December 27, 1967

US discloses that in Dec 4 note it assured Cambodia that it has not 'hostile intentions' towards it, continues to respect its neutrality, sovereignty and territorial integrity; Cambodia rejects assurances

State Sup Ct Justice Tierney orders Mayor Lindsay and other city officials to crack down on 'madness and unhealthy situation developing in Village, suit brought by 6 resident owners of bldgs on Macdougal St aimed mainly at Village coffeehouses; directs officials to use all lawful means to regulate commercial establishments and individual behavior; E Popohzio, atty for Macdougal St Area Neighborhood Assn, comments

H W Baldwin series on war

P M Litvinov, defying threat from USSR secret police, sends excerpts from transcript of trial of V I Bukovsky and 2 others for participating in Jan 22 st demonstration to 4 USSR papers and Communist papers in France and Italy; in covering letter describes interrogation by secret police and threat that he would be held 'criminally responsible' if trial documents were pub; mss include Bukovsky's final plea and defense of citizens right to organize pub demonstrations; Litvinov challenged acct of Bukovsky trial pub in 1 Moscow paper; 3 were arrested for protesting arrest of 4 eds of underground literary magazine Phoenix 1966

PBA scores Lindsay plan to increase ptl on sts by replacing nonpatrol police by civilians