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