MORNING NEWS SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-247-10-23-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: December 8, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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UNCLASI WH29847
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DECEMBER S, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER
FROM: THE SITUATION ROOM
SUBUECT: MORNING NEWS SUMMARY
THE WASHINGTON POST
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR MEETING WITH LE DUC THO YESTERDAY APPEARS ON
PAGE ONE OF THIS MORNING'S POST. THE ACCOUNT NOTES THAT EVEN
THE PARTING HANDSHAKE COULD NOT DISPEL THE SUDDENLY PESSIMISTIC
PUBLIC CLIMATE SURROUNDING THE TALKS. THIS, IN THE LIGHT OF THE
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE FRENCH MEDIA REPORTS OF AN EARLY SIGNING
(F AN AGREEMENT, AND LATER COMMUNIST CHARGES AT THE FORMAL PUBLIC
PEACE CONFERENCE THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE DEADLOCKED. ACCORDING TO
THE STORY, THE SUBDUED MOOD OF THE DAY WAS FURTHER REINFORCED BY
SCHUMANN' S FAILURE TO COMMENT ON THE LUNCHEON TO WHICH HE INVITED
L YOU. (A-1)
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REMAINS IN CRITICAL COND ON. (A-1) t
APOLLO 17 CONTINUES ON A TRUE COURSE, AND ALL IS WELL IN THE
FLIGHT. THE MOON LANDING IS STILL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY AFTER-
NOON. (A-1)
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOS ANGELES THREW OUT A LARGE PORTION OF THE
EVIDENCA THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANNED TO USE AGAINST ELLSBERG AND
RUSSO. THE JUDGE RULED THE PROSECUTION COULD NOT SHOW THE JURY
1#2 OF THE 610 PAGES OF THE PENTAGON PAPERS. ON THE SURFACE,
THE RULING IS A SETBACK FOR THE PROSECUTION. (A-5)
IN BRUSSELS, SECRETARY ROGERS TOLD THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS
THAT THE U. S. WANTS A COMMITMENT FROM THE USSR TO BEGIN SUB-
STANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE REDUCTION OF MILITARY FORCES N
CENTRAL EUROPE BY NEXT FALL. (A-20)
AT THE UN, A GROUP OF WEST EUROPEAN NATIONS-- BRITAIN, BELGIUM,
FRANCE, ITALY AND LUXEMBOURG -- INTRODUCED A COMPROMISE RESOLU-
TION THAT INVITES STATES TO AVOID ACTIONS, INCLUDING AID, WHICH
COULD CONSTITUTE RECOGNITION" OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF ARAB
TERRITORIES. THE AMENDED VERSION ATSO EXCLUDED A DEMAND FOR
IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM ALL ARAB
TERR IT OR IES. THE VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. (A-25)
THE NEW YORK T I14ES
SOUTH VIETNAM' S FOREIGN MINISTER LAM SAID TODAY THAT THE SAIGON
(3)VERNMENT "WOULD NOT REFUSE TO DO WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO FREE
AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR." LAM ALSO STATED THAT SAIGON COULD
AGREE TO RELEASE POLITICAL PRISONERS IN ITS JAILS TO HELP BRING
ABOUT AN ACCEPTABLE CEASE-FIRE ACCORD. (A-1)
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FICERS TO PREPARE TO GO 11 SOUTH VIETNAM, ONCE A CEASE-FIRE IS
DECLARED, TO CHECK ON HOW THE TRUCE IS BEING OBSERVED. THE TRAINED
COMPS OF OBSERVERS WILL MAKE ACCURATE REPORTS TO WASHINGTON ON
POSTWAR POLITICAL AND MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS. (A-1)
INDIA AND PAKISTAN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE RESOLVED THE
DEADLOCK OVER DESIGNATION OF A CEASE-FIRE LINE IN KASHMIR. (A-7)
GDLDA (HEIR WARNED THE ISRAELI PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE OF ARMS SHIP-
MENTS T O THE ARABS AND DOMESTIC PROBLEMS SADAT IS HAVING IN
EGYPT, WAR MIGHT BREAK OUT ALONG THE BORDER. (A-9)
YOUR PICTURE APPEARS ON PAGE 101, ALONG WITH LE DUC THO, LEAVING
THE HOUSE IN G I F- SUR-- Y VET T E WHERE YOU HELD THE TALKS YESTERDAY.
THE BALTIMORE SUN
A SPOKESMAN FOR HANOI AND THE VIET CONG TOLD NEWSMEN AT THE
SEMI-PUBLIC PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE THAT THE FINAL VERSION OF
THE TREATY MUST MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL POLITI-
CAL PRISONERS NOW HELD IN SOUTH VIETNAMESE JAILS. (A-1)
WHILE VISITING MOSCOW, CHILEAN PRESIDENT ALLENDE WAS PROMISED
CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM ALEXEI, KOSYGIN. SOURCES IN MOSCOW
QUOTE KOSYGIN AS SAYING THAT CHILE AND CUBA ARE BLAZING A NEW
PATH FOR LATIN AMERICAN SOCIALISM. (A-5)
MARQUIS CHILDS ADDS HIS VIEWS ON THE ABLE ENVOY AMBASSADOR BUSH
HAS BEEN AT THE UN. CHILDS INDICATES HOW BUSH HAS WARDED OFF
RECENT CHARGES AT THE U.S. BY THE SOVIETS AND CHILEANS, AND HOW
HE HAS MAINTAINED THE AMERICAN LINE.
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