April 7, 1973

R Bell and F J Reilly, NYC patrolmen, are arrested on Apr 6 for allegedly attempting to steal $80,000 worth of cocaine from men they believed to be narcotics dealers, but who, in fact, were undercover policemen and agents from office of special NYS prosecutor Nadjari; arrests are part of major investigation into allegations that corrupt police officers have been stealing narcotics and money from drug dealers and selling them to other dealers; Reilly and Bell illus

Pres Thieu reptd by his aides, Apr 6, to have asked Pres Nixon for US aid commitment of more than $700-million yearly through '75, with a sharp reduction after that; aides say econ aid now runs at $600-million to $700-million a yr from all US sources; they envision need for modest '74 and '75 increase to cover additional reconstruction efforts; think that after '75 S Vietnam will need as little as $100-million in '80; Thieu continues his round of activities in Washington aimed at improving his image in US and at obtaining continued US support in the postwar period; reptdly says in private meetings with Amers that S Vietnam could survive without further US mil intervention; part of this optimism believed to come from Kissinger assurance to Thieu, last Oct, that the US has an 'understanding' that USSR and China will limite the flow of arms to Hanoi and will press Hanoi to show mil restraint in the future; Vice Pres Agnew lauds Thieu and S Vietnamese at State Dept dinner; Thieu meets with IMF dir P-P Schweitzer, Deputy Sec K Rush and Sec E L Richardson; comment on specific needs cited by Thieu in aid request

nearly 15,000 anti-Govt protesters on Apr 6 are poised outside Sikkim's capital, Gangtok, amid rising violence; Indian Army units take over 3 Sikkimese police stations and are moving into new areas in response to request from Chogyal, or King of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal; Chogyal and his Amer-born Queen, former H Cooke, are under heavy guard in their palace; repts from various parts of Sikkim say demonstrators are carrying placards accusing Govt of squandering aid from foreign countries; there is also widespread agitation for pol and adm reforms; India is extremely sensitive about its delicate ties to Sikkim and has barred foreigners from entering protectorate; map; King and Queen of Sikkim pors

US BLS repts on Apr 6 that 1.3-million teen-agers were unemployed in Mar; notes teen-age unemployment rate dropped to 14.2% from 15.8% in Feb

Norodom Sihanouk arrives in Hanoi on Apr 6 for 4-day visit; welcomed by Premier Pham Van Dong and Min Vo Nguyen Giap; confides to diplomat that he has just spent about a mo in territory held by his forces in Cambodia; Cambodian Min Keam Reth discounts repts of visit; map