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(Studio) Ford administration asks Congress for more than $1/2 billion for Vietnam refugee program. No. of refugees could increase to 150,000.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Capitol Hill) [Refugee task force director Dean BROWN - says refugees to be dispersed as evenly and equitably as possible throughout US.] [Representative Joshua EILBERG - asks how many jobs might be needed by refugees.) [BROWN - estimates number at 30,000.] [Representative Christopher DODD - says there's tremendous hesitancy to provide money for refugees capable of sustaining themselves economically.] [BROWN - assures Dodd money won't be spent for resettlement of refugees with money.] Committee questions task force about persons involved in questionable activities during Vietnam war; these refugees to be admitted to United States because
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(Studio) State Department sets up toll-free number for Americans wishing to sponsor South Vietnam families settling in US. No. is 800-368-1180.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) About 30,000 refugees escaped South Vietnam on naval vessels.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Hong Kong) United States must sort out all these refugees and find places for them to live. Among refugees are military men. Refugees worry about future.
REPORTER: George Lewis
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(Studio) David Brinkley discusses unexpected United States reaction to South Vietnam refugees.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Opposition to South Vietnam refugees coming to United States substantial. Senator McGovern suggests 90% of refugees be given free rides back home. Senator Jacob Javits says his parents were immigrants; finds attitude appalling. American people suspect refugees to turn into social and welfare problem; many want to put all thoughts of Vietnam in past; resettlement would just dredge up old memories.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Communist sources report thousands of officers and men of old South Vietnam navy surrender ships to revolutionary government Govt. empties "tiger cages" on Con Son Island 2 Soviet freighters reach Danang with food and other aid. Ton Son Nhut airport reopened. Former South Vietnam President Duong Van Minh released from detention.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Thailand and United States agree on removal of 10,000 American soldiers from Thailand over next 2 mos. Pentagon also flying out some of 120 planes landed in Thailand by fleeing South Vietnam pilots.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Communist victory in South Vietnam and Cambodia affects Thailand
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Bangkok, Thailand) Thailand's prime minister doesn't believe Hanoi plans to overrun Thailand next, but there's evidence that Hanoi intends just that. Many high government officials fear just such a move; believe prime min. too sanguine about possibility. Bands of Communist guerrillas active in north and northe. Thailand. Across border in Laos, roads built and supply depots present, supposedly for war against Thailand. [Prime Min. Kukrit PRAMOJ - doesn't think North Vietnam has capability or intention to attack Thailand next. Concedes Communists may have aims of incring. political power in Thailand.] Questioned about United States role in S.E. Asia after troop withdrawal from Thailand. [PRAMOJ - says Thailand would like to remain friendly with United States. United States presence in Thailand no longer beneficial. Thinks United States troop removal to help clear air.]
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Associated Press reports General Robert Cushman, top official of Marine Corps, plans to resign early. Cushman may be leaving early because of dissatisfaction with President' replacement for Cushman.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supermarket industry says profits for last year little more than 4% before taxes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Apr. auto sales figures for American cars show sales down 26% over Apr. last year
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Representative Wilbur Mills returns to Capitol Hill after 5 mos. of treatment for alcoholism.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [MILLS - says he's not going back to pace he kept 5 mos. ago. Plans to live each day as it comes.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) President Ford to meet with Israeli Prime Min. Itzhak Rabin in Washington, DC on June 11 and 12. Mtg. 10 days after President talks with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Austria.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Ford to hold press conference tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.; NBC to carry broadcast live.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spends 2 hrs. with Rockefeller commission; commission investigating illegal CIA activities. Kissinger says he was never involved in domestic spying or plots to assassinate foreign leaders Kissinger interview with Barbara Walters of "Today" show taped; subjects discussed incl. South Vietnam and USSR . Portions of interview follow. [KISSINGER - says US can't expect USSR not to take advantage of situations where United States doesn't take action to maintain balance Detente has never meant absence of competition.]
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Pulitzer Prize winners announced. Some include "Boston Globe", Mary McCrory, Garry Trudeau.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Former ambassador to Israel, India and United States Senator Kenneth Keating dies.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) White House says Khmer Rouge rebels in Cambodia execute 80 or 90 officers of defeated Cambodian army, &their wives. "Newsweek" magazine says American official reports thousands already executed in Cambodia, but there's no direct confirmation. West German journalist manages to bring out film of Phnom Penh's fall.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Frankfurt, West Germany) [Reporter Christoph FROEHDER - says he hid film all over his body and luckily wasn't caught.] Following film shot after Americans left Phnom Penh.
REPORTER: John Dancy
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Film shows hospital in capital,rice distribution, rocketed hsing. development, and last stand for Phnom Penh by Cambodian army. Cambodian retreat orderly. Saw no mass executions.
REPORTER: Christoph Froehder (narrates)
(Frankfurt, West Germany) Froehder actually filmed takeover of Phnom Penh. [FROEHDER - says film now under embargo; reasons given.]
REPORTER: John Dancy
(Studio) Delivery of foreign ntls. to Thai border from Phnom Penh still up in air. When last foreign safely out of Cambodia, NBC to carry full film story of Communist takeover.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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