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(Studio) President meets with National Security Council; postpones news conference scheduled for tonight; places American armed forces on world-wide alert after Middle E. crisis intensifies. Later in afternoon crisis situation cools.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(NYC) USSR wanted United States and Sovs. to move into Mid. E. to enforce cease-fire; US refuses; USSR backs down. New United Nations resolution calls for enforcement from cntrys. other than superpowers. [Soviet ambassador to United Nations Yakov MALIK - states USSR to vote for new resolution to help end tension.] United States ambassador John Scali reports United States to help carry contingency troops from other cntrys. to Mid. E.
REPORTER: John McVane
(Studio) United Nations Secretary General Waldheim announces Austrian, Swedish and Finnish troops to be sent directly to Middle E. to enforce cease-fire.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger holds news conference to explain military alert put in effect before United Nations resolution passed.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) [KISSINGER - describes awesome nuclear power of United States and USSR . Neither must enter directly into Mid. E., upsetting delicate balance. As precautionary measure, United States places all United States military on alert.] [REPORTER - asks if US alert to warn USSR if troops sent to Mid. E. United States will also.] [KISSINGER - refuses to speculate; however says United States not now in confrontation with Soviet Union, but United States to remain prepared.] Kissinger questioned about possible ulterior motive to distract from President' Watergate problems. [KISSINGER - insists senior government officials aren't playing with lives of American people.] [REPORTER - asks if USSR may have decided to make move now since Pres weakened by Watergate affairs of last wkend.] [KISSINGER - states crisis of authority can't continue for mos. without paying price somewhere along line.]
REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow
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(Studio) Mil. alert 12 hrs. old before Kissinger speaks to press.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Mil. alert still in effect. United States refuses to give specifics with regard to air alert.
REPORTER: Frank Tomlinson
(Fort Bragg, North Carolina) Troops prepare for order to dispatch. 82nd airborne ready to go if called.
REPORTER: David Snell
(Norfolk, Virginia) Base closed to unofficial visitors incling. press. However, nothing out of ordinary seen.
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
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(Studio) Washington, DC mood changes considerably after United Nations resolution passes to keep superpowers away from Mid. E. cease-fire enforcement.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(White House) Crisis cools; tension eases. President goes public this morning to allow press to see how well he's holding up under foreign and domestic burdens.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Capitol Hill) [Senator Henry JACKSON - states letter from USSR to Henry Kissinger warned if United States didn't send troops into Mid. E. with USSR , Sovs. to go in unilaterally.] [Senator Hubert HUMPHREY - believes USSR should remember United States becomes very united in time of crisis.]
REPORTER: Bob Clark
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(Studio) As tension increases between superpowers, fighting in Mid. E. almost stops.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Tel Aviv, Israel) After cease-fire, Tel Aviv residents show signs of normality, returning to lifestyle. Developments in USSR and United States worry Israelis. Reasons outlined. Israeli officials refuse comment with regard to USSR intentions or United States reaction to proposed cease-fire enforcement by Sovs. and Americans [Israeli Defense Min. Moshe DAYAN - refuses to comment on United States military alert.]
REPORTER: Don Farmer
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(Studio) United Nations peace force must police cease-fire lines held by both sides when shooting stopped. Israel and Egypt hold positions extremely hard to enforce.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Egypt) Israel conts. to move more men and machinery into Egypt. United Nations peace force must determine Israeli position held after 1st cease-fire, but Israelis seem unwilling to move back to 1st cease-fire line. Both Israel and Egypt abide by cease-fire today. Israel takes many POWs; most moved back to Israel to await bargaining for prisoners.
REPORTER: Lou Cioffi
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(Studio) House Republicans join in request for new special Watergate prosecutor.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Capitol Hill) Attorney Charles Wright, White House cnsls. Leonard Garment and Bryce Harlow meet with House Republicans to win them to President' thinking. [Representative Gerald FORD - states major feel special prosecutor's office should be refilled. Admits White House misinterpreted public opinion in Nixon-Cox confrontation.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
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(Tel Aviv, Israel [S]) Israelis reflect new mood since 2nd cease-fire, this reporter thinks. Resentment seems to lessen for 2 reasons. Israelis believe this cease-fire may be different and accomplishments they hoped to fulfill before cease-fire have been completed. Israel believes if Syria and Israel could peacefully exist, Arab-Israeli hate would lessen.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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