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(Studio) West Germany's Bundestag reported beginning debate on United States missile deployment there.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Bonn, West Germany) Anti-nuclear demonstration outside Bundestag described, shown; debate examined. [Chancellor Helmut KOHL - (thru translator) proposes deployment of new United States missiles.] Demonstration by the Green party on parliament floor noted. [Green chairperson Hans-Jochen VOGEL - (thru translator) opposes deployment.] Helmut Schmidt's stance outlined.
REPORTER: Hal Walker
#81762
(Studio) Size of audience viewing ABC's "The Day After" last night, include President Reagan, noted; reaction to movie today examined. Demand for
#81763
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) United States intelligence assessment of USSR weapons product examined; CIA's report to Congress outlined on screen, discussed. CIA findings noted at odds with consistent claims of President Reagan; possible reasons for Soviet slowdown listed.
REPORTER: John McWethy
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81765
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) Reaction of stock market to new American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) stock discussed; details outlined on screen. [American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) stockholder Richard CHIAPPETTO - will delay selling shares.] American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) stock's showing today reported STK. MKT. REPORT
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Columbus, Georgia) Judgment against Eli Lilly and Company over suit brought by Clarence Borom following death of his mother, apparently linked to her use of Lilly's arthritis drug Oraflex, examined; background to Oraflex's development and number deaths in United States and Europe by its users recalled. [BOROM - is satisfied with judgment.] Size of award, to be appealed by Lilly, mentioned. [Lilly vice president Edgar DAVIS - implies jury didn't understand co.'s defense argument.] Borom's suit said 1st of 250 filed against Eli Lilly and Company
REPORTER: Rebecca Chase Artist: Craig Brucke
#81768
(Studio) Occupational Safety and Health Admin. reported imposing new regulations affecting employers of workers involved with dangerous chemicals; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81769
(Studio) Justice Department reported deciding not to prosecute Dan White for civil rights violations stemming from his 1978 murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and city cnclman. Harvey Milk. Details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(No location given) Terrorist attack on church worshipers in Darkley, North Ireland, examined; audio tape of assault heard. Catholic Reaction Force, an offshoot of Irish National Liberation Army (itself a militant breakaway group of IRA (Irish Republican Army) mbrs.) thought responsible. [Prime Min. Margaret THATCHER - feels church attack is worse form of murder.] Efforts of both Catholic and Protestant church leaders to ease tension noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Al Dale
#81771
(Studio) Apparent lull in north Lebanon fighting between PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) troops loyal to Yasir Arafat and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) rebels reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81773
(Studio) Sophisticated United States computer equipment, apparently being smuggled to USSR by KGB7 said seized and currently held in Sweden; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Langley, Virginia) Intelligence efforts of United States and USSR , principally through CIA and KGB, respectively, examined in detail; films shown. General pros and cons of each agency outlined. [Former CIA director William COLBY - feels KGB corresponds to CIA, FBI, border and state police, Treasury, Secret Service combined.] Extent of KGB's control of military and pols., include invasion of Afghanistan in which President Hafizullah Amin was murdered, described. [Journalist Leopold LABEDZ - believes KGB's destruction and containment of Soviet dissident movement is its primary success in past decades.] Ease of KGB in obtaining high technology information from US, usually through legal means, described; alleged Soviet bloc spy James Durwood Harper's theft of sensitive information from Systems Control in Palo Alto, California, cited as example Details of Harper's activities with Polish spies working for KGB recalled; impact of his work on United States security noted. Gunter Guillaume's role as KGB "sleeper" in West Germany discussed; his association with German Chancellor Willy Brandt recalled. Illya Dzhirkvelov's use of disinformation technique in Tanzania in 1960s to sway public opinion against Peace Corps examined. [DZHIRKVELOV - recalls bribing Tanzanian journalist to link Peace Corps to CIA.] Peace Corps recalled thrown out of Tanzania. Alexei Dumov's similar use of disinformation to organization anti- US demonstrations in Switzerland cited as another example; Swiss government mentioned expelling Dumov. No. KGB spies expelled from West ntns. so far this year, especially France, recalled. Similarities between KGB and CIA outlined; KGB Colonel Oleg Pinkovsky recalled providing information to United States during 1962 Cuban missile crisis. CIA's once covert operations recalled exposed by Congress during 1970s reign of then KGB director Yuri Andropov. [1975, Senator Frank CHURCH - displays secret dart guns.] CIA's efforts to destabilize Salvador Allende's government in Chile, its assassination of Congo's Patrice Lumumba, plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, CIA's participation in Watergate recalled. [Former CIA deputy director Ray CLINE - describes impact on agency of Church's investigation; notes Jimmy Carter and Stansfield Turner fired experienced CIA operatives.] CIA's failure to accurately assess Iranian crisis, which eventually lead to fall of Shah and seizure of United States hostages, noted. President Reagan's approach to rebuilding CIA with backing of Moslem rebels in Afghanistan, aiding anti-Khomeini Iranians, backing efforts to overthrow Nicaraguan government, backing Pol Pot in Cambodia noted; CIA's gains in spy satellite programs discussed. [COLBY - describes sophistication of spy satellites.]
REPORTER: Pierre Salinger
(Studio) Part VII announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81776
(Studio) National Turkey Fed.'s presentation of live bird to President Reagan reported, shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81777
(Studio) Continue successful predictions of Dallas zoo gorilla Kanda re: weekend's football games reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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