February 7, 1972

Indian Prime Min Gandhi and Mujibur begin 2 days of talks in Calcutta; illus; both receive tumultuous welcome from 2-million at pub meeting; Mujibur talks of Pakistani atrocities and econ exploitation of E Bengal; derides notion of united Pakistan; Gandhi lauds Mujibur as outstanding leader; says India wishes to be friends with Pakistan, holding Pakistanis should change hostile attitude towards Bangladesh; says she has achieved liberation of Bangladesh, return of refugees and release of Mujibur, 3 things she had promised to do; reptdly Gandhi and Mujibur are likely to sign mutual defense and econ assistance pact modeled after USSR-India friendship treaty signed in Aug, '71; pact is likely to provide for continued Indian mil presence; elaborate security precautions taken to insure Mujibur's safety in light of repts of large scale Pakistani arms smuggling and infiltration of India noted; Bangladesh Min A Samad Azad confers separately with Gandhi's advisors D P Dhar and P N Haksar

Thompson, Llewellyn E Jr

US scheduled airlines begin compliance with new FAA order to screen all passengers and luggage to curb hijacking and sabotage, move precipitated by recent rash of airline hijackings; NY Times survey in 10 cities finds weapon-sensing magnetometers are probably used on no more than 40% of flights, and that none are used at small airports; indicates airlines generally have intensified efforts to train employes to screen passengers by their 'behavioral profile'; present antihijacking methods revd; illus of traveler being frisked at Kennedy Internatl Airport

Feb 7-12: 15,000 to 20,000 Caths march silently through streets of Newry, openly defying ban on marches in Ulster and avoiding any confrontation with Brit soldiers; there are no incidents of violence; march leader K Boyle calls march big victory for civil rights movement in Ulster; Lt Gen Sir H Tuzo, commander of Brit troops in Ulster and other Brit officials hail lack of violence; B Devlin, I Cooper and others attend march; illus; march was staged to underline demands for end to internment, equal opportunities for Caths and most important, end of Faulkner Govt in Ulster

Brit Govt has prepared radical new pol plan for Ulster, ready for release when it thinks time is right; plan reptdly calls for fixed number of Caths in Ulster provincial govt; Heath says his Govt will stand by principle that status of Ulster cannot be changed except by popular consent and that minority must be assured of real and meaningful part in policy making