Gif-sur-Yvette : Séance marathon
hier entre Kissinger et Le Duc Tho

P. 3 : la dépêche de F. NIVOLON et l'ensemble de nos informations

Pendant quelques minutes, hier, MM. Kissinger et Le Duc Tho se sont promenés dans le jardin de la villa de Gif-sur-Yvette. En le tenant par le bras, le conseiller spécial de Hanoï a entraîné l'éminence grise du président Nixon sous les frondaisons, sans doute pour lui confier quelque secret...

en effet, décidé
r au groupe par-
uivre, temporaire-
s — la position
visée d'ici à un an
de boycott des ins-
nunautaires et en

l'assemblée de
qui indique que
les soi-disants par-
ité du parti à tout
de nouveau alignés
saires de l'adhésion
cabinet fantôme.

A moins d'une révolte de der-
nière heure, de la majorité silen-
teuse du groupe parlementaire,
il est donc à craindre que le
Labour ne soit pas représenté,
durant au moins une année, aux
travaux de l'Assemblée de Stras-
bourg.

Daniel Norman.

depuis l'annonce du blocage des
salaires et des prix, ces derniers
ayant, comme prévu, échappé au
contrôle du gouvernement.

D'autres mouvements pour com-
battre la politique de blocage du
gouvernement se dessinent d'ail-
leurs à l'horizon : les doc's de
Liverpool, par exemple, décide-

stre de l'Eire marque son opposition
médiat des forces britanniques d'Ulster

la conséquence d'un processus
graduel d'accords et de réconcilia-
tions aidé par le fait que les
deux tronçons de l'Irlande ap-
partiendront au Marché commun
à partir du 1er janvier.

Le premier ministre de l'Eire
s'est enfin déclaré prêt à « faire
tout ce qui est en son pouvoir »
pour arriver à une solution paci-
fique et « dans l'intérêt commun »,
il s'est déclaré prêt à accepter
et soutenir qui que ce soit et
n'importe quelle politique qui a
des chances de háter la récon-
ciliation entre les deux commu-
nautés et entre le Sud agricole et
le plus riche Nord industriel ».

Son contradicteur dans le dé-
bat, M. Roy Bradford, ancien mi-
nistre au Développement de
l'Ulster a affirmé que pour arri-
ver à une solution pacifique du
problème il faut dénoncer d'abord
deux mythes : celui que « le sec-
tarisme était le produit du par-
tage de l'Irlande », et il rappela
à cet égard que les luttes reli-

M. Lynch, comme l'on sait, sera
demain l'hôte de M. Heath au
numéro 10 de Downing Street. A
cette occasion, il mettra au cou-
rant le premier ministre britan-
ique des mesures que le gou-
vernement de Dublin prépare
pour combattre plus efficacement
l'I.R.A.

D. N.

## ETAT DE SIEGE EN BOLIVIE

La Paz, 23 novembre. (A.F.P. - U.P.I.)

Le président Hugo Banzer a décrété l'état de siège sur l'ense-
ble du territoire bolivien à la suite de la décision des syndicats des
travailleurs du secteur industriel de lancer un mot d'ordre de grève
de 24 heures.

Cette grève avait pour but de protester contre des déclarations du ministre de l'Intérieur, M. Mario Adett Zamora, qui avait affirmé que des « éléments extrémistes de gauche » s'étaient infiltrés dans les syndicats.

Chars et détachements de l'armée ont pris position aux points
stratégiques de la capitale pour empêcher toute manifestation. D'ores
et déjà, de nombreuses arrestations ont été opérées dans les milieux
politiques et syndicaux.

### ARGENTINE

* Trois chars ont pris position à proximité du domicile de Perón. Il s'agit d'éviter le retour de incidents enregistrés mercredi au cours desquels le service d'ordre policier s'est laissé déborder par les partisans de l'arcien dictateur qui tentaient de s'approcher de sa résidence. Pour refouler les manifestants, la police a dû faire usage de grenades lacrymogènes et, selon le journal « La Nacion », 300 personnes

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SÉANCE MARATHON ENTRE
MM. KISSINGER ET LE DUC THO

LA séance de la conférence de l'avenue Kléber n'a pas eu lieu hier en raison de la fête américaine du « Thanksgiving day » (« Journée d'action et de grâces »), mais la véritable négociation — celle dont les ténors sont MM. Kissinger et Le Duc Tho — s'est poursuivie pour la quatrième journée consécutive derrière les épais rideaux de la villa blanche aux volets verts de Gif-sur-Yvette.

Plusieurs intermèdes ont jalonné cette réunion qui, avec six heures d'entretiens, aura été jusqu'ici la plus longue depuis le retour en France de M. Kissinger.

Il y a d'abord eu, peu avant midi, une promenade d'une dizaine de minutes du conseiller spécial du président Nixon et de ses principaux collaborateurs dans le jardin de la villa.

Deux heures plus tard, les Américains sortaient à nouveau « prendre l'air » et leur apparition dans le jardin coïncidait avec celle de très légers flocons blancs, premiers

soupçons de neige de l'année sur le vallon boisé où est niché Gif-sur-Yvette.

Mais ce froid caprice de la nature ne durait qu'un instant et l'atmosphère semblait se réchauffer au propre et au figuré lorsque M. Le Duc Tho est venu quelques minutes plus tard rejoindre son interlocuteur.

Les deux hommes, assistés d'un interprète vietnamien, ont alors fourni aux journalistes aux aguets derrière la haie du mur d'enceinte le spectacle d'une conversation animée mais cordiale, ponctuée tantôt de sourettes, tantôt de gestes énergiques.

Selon toute vraisemblance, les négociations se poursuivront aujourd'hui pour la cinquième journée consécutive.

Après dix-neuf heures d'entretiens nul ne peut dire combien de temps il faudra encore pour que les deux parties se mettent d'accord sur un texte définitif.

On sait que M. Kissinger a reçu pour instruction du président Nixon de demeurer à Paris « aussi longtemps qu'il le faudra ».

les projets des textes. Commen-
safrançaise, le délégué polo-
sise (mais il parle fort bien le
méritait une grande attention.

il semble que beaucoup de
dèrent la solution française
sonnable. L'ambassadeur de
André, assisté de son premier
Pierret, avait présenté cel-
en une dizaine de minutes.
retter que, dès le début, les
crochent et semblent traîner
qu'il aurait fallu attaquer au
cours liminaire et ensuite l'ana-
cours, pour pouvoir préparer
pré-conférence d'Helsinki.

