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## Henry Kissinger Discusses
### Eurocommunism
On NBC Show

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sees the rise of Communism in Western Europe as a direct challenge to the security of the United States as well as to democracy in Europe.

Dr. Kissinger expresses his views in "Henry Kissinger: On the Record," a 90-minute NBC News special to be presented on the NBC Television Friday (9:30-11 p.m.), with NBC News correspondent David Brinkley reporting.

As the program's principal contributor, Kissinger will analyze the origins, growth and ramifications of Eurocommunism, its impact on American foreign policy and NATO, and its relationship with Moscow. He will discuss Eurocommunism and other topics with Brinkley, co-anchorman of "NBC Nightly News," who will be chief correspondent on the program.

Kissinger's observations also will include the Middle East and the recent sharp increase of terrorism in Western Europe.

The program will be the first a series of NBC News specials with Kissinger and his first venture into the documentary field. He entered into a long-term agreement with the National Broadcasting Company last July to serve as special consultant for world affairs and to appear in at

least one major news documentary each year.

Brinkley, who celebrated his 33rd anniversary with NBC this year, will use the expertise on foreign affairs he gained in covering major stories on "The Huntley - Brinkley Report" and "NBC Nightly News," numerous documentaries, and many special programs prompted by important news developments.

"Henry Kissinger: On the Record" was filmed by NBC News in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and West Germany. Brinkley's main interview with Kissinger took place at the Grand Trianon at Versailles, France.

Other contributors to the program, all of whom have been deeply involved in Europe's recent problems, include Willy Brandt, former West German chancellor; General Alexander Haig, Commander-in-Chief of NATO forces in Europe; and Raymond Aron, political scientist and distinguished French journalist.

European Communist leaders interviewed for the program include Santiago Carillo of Spain, Álvaro Cunhal of Portugal and Georges Marchais of France. In addition, the program will present material about Enrico Berlinguer, the Italian Communist leader.

### Eurocommunism and Terrorism
Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, and NBC News correspondent David Brinkley discusses the rise of Communism and terrorism in Western European countries in "Henry Kissinger: On the Record," a 90-minute NBC News documentary to be presented on the NBC Television Network Friday (9:30-11 p.m.) They are shown exchanging views on these and other subjects of international interest at Versailles, France.

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## Communism and terrorism

Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, and NBC News correspondent David Brinkley discuss the rise of communism and terrorism in Western European countries in "Henry Kissinger: On the Record," a 90-minute documentary Friday, Jan. 13 (9:30-11 p.m. NYT). They are shown exchanging views on these and other subjects of international interest at Versailles, France.

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## TV TONIGHT

## Hooray, for It's
Superstar Night

By Bernie Harrison
Washington Star Staff Writer

This is superstar night, from one end of the tube to the other, from such performers as Roy Clark, on the Hanna/Barbera All Star Comedy Ice Revue, to Richard Burton and Ethel Merman on the "People's Command Performance" special, both on CBS, to the debut of NBC News' newest commentator, citizen Henry Kissinger, starring in what might be described as a "World Week in Review."

And let us not overlook Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Katina Paxinou in "For Whom the Bell Tolls," on the rerun beat (WDCA-20 at 8).

The 90-minute Kissinger special (WRC-4 at 9:30) which will be an annual affair, is not a solo whirl. The scene is set as David Brinkley and Kissinger stroll philosophically through the gardens at Versailles, after which reporter Garrick Utley (and Brinkley) zip about for fresh interviews with some of the figures Kissinger was talking about. In a segment on terrorism, for example, you will hear from former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, on European Communism, Brandt, Prime Minister Andreotti, of Italy, and Gen. Alexander Haig, as well as Western Communist leaders in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.

Washington Star reporter Jeremiah O'Leary, who covered Kissinger while he was in office, previews the program elsewhere on this page.

Note: NBC reports the Kissinger show is "fully sponsored" (by Sperry Rand, Boise-Cascade and GTE.)

