MORNING NEWS SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-254-2-31-3
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: July 3, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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1971 JUL
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.JULY 3r ?1971
MEMORANDUM FOR DR.:KISSIt GE1R
FfiON SITUATION ROOK`
SlJECT*'. MORNING NEWS SUMMARY
THE WASHINGTON POST:
'U tREY HARDER WRITES THAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON%$ ADVISERS "IN
1964 CONTENDED THAT THE U es. COULD END UP IN A NUCLEAR WAR
IF IT FAILED TO USE ITS POWER IN VIETNAM* WHILE OTHERS WARNED
OF TRIGGERING. NUCLEAR WAR IF HE DID INTERVENE MASSIVELY. (A-1)
CHALMERS ROBERTS WRITES THAT PRESIDENT TRt t AN 3A19E THE FIRST
CRUCIAL DECISION REGARDING U.S, MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN INDO-
CHINA BY APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF'r $10 MILLION TO COVER THE
EARLY SHIPMENT OF URGENTLY NEEDED fILITARY ASSISTANCE* (A'1)
DEAN RUSK SAID LAST NIGHT THAT 1EMBERS OF THE .JOHNSON' AD jNw "
ISTRAT10N UNDERESTIMATED THE RESISTANCE AND DETERMINATION
OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE* RUSK ALSO SAID THERE. WAS NO DELIBERATE'
ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE ANYBODY*,,. (AY-i)
ALSO FEATURED ON THE FRONT PAGE IS A REPORT THAT SECRETARY
LARD ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF ALL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS :USED:
BY THE RAND CORPORATION. (A-:1)
NHS STATE DEPARTMENT AI NOUNC91) THAT BERGUS AND STERNER WILL
FLY TO CAIRO TO GIVE U.S VIEWS ON WAYS OF REACHING AN
AGREEMENT ON THE SUEZ CANAL UPI REPORTS THAT S1SCO HAY
ALSO VISIT CAIRO SOON. THE. PRESS SPECULATES THAT THE MISSION"
APPEARED TO BE A NEW AND DETERMINED INITIATIVE TO BREAK INE
DEADLOCK. CA-2D
MARILYN BERGER WRITES THAT THE L.A. TIMES REPORTED THAT THE
PEHTACO }, "IN AN ABRUPT POLICY CHA 3CEP" HAD ADVISED THE.
PRESIDENT TO SPEED UP THE WITHDRAWAL. THE REPORT 'SAS .
ATTRIBUTED TO INFORMAL SOURCES. ACCORDINf3 TO UP19 SECRETARY
LARD HAS DENIED THE REPORT FOR A 'FASTER WITHDRAWAL AND SAID.
THE JCS FAVORS A SUNNILY SLOWER RATE. (A-4)
MARILYN BERGEl ALSO, WRITES THAT CLARK CLIFFORD BELIEVES THAT
THE CO NMUMIS"TS ARE READY FOR SEPARATE NEGOTIATIONS "" ONE
WITH THE U.S. AND THE OTHER AMONG THE VIETNAMESE* "THE TWO -'l
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TRACK FORMAT` WAS PROPOSED BY HENRY A. KISSINGER IN AH
ARTICLE HE WROTE BEFORE JOINING THE ADMINISTRAT`I.ON-
THE 'FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARTICLE IS QUOTED.;; CA-4)
,GEORGE NCARTHUR WRITES FROt SAIGON THAY HENRY KISSINBER
WILL HAVE TO OCCUPY HIPISELF VITH HAMMERING OUT SOME UNIFIED
U.-So-SOUTH VIETNAMESE REACTION TO THE VIETCONG PROPOSALS,
'"THE, PROPOSALS HAVE CERTAINLY COMPLIMENTED HIS ALREADY
JAMMED TWO-DAY, SCHEDULE," (4-6)
THE NEW ,YORK TIMES
JAS NAUGHTON WRITES T24AT SENIOR OFFICIALS EMPHASIZED
IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THAT IT WAS TOO SOON TO TELL.
'WHETHER THE SEVEN-POINT PROPOSAL LIGHT FORM THE BASIS FOR
SUBSTANTIVE TO END THE WARS (A-1)
ON T-HEPENTAGOPAPERS, HEDRIC' SMITH WRITES TUAT'RQBERT
t CNAMARA BEGAN TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON THE BOMBING OF NORTH
VIETNAM AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER 1966.E 'AND IT SAYS MCNAMARA
BEAN URGING JOHNSON IN 19+67 TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING A COALITION.
CQVERHMENT IN` SAIGON, .(A-1
H">RY: TANNER ALSO WRITES ON THE BERGUS'STERNER TRIPAN
ATTEMPT TO GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO THE DEADLOCKED CONSULTATIONS
OFFICIALS SAY THE NEXT SIG-PUSH IN T,RE CONSULTATIOlS SHOULD
NOT BE EXPECTED. BEFORE SEPTEMBER,
TERENC> SMITH WRITES THAT AN( ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAID
THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY POSSIBLE THAT A NEW U.S. OFFER
RIGHT EMERGE FROM HENRY KISSINGER'S TRIP TO SAIGON. 0)
A TINES EDITORIAL ON THE SEVEN-POINT PROPOSALS CON14ENTS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S LUKEWARM REACTION IN THE FACE OF
WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DETERIORATING MILITARY SITUATION IN
SOUTH VIETNAMESE LENDS SOME WEIGHT TO THE FEARS EXPRESSED
BY ELLSBERO, THAT THE NATION MAY BE FORCED WITH. A REPLAY
OF. THE YEAR 1964. (24):
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