will Be Named for W'gate. 11
"RN Says US, Soviets Agree to Press for Peace/Permanent
Settlement is Goal" is Post's 5-col lead w/page bannered: "RN Plans
Prosecutor, Bars Access to Files. 11
"Outlook for Permanent Peace is Best in 20 Years" banners inside
Post page which has transcript.
Similarly an inside page in Times
is bannered: "Pres Calls Outlook for Permanent M-E Settlement Best
in 20 Years. 11
Herbers says RN face showed fatigue and his voice displayed
"occasional hurt and anger.
He depicted himself as an embattled but
able Pres bringing peace to M-E because of special relations w/Brezhnev. 11
"RN Toughs Out Greatest Crisis" tops Kumpa piece in Sun where
writer says RN asserted he should continue to his foreign policy expertise.
Kumpa says it's hard to argue w/RN's M-E explanation, "but if detente
helped keep the peace, RN didn't effectively answer why the crisis blossomed
in 1st place. If it approached gravity of '62, then certainly detente
doesn't seem to be worth much. 11 And, Times edit says "events of past
month have cast deep shadow over entire concept of detente. 11 It takes
w/"reserve' 11 RN's optimism in light of the confrontation itself.
It wasn't another Cuban crisis, says Harsch in Monitor. But it was
an "anxious 9 hours 11 that turned out to be "a casebook example of the
great powers managing a difficult tho dangerous problem in current power
politics. 11 Harsch sees Soviets attempting to respond to Egyptian call
for help. Moscow called on US to restrain Israel and Admin responded
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