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OCR Page 1 of 43THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
NEWS SUMMARY
September 7, 1972
(Wed. nets, wires, mags, columns)
What Kalb called the "Munich Massacre" led and dominated all nets
(15-20 minutes) w/featured reports on the confusion and controversy
over the police action -- Meir has supported it; the feeling of revenge
building in Israel; the loss of the Olympic Spirit from Olympic Village;
Brundage's pledge to go forward w/the Games altho CBS led w/report
that Israel wants US to join w/it in pulling out.
All nets, noting RN's readiness to increase security for Israelis and
possibly US Jews, w/film of Rogers before hijack conference as US uses
the terror to push for stronger action against hijackers
McG on
ABC/NBC blaming Egypt and Lebanon in
a
what
NBC
called
"forceful
condemnation" as he received a "warm" reception from Rabbis.
ABC w/report from Hilton Head on McG's problems there and
CBS had report, very favorable to Common Cause Suit against 1701.
THE OLYMPIC TRAGEDY
FROM MUNICH
ABC's Smith opened by saying that despite a few bad decisions by
judges, some disappointments and some petty mistakes, the Olympics
were on their way to becoming the "pleasant" Olympics, but as one
athlete said, they' re now the "bloody Olympics. 11
AP leads: "A record for confusion was set after the hostages were
seized and police plotted ways to rescue them alive. " Uncertainty over
what was actually happening plagued coverage, and the swiftly changing
nature of the story, coupled w/German officials' desire to issue good
news, caused much confusion
Film on ambush on all nets that left
day's death toll at 17. ABC's Cioffi said there were still questions on
what had happened last night, except that Germans tried an ambush and
failed. ABC/NBC said German authorities had become convinced that
a "flight out of this country would have meant certain death for the
athletes. 11
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