Robert Lacontre.

tlantique

être obligé

égime

padopoulos chercherait à couper
la voire en deux. Il annoncerait
la fin de l'année, un compromis
ù il serait question d'étendre les

que l'Europe, telles que les
impératifs qui s'imposent
aux parlementaires de l'OTAN
au moment où commence la
préparation de la conférence
sur la sécurité.

L'un d'eux, le congressiste
américain Sindley, a été jusqu'à
proposer un « sommet » des
chefs des Etats membres de
l'Alliance atlantique pour endi-
guer son effritement, rétablir sa
cohésion et pour se mettre
d'accord sur des objectifs com-
muns avant la C.S.C.E. (Confé-
rence de sécurité et de coopé-
ration européenne), les secon-
des négociations Salt (U.R.S.S.:
Etats-Unis sur la limitation des
armements stratégiques) et cel-
les des M.B.F.R. (Réduction
équilibrée des forces en Euro-
pe). Cette idée vaut ce qu'elle
vaut, mais il faut noter que M.
Sindley est républicain, et qu'il
est assez proche du président
Nixon. Nous croyons savoir en-
fin qu'il verra M. Schumann
samedi, à son passage à Paris.

Sans aller jusqu'à ce recours
suprême, pas mal de parlemen-
taires sont conscients de la né-
cessité de clarifier la situation.

pendant la paix et le mè-
des valeurs que nous défen-
dons. » C'est en ces termes que
M. Noguera, qui est un des re-

De notre envoyé spécial

J. M.-J. OGLIASTRO

présentants portugais, a présen-
té sans fard le problème qui se
pose actuellement au monde
libre. Avant lui, le sénateur
Jacob Javits, en présentant le
rapport intérimaire du « comité
des Neuf », chargé de se pré-
occuper de l'avenir de l'Allian-
ce, avait adressé une mise en
garde contre le danger de « fin-
landisation » de l'Europe occi-
dentale. Et son collègue socia-
liste français, M. Giraud, avait,
lui aussi, dénoncé les risques
qu'il y aurait à créer un désé-
quilibre qui pourrait être mor-
tel. Les membres de l'Alliance
doivent garder leur cohésion et
leur efficacité au moindre prix;
les négociations de la C.S.C.E.
ne doivent entamer en rien

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EARLIER IN THE DAY KISSINGER RETURNED TO PARIS FROM A BRIEF VISIT TO BRUSSELS WHERE HE DISCUSSED THE ROLE INDONESIA MAY PLAY IN ANY PEACE PLAN WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUHARTO AND FOREIGN MINISTER ADAM MALIK.

INDONESIA HAS MENTIONED, ALONG WITH HUNGARY, CANADA AND POLAND, TO PARTICIPATE ON AN INTERNATIONAL CONTROL COMMISSION TO POLIE ANY CEASE-FIRE THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS. ASIAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID THE COMPOSITION OF THE CONTROL PANEL WAS A KEY QUESTION BEING DISCUSSED BY KISSINGER AND THO.

OFFICIALS FROM BOTH SIDES MAINTAINED A TIGHT CURTAIN OF SÉCRECY AROUND THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS, BUT THE ASIAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID THE COMMUNIST VIETNAMESE CHARGED THAT INDONESIA WAS ALLIED CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES. THEY SAID THE CRUSHING OF A 1965 COMMUNIST-LED UPRISING IN INDONESIA HAD NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN BY THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST.

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GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE (UPI)-- THE VIETNAM PEACE TALKS TODAY NEARED THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE SET BY WHITE HOUSE AID HENRY A. KISSINGER FOR COMPLETION OF THE CRUCIAL NEGOTIATIONS.

KISSINGER MET WITH HANOI DIPLOMATS LE DUC THO AND XUAN THUY FOR THEIR FOURTH MEETING IN AS MANY DAYS.

WITH 13 HOURE OF TALKS BEHIND THEM, THE TWO SIDES GOT ROUND
A TABLE AGAIN AT 10.30 A.M. (0930 GMT).

THEY TOOK A 10-MINUTE BREAK IN THE GARDEN AT NOON, THEN AT
2.30 P.M. (1330 GMT) KISSINGER AND THO, ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY
AN INTERPRETER WALKED TOGETHER IN THE FRESH AIR FOR 10 MINUTES,
ALTERNATIVELY LAUGHING AND TALKING SERIOUSLY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY POSED FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS, THEN WENT
BACK INTO THE VILLA, OWNED BY THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY,
WHERE THE TALKS ARE TAKING PLACE.

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WHEN HANOI RELEASED THE DRAFT PEACE ACCORD LAST OCTOBER
26, KISSINGER CALLED FOR ONE FINAL MEETING LASTING "THREE TO FOUR
DAYS" TO CLEAR UP OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS.

SINCE THEN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY RONALD ZIEGLER
HAS SAID THE TALKS MAY LAST "SEVERAL DAYS OR MORE" AND KISSINGER
SAID ON HIS ARRIVAL IN PARIS LAST SUNDAY HE WOULD STAY AS LONG
AS NECESSARY.

ONLY 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE FOURTH SESSION STARTED IN THIS
TOWNSHIP OF 5,000 PERSONS 15 MILES (24 KM) SOUTH LF PARIS,
A TOUGH SAIGON TROUBLE SHOOTER ARRIVED TO STAND WATCH ON THE TALKS.

HE IS NGUYEN PHU DUC, A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH
VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU. HIS ARRIVAL
BROUGHT TO THREE THE TOTAL OF TOP DIPLOMATS THIEU HAS ORDERED
TO PARIS SINCE THE TALKS BEGAN.

THIEU'S AMBASSADORS TO BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES,
VUONG VAN BAC AND TRAN KIM PHUONG, ARRIVED EARLIER TO KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH KISSINGER.

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CONFERENCE SOURCES SAID DUC WAS UNDER ORDERS TO PRESS FOR
HANOI'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIEU'S DEMANDS IN RETURN FOR
HIS APPROVAL OF A CEASE-FIRE ACCORD.

