November 7, 1959

itinerary for W Coast visit

Gen Taylor, in forthcoming book, charges command leadership lack; urges strategy of flexible response' to give choice other than massive retaliation threat and pol concessions to avoid nuclear war; book to include '58 article reptdly banned by State and Defense Depts from pub in Foreign Affairs

Colombo Plan reports substantial econ gains, yr ended June; repts $1 billion in aid, mostly from US, granted in that period; warns on need for econ expansion to improve or even maintain present living standards to cope with rising population; other data

NYC Dist Atty's office will continue to monitor TV commercials for fraud

UN subcom repts it found no certain evidence to support Laotian charges of N Vietnamese 'flagrant aggression'; says it did find evidence of Communist aid in form of arms and supplies; USSR hails rept; US stresses that subcom's arrival had 'tranquilizing effect' on the situation; UN denies Hammarskjold will call off visit after USSR opposes it; he confs with USSR and US reprs; Kuznetsov says USSR opposes any UN 'interference' in Laos; subcom rept detailed