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## Kissinger speaks out

The growth of communism in Western Europe is a direct challenge to the security of the United States and not just to Europe itself, argues former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in "Henry Kissinger: On the Record," a 90-minute NBC News special to be presented Friday, Jan. 13, 9:30 to 11 p.m. on NBC-TV.

Kissinger, the main con-

tributor to the documentary, will discuss the Middle East, Eurocommunism, the recent sharp increase of terrorism in Europe and other topics of foreign policy with David Brinkley, co-anchorman of the "NBC Nightly News," who will be chief correspondent on the program.

Through Kissinger's eyes, the documentary will analyze the origins of com-

munism in western Europe, the reasons for its increase, its effect on American foreign policy and NATO, and its relationship with Moscow.

Other contributors, all of whom have been deeply involved in Europe's recent problems, include Willy Brandt, former West German Chancellor, General Alexander Haig, Commander-in-Chief of NATO forces in Europe, and Raymond Aron, political scientist and elder statesman of French journalism.

European Communist leaders interviewed for the program include Santiago Carillo of Spain, Álvaro Cunhal of Portugal and Georges Marchais of France. There will also be material about Eurogeo Berlinguer, the Italian Communist leader.

Stuart Schulberg, executive producer of the special, said it also will take a hard look at terrorism. "We will examine the possibility that ultra-left terrorism attracts those who have moved beyond Communism because it is too tame or boring."

"Henry Kissinger: On the Record" was filmed by NBC News in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Germany.

The program is the first in a series of NBC News specials with Kissinger and his first venture into the documentary field. He entered into a long-term agreement with the network last July to be special consultant for world affairs and to appear in at least one major news documentary each year.

### EUROCOMMUNISM AND TERRORISM
Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, and NBC News correspondent David Brinkley discusses the rise of Communism and terrorism in western European countries in "Henry Kissinger: On the Record," an NBC News documentary to be presented on Friday, Jan. 13, 9:30-11 p.m., on NBC-TV.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - WHETHER NBC NEEDS ITS OWN SECRETARY OF STATE CAN BE DEBATED, BUT IT HIRED ONE, HENRY KISSINGER, TONIGHT, HE DISCUSSES EUROPEAN COMMUNISM AND MORE IN HIS FIRST NBC NEWS SPECIAL.

It's ''HENRY KISSINGER: ON THE RECORD.'' IT INCLUDES HIS RECENT CHAT WITH THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. NON-NBC REPORTERS WERE BARRED FROM HERRING KISSINGER ON THE RECORD AT THAT TIME.

IT CAN NOW BE REVEALED THE QUERIES AND ANSWERS COVERED:

-HOW THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION, FORMED TO DEFEND AGAINST COMMUNIST AGGRESSION, SHOULD DEAL WITH COMMUNISM IN ITS MEMBER GOVERNMENTS.

-THE WEST BANK PROBLEM.

-RECENT CONSTRAINTS ON COVERT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS.

-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 20,000 CUBAN TROOPS IN ANGOLA.

ALL THIS OCCURS EARLY AND TAKES UP ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

THE REST OF THE 90-MINUTE SHOW STUDIES THE HOWS AND WHYS OF COMMUNISM'S RISE IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, TERRORISM IN GERMANY AND THE THREAT ''EUROCOMMUNISM'' POSES TO THE UNITED STATES.

THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PRESIDENTS NIXON AND FORD DOESN'T DO ANY REPORTING OR INTERVIEW ANYONE. ANCHORMAN DAVID BRINKLEY AND CORRESPONDENT GARRICK UTLEY DO THAT, AND QUITE WELL.

KISSINGER ONLY SUPPLIES HIS VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVE, BOTH ON A COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY AND OVERALL BASIS.

HIS SCHOLARLY, GRAVE OBSERVATIONS COME AS HE WANDERS WITH BRINKLEY ON THE PALACE GROUNDS AT VERSAILLES, WHERE THE RICH AND INFLUENTIAL HUNG OUT BEFORE THE SANS SOUCI RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON OPENED.