THIEU IS ON RECORD AS DEMANDING THE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL NORTH
VIETNAMESE FORCES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA
AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMILITARIZED ZONE ALONG THE 17TH PARALLEL.
THIEU ALSO OPPOSES THE PROPOSED THREE-SEGMENT NATIONAL
RECONCILIATION COUNCIL.

IN A DISPATCH FROM SAIGON TODAY, THE NEWSPAPER FIGARO
SAID THIEU, IN A LETTER TO PRESIDENT NIXON, "MAINTAINS THE
TOUGH ATTITUDE HE HAS ADOPTED AGAINST SETTLEMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE
CONFLICT."

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AT NOON, THE TWO SIDES TOOK A 10-MINUTE BREAK IN THE GARDEN
THEN RETURNED TO THEIR DELIBERATIONS.

TWO AND A HALF HOURE LATER, KISSINGER AND THO EMERGED
TOGETHER, ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY AN INTERPRETER. FOR 10 MINUTES
THEY WALKED IN CONVERSATION, ALTERNATIVELY LAUGHING AND TALKING
SERIOUSLY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ALLOWED THE DRIVEWAY GATE TO BE
OPENED AND POSED TOGETHER FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS BEFORE RETURNING TO
THE VILLA.

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NEITHER OF THE TWO DELEGATIONS TALKED TO WAITING NEWSMEN ON ARRIVAL AT THE RED-ROOFED VILLA, WILLED TO THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY BY THE LATE PAINTER FERNAND LEGER, WHICH IS WHERE THEY MEET.

THO AND THUY, WHO ARRIVED FROM THEIR RESIDENCE AT CHOISY-LE-BOI, ANOTHER SOUTHERN SUBURB, WALKED BRISKLY UP THE SMALL STAIRCASE INTO THE LOW-CEILINGED HOUSE GUARDED BY A PLATOON OF FRENCH GENDARMES.

KISSINGER AND HIS AIRES ARRIVED AT 10.15 A.M. (0915 GMT), A FEW MINUTES LATER. KISSINGER, HIS DEPUTY GEN. ALEXANDER HAIG, AND WALTER SULLIVAN, ASSISTANT DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FAREASTERN AFFAIRS, PAUSED BRIEFLY TO TALK TOGETHER IN THE GARDEN BEFORE JOINING THE HANOI DIPLOMATS.

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SAIGON (UPI)--THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY COMMAND TODAY REPORTED 395 TROOPS KILLED IN ACTION LAST WEEK, THE LOWEST TOLL IN SEVEN WEEKS. THE U.S. COMMAND SAID THE UNITED STATES LOST ONE MAN KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED IN ACTION, THE LOWEST TOTAL IN FOUR WEEKS.

THERE HAVE BEEN 45,914 AMERICANS KILLED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE JAN. 1, 1961 INCLUDING 287 THIS YEAR, THE COMMAND SAID.

THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMAND SAID INADDITION TO THE 395 TROOPS KILLED, 1,373 WERE WOUNDED AND 137 MISSING IN ACTION DURING THE WEEK.

IT WAS THE LOWEST SOUTH VIETNAMESE WEEKLY DEATH TOLL SINCE SEPT. 30 WHEN 352 TROOPERS WERE KILLED.

SO FAR 173,495 SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE WAR.

THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMMAND ALSO SAID 1,620 COMMUNIST SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND 45 OTHERS CAPTURED. THE COMMUNIST DEATH TOLL FOR THE WAR, BASED ON OFFICIAL SAIGON CLAIMS, IS 906,357.

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SAIGON (AP)--SOUTH VIETNAMESE LOSSES INTHE INDOCHINA WAR LAST WEEK WERE REPORTED THURSDAY AS 395 KILLED AND 1,373 WOUNDED, REDUCTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, ANOTHER 157 WERE LISTED AS MISSING.

OVERALL, LOSSES ON THE COMMUNIST SIDE WERE REPORTED BY SAIGON MILITARY SPOKESMEN AS 1,620 KILLED AND 45 WOUNDED.

THE U.S. COMMAND REPORTED ONE AMERICAN KILLED IN COMBAT LAST WEEK AND TWO DEATHS FROM NONHOSTILE CAUSES. TWO AMERICANS WERE WOUNDED IN THE SEVEN-DAY PERIOD ENDING LAST SATURDAY.

THE ALLIED COMMANDS HAVE NOW REPORTED THESE TOTALS FOR THE WAR:

AMERICAN -- 45,914 KILLED IN ACTION, 303,522 WOUNDED IN ACTION
10,287 DEAD FROM NONHOSTILE CAUSES.

SOUTH VIETNAM -- 159,895 KILLED IN ACTION, 424,755 WOUNDED.

NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIET CONG -- 909,603 DEAD. (END)

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GIF SUR YVETTE (UPI)-- WHITE HOUSE ADVISER HENRY
A. KISSINGER, FRESH FROM A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SUHARTO
OF INDONESIA, WITH HANOI NEGOTIATORS FOR THREE AND A HALF
HOURS TODAY.

SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU ORDERED
TWO OF HIS TOP DIPLOMATS TO PARIS TO BE ON HAND AS THE CLIMATIC
TALKS CONTINUED.

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JUST AFTER 6 P.M. (1700 GMT) KISSINGER AND HIS DELEGATION
LEFT THE COMMUNIST PARTY-OWNED VILLA WHERE THE TALKS ARE
BEING HELD IN THIS TOWN 15 MILES (24 KM) SOUTH OF PARIS.

HANOI'S NEGOTIATING TEAM, LED BY LE DUC THO AND
XUAN THUY, DROVE OFF FIVE MINUTES LATER.

THE TWO SIDES STARTED THEIR TALKS AT 2.30 P.M. (1330 GMT).
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IT WAS THEIR THIRD SESSION IN AS MANY DAYS, AIMED AT
SECURING A CEASE-FIRE IN VIETNAM AND LAYING THE BASIS FOR
PEACE.

AS THE TALKS GOT UNDER WAY, ASIAN DIPLOMATIC SOURCES
DISCLOSED THAT TRAN KIM PHUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM'S
AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON, HAD ARRIVED IN PARIS UNANNOUNCED.
WE MET KISSINGER TODAY BEFORE THE THIRD SESSION STARTED.

