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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN DIGEST OF RECENT COMMENT February 28, 1974 FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ch. 26 to have 11 pm. special Thurs. on British election results. "HAK Breaks Syria Stalemate" leads Monitor / w/reporter Morris leading: "The master of the diplomatic coup has done it again. 11 "Golda Given POW List by HAK" tops #2 story in Trib where Starr calls it "an impt. success for Israeli govt and impt concession for Syria. 11 "Another Miracle? " tops NY News edit hoping HAK's success prying loose" the POW list "foreshadows a swift end of the stalemate. 11 Correction: CBS film Wed. nite was of overjoyed Israeli wife who learned her husband was POW in Syria; not a mother pleased over news of her son. "Even if Iran were unfriendly, top officials of one govt aren't supposed to engage in such polemical attacks on leaders of another" as Simon did re: Shah, says Inquirer after noting Iran is a US ally and hasn't been an embargo participant. "Simon's own reckless and irresponsible/werent remarks t helpful to anyone. 11 Atlanta Constn praises RN for "try ing to smooth over mini-flap. 11 Simon was perhaps understandably outraged, but his remarks were "hardly diplomatic. " They were, as Inquirer said, just what Simon himself said of the Shah' David Rockefeller has declined Treasury, reports LA Times. Reporter Steiger says Simon's chances were hurt by blast at Shah which "clearly" embarrassed Admin. Describing Soviet bank credits expert Alkhimov as "Russ w/ an affald e air and mind like a bear-trap, 11 Bus Wk notes in US-USSR Trade & Economic Council meeting "stakes are big" for him. Boss- Patolichev "will be along" and "top men of virtually all major US COS. currently doing business w/Moscow" will be there. W/ trade expansion "imperiled" by Hill threats, meeting's major purpose is "to launch what amounts to a PR and lobbying effort on behalf of increased trade, 11 notes Bus. Wk on story receiving little press play so far. And the "earthily pragmatic" Alkhimov "seems to possess just the right combination of talents, contacts and personality" for Soviet "effort to win more US public support" at time of Hill dis- pleasure w/USSR.