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6/5/71 6 "major scandal" has developed over the illegal export of scrap brass. Time says "much of the high-level corruption can be traced directly to the complicity of Americans. 11 Time makes clear the US Gov't anger over the corruption - - especially the drug traffic. An appraisal from a US intelligence officer comes in US News. He says the opposition to Thieu is better organized for propaganda and strongly suggests many of Saigon's paper are financed by Hanoi as they constantly call for "peace now¹¹ and expose the scandals. As October draws nearer, anti-Americanism -- from Reds and GVN supporters will become more overt. He expects at the end, a political compromise between N and S - - very little change from '54. A gloomy assessment tho this long-time observer feels it was better that the US has been involved. THE ADMINISTRATION Lead in Newsweek is over a positive page on "RN on the Cuff-Link Trail" - the tour took care of RN "extremely well. 11 Never known as a "flamboyant crowd-pleaser RN displayed an uncharacteristic zest for flesh-pressing and evoked a surprising show of affection deep in the heart 1 of Dixie. 11 Again the Dent josh - - "This completes the Southern strategy¹¹ - - and as David said, the campaign for '72 was certainly underway as RN continued to move to assure conservatives that FAP, the budget and "dalliance with China" should not cause them to regard themselves as "victims of a major truth-in-packaging fraud. 11