July 24, 1970

Justice Dept analysis of shooting, based on FBI investigation, reptdly suggests it was unnecessary for Natl Guardsmen to fire at students in order to protect themselves; analysis is given to Portage County prosecutor Kane; key point is believed to be whether or not crowd action at univ can be classified as riot; guardsmen cannot be prosecuted under Ohio law for action taken during riot but may be liable for prosecution if incident is not considered to be of riot proportions; analysis is reptd in Akron Beacon Journal summary; summary says document notes 200 demonstrators heckling guardsmen at time of shooting could have been turned back by tear gas or arrests, that guardsmen were not hurt and their lives were not endangered; cites statements that 13 students were hit by bullets in 11 seconds and that all but 4 were shot in back or side; Maj Gen Del Corso questions claim that guards were unhurt

highly placed law enforcement official discloses that Manhattan Dist Atty's office is probing network of city policemen who are controlled by organized crime; says that through this network, members of organized crime are often able to get policemen transferred and promoted, obtain confidential information and to avoid prosecution; says Mulligan is liaison between policemen and organized crime; details

Eban, avoiding outright rejection of US plan, says that while Israel is ready to cooperate with UN to establish peace talks, US cease-fire would only permit preparations for renewed warfare, news conf; seen annoyed when queried about charges that Israel is not taking pol initiative; Israeli officials express hope that UAR will ultimately reject plan, saving Israel from making choice of accepting procedure it suspects or appearing to obstruct diplomacy; say they will have to scrutinize text of Nasser s and USSR-UAR diplomatic communications to determine Nasser's intent; Israel still backs reinstatement of UN-arranged unltd cease-fire, which ended '67 war; Israel's immediate problem seen as that of preserving image of flexibility and reasonableness without losing mil advantage of air attacks on canal; Meir Govt is coming under pressure from both hawks and doves; Gahal party opposes any diplomatic effort while Mapam party newspaper warns that UAR's apparent flexibility to US obligates Israel to carefully calculate so as not to appear inflexible and unprepared for any logical compromise; Haretz (pub) holds Israel must make next move in diplomatic struggle

Dr A Heard, in memo to Nixon as his adviser on campus unrest, urges him undertake serious efforts to improve his awareness of student attitudes and to take them into acct when formulating foreign and domestic policies

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