November 25, 1971

Price Comm approves 3.8% increase on newspaper ad sold by Field Enterprises, publisher of Chicago Sun‐Times and Chicago News; total revenues would be increased by 13%; NY Times seeks 4,5% increase in ad rates; Dow Jones & Co, publisher of Wall St Journal, seeks 5.5% increase

Brit Foreign Sec Sir Douglas‐Home signs agreement for massive Brit econ aid to Rhodesia, to be used primarily for educ of Africans

Nixon to conf with French Pres Pompidou in Azores in Dec as prelude to trips to Moscow and Peking; State Dept repts consultation meetings with other world leaders are planned

Gandhi admits Indian troops crossed E Pakistani border to battle Pakistani forces Nov 21, holding they have done so only once and are instructed to cross only in self‐defense, s, Parliament; denies Pakistani charges of massive attacks and of engaging in undeclared war; scores Yahya Khan edict of natl emergency as climax of efforts to divert internatl attention from E Pakistanis; says India will refrain from declaring natl emergency unless compelled to do so by situation; Indian Govt repr says Indian troops crossed border near Boyra to repel Pakistani tank and artillery attack; says 13 Pakistani tanks were destroyed; says 'man on spot' will decide whether to cross border; repts indicate heavy fighting continues in Jessore, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Sylhet areas; Indian tanks reptdly support guerrillas in battle around Meherpur; Indian citizens coming to Calcutta from border areas say Indian troops are crossing into E Pakistan; S H Schanberg repts paratrooper convoy leaving Calcutta in direction of border, says Calcutta airport has been placed under semi‐blackout conditions; says increasing number of border villages are under sunset to sunrise curfews; notes curbs on foreign newsmen and that he was prohibited access to border; map

McCracken resigns as Econ Advisers Council chmn; Nixon appts Dr Stein to succeed him Jan 1