THE TWO RARELY COOK UP A LIVELY CHAT, SUCH AS AN INQUIRY OF KISSINGER ON WHETHER AND HOW - IN THE NAME OF DEFUSING COMMUNISM - THE U.S. EVER MEDDLED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS OF ANY COUNTRY STUDIED TONIGHT.

TRUE: AT ONE POINT BRINKLEY NOTES THAT IN 1975 PORTUGAL'S COMMUNISTS ALMOST TOOK OVER THE GOVERNMENT, THEN ADDS: ''WITH SOME OUTSIDE HELP THE PUBLIC TURNED AGAINST THE PARTY. . .''

BUT NO HELPER IS NAMED. KISSINGER THEN COMMENTS THAT ''ALL THE LEADES OF THE WEST,'' CONVINCED PORTUGAL'S PRESENT LEADER MEANT TO FIGHT THE COMMUNISTS, EVOLVED A ''UNITED WESTERN POLICY. . .''

THUS, HE SAYS, NEVER NAMING ANY COUNTRY INVOLVED, ''IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE DEMOCRATIC FORCES (OF PORTUGAL) AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNTRY.''

SUCH DIPLOMATIC MURKINESS MAKES ONE WONDER IF IT'S WORTH THE REPORTED $1 MILLION NBC IS PAYING KISSINGER IN HIS FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT AS ITS CONSULTANT, ADVISER, SPECIALS COMMENTATOR AND STAFF INTERVIEWE.

WELL: ONE THING IS CLEAR. WORKING FOR A NETWORK NEWS DIVISION HAS ITS OWN PECULIAR HAZARDS FOR A FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING HIS EVERY UTTERANCE TREATED WITH THE USTMOST RESPECT.

AT THE PROGRAM'S FINALE, AS KISSINGER IS SPEAKING TO THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING. THE CREDITS FOR THE SHOW ARE ROLLING.

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["±±±A018", "R W CZCZVTRYR A415\nFPM-KISSINGER, BJT,450\nBY BARRY SCHWEID\nASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER", "WASHINGTON (AP) - FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY M. KISSINGER SAYS THE SOVIET UNION IS AT LEAST INDIRECTLY FINANCING SOME OF THE TERRORIST TRAINING GOING ON IN LIBYA AND LEBANON.", "'MANY OF THESE TERRORISTS ARE BEING TRAINED IN CAMPS IN LIBYA AND LEBANON BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEMSELVES ARE FINANCED BY THE SOVIET UNION,' KISSINGER SAID.", "PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS HAVE POINTED TO OIL-RICH LIBYA AS A STAGING GROUND FOR TERRORISTS. LIBYA'S LEADER, MOHAMMAR KHADAFY, IS AN ARCH-FOE OF ISRAEL AND HAS TIES TO PALESTINIANS OPPOSED TO THE JEWISH STATE.", "WHILE OTHER ACCOUNTS HAVE NOTED THAT SOME VIOLENT PALESTINIAN ELEMENTS ARE TRAINED IN AND MAKE THEIR FORAYS FROM LEBANON, THIS IS THE FIRST FIRM SUGGESTION BY A PROMINENT WESTERN FIGURE THAT THE TERRORISTS HAVE A COMMON MONEY BASE IN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE EASTERN EUROPEAN BLOC.", "'WITHOUT THE SUPPLY OF WEAPONS AND TRAINING AND ORGANIZATION FROM SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES, IT WOULD BECOME INFINITELY MORE COMPLICATED TO CARRY OUT THESE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES,' KISSINGER COMMENTED IN A DOCUMENTARY TO BE BROADCAST FRIDAY BY NBC-TV.", "AND HE SAID THE TERRORIST MOVEMENTS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER - JAPANESE TERRORISTS WITH PALESTINIANS AS WELL AS GERMAN TO ITALIAN TERRORISTS.", "'SOMEBODY IS CLEARLY FINANCING THE TRAINING AND THE ORGANIZATION; AND SOME OF IT IS CLEARLY COMING FROM THE COMMUNIST WORLD,' KISSINGER SAID.", "WHILE ADDING, "'THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE COMMUNIST WORLD IS PLANNING ALL THIS,' HE SAID EVEN TERRORISTS NOT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY COMMUNISTS "'BENEFIT THE COMMUNIST PARTIES.", "HE SAID BOTH TERRORISM AND COMMUNISM HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN ALIENATION WITH THE SYSTEM.", "'THE COMMUNISTS WANT TO DESTROY EXISTING INSTITUTIONS BY USING THE INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES AND THEN DOING AWAY WITH THEM,' KISSINGER SAID.", "'THE TERRORISTS WANT TO SHORT-CUT THIS; AND SOME OF THEM EVEN DESPISE THE COMMUNISTS FOR WANTING TO USE THE EXISTING INSTITUTIONS. THE TERRORISTS WANT TO SMASH THE WHOLE EXISTING FRAMEWORK.", "KISSINGER ALSO WARNED AGAINST INCREASED COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN WESTERN EUROPE:", "IF THE COMMUNISTS GAIN A SHARE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE, ITALY OR OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, KISSINGER SAID; THERE WILL BE LESS EMPHASIS ON DEFENSE AND ON CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES.", "AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID; THERE WILL BE MORE EMPHASIS ON 'TRANSFORMING SOCIETY' AND ON 'A SEMI-NEUTRALIST POSITION' IN WORLD AFFAIRS.", "'WE SHOULD'N'T TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE,' KISSINGER SAID; 'BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPRESS OUR CONVICTION WHAT THIS WILL DO TO THE UNITY OF THE WEST.'", "KISSINGER, SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER FORHER PRESIDENTS RICHARD M. NIXON AND GERALD R. FORD, NOW IS UNDER A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY FOR NBC.", "0224A05 01-12"]

