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(Studio) North Vietnam and Viet Cong denounce President Nixon's peace plan. Kissinger and Communist secret mtgs. reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(White House) Kissinger met with reporters to document United States attempts to reach peace settlement with North Vietnam. North Vietnam insistence of total United States withdrawal of troops and aid; overthrow of Thieu regime, unacceptable to Nixon.
REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow
(Saigon, South Vietnam) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu agrees to Nixon peace plan.
REPORTER: Arthur Lord
(Paris, France) In Paris, North Vietnam delegation to Peace Talks, does not reject proposals outright, but denounce Nixon, condemn plan as electoral propaganda. United States Ambassador to talks, William Porter, visits South Vietnam delegation to coordinate strategy for talks. [PORTER - hopes proposal will be discussed.]
REPORTER: Ray Scherer
(Studio) Many diplomates feel communists won't accept in public what they refused in private.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Nixon peace plan, enemy response evaluated.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Sen Minority leader Hugh Scott praises plan. Senate Majority leader Mike Mansfield favorable. Senator Edward Kennedy says 8 point plan should be 1 point, contingent only on release of P.O.W.s.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Senator Geo MCGOVERN - doubtful that plan will bring negotiated settlement.] [Senator Hubert HUMPHREY - urges setting withdrawal date, then discussing P.O.W. and M.I.A. release.] (Frankfort, Ky.) [Senator Edmund MUSKIE - says South Vietnam election is new element in plan, but request for total cease-fire could lead to stalemate in Paris negotiations.]
(Studio) Former Secretary defense Clark Clifford, Muskie Advisor, reiterates North Vietnam refusal of any cease-fire.
(DC) [Republican Representative Paul MCCLOSKEY - says speech was for political reasons.]
(Studio) President Nixon rptdly disclosed secrets due to divisions in country.
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(Studio) Nixon peace speech greeted with official welcome in Cambodia, with some reservation in Laos, and with restrained acceptance in Thailand.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Bien Hoa, South Vietnam) United States GIs in Vietnam heard speech live on United States Forces Radio. [Captain Charles COX - expected immediate solution.] [PFC James TINSLEY - calls speech political move.] [sergeant David LIFSEY - dubious.] [sergeant David VICE - thinks United States forces should stay in South Vietnam until P.O.W. accounted for.]
REPORTER: George Lewis
(DC) National League of P.O.W. families promises to keep prisoner issue alive through the presidential campaign. [NLF, Mrs. Evelyn GRUBB - calls on North Vietnam to respond to plan.] [NLF, Mrs. Sybil STOCKDALE - says plan is step toward negotiation.]
REPORTER: Gordon Graham
(San Jose, Cal.) Mother and sister of Lieutenant Everett Alvarez, Junior, P.O.W. watch Nixon speech on TV. [Sister Delia ALVAREZ - says speech was vague.] [Mother, Mrs. ALVAREZ - somewhat heartened by speech.]
REPORTER: Bob Flick
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 4 of 7 defendants in Berrigan trial watch Nixon speech on TV. [Sister Elizabeth MCALISTER - doubts truth of speech.]
REPORTER: Wilson Hall
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(Studio) Reverend Daniel Berrigan to be paroled in February Serving sentence in Conn. for anti-war activities.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Warsaw Pact Conf. in Prague, Czech., ends with proposal that armies in E. and West Europe be reduced in size.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 4 North Vietnam tanks in central highlands destroyed by South Vietnam aircraft.
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(Studio) In Mesa, Ariz., former Senator Carl Hayden dies at 94.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Cost of Living Council exempts non-profit private schools and colleges from tuition and boarding, price controls.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Clifford Irving, author of controversial book on Howard Hughes, says he delivered McGraw-Hill checks to Hughes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Ibiza, Spain) [IRVING - is sure the autobiography is authentic. Says he is being discredited unjustly. Feels Hughes sent a servant to Switzerland to cash check.]
REPORTER: Bernard Kaplan
(NYC) Irving shaken by allegations that wife Edith might be mysterious "Helga River Hughes" who cashed McGraw-Hill check.
(Studio) Swiss authorities wish to interview Mr. and Mrs. Irving.
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