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GI W/DRAWAL IS LIKELY AND NOTED "IT'S 18 YEARS SINCE I
1ST HEARD MANSFIELD SPEAK ON QUESTION OF W/DRAWALS...
SINCE THEN, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN W/US, AND EVERYONE KNOWS
THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EVENTS." SCHMIDT ALSO SAID HE
WAS "UNABLE TO SHARE ANXIETY ABOUT A (POSSIBLE) TRADE WAR."
HE SUMMED UP BY SAYING "EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS WILL
STRIVE TO PURSUE A COOPERATION IN WHICH INTERESTS OF EACH
ARE PROTECTED BUT IN WHICH VITAL COMMON INTERESTS ALSO
ARE SERVED."

POMPI SAID FRANCE WILL NOT GIVE ITS CONSENT TO US

PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONS BY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CONCERNING
THEIR FUTURE.

CBS/NBC NOTED LONDON STOCK MARKET PLUNGED TO 11-YEAR LOW
IN WAKE OF WILSON GOV'T'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM.

CBS NOTED JACK ANDERSON SAYS INTELLIGENCE REPORTS IN-
DICATE IRA HAS OBTAINED FROM ARAB SOURCES USSR-SHOULDER
FIRED MISSILES FOR SHOOTING DOWN BRITISH CHOPPERS....ARAB
TERRORISTS HAVE ALSO REPORTEDLY BEEN HELPING IRA SET OFF
BOMBS IN LONDON IN RECENT WEEKS.

MEIR SAID US RECON PLANES HAVE BEEN FLYING OVER SUEZ TO
SEE WHETHER ISRAEL/EGYPT ARE FOLLOWING DISENGAGEMENT
AGREEMENT. BOTH NATIONS AGREED THAT US WOULD PHOTO ENTIRE
AREA....MEIR DEFENDED HERSELF AGAINST THOSE WHO BLAME HER
FOR ISRAEL'S SLOW START IN OCT WAR, SAYING SHE WARNED MANY
TIMES THAT WAR COULD "BREAK OUT ANY TIME." MEIR SAID HER
WARNING HAD LITTLE IMPACT BECAUSE "ISRAELIS HAD BEEN
LULLED INTO THINKING" NO-WAR, NO-PEACE WOULD GO ON INDE-
FINITELY. AP SAYS IT WAS 1ST TIME SHE DIRECTLY RE-
BUFFED PERSONAL CRITICISM RESULTING FROM THE WAR.

NBC NOTED 1500 KILLED, 60,000 LEFT HOMELESS IN BRAZILIAN
FLOODS.
ECONOMY

NBC NOTED CLC LIFTED CONTROLS FROM COAL INDUSTRY. IN
EXCHANGE, CLC SAID 10 OF 15 BIGGEST PRODUCERS MADE COM-
MITMENTS TO BOOST PRODUCTION, OPEN NEW MINES AND REDUCE
EXPORTS AND AGREED TO LIMIT PRICE INCREASES THRU NOV. 12.

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