THIEU'S SPECIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER IS EXPECTED HERE
THURSDAY.

THE SOURCES SAID THIEU APPARENTLY WANT TO ADD MUSCLE TO
HIS DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION IN PARIS DURING WHAT COULD BE
THE FINAL ROUND OF TALKS.

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BOTH THO AND KISSINGER LOOKED THROUGHTFUL WHEN THEY
ENDED THEIR TALKS.

KISSINGER HEADED BACK TO THE PARIS EMBASSY IN A BLACK
CADILLAC FOLLOWED BY HIS DEPUTY, GEN. ALEXANDER HAIG, AND
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM SULLIVAN.

MOTOR-CYCLE POLICE OUTRIDERS CLEARED THE ROAD THROUGH HEAVY
EVENING TRAFFIC.

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AMERICAN AND NORTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATION OFFICIALS DID NOT
INDICATE WHETHER KISSINGER AND THO WILL MEET THURSDAY,
THANKSGIVING DAY.

THURSDAY'S REGULAR WEEKLY SESSION INVOLVING VIET CONG
AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE TOO, AT THE AVENUE KLEBER INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE CENTER WAS CANCELLED AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S.
DELEGATION.

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PARIS (AP)-PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY ADVISER HENRY A. KISSINGER AND HANOI'S LE DUC THO -- BOTH VISIBLY IN RELAXED MOOD -- CONTINUED THEIR SECRET PEACE BARGAINING FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY WEDNESDAY WITHOUT LEAKING A SINGLE WORD ON THEIR PROGRESS. BUT THEIR MEETINGS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY SHORTER.

THE TWO TOP NEGOTIATORS DISPLAYED THEIR USUAL JOVIAL SMILES AS THEY MET FOR 3 1/2 HOURS IN THE SUBURBAN VILLA OWNED BY THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY. BOTH DEFLEGATIONS KEPT STRICTLY TO THEIR AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN A COMPLETE NEWS BLACKOUT ON THE TALKS AND THERE WAS NO WORD EVEN ON THE SUBJECTS UNDER DISCUSSION.

KISSINGER, THO AND THEIR TOP ADVISERS CONFERRED FOR 5 1/2 HOURS WHEN THEY OPENED THE CURRENT ROUND OF TALKS MONDAY, FOLLOWED BY A 4 1/2 HOUR MEETING TUESDAY.

THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE PEACE AGREEMENT THEY DRAFTED LAST MONTH. KISSINGER SAID ON OCT. 26 THREE OR FOUR DAYS WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF THE SECRET TALKS, BUT HE LATER DISCLOSED THAT PRESIDENT NIXON TOLD HIM TO PURSUE THE SESSION "AS LONG AS IS USFUL."

KISSINGER FLEW BACK TO PARIS EARLIER IN THE DAY FROM BRUSSELS, WHERE HE HAD A ONE-HOUR EARLY MORNING MEETING IN KING BAUDOUIN'S ROYAL PALACE WITH VISITING INDONESIAN PRESIDENT GEN. SUHARTO. (MORE)

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KISSINGER CONFERRED AT LENGTH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT DELEGATE PHAM DANG LAM. LAM -- LIKE VIET CONG FOREIGN MINISTER MRS. NGUYEN THI BINH -- IS EXCLUDED FROM THE SECRET TALKS. KISSINGER AND THO HAVE SEPARATELY KEPT LAM AND MRS. BINH CLOSELY INFORMED ON THEIR DAY-BY-DAY NEGOTIATIONS.

REPORTS FROM SAIGON SAID PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THI FU SENT HIS TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, NGUYEN PHU DUC, TO PARIS TO KEP A STILL CLOSER EYE ON THE TALKS AND -- IF POSSIBLE -- JOIN THEM.

NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS HAVE SAID SAIGON'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SECRET SESSION IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

THI FU REPORTEDLY ALSO ASKED NIXON TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL ENVOY TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THE SAIGON GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIONS TO THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. THI FU HAS DENOUNCED SEVERAL OF THE AGREEMENT'S MAJOR PROVISIONS AND WARNED REPEATEDLY THAT HE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY DEAL MADE BY WASHINGTON AND HANOI AGAINST HIS WILL. (END)

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PARIS (AP)-PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY ADVISER HENRY A. KISSINGER AND HANOI'S LE DUC THO MET FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY WEDNESDAY WITHOUT LEAKING A SINGLE WORD ON THEIR SECRET PEACE TALKS.

BUT THEIR TALKS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY SHORTER, AND THE TOP NORTH VIETNAMESE NEGOTIATORS LEFT THE 3 1/2 HOUR MEETING WITH GRIM EXPRESSIONS IN MARKED CONTRAST TO THEIR EARLIER SMILES.

KISSINGER SEEMED IN RELAXED MOOD. HE SMILED AND WAVED TO NEWSMEN AS HE ARRIVED AND LEFT THE SUBURBAN VILLA WHERE HE HAS CONTINUED HIS CRUCIAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THO SINCE MONDAY.

THO ALSO ARRIVED SMILING WHEN THE MEETING OPENED AT 2.30 P.M. (1330GMT). BUT WHEN HE AND HIS FELLOW HANOI NEGOTIATOR XUAN THUY EMERGED FROM THE VILLA AFTER KISSINGER HAD DEPARTED, BOTH SEEMED IN A BLEAK, SOMBER MOOD AND IGNORED THE WAITING NEWSMEN AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.

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THE TWO TOP NEGOTIATORS DISPLAYED THEIR USUAL JOVIAL SMILES AS THEY MET FOR 3 1/2 HOURS IN THE SUBURBAN VILLA OWNED BY THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY. BOTH DELEGATIONS KEPT STRICTLY TO THEIR AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN A COMPLETE NEWS BLACKOUT ON THE TALKS AND THERE WAS NO WORD EVEN ON THE SUBJECTS UNDER DISCUSSION.

THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE PEACE AGREEMENT THEY DRAFTED LAST MONTH. KISSINGER SAID ON OCT. 26 THREE OR FOUR DAYS WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF THE SECRET TALKS, BUT HE LATER DISCLOSED THAT PRESIDENT NIXON TOLD HIM TO PURSUE THE SESSION "AS LONG AS IS USEFUL."

