ROSTOW SEEKING TO DE[ ] AT CHEMICAL PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700080033-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2004
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I ?'ri-sm-i'ouut.ry Wire
I - 4 1'(: F.LE. ti -- Moviemakers have had their
troubir" with "PT 1(k)," the story of JFK's World
\\'.u 11 oxpluits in the Pacific. No fewer thaq
two dozeit actors had to be tested for the role.
of, the President (a-nong them: Edd "Kookie"
Byrni's of TV's "77 Sunset Strip"). Final choice
aft-near-old Clifford Robertson, TV actor and
wartnne -ncrcli:lt ueariner. JFK gave him the
nand last we'ekend'
STATE DEPARTMENT -The U.S. is trying a
new wrinkle in international public relations.
'I`he idea is to alert the Secretary of State and the
Whitt- t f. n-sc to any actions by a NATO ally that
WWoulcl give the ;'Administration a clutnce to hand
out. Iii blic bouquets. State's policy-planning
chi.'f,Walt W. tlostovv. will be the man who acts
on tl hes' ? accola(les.
r:I1lr:ACO --- Despite the Impasse in the rail
"featherbedding" talks here, no coast-to-coast
strike will be called by the five operating unions.
Neither ;ode wants it, and both arc sure Wash-
inglon ,vokild never permit it. The problem now:
To find some way to let the unions bargain on the
basis of the Federal study of featherbedding--
which strongly backed management's arguments
(NEws%,F.F.x, March 12)--without having union
leaders lose face..
Political Pipeline
GOP NATIONAL HQ .- A clue to how the GOP
rates its, potential in the South: This fall, the
party expects to field more fhan 60 candidates for
pixic's loci seats in the House of Representatives.
SENATE CLOAKRO )M - Usually the soul o1-,
New England chivalry, Sen. Levcrett Saltonstall
is blocking it GOP colleague, Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine., from a key. post. Mrs. Smith is in
line for the second GOP scat on the 'subcom-
inittee that watchdogs the CIA. (Saltonstall is on
it now.) The reason. for the Massachusetts sen-
ator's stand: Mrs. Smith broke ranks -to cast one
of the two Republican votes against confirming....
CIA chief John McCone.
JusTICE DEPARTMENT -A key part of .Jus-
tice's campaign to increase Negro voter 'registra-
tion ii the South has been completely behind the
scenes. Besides injunctiops and other courtroom
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tactics. U.S. officials have been quietly using',pri-
vate contacts with l~pcstlSouthern ofcirti to lift
bars.. against Negro voters..
WHITE HOUSE -- i A new entry has been added
to the list- of.possible successors' .to Abe Ribicoff
as Secretary' of .Health, Education, and Welfare.
He is LeRoy - Collins, former Democratic gov-
ernor of FloAda land now ,'president of the Na-
tional Association of Broadcasters.
Dipleiuatle Pouch
NEW DELHI - A new job 'for ' Krishna.' Menon,
India's fiery Defense Minister and sometime
U .N. delegate? Despite Menoni s sweeping elcc-
"-fion victory, grime Minister Nehru is getting
pressure from all sides'to move him to a less sen-
sitive position. Menon's critics: Army brass (who
blame him for 'India s iir#readiness against Red
China), Parliament. (for the. sit ' reason), his
own Congress Party (for'accepting Communist
suppozt)'lrid..neutral .nalidfis"(weatj' of Menon"s
on6int for. international acrilriony).
ACCRA -= the Universtty o#: Ghana to
name a new prQfessor.ofimusic soon-T,j' S, Negro
singer l?atil Robeson.
Li980N.. 'I1 t Portuguese are working on a
new.gesturq toie,press their anger at U..S, failure
to. support them: in earnest on: Qoaiaw l ,Angola.
The ploy: An incredible-sounding trade -pact be-
tween staunchly anti-Communist Portugal and
Red Fidel Castro. The actual trade resulting
would be uisignifltapt" butt the; message would
hardly 'he' mifSltftderalibod l' `Washington: .
Behind be, News .
UNITED 4AT1ONS--= Ye brows, went up
among veterans. Ixere wen the French took
Israel to ' tick"In the debate over the border-
fighting'with" Syria The 'reason: France has been
a major Sixpplfer of 'jet plenes and other arms to
the israellsi ?Onb theory:' Jth the Algerian war
out of the ivay, Prance may be moving to regain
its' oiik4; ential'position in the Arab: 'world.
WASHINCTbN, D.C. -- When Inclonesla and
Holland resume their talks about Dutch New
Guinea,'they'' 1probably do so on the basis of
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