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(Studio) Revelations with regard to CIA payments to Jordan's King Hussein and possibly other international leaders and president Carter's order to stop practice noted. Carter is questioned with regard to issue in news conference today.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) [CARTER - says some reports recently, with regard to CIA activity are erroneous, some have some degree of accuracy. Says he's found nothing illegal or improper, but if, in future studies soon to be done, such is found, he'll stop it and tell American people about it.] Carter says he admits this is making Americans rely on someone else's idea of right and proper action, but that in intelligence operations, some secrecy needed. [CARTER - stresses and explains need for secrecy.] 1 reporter asks what President's response would have been if story had broken during campaign. [CARTER - says he doesn't know.] Other topics of discussion are federal funding for congress campaigns, relations with Cuba and human rights; with regard to latter, Carter says he doesn't want to single out USSR and then speaks of Uganda. [CARTER - says recent actions in Uganda have disgusted world; notes British consider asking UN to go into country to investigate persecutions of those at whom Idi Amin has become angry.] Comments of Canadian prime minister and Senator minority leader re: Carter's outspokenness on human rights noted.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#47413
(Studio) Exiled USSR dissident talks to joint congress committee on human rights today.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Vladimir Bukovsky was, after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov, most prominent dissident in Russia. [BUKOVSKY - notes 1st prison sentence and type of prison.] Bukovsky finally exiled in December in exchange for Communist leader in Chile. Bukovsky speaks to committee monitoring observance of Helslnki agreement and says USSR has no intention of observing it; also talks about asylums and treatments inmates get as insane people. [BUKOVSKY - cites treatment and its aims that political prisoners get.] Bukovsky says Nixon-Ford policy of keeping quiet on human rights incrd. violations in USSR and he's encouraged by Carter; also says United States should go further and that each dealing with Soviets should be based on human rights.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(Studio) In Paris, France, today, police drag exiled USSR historian, Andrei Amalrik, away from entrance to president palace. Amalrik had demanded to see President Valery Giscard-d'Estaing to discuss Soviet treatment of dissidents. Amalrik says French police similar to Soviet secret police.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47414
(Studio) Refugees from Uganda report Idi Amin orders 2 Christian tribes destroyed. Protests come from group of American blacks and United Nations considers investigation. Uganda is all but cut off from neighboring ntns.; today network reporter got in and out of country with report with regard to Amin's explanation of events. (Audio report)
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Kampala, Uganda) Amin says tribes held responsible for coup plot won't be massacred and that all is quiet now. Amin accuses Britain, United States and Israel of providing support for Uganda guerrillas, who he says are now under arrest. Reporter notes situation in Kampala.
REPORTER: Charles Harrison
#47415
(Studio) Carter says in press conference 1 of 1st steps to better relations with Cuba must be reestablishment of human rights there and would like assurances Cuba would stay out of overseas conflicts like Angola. Earlier in day Carter is briefed by Representative Jonathan Bingham who talked with Fidel Castro for 8 hrs. in Cuba. Bingham says Castro believes 1st step to normalizing relations is lifting of United States trade embargo.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47417
(Studio) Federal Reserve Board chairperson Arthur Burns says Carter economy program might reignite inflation in testimony to congress committee today. (Film shown.) [BURNS - says federal government is always called in; notes vital private economy and says, instead of throwing or giving away money, things should calm down.]
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47418
(Studio) Texaco and Gulf oil company officials deny companies hold back natural gas in testimony to congress subcommittee today.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Gulf of Mexico) Reporter asks Shell Oil Company executive if his company holds back gas. [Shell offshore operations manager Lloyd OTTEMAN - says company not holding back gas that's ready and company capable of producing.] Congress probe of wells in Gulf of Mexico noted. Investigators didn't ask producers why production has dropped so much in last 2 years; fact is confirmed by one co. [OTTEMAN - notes reasons production cut by 1/2 over 2 years ago.] Reporter asks with regard to accusation companies not speeding production by drilling new wells; notes Otteman's explanation with regard to tapping of reserves. [OTTEMAN - cites why costs are reason companies can't hold gas back.] Congress probe into matter to continue
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
#47419
(Studio) Testimony of representatives of General Foods and Folgers Coffee Company to House committee investigating coffee prices noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47420
(Studio) Government report released today says without so much government regulation of domestic airlines,fares would be lower. Report based on General Accounting Office study.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47423
(Studio) Senate Intelligence Committee approves Admiral Stansfield Turner to head CIA. In hearings with regard to Paul Warnke as Carter choice to be chief arms negotiator, Senator Barry Goldwater opposes nomination in Senate Armed Services Committee Goldwater's comments with regard to dealings with USSR noted. Senator For. Relations Committee has approved Warnke.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47424
(Studio) Though Carter says White House-Congress relations good, many Senators and Representatives angry with regard to proposal to cut out some waterworks projects. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus goes to Capitol today to talk with Democrats with regard to issue.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Conflict comes into open in Andrus' testimony to House Interior Committee; some representatives question president power to refuse to use money even if Congress says to do so. [Representative Morris UDALL - notes impoundments by Nixon. Says Congress wants to know Carter procedure.] [ANDRUS - says administration won't use impoundment of funds and issue won't be closed and secret.] [Representative Abraham KAZEN - notes law preventing President from impounding funds.] Final results of conflict not clear at present.
REPORTER: Don Farmer
#47425
(Studio) Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt is paroled today from Eglin AFB, Florida, and flies to Boston, Massachusetts. Future plans cited.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47426
(Studio) In close election in Israel's ruling Labor party convention Prime Min. Yitzhak Rabin narrowly defeats defense minister Shimon Peres as party's prime minister candidate in May elections.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Among Rabin's supporters in old guard is Golda Meir; Peres' supporters want new leaders, include Abba Eban, and more democratic party Details with regard to convention noted.
REPORTER: Bill Seamans
#47427
(Studio) Admin. negotiators with regard to Panama Canal, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Saul Linowitz, return home from Panama today with little progress to report
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#47429
(Studio) Rhodesia Prime Min. Ian Smith announces program to ease racial segregation in cntry.; government reports major exodus of white Rhodesians in January Laws with regard to segregation also changing in South Africa, but are often only minor concessions.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) South Africa message to United Nations in 1974 with regard to relaxing of segregationist policies noted. Changes in Johannesburg parks, theaters, restaurants, etc., since then cited. Prominent South Africa industry and private citizen Harry Oppenheimer is 1 of those who believe there have been some more basic changes. [OPPENHEIMER - compares situation now to 5 years ago. Says it shouldn't be hard for government to eliminate petty discrimination and government has done more than it's gotten credit for.] Situation of those South Africans designated as colored, or of mixed blood, cited. Despite changes, there's no indication Afrikaner rulers of country have yet accepted idea of multi-racialism.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#47430
(Studio) DC's National Center for Health Statistics figs. with regard to life expectancy noted. Possible effects of women's lib on life expectancy of women cited.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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