KISSINGER FLEW BACK TO PARIS EARLIER IN THE DAY FROM BRUSSELS, WHERE HE HAD A ONE-HOUR EARLY MORNING MEETING IN KING BAUDOUIN'S ROYAL PALACE WITH VISITING INDONESIAN PRESIDENT GEN. SUHARTO. (MORE) GFF1857FSTNOV-22-72 NM

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KISSINGER CONFERRED AT LENGTH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT DELEGATE PHAM DANG LAM. LAM -- LIKE VIET CONG FOREIGN MINISTER MRS. NGUYEN THI BINH -- IS EXCLUDED FROM THE SECRET TALKS, KISSINGER AND THO HAVE SEPARATELY KEPT LAM AND MRS. BINH CLOSELY INFORMED ON THEIR DAY-BY-DAY NEGOTIATIONS.

REPORTS FROM SAIGON SAID PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU SENT HIS TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, NGUYEN PHU DUC, TO PARIS TO KEP A STILL CLOSER EYE ON THE TALKS AND -- IF POSSIBLE -- JOIN THEM.

THIEU REPORTEDLY ALSO ASKED NIXON TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL ENVOY TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THE SAIGON GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIONS TO THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. THIEU HAS DENOUNCED SEVERAL OF THE AGREEMENT'S MAJOR PROVISIONS AND WARNED REPEATEDLY THAT HE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ANY DEAL MADE BY WASHINGTON AND HANOI AGAINST HIS WILL. (END)

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# CURRENT NEWS
AFTERNOON EDITION-1400

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1972-

WASHINGTON STAR & DAILY NEWS - 22 NOVEMBER 1972 P-1

Kissinger Draws Criticism

By HENRY S. BRADSHER

Star-News Staff Writer

SAIGON — The South Viet-
namese government radio has made
a slashing attack on Henry A. Kis-
singer, accusing him of mistakes in
negotiating with Hanoi because of
overambition.

President Nixon's national secu-
rity adviser was deceived by the
Communists into overstepping his
authority in a way that hurt Nixon's
own prestige, the broadcast said.

The criticism by Saigon Radio
came amid continued reassertions of
determination to resist the kind of
peace agreement which Kissinger
worked out again month and is now
discussing again in Paris.

Unless North Vietnam agrees to
basic changes in the peace terms,
another broadcast said, "all docu-
ments on a false and temporary
cease-fire will definitely be nothing
but scraps of paper...."

The line being followed on peace
prospects by the Saigon press as
well as the government's radio and
television commentators is carefully
controlled by top aides to President
Nguyen Van Thieu.

This line has emphasized that
recent reports of flexibility by Thieu
dieut only with minor aspects of
peace terms. South Vietnam is stick-
ing fast to basic demands for
changes which are directly counter
to the public line of Hanoi and the
Viet Cong.

"In the end the North Viet-
namese Communists must under-
stand," one broadcast said, "that
only direct talks with the South ...
can bring about favorable results,"

CONTINUED PAGE 2

WASHINGTON STAR & NEWS 11/22/72 P-6

Fourth F111 Is Lost,
2 Fliers Missing

SAIGON (UPI) — The U.S.
Command tolay reported the
loss of another $15 million
F111 swing-wing fighter-
bomber.

It is the fourth F111 lost
since the planes returned to
combat in Indochina in Sep-
tember, the fourth Ameri-
can jet lost in the area in
three days.

The F111's two crewmen are
missing.

The Command also said
B52s carried out 15 raids last
night and today against North
Vietnamese targets, a record
number of strikes by the big
Stratoforts.

Phantoms Lost

The three other downed
American jets are F4
Phantoms. The Command said
one was downed over North
Vietnam, another over Thai-
land and the third over Laos.
Of the six F4 crewmembers,
the Command said, one is
missing, two killed and three
rescued.

Because of difficulty in
tracking the low-flying F111s,
the Command said it could not
pinpoint where it went down.

The 15 missions by the big
B52s, with each mission aver-
aging three planes each, were

the greatest number by the
planes for the entire war. The
previous heaviest B52 raids
were 13 missions flown Aug. 12
and again Oct. 31 and Nov. 4.

Altogether, the B52s carried
out about 100 strikes during
the day, the Command said,
all well below the 20th Parallel
limit set by President Nixon
last month as a gesture to
North Vietnam during the cur-
rent peace negotiations.

New Mark in North

Although the big bombers
generally hit targets all over
Indochina, the Command said
the missions today established
a new mark for North Viet-
nam raids.

Many of the other raids yes-
terday, flown through soupy
weather, were carried out by
F111s, which have radar guid-
ance system enabling them to
be flown blind when less so-
phisticated aircraft cannot.

In the ground war, military
spokesmen said there was
heavy action ranging the
length of South Vietnam with
both sides seeking to seize as
much terrain as possible be-
fore a cease-fire.

In Quang Tri Province,
Communists slammed 1,020
artillery and mortar shells

Inmates Get
Promise of
Navy Probe

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The commanding officer of the Norfolk Naval Station says he will investigate complaints by about 20 black inmates of the Navy's newest prison here.

Capt. Samuel G. Anders Jr.
said after talking with prison-
ers, "I didn't promise them a
thing except that I would in-
vestigate."

The complaints ranged from
unfair treatment by guards to
the lack of a black military
lawyer in the area.

Anders said the prisoners
displayed no anger toward
him. "They just wanted some-
body to talk to who would lis-
ten and who was in a position
to do something. I found in
some cases they had some
very valid complaints."

The correctional center here
has about 135 inmates, of
which about 40 are black.

Anders and the inmates met
in the correctional facility. An-
ders was accompanied by a
black minority affairs special-
ist and the officer in charge of
the correctional unit.

Anders said one complaint
involved physical exercise. He
said the prison has three dor-

CONTINUED PAGE 2

into government marine and
paratroop positions near
Quang Tri City. It was the 11th
consecutive day of scarring,
the Saigon command said.

WASHINGTON STAR & NEWS - 22 NOVEMBER 1972 P-3

PROXMIRE ASKS GAO PROBE
OF SERVANTS FOR OFFICERS

United Press International

Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., today asked the General
Accounting Office to investigate the use of enlisted men as
personal servants by high-ranking officers.

"There is a grave misinterpretation of the American
sense of equality here," Proxmire said. "We are not an 18th
century European aristocracy and I see no reason why we
should fund regal services."

