October 10, 1972

5 USN pilots say in ints, Oct 9, that their groups, under the guise of 'protective reaction', took part in at least 3 planned strikes on a Quanglang airfield in N Vietnam last Dec; say that as many as 20 planes took part in raids and that on at least one of the raids, the reconnaissance plane, needed to justify the official rept of 'protective reaction,' flew behind the warplanes and served mainly to take photos after the strike; names of 5 pilots, 3 of whom have resigned from service, were supplied by a Sen source; pilots were assigned to Attack Squadron 165, stationed aboard the USS Constellation; Lavelle case revd

Local and natl politicians gather at reviewing stand of NYC's Columbus Day parade on Oct 9 in attempt to woo city's large Italian vote; Sen McGovern and Transportation Sec Volpe, parade's grand marshal, trade charges about politicizing of event; also present are Repr Abzug, R F Wagner, NYC Controller Beame, NYC City Council Pres Garelik, Assemblyman F Rossetti, Gov Rockefeller, R I Ottinger, Mayor Lindsay, Bronx Boro Pres Abrams, NY Sec of State J P Lomenzo, Mrs E F Cox and J P Langley; McGovern, Abzug, Wagner, Beame, Garelik Ottinger, Lindsay, Abrams, Rockefeller, Mrs Cox and Langley illus

Kissinger and Haig meet privately, Oct 9, with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy for 2d day; another session set for next day, after which Amers will reptdly fly back to US to rept to Nixon; a participant in wkly semi-pub talks say private talks so far have been exploratory, but presence of Haig, who met with Pres Thieu in Saigon, provokes speculation that talks near a breakthrough point; Hanoi radio, Oct 8, says that to consider Thieu Govt as only const govt in S Vietnam, and that an election would only mean a 'pres election,' is to take no account of present realities in S Vietnam; broadcast seems to indicate US is insisting on an election for a Pres, and perhaps a natl assembly, under S Vietnam's existing Const; Kissinger reptdly is inquiring how the proposed tripartite coalition govt will work; S Vietnamese opponents of Thieu who also oppose the Communists conf with Communist delegation in Paris about the composition of the 'third segment' in a coalition; latter gives impression Communists will not demand right to name members of 'third segment'

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(Alleged Espionage Against Dem Aspirants) Tenn Asst Atty Gen A B Shipley says on Oct 9 that he was approached by former Treasury Dept lawyer D H Segretti in summer of 71 and was asked to conduct pol espionage against Dem Pres candidates, int; says Segretti said sabotage and espionage campaign was being made on behalf of Pres Nixon and that Nixon knew 'something was being done for him;' Washington Post repts that in addition to Shipley, Segretti met 2 other lawyers in Vietnam and asked them to do pol espionage work; says action was part of 'massive campaign of pol spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of Pres Nixon's re-election and directed by officials of the White House and the Com for the Re-Election of the Pres;' says FBI has identified Segretti as operative of Nixon re-election orgn; lists several aspects of sabotage effort; com spokesman D L Shumway says Post story is 'piece of fiction'; Washington Post also repts that 1 aspect of what it calls corn's 'offensive security' program involved politically critical lr about Sen Muskie written to NH newspaper shortly before state's Dem primary in March; says White House communications deputy dir K W Clawson told Post reporter on Sept 25 that he had written lr to Manchester Union Leader alleging that Muskie, then front-runner for Dem nomination, had condoned use of term 'Canuck' as description of Americans of French-Canadian descent; newspaper printed lr, which was signed by P Morrison, less than 2 wks before primary; Post identifies M Berger as reporter Clawson spoke to; Muskie's denial of contents of lr noted; White House switchboard operator says that Clawson has 'retired' and is not taking any more telephone calls; Post quotes Clawson as denying authorship of lr and saying Berger misunderstood him; Shipley's account of his relations with Segretti detailed; 2 other lawyers are J P Dixon and R L Nixt; both reacted negatively to Segretti's approach

