December 9, 1970

Sheik Mujibur's Awami League appears dose to winning majority in natl assembly; has carried all but 2 of 130 seats decided in East thus far and is seen likely to capture 23 more; Bhutto's Pakistan's People's party victory in West is major surprise; party has won 81 of 100 seats decided thus far; success linked to Bhutto's appeal for redistribution of wealth along Marxist lines; Bhutto, though wealthy landowner himself, has said that 'struggle in Pakistan is not between Moslem and Moslem, but between exploiters and exploited'; Mujibur, to gain power, seen having to arrive at some kind of understanding with armed forces, whose higher echelons have been dominated by W Pakistanis; nation congratulates itself on peaceful and efficient voting; election is widely considered personal triumph for Yahya Khan, who promised elections and return to civilian rule after he took power in Mar '69

HR, 213-174, rejects motion to instruct Cong conf com to go along with Sen vote; action seen reflecting traditional reluctance to tie hands of conf coms and a recovery of support for craft in HR; compromise appropriation near $290-million held necessary to satisfy backers and keep vital elements of project alive; Sen opponents threaten filibuster against entire transportation budget if substantial portion of appropriation is restored by conf com; Repr Yates attributes HR move to intensive lobbying by Adm and major contractors and fear of high unemployment in aircraft indus; lobbyists enlisted support of many liberal Dems including Repr Boland; opposed Dem and Repub liberals, including Reprs Gross and Andrews assail craft as extreme example of environmental neglect and misplaced priorities; Reprs Ford and Anderson, amid White House efforts to foster support for liner, charge world pre-eminence of US aircraft will be threatened if project is cancelled; White House efforts seen convincing Repub opponents to support project but almost as many seen defecting to opposition including Reprs Bush, Byrnes and Wold; Transportation Dept reptdly submits to key supporters in Cong new estimate of funds needed to keep project alive; sources close to Sen Magnuson suggest compromise target of something over $200-million; predict that if conf com accepts figure Sen will; Sen Proxmire aides say there will be filibuster against $200-million appropriation

State Dept issues rept Diplomacy for the Seventies outlining reorgn program designed to create 'new breed of diplomat-managers'; proposals aim at greater creativity, more flexible personnel ideas and improved mgt of foreign policy resources; detailed; prepared under guidance of Deputy Under Sec Macomber; approved by Rogers; reflect, in part, dissatisfaction with gradual shift of decision making to White House staff under Kissinger

Nixon and Hussein conf, Washington; confs seen including issue of resumption of peace talks; Hussein seen asking Nixon to urge Israel to return to talks and adhere to Adm's '69 peace plan; seen telling Nixon that cease-fire cannot survive beyond Feb 5 deadline unless there is progress in talks; US Under Sec Sisco, Jordanian Amb Sharaf and Pres adviser Kissinger attend conf; Hussein confs with Laird; forthcoming visit of Dayan noted

Inspector D Fallek, commanding officer of 3 Manhattan precincts, including 19th, called to testify before Knapp Comm; moves in ct to prevent comm from questioning him; Comr Murphy, following visit to 19th Precinct to speak to policemen who had refused to patrol for 4 hrs in protest comm's reptd indications of bribery, comments on case; Fallek obtains show-cause order barring comm from questioning him until case is finally decided; Appellate Div, in related development, upholds legality of comm, which had been questioned by PBA