Proxmire said he has accumulated evidence that enlist-
ed men are routinely assigned "to clean house, cook, act as
butlers, do laundry, drive wives on errands and work as
bartenders at official and unofficial parties in the quarters

of certain senior flag and general rank officers."

Navy brass, Proxmire said in a statement, prefer Philip-
pine nationals as servants. They classify them as stewards.
The other services, he said, call their servants aides.

Proxmire asked the GAO to find out how many officers
stationed in the United States are assigned personal serv-
ants and how many stewards and aides are so employed.

There are at least three good reasons why the military
should stop supplying personal servants to its general offi-
cers. Proxmire said:

* Top officers receive sufficient pay to hire their own servants if they want them.

* Since most servants, at least in the Navy, are either blacks or Filipino, the practice smacks of racism.

* The use of Philippine nationals opens the United States to a charge of imperialism.

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SUMMARY OF NETWORK NEWS IN THIS ISSUE

LLOYD DOBYNS, NBC-TV, Peter KALISCHER, CBS-TV, and John ROLFSON, ABC-TV, all report the second day of meetings between the US and the Hanoi delegates was held in Paris with both sides appearing jovial and giving the impression that the talks are progressing. A fifteen minute break split the four and a half hour meeting, after which KISSINGER left for Brussels where he will confer with the President of Indonesia about the international police force that is to supervise the cease fire in VN. The NVNese have objected to the participation on the part of the Indonesians because of their close allegiance to the US.

JOHN CHANCELLOR, NBC-TV, reports that there was a contrast between the cheerful attitude about the peace negotiators in Paris and that of the SVNese officials in Saigon. President THIEU is said to have sent a letter to President NIXON asking for a direct meeting with him to hear their arguments.

JACK PAXTON, NBC-TV, and Don FARMER, ABC-TV, both report the second round of the Salt talks have begun in Geneva, the first session being held at the Soviet mission. It is expected their first order of business will be to form a commission that will oversee the Salt I agreements and then to get into sessions lasting as long as four years to limit nuclear weapons for both the Soviet Union and the US. Both sides feel they are spending too much for military hardware so there is the possibility that some agreements may be reached.

CHARLES QUINN, NBC-TV, reports that the European Security Conference will begin their preliminary sessions in Helsinki, Finland tomorrow. The Soviets have pushed for this conference but both sides have some critical issues to be discussed. Of concern to Russia the NATO Alliance and the level of US troops in Europe. The West is concerned about the so-called Breznev doctrine that says the Soviet Union can interfere with the affairs of sister socialist states.

JOHN CHANCELLOR, NBC-TV, reports the Air Force dropped their charges against General John LAVELLE and twenty-three officers accused of carrying out unauthorized air strikes against NVN.

MARVIN KALB, CBS-TV, speculates on the possibility of the US pulling together the international police force to supervise the cease fire in VN. KALB says the Administration is having problems holding this issue together because of Hanoi's balk against Indonesia and Canada's second thoughts about the role.

ROGER MUDD, CBS-TV, reports Deputy Defense Secretary, Kenneth RUSH, met with the President at Camp David. The White House did not rule out the possibility that RUSH could become the next Defense Secretary.

ERIC SEVAREID, CBS-TV, comments on the world situation and the trend toward peace on several fronts. He cites several of the conferences taking place or about to as a trend toward peaceful negotiation in the world and a change more toward monetary confrontations.

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## Everyone Friendly In Paris

JOHN CHANCELLOR: In Paris today KISSINGER, the American peace negotiator, was acting as though the deal was just about wrapped up and he was getting some assistance in this from the NVNese.

KISSINGER was so relaxed and jovial that he took a lady to lunch at a fashionable Paris restaurant before going on to a four and a half hour meeting with THO, his NVNese counterpart.

THO was almost as jovial as KISSINGER.

Big smiles all around and plenty of posing for cameramen.

LLOYD DOBYNS: Henry KISSINGER spent his morning inside the American Ambassador's residence. He came out in the early afternoon, but not for his meeting with the NVNese and certainly not in secret.

His first meeting outside today was at Che Pont Louise (?) a fashionable restaurant near the American Embassy and it was with an attractive blond.

Friends say she is Mrs. Jan CUSHING (?). She and her husband, a Boston attorney, have invited KISSINGER for Thanksgiving dinner in Paris.

KISSINGER said nothing about his lunch, his dinner invitation, or his private talks with the NVNese.

As he left lunch, he was followed by motorcyclists working for news organizations. One of them (words unintelligible) yesterday to (?), a Paris suburb.

So when Xuan THUY and THO arrived first today, cameramen waited on roofs and ladders to film it.

The villa belongs to the French communist party but it is not known if it was used before yesterday for these private talks.

KISSINGER arrived fifteen minutes later and the meeting started at three o'clock this afternoon.

The meeting had lasted five and a half hours yesterday and this morning was used by both sides to confer with their capsules (?) and their allies.

Today they talked until well after the sun was down and then THO came outside. He wanted to

walk in the night in the small garden and talk with his associate.

Reporters were too far away to hear what they said.

A few minutes later, KISSINGER and his associates joined them and the group stood together talking and occasionally laughing.

They gave the appearance of old friends enjoying each other's company.

They talked for about ten minutes, all of it animated and jovial but difficult to see well in the dark.

The obvious cordiality seems at least a sign that some progress is being made.

After their brief talk, everyone went back inside and the meeting lasted another two hours.

No one will say exactly how the talks are going or what remains to be settled.

Whatever remains, it will have to wait. When KISSINGER left the villa tonight, he went to the airport and flew immediately to Brussels. So far there has been no announcement when, or if, the next meeting will be held.

## Peace Keeping Force Discussed In Brussels

CHANCELLOR: KISSINGER's meeting in Brussels is to brief Indonesian President SUHARTO (?) on the international peace keeping force being assembled to supervise a cease fire.

The NVNese have reportedly objected to the Indonesians on the grounds that they are too pro-American.

The force may consist of officers from Indonesia, Canada, Poland and Hungary.

## Attitudes In Saigon Not So Cheerful

CHANCELLOR: All the cheerfulness in Paris today was in sharp contrast to the attitudes in Saigon where SVNese officials were saying again that very serious problems remain to be negotiated including a total NVNese pullout before an agreement can be signed.

