June 3, 1973

S Vietnamese army's arrogance toward civilians seems to be becoming increasingly blatant with departure of last US mil advisers from field; US Embassy is particularly concerned about misbehavior, which for yrs has alienated popular support for Saigon govt; abuse of civilians has continued to flourish despite gen improvement in army's combat ability; conduct seems to vary greatly from 1 region to another; worst area is that from Bong Son up along Route 1 into Quang Ngai Prov, territory garrisoned by 2d and 22d Divs, 2 of least disciplined and least distinguished units; map; habit of extorting money from civilians is matter of economics, since pay is low; corruption and abuse of civilians exists in Binh Dinh on large scale, where refugees have not recd rice and tin roofing allowances

Article discusses IBM's methods of maintaining dominance in computer mkt by tracing history of System 360 computers as revealed in memos used by Control Data Corp in its antitrust suit against IBM; Control Data contended in its case, which was settled out of ct, that IBM deliberately announced 360 line more than a yr ahead of schedule, well before all tech testing was completed, because it did not want customers to select new computers already announced by competitors; memos cited to support Control Data's charges may be used by Justice Dept in its own antitrust suit against IBM; dept hopes to prove under Sherman Act that IBM actually 'monopolizes' computer indus, with 65% share of $8.9-billion worth of computers manufactured by Amer concerns in '72, and that it actively seeks its dominant position; under recent interpretations of act cos that achieve dominance as result of 'superior product, business acumen or historic accident' are not considered to have violated antitrust law; unless it proves that IBM deliberately set out to stifle competition, dept apparently can prevail only by convincing Supreme Ct to broaden Sherman Act's coverage; illus of IBM/360 model

Article on 3 private antitrust suits filed by GAF Corp, Berkey Photo and Bell & Howell against Eastman Kodak; suits ask triple damages from Kodak and various divestitures to moderate co's influence in sale of photographic equipment, supplies and services; Kodak dominates or significantly influences most aspects of domestic amateur, commercial and indus photography; illus; graph of co earnings

Justice Dept sources rept on June 2 that former White House aide E Krogh Jr in sworn statement said that contrary to assertions FBI had knowledge in late June,'71, that Soviet Govt did not possess Pentagon papers before they were published by N Y Times; rept that although bulk of Pentagon papers were mysteriously delivered to Soviet Embassy in Washington, they did not arrive until after Times printed its 1st 3 installments and had been placed under temporary ct order to halt further publication; Krogh, in affidavit submitted in May at Los Angeles trial of D Ellsberg, saids that he approved burglary at office of Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding as part of White House investigation into unauthorized disclosure of documents; testifies that among other factors that led him to authorize illegal break-in was rept from FBI that Pentagon papers were in possession of Soviet Embassy in Washington prior to their publication by Times; said that authorization to engage in covert activity to obtain 'psychology history' of Ellsberg was recd from former Pres adviser J D Ehrlichman and that plans for acquiring information were developed by G G Liddy and E H Hunt Jr; Krogh illus

“Hard footsteps follow you home at night. A knife at your throat, a jab in your stomach, your purse or wal let gone and it's over. You're another statistic in the war we could lose— the against the criminal.”