November 18, 1972

Nov 18: White House announces, Nov 17, Kissinger will return to Paris on Nov 19 to resume peace talks; White House press sec Ziegler says that if other side enters into talks with same spirit of goodwill that characterized talks since Oct 8, 'we would expect a successful outcome'; says basic US view on agreement remains that outlined by Kissinger on Oct 26, when he also said 'peace was at hand'; says that after this Paris session, there will be further consultations with S Vietnam, and perhaps with Hanoi; silent on Kissinger's travel plans after Paris sessions

Pres Thieu and his top aides press to complete organization of new mass pol party, with membership of 100,000 that Thieu hopes will enable him to compete effectively with Communists under a cease-fire; new organization, to be called Dem party, includes dozens of generals, almost all of prov and dist chiefs, and tens of thousands of village and hamlet officials; 4 or 5 of Saigon's pol parties are reptdly preparing to merge with new party; many Saigon pol observers believe new party, like 3 earlier attempts by Thieu to form a party, will prove at best a hollow success; many joined new party only after getting orders from dist or prov hq

M Nicoli and C David, reputed leaders of internatl heroin-smuggling rings, are indicted in Fed Dist Ct, Bklyn, NYC, on Nov 17 on charges of conspiring to smuggle more than 1,100 pounds of heroin into US between Jan '68 and Apr '71 after extradition from Brazil at request of US Justice Dept; are detained in lieu of $2.5-million bail; their activities discussed; defendants illus; other members of rings named as conspirators include: L Bonsignour, M Deniz, J Munoz, W Perrin, J Christian, M I Delgado, C R Colombo, P Navarro, C Aparacio, A Hisrch, L Brique, D Vuille Dit Bille, D Padron, C Zippo, G Casalini, C Pastou, J F Marazzini and P R Pasqualini

article on Afghan drug traffic charges steady streams of opium and hashish flow over unpatrolled borders of Afghanistan because of indifference of Govt officials and employes; qualified Amer sources estimate that 1 or 2 tons of Afghan hashish reaches Western Eur each mo, with 1/3d of quantity being smuggled into US; fear growing shrewdness of hashish smugglers, combined possibility that Turkey's ban on cultivation of opium poppies and eventual shortage of heroin for lucrative Amer addict mkt, will tempt traffickers to smuggle Afghan opium to US; are convinced that Afghans in positions of power are engaged in narcotics traffic or tolerating and protecting it out of financial or pol gain

NYC broadens its anti-smut campaign on Nov 17 when Corp Counsel Redlich, armed with recent NYS Sup Ct decision requiring peep shows to have city license, files action in Civil Ct against York Amusement Corp, owners of bldg at 1487 Broadway which houses peep show; Mayor Lindsay says similar action will be taken against other peep-show premises; says for 1st time city is moving against realtors who permit their bldgs to be used for peep-show operations; city officials say new step is primarity economic threat against property owners who allow illegal operations to exist because of exorbitant rent they collect