President THIEU is said to have sent a letter to President NIXON asking that Mr. NIXON meet directly with senior Saigon officials to

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hear their arguments.

It may be that all the visible
cheerfulness in Paris is a signal
to President THIEU telling him that
a deal is in the works no matter
what he says.

## Salt II Started In Geneva

CHANCELLOR: In Geneva, Switzer-
land today, the US and the Soviet
Union began what is called Salt II.

The second phase of talks aimed
at limiting the nuclear arms race
between the two countries.

The first round of the Salt
talks lasted two and a half years.
The second round could last five
years but it got underway today.

JACK PAXTON: Ambassador Gerard SMITH, the chief American delegate arrived at the Soviet mission in Geneva for the second round of Salt talks.

He was greeted by Vladimir SEMUNOFF (?), the Russian delegate.

The two men have not seen each
other since they successfully ended
Salt I last May.

Then, it took them two years to
agree on limiting missiles. Salt
II aims at limiting all strategic
weapons, bombers, submarines and
many others.

It won't be made easier by the
fact that a Russian weapons system
differs from an American one of the
same type.

Though the talks will be compli-
cated, they have a simple objective
that everybody has a stake in.

To make America and Russia
equally strong so that neither side
sees an advantage in fighting the
other because it won't think it can
win.

As much as anything else, the
parties are here to save themselves
money. Because of Salt I, America
is now saving on missiles but the
freeze on missiles prompted more
spending on other weapons. So far,
no net gain.

But, success of Salt II could
bring enormous savings and at this
point at least, both sides say they
are optimistic.

## European Security Discussed

CHANCELLOR: Tomorrow in Helsinki
Finland, another conference opens.
It is a preliminary meeting on

European security. Thirty-four
countries participating, including
the US and the Soviet Union.

All of the European countries
will be there excepting communist
Albania which is an ally of China
and not very friendly with the
Russians.

Today there was criticism from
the NATO political security com-
mittee that private talks between
President NIXON and Soviet leaders
were bad for the western alliance.

NATO is one of the issues which
will occupy the diplomats in Hel-
sinki. So will the armed forces
of the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe.

CHARLES QUINN: This is the
border between West Germany and
Czechoslovakia. On the one side,
the American Army. Part of three
hundred thousand men the US has
committed to NATO for the defense
of Western Europe.

On the other, communist Czech-
oslovakia, part of the Soviet
bloc. Defended by and dominated
by the Red Army.

In a way, these American troops
and this border symbolize the two
underlying issues at the European
Security Conference which opens
tomorrow in Helsinki.

The Helsinki meeting is only
exploratory. Talks to see whether
the countries of Europe can agree
on what to talk about.

Basically, the East and West
have different long range goals.
The Russians want some sort of
European peace treaty - to freeze
the post war boundaries, to weaken
NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization - and eventually to
force the US out of Europe.

When the Russians invaded Czech-
oslovakia in 1968, they claimed
they had the right under the so-
called BREZNEV (?) doctrine which
allows the Soviet Union to interfere
with the affairs of sister social-
ist states.

At the security talks, the West
will ask among other things that
the Russians renounce the BREZNEV
doctrine.

Another problem for the West are
the forces of the Warsaw pact. One
million men well armed, well train-
ed, virtually under the complete
control of the Soviet high command.

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away.

On the other side, the West has NATO. Some western analysts believe that the NATO armed forces have always been a major target for Soviet policy in proposing the security talks.

They believe that if the Russians succeed in creating an atmosphere of peace and cooperation, many Europeans will ask, why NATO troops are necessary.

It follows that the same question will be asked about American forces in Europe.

These are some of the difficult issues that will occupy the Security Conference at Helsinki in the more complicated meetings next year to reduce forces in Europe.

And so, while there will be much talk of peace and cooperation in the months ahead, the goal of a Europe genuinely free of the danger of war is a long way off.

## Air Force Drops Charges Against Lavelle

CHANCELLOR: The Air Force today dropped charges against retired General John LAVELLE and twenty-three officers accused of carrying out unauthorized air strikes against NVN.

The service said it had no new information sufficient to warrant further action.

And in LAVELLE's case, the Air Force said he already had been punished enough through loss of his command and forced retirement.

## CBS EVENING NEWS CBS-TV 7:00 PM

### Kissinger Returns To Paris Talks

WALTER CRONKITE: Henry KISSINGER lunched leisurely today in a fashionable Paris restaurant, then fortified by calf's liver and bacon, the President's right hand man led a pack of newsmen on a chase to the suburbs where he began another day of private, but no longer secret peace talks.

PETER KALISCHER: There was nothing secret anymore about the meetings between Henry KISSINGER and THO except what they were talk-

ing about.

A gallery of newsmen greeted them here on the second day at this once secluded villa of (words in French) making it the most publicized hideout in France.

The meeting began at three in the afternoon with the VNese arriving first.

Xuan THUY, the nominal head of the Hanoi peace delegation waved to newsmen. THO, the boss, entered without acknowledging the banks of cameras across the street.

There was a surprise when the Americans arrived. KISSINGER had exchanged yesterday's white Mercedes for the American Ambassador's black cadillac limousine which barely made it through the gate into the courtyard.

For four and a half hours, including a conference break, the two sides grappled with the obstacles that stand in the way of peace.

KISSINGER must overcome Hanoi's resistance to some stiff objections to the draft peace agreement raised by Saigon.

Although he is scheduled to fly to Brussels to meet with President SUHARTO of Indonesia, KISSINGER is expected to be on hand again tomorrow afternoon for meeting number three.

## Problems Of International Police Force

ROGER MUDD: KISSINGER will talk with SUHARTO about Indonesian participation in supervising a cease fire.

Indonesia is one of four countries now scheduled to oversee one but problems have cropped up.

MARVIN KALB: There is a strong sense here the Administration's effort to pull together an international force on VN has run into bad trouble.

It now seems unlikely a force of five thousand troops from four countries can be sent to VN before a cease fire goes into effect.

That was the Administration's aim.

But in recent days, Hanoi has attacked Indonesia, one of the four countries allegedly for her pro-American bias.

Hanoi implying Indonesia is un-

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acceptable.

This problem is apparently so
important that KISSINGER is inter-
rupting his Paris talks to confer
urgently with the Indonesian presi-
dent.

