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THE 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