October 19, 1972

Oct 19: Nguyen Thanh Le, Hanoi spokesman at Paris peace talks, says Nixon Adm's position remains 'erroneous and intransigent,' news conf, Oct 18; says Adm has not changed its 'neocolonialist aggressive policy' on fundamental mil and pol questions; commenting on recent Thieu statements on peace settlement, says Nixon uses Thieu as a spokesman to express the 'most intransigent' US positions; says Hanoi delegation has no immediate plans for another meeting with Kissinger; says Hanoi has shown maximum good faith in talks; points out that US casualties have now reached 400,000, more than in World War I or in Korean War; says S Vietnamese Army defections now run at rate of 10,000 a mo, adding that this proves Saigon forces are more and more disheartened by 'Nixon-Thieu war'; says Communists are determined to continue fighting until they get real peace and independence; Kissinger arrives in Saigon from Paris to conf with Pres Thieu; Thieu, for last 3 days, has denied requests from Amb Bunker to see him; Kissinger illus in Saigon with Nguyen Nhu Duc, Amb Tran Kim Phuong and Amb Bunker; Nguyen Thanh Le illus

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19 Jewish families in Moscow are unexpectedly given permission on Oct 18 to emigrate to Israel without paying heavy exit visa fees that Soviet authorities have required of emigrants since mid-Aug; 6 of families were told 48 hrs earlier that they would have to pay total of $195,000 in fees, based on their levels of educ, to obtain exit visas for which they otherwise qualified; move appears to be timed to coincide with White House announcement of trade agreement with USSR and was presumably intended to mollify Cong opposition to trade agreement; Jewish activists see move as exception rather than evidence that USSR has decided to drop exit fees; Prof A Lerner asserts that Soviet military officers visited his home 10 times in last wk to deliver warnings that unless he obtains work within 2 wks he will be prosecuted as parasite, or nonproductive member of soc; Prof V Voronel reptdly was given similar warning; police officers reptdly visited 22 Jewish families recently with intimidating questions on subject of work; V Jolsky and R Rutman, Soviet scientists, rept they and others were taken to jails outside Moscow for 10 days during Pres Nixon's visit in May; others incidents noted

Cincinnati Reds defeat Oakland Athletics, 1-0, in 3d game of '72 World Series on Oct 18; Oakland leads series 2 games to 1; box score; illus

NJ legis leaders on Oct 18 rept that city of Newark is facing financial crisis that next mo's Legis session might be unable or unwilling to resolve; Newark Business Admr C Bodine Jr declares 'we've sent the state our death notice'; asserts city is close to 'fiscal catastrophe'; Gov Cahill, reptdly alarmed at prospect of another divisive legis confrontation over Newark's fiscal problems, has scheduled meeting with Mayor Gibson to discuss problem; key aspect of latest crisis is that legis authority, granted 2 yrs ago, for Newark to impose series of local taxes expires on Dec 31; City Council has refused to pass taxes--on sales, business and gasoline--on grounds that they would be counterproductive and could help to destroy city; informed sources say that city's budget of $200-million will show $65-million deficit unless Legis provides new financial aid