March 14, 1968

NYC Planning Comm approves Pan Amer World Airways application to build heliport at E 61st St and E River, overriding opposition by Rockefeller U and NY Hosp and others who held that facility would be unsafe and create serious noise problem

Cracow and Poznan students clash with police during protests supporting Warsaw riots; other sympathy protests noted; 8,000 Warsaw students hold rally in Polytechnic School; back motion stating that they did not want to become object of factional conflicts in party; similar fears expressed by intellectuals and liberals since regime started blaming Zionists for disturbances; anxiety over anti-Semitic campaign discussed; Foreign Trade Min resolution accusing Zionists of anti-Soviet activities cited; Warsaw students also adopt resolution protesting distortions in Polish press and rejecting anti-Semitic and Zionist excesses

tone of Johnson's pub statements and his praise of Rusk said to indicate that Johnson Adm reappraisal of Vietnam policy looks toward recapturing initiative in war, not retreating from objectives so as to end it; attitude said to be tenor of private comments by senior officials; Secs Clifford and Rusk, W W Rostow Gen Wheeler and R C Helms are on com revg US policy; problems com will consider discussed

McCarthy says he thinks he can win nomination, int, Bedford, NH; would be 'glad' to have Johnson campaign in Wis; returns to Washington; says it is 'fine' for Kennedy to reassess stand but says he will not drop out in favor of him; confirms he met with Kennedy

US marine positions at Khesanh pass relatively quiet day on 14th anniv of battle of Dienbienphu; many marine officers dislike static defensive position of some 6,000 marines in area, favor other strategies; differences between French fortified positions at Dienbienphu and US position at Khesanh said to be pronounced; war techniques used by enemy and US noted; illus