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BY MICHAEL J. DUFFY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

ROME (AP) - THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMUNISTS SHARING POWER IN ITALY'S GOVERNMENT INCREASED THURSDAY WITH WORD THAT PREMIER GIULIO ANDREOTTI'S STRUGGLING CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION WAS PREPARING TO RESIGN.

THE COUNTRY, STRUGGLING WITH GRAVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, HAS BEEN TORN BY INCREASING VIOLENCE BY BOTH LEFTIST AND RIGHTIST EXTREMISTS.

COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS, REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS WHO FAVOR COMMUNIST PARTICIPATION IN THE GOVERNMENT VOTED TO REMOVE SUPPORT FOR THE MINORITY, CHURCH-BACKED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE RULED ITALY ALONE OR IN COALITION SINCE 1945.

THE LIKELIHOOD OF COMMUNISTS SHARING POWER IN THIS NATO COUNTRY AROUSED INCREASED CONCERN IN WASHINGTON.

"WE DO NOT FAVOR SUCH PARTICIPATION AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN ANY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY REDUCED," SAID A STATE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT READ TO REPORTERS BY PRESS OFFICER JOHN TRATTNER.

"THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY," TRATTNER SAID, "SHARE PROFOUND DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND INTERESTS AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNISTS SHARE THOSE VALUES AND INTERESTS."

BUT HE SAID, "THE DECISION ON HOW THEY ARE GOVERNED RESTS WITH THEIR CITIZENS' ALONE."

LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER TAKING OFFICE, THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION HAD EXPRESSED LESS CONCERN, OPPOSING ONLY A COMMUNIST "DOMINATION" OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT.

TRATTNER'S STATEMENT EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO ANY FORM OF COMMUNIST PARTICIPATION.

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER, IN AN INTERVIEW TO BE BROADCAST FRIDAY NIGHT BY NBC, PREDICTED "GRAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR HE ENTIRE WEST" IF ITALY'S "SLIDE TOWARD COMMUNISM," IS NOT HALTED.

"THE ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY HAS NOT BROKEN WITH THE SOVIET UNION ON A SINGLE FOREIGN POLICY QUESTION WHICH INVOLVES A CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES," KISSINGER SAID.

