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(Studio) South Vietnam gives up government control of most of central highlands; 3 whole provinces abandoned:Kontum, Pleiku and Darlac. South Vietnam to reform along coastal provinces so they can be resupplied by sea.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam) Civilians fleeing in all directions from Ban Me Thuot. Process of removing wounded from town too dangerous to try.
REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates)
(Studio) Department of Defense analysts examine South Vietnam's decision to abandon central highlands. Until now, only 1 province lost to enemy during entire war.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Pentagon sources view South Vietnam action as tactical withdrawal. North Vietnam offensive 3-pronged; aimed at central highlands, Hue and Tay Ninh; Hanoi apparently wants to prove President Thieu unable to defend country
REPORTER: Robert Goralski
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(Studio) Field reports from South Vietnam indicate planes from South Vietnam Air Force made raids in Cambodia, trying to knock out North Vietnam artillery positions. Air strip at Neak Luong falls to Communists Rocket attacks on Phnom Penh less intense, but there's reason to believe more foreign missions closing up in Phnom Penh. American embassy burns secret papers; tells relief agencies to pare down to essential workers. Last French diplomatic representative leaves Cambodia.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia) As colonial rulers of Cambodia, French dvtd. special attachment for Cambodia. French embassy closed; French government providing passage to Bangkok or Paris to anyone wanting to go. French departure comes as blow to Cambodian morale.
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
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(Studio) New government being formed in Thailand. Man slated to be prime minister says Thailand to recognize People's Republican of China; asks all American troops be withdrawn within year
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves compromise military aid bill for Cambodia amting. to $82 1/2 million; aid to be cut off June 30.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Senator John SPARKMAN - believes aid should be given to Cambodia; majority of committee agrees.] Committee vote expected. Most Democratic leaders of both hses. don't think aid bill to pass full Senator or House
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin
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(Studio) President in South Bend, Indiana, to discuss American responsibilities in world.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(S. Bend, IN) President' visit warmly and enthusiastically welcomed. On Notre Dame campus, students applaud at length as school president Reverend Theodore Hesburgh intros. President Ford. [Mr. FORD - warns against American isolationism.] President didn't mention Vietnam or Cambodia specifically. Senator Birch Bayh calls speech exceptional. Press Secretary Ron Nessen says this wasn't appropriate occasion for Mr. Ford to bring up Indochina.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) In Cambodia, American planes step up airlifts of rice and ammunition. Planes come from Utapao Air Force Base in Thailand; military planes used but civilian pilots fly planes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Utapao AFB) Phnom Penh airlifts biggest since Berlin blockade. Loading done by military personnel; pilots and crews civilian. Contract flyers under direction of William Bird;Bird Air has government contract to deliver supplies to Cambodia. Only 1 Bird plane slightly damaged. [Pilot Kit KETELL - says danger exist on ground, not in air.]
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Studio) American embassy in Phnom Penh secretly controlling Cambodian government air strikes, according to Senator Stuart Symington. Pentagon admits American planes flying reconnaissance missions over Cambodia give government information about rebel movement and potential targets, but embassy not controlling Cambodian air strikes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supreme Court unanimously rules federal government and not individual states own all offshore resources.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Govt. to invite oil companies to lease oil drilling rights off coast. [New Jersey Governor Brendan BYRNE - says states' fight not over; it must be carried on in Congress] Interior Secretary Rogers Morton says environmental to be protected, but he holds out little hope for states sharing oil revenues with government To be at least 3 years before oil begins flowing off Atlantic.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Chairperson House Ways, Means Committee, Al Ullman, announces compromise energy proposal to counter President Ford's energy plan. Details of Ullman plan outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) For mos., government looking into fraud. Los Angeles power department may have been 1 victim.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Customs agents going through oil tanker log books and port customs records to see if they were falsified for profit during energy crisis. Los Angeles power department paid $25 per barrel for oil at height of embargo. [City utility official Carl OSBORN - says in December `73 power company competing with other companies for limited amount of oil available; high prices were paid.]
REPORTER: John Marshall
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(Studio) Shell Oil negotiating with National Iranian Oil Company for $15 billion partnership that would last 20 years If deal goes through, Iranian company to get 50% control of Shell stations in US.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) accuses 2 big land companies, Horizon and AMREP of defrauding thousands of people in desert land sales.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Former Secretary Defense Clark Clifford testifies before Rockefeller commission; commission investigating activities of CIA and other intelligence agencies. Investigation goes beyond domestic activities and into possible assassination plots of foreign leaders
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [CLIFFORD - says at no time was he told of plan to assassinate head of foreign government] [Vice President Nelson ROCKEFELLER - says all CIA activity under investigation that may have had some bearing on CIA domestic activities.] Rockefeller concedes if there were foreign CIA plots, they would have to have been hatched in US.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
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(Studio) FBI recently admitted being involved in widespread campaign to disrupt civil rights movement in 1960's. Reverend Don. Jackson was subject of FBI harassment.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) FBI reports refer to Jackson, now known as Muhammad Kenyatta, as agitator and black ntlist. FBI wrote phony letter forcing Kenyatta to leave Mississippi. [KENYATTA - believes FBI out to provoke some kind of violent situation.] FBI declines comment.
REPORTER: Ford Rowan
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(Studio) Aristotle Onassis to be buried tomorrow on private island, Scorpios. Onassis to be buried next to his son.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) South Korean government represses South Korean newspaper that prints unfavorable government news; government cuts off all advertisers, but readers keep papers going. Paper's management then dismisses reporters who were critical of government; in response, editors and employees seized plant 9 days ago. Today gangs of men hired by management physically remove strikers.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) John Chancellor corrects story about oil on Southwest coast of Antarctica. NBC researches Chicken Little's sex; discovers character is "she" in United States and "he" in Britain; in 1 of NBC's stories, Chicken Little referred to as "he" and there were complaints.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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