Teleprompter Manhattan Cable TV plans to telecast 23 major concerts, including 10 live programs by NY Philharmonic, from Lincoln Center, City Center and Bklyn Acad of Music; concerts, arranged by cellist J Goberman, came within hrs of going on air last mo but were postponed because of dispute with union officials over certain subsidiary rights

October 10: (McGovern Campaign) NY Times survey indicates McGovern's campaign is in trouble in important indus states of Ohio, Mich and Penna; Pres Nixon's big lead in 3 states is growing significantly; situation in Mich said to be bleakest for McGovern; McGovern's pro-busing stand in primary noted; UAW exec D Fraser says there is nothing McGovern can do now to attract voters; McGovern's Mich campaign mgr C Wagner is more optimistic; McGovern's Ohio campaign mgr R Sklar estimates McGovern is at least 12 percentage points behind in state; McGovern's Penna campaign mgr V French has been unsuccessful in his attempts to lure back traditional Dems

NY Times survey finds Turkish and Amer officials, engaged in fight against illegal narcotics, believe it will take considerable time before Turkey's ban on growing of opium poppies can markedly reduce flow of heroin to US; Amer officials note, for time being, however, that there has been no reduction in supply of Turkish opium despite claim of Turkish officials to the contrary; contend that approximately 90% of heroin seized in Eur has been traced to Marseilles, France, and that all opium and morphine base that has been seized there has originated in Turkey and that no shortages have appeared in illicit channels; speculate smugglers have been building large stockpiles in expectation that Amer anti-narcotics campaign will raise prices in long run, adding that, size of stockpiles notwithstanding, continued illicit cultivation of opium will contribute to continued illicit traffic; note farmers have continued to grow popies in black-marketable quantities, in many regions where Turkey has already outlawed its cultivation, in anticipation of a complete ban; US, through law-enforcement and intelligence agencies, is striving to prevent internatl smugglers from replacing their eventual losses in Turkey from other poppy-growing areas; SE Asia is frontrunner as alternate source of opium, and Afghanistan and Pakistan (most of whose illicit production is presumed to supply large mkt in Iran) are believed by experts to be capable of much greater contribution to smuggling network that has its biggest outlet in US; smuggling operations in Turkey detailed; map of areas of major Turkish narcotics activities

Oct 10: several hundred Vietcong guerrillas continue to hold on, Oct, 9, in at least 3 hamlets within 20 mi N of Saigon; guerrillas are driven out, Oct 8, of another hamlet 10 mi N of Saigon; infiltration into area is much less than during large-scale invasion of Binhlong Prov in Apr; S Vietnamese and US planes continue large-scale bombing in area of guerrilla activity; S Vietnamese recapture Trieuphong; 310 tactical strikes and 9 B-52 missions made by US planes against N Vietnam in 24 hrs; 1 US plane downed Oct 6 by N Vietnamese surface-to-air missile; US plane downed a MIG Oct 8; US helicopter gunship, Oct 9, crashes for unknown reasons, Mekong Delta; map; refugees on Rte 13 illus

Brit Chancellor of Exchequer A Barber abolishes on Oct 9 bank rate, which for 270 yrs has been peg for monetary policy and interest rates in GB; in its place, beginning Oct 13, will be fluctuating rate that will be tied to avg discount rate for Treas bills and that will no longer signal Treas's desire to expand or contract money supply; diminishing importance of bank rate since Sept '71 noted; new rate for loans to money mkt will be fixed at 1/2 of 1 percentage point above avg discount rate set for Treas bills, rounded upward to next higher quarter of 1%; Barber says that combined effects of last yr's banking changes and of today's move is to bring GB into line with internatl trend toward flexible interest rate system

IIILLARY JUDD ALEXANDER: 30 years old today.

Ugandan Pres Amin on Oct 9 takes salute, as for 1st time in 10 yrs of Uganda's independence, several hundred Uganda Asians join their African fellow citizens in huge ceremonial parade; no mil equipment is on display and atmosphere is generally relaxed