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(Studio) India's Prime Min. Indira Gandhi announces recognition of People's Republic of Bangladesh. West Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India. President Nixon uses economy to try for peace.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) State Department calls India aggressor; cuts economic aid. Film of Nixon recing. new Pakistani ambassador at White House Senators Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott warn Nixon that United States must maintain absolute neutrality. Secretary of State William Rogers assures United States neutrality. [India Ambassador Lakshmi Kant JHA - says Indian policy will not be affected by United States aid cut.] Possible reasons for Nixon anti-India stance cited.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Admin. position supported in Congress Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield, Senate Democratic Whip Robert Byrd agree with Anti-Indian sentiment but Senator Frank Church and Senator William Saxbe disagree. House Appropriations Committee suspends all new aid to both countries.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Fighting widespread; claims conflicting; attacks and bombing described.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Incrd. fighting causes evacuation of Americans from E. and West Pakistan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Tehran, Iran) 370 Americans evacuated from Pakistan during 2 hour cease-fire. Only males of State Department stay behind. [EVACUEES - describe shelling.]
REPORTER: Dean Brelis
(Studio) Dacca bombed when cease-fire was to begin, forcing away United Nations mercy flights. Intercontinental Hotel in Dacca jammed with foreigners viewing dog fights of planes. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird calls attack on United States cargo plane at Dacca deplorable. Canadian plane on United Nations mission blown up at Islamabad, West Pakistan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Calcutta, Indian commander Lieutenant General Aurora calls new conference
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Calcutta, India) [Lieutenant General Ajit Singh AURORA - says has offensive plan to enter E. Pakistan.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) United Nations Security Council meets again on India-Pakistan crisis.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) USSR and India oppose cease-fire; China and West Pakistan would veto Bangladesh independence. United States tries to stop bloodshed. Issue may be given to General Assembly.
REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet
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(Studio) President Nixon begins summit talks with 5 allied ntns. before visits to Moscow and Peking. 1st with Canadian Prime Min. Pierre Trudeau.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(White House) Trudeau's arrival at White House shown. Prime Min. Trudeau discusses harsh effects of United States 10% import surcharge on Canada with Nixon.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Brazil President Emilio Medici in United States for talks with President Nixon, unrelated to travels. When French President Pompidou flies to Azores for mtg. with President Nixon, will be aboard Concorde supersonic jet; reminder that United States out of supersonic transport race.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator confirms nomination of Lewis F. Powell to Supreme Court Senator Fred Harris cast only opposing vote.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Richmond, Virginia) [POWELL - responds to confirmation.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Senator takes up more controversial nomination William Rehnquist.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Treasury nomination Romana Banuelos confirmed. Had been questioned on employment of illegal aliens in California plant.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(S)Attorney General John Mitchell announces establishment of national academy for training prison guards patterned after FBI academy for police. Speaking at National Conf. for Corrections, Mitchell endorses plan for upgrading correctional insts.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New Jersey convict on death row longer than any man, Edgar Smith, freed. At retrial Smith changed plea on murder of California cheerleader to no contests admitting guilt; sentence changed. Smith wrote "Brief Against Death" while awaiting execution.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) General Motors Corporation elected Rich Gerstenberg chairperson, replacing retiring James M. Roche.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Dollar falls to new low on major money mkts. in Europe and Japan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Bomb threat in Belfast, North Ireland, factory.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Belfast, North Ireland) Factory cleared before explosion, flames.
REPORTER: Michael O'Sullivan (BBC)
(Studio) Fire spread to Salvation Army Hdqtrs. Worse violence was Saturday night explosion of Belfast publisher
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Belfast, North Ireland) Film of bombed pub shown. Blast killed 15, injured 2. Protestant extremist organization claims responsibility, but bar frequented by Catholics; no unfamiliar Protestant could have entered with package unnoticed. May have been accidental explosion of IRA (Irish Republican Army) bomb. [OFFICIAL - describes blast.]
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Residents of Kobe, Japan, send relief food and money to Seattle, WA, where unemployment soars.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Commentator discusses India-Pakistan war.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) India-Pakistan conflict a 2-front war. China committed to Pakistan; USSR to India. United States aim is neutrality, though President Nixon angered with India's indifference to his bid for peace.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) Saudi Arabia Ambassador to United Nations Jamil Baroody ruled out of order by United Nations General Assembly President when he tried to make speech. Baroody continued session adjourned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) At UN, Baroody claimed right to reply to speech of Israel's Abba Eban; chairperson said other speakers had priority. United Nations Undersecretary for General Assembly Affair Canstantin Stavropolous tries to explain, is shoved by Baroody.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (narrates)
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