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OCR Page 1 of 41THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW
January 8, 1973
The major weekend stories:
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Leading both Sun nets was "story of terror" -- New Orleans
snipers who set fire to high rise motel and proceeded to
kill 10 til 1 was machine-gunned to death by a Marine
chopper to end a 10-hour battle. Several police dead,
including #2 man in Dept. Police fear a militant
conspiracy to shoot officers.
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Pledging to "do my best" in "one last major effort, 11 HAK
arrives in Paris following Le Du Tho's "uncharacteristically
tough" arrival statement Sat. The "stone faced"/frim and
severe" remarks led nets Sat and some of Sunday's major
papers. "Sign or Fight" was Post lead on his "grim and
unbending, 11 "rigid, 11 "uncompromising" blast at US for
the bombings and signing delays. NVN paper also w/sharp
blast at R.N.
RN-HAK meeting at CD Sat widely reported
US called "guardedly hopeful", "cautiously optimistic, 11
and neither optimistic nor pessimistic - - the last attitude
seen as set by R.N in a sharp contrast to the October
optimism arrival
In prominent reports on RN's
Friday meeting w/MCs in Sat papers, photo coverage
was heavy w/RN's "cautious, 11 "wait and see" attitude
dominant in stories. Sun found options left open for more
bombings; insistence on "proper kind of agreement" seen
reflecting "tough line" by some, said Times.
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In other major VN news, House GOP "overwhelmingly"
backed RN's negotiating efforts US denied any bombings
above 20th parallel altho intensive raids were carried out
below it
7 GIs wounded in rare daylite attack on DaNang.
In South, the upsurge in NVA/VC attacks aren't seen by US
as very significant. NVA big guns are being moved closer
to Saigon
Post led Sat saying war's cost is up another
$1-2B and DOD isn't sure how best to get funds, $500M of
which stem from Dec. raids
Few think there's any real
chance that Hill can pass effective cut-off measure
Wide
play Sat. to Laird-ordered -- reportedly at WH insistence
gag on bombing results.
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