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DECEMBER 8, 1971 THE PRESIDENT nas SEEN The Major news story of the day continues to be the India Pakistan War. On the war front, India continues to mount successes in the East; the Washington Post, the latest paper we get here, says that Dacca itself is now imperibed. Meanwhile, However, the Paks are conducting and offensive of their own in Kashmir, and have reportedly seized Chhamb. On the other hand, again, Jessore is aid to be in Indian hands in the East, and the Indian generals are calling on the Pakistani troops to lay down their arms--"your fate is sealed." At the UN, Bush argued for a cease fire vote in the Assembly, and that is what came last night, by a whopping 104-11 vote, with ten absentions. The Assembly called for a cease-fire and withdrawa to national territories of all troops. Here in Washington a "high Administration source" held a backgrounder, which analysts interpreted as an effort to remove the impression that the Administration is biased against India. Headlines and le ds vary from paper to paper. Some lead with the story that the US contends that Pakistan was ready to make conces- sions, on civilian rule in the East, and refugee return, when India attacked- and that India was aware these concessions would be forht coming. Others note high that RN had relayed this to Mr.s Ghandi, and that the Presidetn was "surprised" thus when India attacked. The headlines as stated vary: "White HouseSoftens Pro-Pakistan Stance" is one; The United States "Faults" India is the theme of another. Daily News has page 2 piece which says WH was behind all the decisions to portray India as an aggressor; and that some di- plomats feel that this is a mistake since we are siding with 60 million Punjabis who look like losers, and who support a military dictator, against a democracy of 600 million which looks like a