PRAVDA SCOFFS AT SEN SCOTT S CALL FOR MORATORIUM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00364R000300160005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 7, 1969
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE MOSCOW 5496
PARIS FOR LODGE
SUBJECT: PRAVDA SCOFFS AT SEN SCOTT'S CALL FOR MORATORIUM
REF: MOSCOW 5310
to PRAVDA OCT 7 CONTINUES MOSCOW'S CURRENT QUICK REACTION TO
US DEVELOPMENTS ON VN BY SCOFFING AT SEN SCOTT?S CALL FOR A
MORATORIUM ON DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF THE ADMINISTRATION?S VN
POLICY,, THE US IS THE FURTHEST EVER FROM A UNITED FRONT
ON THE WAR AT HOME, PRAVDA ASSERTSa
2,, IN COMMENTARY CONLUM, G. VASIL?YEV LISTS INFLATION,
POVERTY, AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN PICUTRING A DEEP
SOCIAL CRISIS IN AMERICAN OVER THE WAR. DE-ESCALATION AND
VIETNAM;ZATION ARE ONLY DECEITFUL MANEUVERS TO KNOCK DOWN
THE ANTI-WAR ATTITUDE IN THE US, VASIL?YEV SAYS, AND HE CLAIMS
THAT THOUSANDS OF AM RICANS ARE PREPARING TO MARCH ON WA${INGTQN
OCT 15 IN PROTEST OVER THE WAR. DECONTROL AFTER OCT 1, .1970,
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