October 19, 1971

Canadian police prevent group of about 1,500 protesters, including some Hungarians, from demonstrating against Soviet E Eur policy before Soviet Embassy, Ottawa

Gen Assembly opens debate on China representation issue; Bush and Nationalist Min Chow both urge retention of Nationalist seat, but Chow, not mentioning US resolution for dual representation, assails Communist Chinese as unfit; Albanian Min Nase urges expulsion of Nationalists; Canadian Amb Beaulne urges seating Communists as sole reprs of China; Bush serves notice US will seek priority vote for important‐question resolution

Case in which 16 men allegedly linked to right‐wing paramil Minutemen were seized and indicted has been dropped with last remaining charges dismissed; on Oct 30 '66 police rounded up across NYS Minutemen on charges that 3 Minutemen teams planned to place fire bombs at 3 camps they considered to be leftist oriented; tons of weapons were seized in roundup; Queens Asst Dist Atty Ludwig says case 'went down drain' as ct decisions held that original search warrants were defective; ct decisions revd; Ludwig says he moved to dismiss remaining counts against last 7 defendants on decisions and other tech grounds as well as in recognition of lack of speedy trial; says he is convinced there was Minuteman conspiracy at time of roundup; men originally indicted—and eventually cleared—listed

NYC Police Dept discloses 3 stolen‐car rings have been broken up with arrest of 22 persons in well‐publicized raids on 23 garages and junkyards throughout city; 1 of rings allegedly stole and resold 840 expensive new cars in last 18 mos and was said to have been run by 2 men who supplied all necessary paperwork, including forged registrations and birth and death certificates; 2 other operations allegedly specialized in cannibalizing thousands of stolen cars to resell parts and vehicle identification tags; Deputy Police Comr Daley comments, illus

US expresses concern over heightened tensions and buildup of troops along Indian‐Pakistani borders; State Dept repr C W Bray 3d says US is urging India and Pakistan to show restraint and is practicing 'preventive diplomacy' with other nations as well; officials say US diplomats have contacted France, GB, USSR; Yahya Khan reptdly made his troop withdrawal proposal during conf in Iran last wk with USSR Pres Podgorny; Min Ram statement on what India would do in case of war noted