THE ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY, THE STRONGEST IN WESTERN EUROPE, STRESSES ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM MOSCOW AS DO OTHER SOME OTHER COMMUNIST PARTIES IN WESTERN EUROPE, ESPECIALLY IN SPAIN AND FRANCE.

GIORGIO NAPOLITANO, A TOP COMMUNIST LEADER, SPOKE OF THE "IMMINENT RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT," AS HE LEFT A THURSDAY MEETING OF LABOR LEADERS AND THE SIX MAJOR PARTIES.

THE OPPOSITION PARTIES CLAIM THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE IN IMPLEMENTING AN AGREEMENT WORKED OUT LAST SUMMER TO MEET THE NATION'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE CALLED FOR AN "EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT" THAT WOULD INCLUDE COMMUNIST MINISTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A POST-WAR COALITION ENDED IN 1947. THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS SAY THEY PREFER A NEW COMMITMENT TO LAST SUMMER'S PROGRAM.

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## PM-KISSINGER 1-12

# KISSINGER'S TELEVISION DEBUT: A REVIEW

BY JIM ANDERSON

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- THE BEGINNING IS SOMEHOW REMINISCENT OF A PSYCHOORAMA FROM THE 1960'S -- TWO MEN IN IDENTICAL BLACK OVERCOATS, WALKING DOWN A GRAVEL PATH ON THE GROUNDS OF A VAST, DESERTED CHATEAU.

THEN THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND THE FACES BECOME FAMILIAR. THE WRINKLED, HIGH FOREHEAD AND HORN RIMS OF HENRY KISSINGER, HIS RIGHT HAND SLASHING THE AIR AS HE TALKS. HE IS LECTURING AS USUAL; THIS TIME TO A SINGLE STUDENT --DAVID BRINKLEY OF NBC NEWS.

IT IS THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE'S TELEVISION DEBUT, IN A 40-MINUTE SPECIAL CALLED "HENRY KISSINGER: ON THE RECORD," SET FOR NATIONWIDE AIRING FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND IT IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL SUCH SHOWS HE HAS BEEN SIGNED TO DO FOR SOMETHING UNDER $500,000 PER SHOW. NEITHER NBC NOR KISSINGER WILL MAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH.

EVEN BEREET OF THE GOVERNMENT TRAPPINGS AND POWER, KISSINGER'S MIND MAKES HIM A COMMANDING PRESENCE. HE IS NO THREAT TO BRINKLEY OR WALTER CRONKITE, BUT HE DOES BRING SOME INTELLECTUAL WEIGHT TO A DOCUMENTARY THAT TRIES TO SKIP THROUGH WESTERN EUROPE'S MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION WITH SOME GLIB GENERALIZATIONS AND PATCHY INTERVIEWS.

THE PRINCIPAL TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN THE 90 MINUTES IS EUROCOMMUNISM. KISSINGER HAS ABOUT HALF THE PROGRAM, AND HIS STATEMENTS RANGE FROM THE BANAL TO THE BLUNT, AS HE GIVES THE STRONG OPINIONS THAT GOT HIM IN SO MUCH TROUBLE WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE:

- "THE COMMUNISTS IN ITALY BENEFIT FROM THE MYTH OF THE RESISTANCE, THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES TO RESIST THE NAZIS; IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T RESIST UNTIL THE GERMANS ATTACKED THE SOVIET UNION."

- "IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THE COMMUNISTS WOULD ACCEPT BEING VOTED OUT OF POWER, ONCE THEY HAVE COME TO OFFICE."

- "SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THE RISE OF TERRORISM ARE THE SAME AS THE REASONS FOR THE GROWTH OF COMMUNISM IN WESTERN EUROPE, ALIENATION. THE TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN CAMPS IN LIBYA AND IRAQ THAT HAVE BEEN FINANCED BY THE SOVIETS."

- "(ON COVERT OPERATIONS BY THE CIA TO INFLUENCE EVENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES) "WE NEED AN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WITH HIGH MORALE THAT SUPPLIES WARNING IN CERTAIN COMPLEX SITUATIONS AND TO DEFEND OUR INTERESTS. TO GIVE UP COVERT OPERATIONS IS TO GIVE UP A USEFUL INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY."

