November 20, 1971

Amer Bishops of RC Ch approve resolution calling for an end to the Indochina war 'with no further delay', meeting, Washington; resolution says that whatever good 'we hope to achieve through continued involvement in this war is now outweighed by destruction of human life and of moral values which it inflicts'; Bishop T J Gumbleton says resolution states that war no longer meets one of the conditions that, in the Cath position, determines whether a war is just: whether the amount of good results exceeds the bad; therefore, he says, anyone who agrees with the Cath position 'may not participate in this war'; Archbishop P M Hannan says he does not agree with Bishop Gumbleton; relative slowness of RC Ch in calling for an end the war noted; many Prot denominations have made some kind of antiwar statement during the last several yrs; debate on amendment, adopted almost unanimously, detailed

Communist Chinese reprs An Chih-Yuan and Chen Chu, during UN Assembly com debate on disarmament, defend Chinese right to develop and test nuclear weapons on ground it is done in self-defense and for a 'just cause'; reply to criticism by Saudi Arabia

Fed Judge Fullam blocks MTA's takeover of Penn Central Harlem and Hudson divs, says he cannot accept terms of contract for takeover worked out by MTA and rr; cites objections raised by rr's creditors; repts he rejected petition from rr's trustees to enter into contract 'without prejudice,' indicating in memorandum with his decision that he is willing to consider contract with different terms; asserts rr would be 'leasing substantial rail property for 60 or more yrs at nominal rental with no return on investment'; decision jeopardizes major element in Rockefeller's plan for public takeover of most commuter rrs in NYC met area; any new contract will require taxpayers to assume larger share of $8-million-a-yr deficit of 2 divs; Fullam approved tentative terms of contract in lr of intent drafted by 2 parties in '70; Ronan repts that decision places fate of divs in extreme peril; notes that since Oct '70 MTA has urged NYS Controller Levitt to approve agreement; maintains that Levitt has withheld approval on ground that not enough has been exacted from Penn Central as price of takeover; under terms of lr of intent, MTA would lease 2 rr rights-of-way for 60 yrs at $1 a yr with Penn Central to continue operating service for annual fee of $125,000 in addition to actual operating expenses; contract was later amended in way that would require rr to credit MTA with $10-million over 1st 5 yrs of contract

Col R Barberot, head of French Govt's Bureau for Agricultural Production Development, described as partial cover orgn for secret service operations overseas, says that he believes narcotics traffic has been organized by French Secret Service agents, radio int; says that he supports charges by US Atty Stern that former counterespionage agent R Delouette and Col P Fournier were involved in conspiracy to smuggle $12-million worth of heroin into US; says that he believes Fournier's real name is Paul Ferrer; disclosures seen as bringing to light feud within ranks of French espionage agencies

NYC Corrections Comr McGrath, whose dept has been under increasing criticism, resigns, news conf; says that suggestions that he had been dismissed are totally false; cites 1 of main reasons for his action as increasing surveillance by Correction Bd headed by vanden Heuvel; Lindsay, vanden Heuvel and NYC Councilman Burden issue statements praising McGrath