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WEEKEND NEWS REVIEW Sept. 27, 1971 (DEVELOPMENTS AS OF 10 AM, EDT, MONDAY) The major stories: On a weekend with several major developments the President's activities more often than not received lead coverage on networks and in papers. Wide and prominent attention to: Dock strike intervention, end to detention camps, briefing in Portland, nuclear energy statement, Hickel reception and finally, the capstone, the meeting with Hirohito,- the first Japanese monarch in 2, 500 years of the reign, to visit a foreign land. The wires Sun. nite were full of developments re: Hanford, Hickel and Hirohito. Connally says U.S. has no plans to raise price of gold as IMF meets to pressure U.S. for change. Director Schweitzer calls for some devaluation. Canada's Finance Minister warns of trade war. On possibly positive note, G-10 agree on agenda to discuss ways to break current impasse without specifying devaluation. Brezhnev wraps up apparently agreeable session with Tito and goes to Hungary in surprise stop. British are taking cautious wait-and-see attitude to virulent Soviet protests and threats of retaliation over the ouster of 105 Soviets from Britain. Heaviest NVA-VC shellings in nearly 4 months and in Cambodia, 2 U.S. embassy personnel are killed by terrorists. Ky again meets with opposition. Israel has absolutely no interest in UN resolution on Jerusalem. Rickover issues strong warning on Soviet military strength and says U.S. must build new A-subs with tactical missiles. XXXX