January 26, 1973

NYS Gov Rockefeller on Jan 25 proposes that state's narcotics treatment and correction facilities be expanded to handle additional burdens they will face in event his recommendation for harsh prison sentences for all narcotics traffickers becomes law; maintains, in reply to criticisms that proposal would wreak havoc on already overburdened ct system, that 'the cts and related insts have been created to serve the people's need...and we will provide enough cts, prisons or other facilities to cope with the devastating problem of drug addiction'; says 'I will take the strong measures required to deter the pusher and the violent addict and to isolate for life those who will not be deterred'; says he will submit legis to create 100 additional Sup Ct justices, who reptdly will focus on state's drug problem; proposal for expansion of drug-treatment facilities detailed

Sr Laotian Govt officials rept on Jan 25 that they understand there is a secret agreement between N Vietnam and US under which Hanoi will withdraw 60,000 of its troops from Laos and lesser number from S Vietnam; accord reached in Paris Vietnam peace negotiations said only in gen terms that foreign troops would be withdrawn from Laos and Cambodia; H A Kissinger's Jan 24 news conf denial that there were any secret accords noted; Amer officials estimate that there are 65,000 N Vietnamese troops in Laos; Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma says, on Jan 25, in Laotian newspaper article that he had been 'informed by diplomatic sources' that there would be a cease-fire in Laos 15 days after Vietnamese cease-fire; phrasing of his remark indicates that Laotian Govt had not been involved or consulted in decision but that it had been presented as a fait accompli; Souvanna Phouma reiterates hopes that India can be induced to strengthen her role as chmn of Internatl Control Comm (India-Canada-Poland); Amer and Laotian sources continue to say that US would back Laotian Govt fully, with mil support if an accord breaks down, but many Laotian Govt officials voice doubts; mil intelligence indicates that N Vietnam is preparing gen offensive in Laos to secure really large population centers for Pathet Lao; illus of Pathet Lao repr Gen Phoun Sispraseuth and Govt repr Pheng Phongsavan during Vientiane peace talks; Souvanna Phouma por

Pres Johnson is buried on Jan 25 on northern bank of Pedernales River next to graves of his parents on LBJ ranch; final service, with former Gov J B Connally and Rev B Graham speaking, is held at graveside; service is attended by neighbors and old friends; Rev W Schneider gives invocation; remarks by Connally and Graham noted; ceremony ends with Gen W C Westmoreland placing wreath, sent by Pres Nixon, at foot of coffin; officials attending service include Sen Humphrey, House Speaker Albert and former Atty Gen R Clark; illus of Johnson family while A Bryant sings Battle Hymn of the Repub; illus of family with Brig Gen J U Cross, who piloted Johnson's plane; illus of Connally and Graham

Informed Amer source says Vietnamese Communist mil personnel will be flown to Saigon aboard Amer helicopters on Jan 28 or 29 to join Four-Party Joint Mil Comm; notes Communist soldiers will establish base at what is now US Seventh Air Force hq at Tan Son Nhut airport on edge of Saigon and that Air Force personnel are expected to leave immediately; since N Vietnamese have never acknowledged that their troops or officers are in S Vietnam, it is unclear whether Communist troops to be picked up by Amer helicopters will represent themselves as only vietcong or as both Vietcong and N Vietnamese; Amer source says there will be both N Vietnamese and Vietcong mil officers among men coming to Saigon; says Communist mil personnel are expected to be picked up by Amer helicopters in western S Vietnam near Cambodian border; says arrangements for pickup are being made 'with ease' since communications with other side are not difficult; quartering Communist troops and officers at Tan Son Nhut is thought to be highly acceptable to Pres Thieu since it will keep them out of central Saigon and make them less accessible to press; no precise count of N Vietnamese and Vietcong soldiers who will arrive is available, but terms of Paris agreement call for each of 4 parties to send 59 reprs to Saigon; in other developments, Saigon Govt intensifies its propaganda campaign in preparation for coming cease-fire; Thieu makes 2 speeches and top aide Hoang Due Nha holds rare news conf; Thieu, in 1 of speeches, calls on 500 police officials to help him crush what he terms Communist subversion; again orders police to shoot on sight 'trouble-making elements;' in another speech, Thieu is reptd to have explained peace agreement to 2,000 civil servants and to have urged 'heightened vigilance;' later meets with US Amb Bunker; Nha, in news conf, says Saigon is prepared to meet with Natl Liberation Front within 24 hrs after cease-fire, noting such meeting could take place in either Saigon or Paris; warns there can be no real peace and no free self-determination in S Vietnam so long as N Vietnamese soldiers remain in South

Mayor Lindsay, in revg his pol future, is reptly keeping open option of running for re-election in '73; is considering staying out of Dem primary if he does run; strategy would require that he run on Liberal line, with strong ind support; is said to feel certain that he could win race for Mayor