- "EUROPEANS MUST KNOW WHERE WE STAND (ON EUROCOMMUNISM): WE OUGHT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE FUTURE OF NATO WOULD BE SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED. THAT IS NOT BLACKMAIL; THAT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT."

VIEWERS CAN LEARN MUCH ABOUT EUROCOMMUNISM IN THIS EFFORTLESS, AVAILABLE WAY. OR THEY COULD SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME WITH SOME OF KISSINGER'S ARTICLES OR BOOKS AND GET A MUCH MORE PROFOUND VIEW IN EVEN LESS TIME.

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BY GEORGE GELDRER

HSSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON (AP) - FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY M. KISSINGER, IN AN INTERVIEW RELEASED WEDNESDAY, PREDICTS "GRAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENTIRE WEST" IF "THE SLIDE TOWARD COMMUNISM" IN ITALY IS NOT HALTED.

THE INTERVIEW TO BE BROADCAST BY NBC FRIDAY NIGHT HAS SHOWN TO NEWSMEN AS ITALY'S 18-MONTH-OLD CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGED IN A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL, FACED WITH A COMMUNIST DEMAND FOR DIRECT PARTICIPATION.

THE SITUATION HAS PROMPTED THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO RECALL ITS AMBASSADOR IN ROME, RICHARD GARDNER, TO WASHINGTON FOR HIGH-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS.

H COMMUNIST ROLE IN THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, WOULD CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH THE WEST WOULD FIND ITSELF "WITH AN ALLY WHICH IS AT BEST UNRELIABLE AND WHICH MAY EVEN TAKE THE SOVIET SIDE IN A CRISIS."

HE ADDED THAT ITALY, IN PERMITTING THE COMMUNISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT, WOULD RUN THE RISK OF DESTROYING ITS DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.

"IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT COMMUNISTS, CONVINCED THEY REPRESENT INEVITABLE HISTORICAL PROGRESS, WOULD CONSIDER BEING VOTED OUT OF OFFICE," KISSINGER SAID.

"THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE LESS REASON TO DO SO IF THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UNDERMINING SYSTEMATICALLY THE INSTITUTIONS AROUND WHICH THE RESISTANCE TO THEM COULD RALLY."

THE 90-MINUTE INTERVIEW FOCUSED MAINLY ON COMMUNIST PARTY STRENGTH IN ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL AND HOW COMMUNIST PARTICIPATION IN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THESE COUNTRIES WOULD AFFECT AMERICAN SECURITY INTERESTS.

HE SAID THE TECHNICAL REASON FOR THE SPLIT IN THE COMMUNIST-SOCIALIST ALLIANCE IN FRANCE WAS A COMMUNIST DEMAND TO NATIONALIZE SEVERAL HUNDRED ENTERPRISES,

"BUT THE REAL CAUSE WENT DEEPER," KISSINGER SAID. "THE COMMUNISTS USED THE ALLIANCE TO GAIN CONTROL OF MANY CITIES AND TOWNS, HAVING ACHIEVED THIS, THE COMMUNISTS HAD NO INTENTION OF SHARING POWER WITH A STRONG SOCIALIST PARTY ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL."

KISSINGER SAID IT IS CLEAR THAT THE FRENCH COMMUNISTS REMAIN IN ALLIANCES ONLY FOR TECHNICAL PURPOSES. THEIR FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF "RADICALLY TRANSFORMING FRENCH SOCIETY AND TOTALLY DOMINATING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FROM ITS UNCHANGED," HE SAID.

DISCUSSING EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTIES IN GENERAL, HE SAID NONE HAS "UNAMBIGUOUSLY AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP.

"THEY SOMETIMES HAVE USED NEARSELING PHRASES IN WHICH THEY JUSTIFY NATO AS A CONTRIBUTION TO RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION," HE SAID.

