February 26, 1971

highlights from message

Premier Stoph, in apparent E Ger Govt policy change, agrees that 4-power talks on Berlin take precedent over E Ger-W Ger talks, lr to W Berlin Mayor Schuetz

World Conf of Jewish Communities on Soviet Jewry delegates approve resolution urging USSR to give Russian Jews right to emigrate; urge all nations to back request

Nixon warns he will not be hurried along road of disengagement from Indochina, State of the World Message; explains US role in Indochina; is optimistic about allied progress; is confident his strategy will in time lead to withdrawal of all Amer troops; leaves little doubt of his belief in importance of non-Communist S Vietnam and his resolve to remain there until Saigon Govt can stand alone; makes no effort to evade what he concedes are 'sobering problems' ahead: demonstrated resilience of enemy, uncertainties surrounding the econ, politics and leadership in S Vietnam, and futility of negotiations in Paris; says Cambodian incursion bought valuable time for S Vietnamese to prepare themselves to take over increasingly large share of fighting; makes only scant allusion to Laotian operation; suggests he will do whatever he thinks necessary to strengthen S Vietnamese security and insure success of Vietnamization; suggests faster withdrawal will invite humiliation in S Vietnam and shake worldwide confidence in purposes of Amer foreign policy; says way in which US ends war is crucial to its efforts to build lasting peace in coming decades; Nixon illus