Canada is another problem. Her
foreign minister told Secretary of
State ROGERS yesterday that after
the recent elections in Canada, a
weakened Prime Minister TRUDEAU
is having second thoughts about
sending Canadian troops to VN.

Finally, Hungary and Poland, the
other two supervisory powers are
reluctantly willing to proceed but
only after a cease fire is arranged.

Who Will Replace Laird?

MUDD: Deputy Defense Secretary, Kenneth RUSH talked with President NIXON at Camp David today, presumably about succeeding Melvin LAIRD as Secretary.

At least that possibility was
not denied by the White House.

The sixty-two year old RUSH, one
of the President's old Duke Uni-
versity law professors, is known to
be LAIRD's personal choice.

ABC EVENING NEWS ABC-TV 7:00 PM

Kissinger And Tho Hold Second Talks

HARRY REASONER: Outside Paris today, Henry KISSINGER and NVNese negotiators, held their second long meeting in as many days in their renewed efforts to settle the Indo-China war.

JOHN ROLFSON: Their second day of negotiations started at mid-afternoon here in a distant sub-urb of Paris.

In a house made available to the
NVNese by the French communist
party.

Henry KISSINGER and THO spent
the morning separately working with
their staffs and allies, perhaps
consulting with home.

THO left NVNese headquarters at
mid-day. At about that time, KIS-
SINGER left the American Ambassa-
dor's residence in Paris where he
is staying and working.

But KISSINGER went only a couple
of blocks to a fashionable restau-

rant for a short lunch with a
friend.

He broke his diplomatic dis-
cretion only to concede that the
lunch was good.

Here at their rendezvous out-
side Paris, the NVNese arrived
ahead of time. Xuan THUY and
then THO.

The two sides have agreed to say
nothing about the substance of
their negotiations, releasing only
a few details of the procedure.

Both are emphasizing that they
are maintaining close consulta-
tions with their partners.

KISSINGER with Saigon's repre-
sentative, the NVNese with the VC.
The partners, who are excluded from
these negotiations, but who's con-
sent is needed for an agreement.

Darkness had fallen when they
took a break in the talks. KIS-
SINGER walked alone in the garden
behind the high walls, then talked
outside with an aide.

The NVNese joined them wearing
coats against the cold night.
From a distance, their conversa-
tion and gestures seemed particular-
ly friendly. Serious at times with
many smiles and laughter.

Expressions perhaps meant for
those of us watching, signalling
or concealing whether they are
making any progress toward ending
the way.

A fifteen minutes break in a
four and a half hour meeting.

At the end it was announced that
Henry KISSINGER will interrupt these
negotiations to confer in Brussels
tomorrow with the President of
Indonesia, one of the countries
that may be involved in supervi-
sing a cease fire in VN.

Salt Talks Reopened In Geneva

REASONER: In Geneva today, the US and the Soviet Union opened a second phase of the strategic arms limitation talks, the so-called Salt talks.

President NIXON, in a message
to the meeting, expressed confi-
dence the negotiators will succeed
in imposing permanent curbs on the
nuclear arms race.

DON FARMER: Geneva hosts four
thousand international meetings
each year. But its reputation for
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League of Nations was founded here and then failed.

Same critics label Geneva the
city of lost causes. But the
Swiss are optimistic about their
current attraction, the strategic
arms limitation talks, part two.

The opening session was held at
the Soviet mission here. America's
chief negotiator, Gerard SMITH, was
greeted at the Russian headquarters
by the chief Soviet bargainer,
Vladimir SEMUNOFF.

SMITH brought with him from
Washington the goal of reaching
permanent agreement on limitation
of offensive nuclear weapons. The
first Salt talks limited anti-
ballistic missiles to two ABM sites
in each country.

But, first strike missiles, the
ICBM's were frozen in number only
for five years. Clearly, the US
wants a new treaty before that
deadline.

The Russians also said they want
productive talks. They said that
cessation of the arms race is an
essential part of the Soviet govern-
ment's program of peace.

The Russians don't show off all
their weapons, but they are known
to have more missiles, larger
rockets and bigger nuclear war-
heads then the Americans.

Since WWII, the Soviets have
spent a trillion dollars on defense.
Currently, defense takes fourteen
percent of the Russian gross na-
tional product.

America's nuclear advantage is
in the number and the superior
accuracy of its warheads.

But they are costly. The US has
spent one and a trillion dollars
on defense since WWII. The yearly
bills run to eight percent of the US
gross national product.

This new round of talks is aimed
not only at limiting the number of
offensive weapons, but also the
quality of weapons, including bomb-
ers, submarines and warheads.

E. M. SMART (?) is a nuclear
weapon's expert for the Institute
for Strategic Studies in London.
I asked him if either side one or
lost the first round of Salt talks.

SMART: No, I think what really
happened is that for the first time
in the relations between the East
and West and certainly at the level
of the super powers we got the game

our of the level of winning and
losing. And we got it up to a
situation in which we've gone
beyond the stage of which it is
worth talking about victors and
vanquished.

FARMER: The twice weekly talks
will alternate between the Ameri-
can mission here, where two floors
have been sealed off for the
secret meetings, and the Soviet
mission, the site of the opening
session.

Sources here expect an initial
five weeks of talks, then a break
for the holidays.

Then, their closed meetings
will resume in earnest early next
year.

First on the agenda is setting
up a commission to police the fir-
st Salt agreements. After that,
US and Soviet experts here will
get on with trying to find more
ways to stop the nuclear arms
race.

And that complex task could
take up to four or five years.

(An additional item not included
with previous CBS News segment.)

Sevareid Comments On Peace Talks

ERIC SEVAREID: This is Thanks-
giving week and among the things
deserving at least tentative
thanks is something intangible.

A drift, a tendency, hopefully
a true turning of this historic
cycle.

The Mid-East still boils a bit
but VN is simmering down. Second
round of Soviet-American talks on
limiting doomsday weapons opens
today.

Ambassadors of many nations
meet tomorrow to start talking
about the overall European Security
Conference that the Soviets have
long argued for.

In two months, Western Alliance
people and East European Alliance
people will start talking directly
about mutual reduction of forces in
the heart of Europe.

All this justifies a specula-
tion that the world finally is

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Wednesday, November 22, 1972