"BUT NEVER HAVE THEY SPOKEN OF THE FIDuciTY OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNITED STATES. UN THE CONTRARY, ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THEY HAVE CRITICIZED AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD."

KISSINGER REFUSED TO TAKE DIRECT ISSUE WITH CARTER ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON THE EUROCOMMUNISM QUESTION, BUT SUGGESTED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EUROPEAN SECTORS FRIENDLY TO THE UNITED STATES "KNOW WHAT WE BELIEVE."

"WE SHOULD NOT TELL PEOPLE HOW TO VOTE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPRESS OUR CONVICTION OF WHAT THIS WILL DO TO THE UNITY OF THE WEST."

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KISSINGER SHOW GOES ON
BY JOAN HANNAHER
UPI TELEVISION WRITER

NEW YORK (UPI) -- THE HENRY KISSINGER SHOW GOES ON THE AIR JAN. 13. BUT IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF DAVID BRINKLEY BRINGING ON KISSINGER WITH A "HE-E-E-R-E'S HENRY," FOLLOWED BY THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE DOING A 10-MINUTE MONOLOGUE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS LESS OF HENRY THAN MEETS THE EYE -- THAT IS, KISSINGER APPEARS MORE AS CONTRIBUTOR THAN STAR. AND IT IS THE WISDOM, RATHER THAN THE WIT, OF HENRY KISSINGER THAT IS EXPLORED.

"HENRY KISSINGER: ON THE RECORD," IN THE 9:30-11 P.M. EASTERN TIME SLOT, CONCENTRATES ON TOPIC RATHER THAN PERSONALITY AND IT IS VERY TIMELY -- THE MAIN TOPIC UNDER CONSIDERATION IS "EUROCOMMUNISM," THE SPECIAL BRAND OF COMMUNISM DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

BUT IS IT A SPECIAL BRAND? THAT IS THE QUESTION THE SHOW EXPLORES, WITH FILM CLIPS, INTERVIEWS BY GARRICK UTLEY WITH COMMUNIST LEADERS, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH BRINKLEY ELICITING COMMENTS FROM KISSINGER.

THE SEGMENTS ON ITALY, WHERE THIS WEEK THE POLITICAL CRISIS MAY FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE KEY CIVIL SERVICE POSTS TO THE COMMUNISTS, ARE PARTICULARLY APT. KISSINGER DISCUSSES WHAT THE COMMUNIST ACQUISITION OF POWER IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WOULD MEAN, SAYING:

> "I THINK THE INFLUENCE WILL BE, FIRST, THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THAT GOVERNMENT WILL CHANGE. THAT IS TO SAY, LESS EMPHASIS ON DEFENSE AND MORE EMPHASIS ON TRANSFORMING A SOCIETY. LESS EMPHASIS ON CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES, MORE EMPHASIS ON A SEMI-NEUTRALIST POSITION."

AS FOR ITS EFFECT ON NATO, KISSINGER REMINDS HIS AUDIENCE THAT EUROPEAN COMMUNISTS ARE ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION CRITICAL OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND HE SAYS, "IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW THE PRESENT DEGREE OF INFORMATION-SHARING AND MILITARY COOPERATION COULD BE CONTINUED WITH COMMUNISTS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER."

THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE IS A CHILLING LOOK AT THE COLD WAR REVISITED, A REMINDER OF PAST COMMUNIST INIQUITIES SUCH AS THE BERLIN WALL THAT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REALITY OF EUROCOMMUNISM'S "DIFFERENCE" FROM THE SOVIET BRAND.

THIS IS HENRY KISSINGER'S VIEW OF THE WORLD SITUATION, AND TO THOSE WHO WOULD PUT THEIR FAITH IN EUROCOMMUNISM'S CONVERSION TO DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, HE SAYS, "WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY INTELLECTUALS IN AMERICA ... DEVELOP THEORIES ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNISM THAT ARE TOTALLY CONTRADICTED BY ALL EXPERIENCE? THERE IS NO COMMUNIST PARTY ANYWHERE THAT HAS EVER SHARED POWER."

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