BEIRUT Jun e 24, 1970 Stuart No, ins Repoi·ted details of n . ne 1 v u. s . fJ ff "' e a c e o . e ,, s i v e ill I h c i\11 id d I e Ea s l - w e 1 · e d is c l o s e d f o 1 • t I, e firs t t i m e t o day in Beirut. L e banes e so urces are quoted as sa y ing the U . S. is now II r gin g - a three - m on t h s o - ca ll e d "pea c e p au s e •: This is to Permit inle11si v e diplomatic eJj"orts - toward a permanent solution to the current Arab-Israeli impasse. It also suggests - that both sides withdraw at least twelve miles from the banks of the Suez Canal. ""- u. s. The ;t,-Tan, to tl1e Lebanese sources does not call for direct Arab- Israeli talks. Secretary of State Rogers will hold a news conference tomorrow morning . In the meantime - a related item from London; suggesting the Kremlin is having some serious second thollghts - dJout the extent of its current involvement in the Middle East . The Russians are said b y some East Europea,i sources to fear the possibility of a direct c onfron tat ion be tween the U . S. and Russia - arising from circumstances that neither might be able to control. C . AMBODIA Half-a-world away - the man who headed that . AH i e d o If en t; i 11 , e in Io Cam bod i a - to d a . y called the en tire ope,·,,tio,1 , a "brillia nt " ma11e11ver, U.S. Major-General George Cas ey - assert t!d ''it re a Hy changed the mil i ta r .v balance lre '. re." H e added that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces - have seized mo . re than a y ear 's supply of Communist arms and equif,men.t. He also said : "Our in.'dructions are at tllis Jim . e to be out comt,le : tely by Ji,ne Thirtieth - and we have 110 plans at all for going back in." SENATE In Washington, the Senate todav repealed bv a vote . . o I e i g h I _,, - o II e I' o t e n - its c o n I r o v e rs i a I N ; 11 e I c en - s ; x I _v - F o II r Gulf of Tonkin Resoltttion. This - was - the measure requested b_v Lyndon Johnson that first aLLthorized ttnlimited military inte,·venlion in Southeast Asia. However, President . Nixon now says - he does n 't need it; and, in fe,; (", , f o rl a v 's revocation was initi,1ted by a number of Ref)ttblicans - acting with Administ,·ation at,{)ro val. Senator Fulbright, voted against Yef)eal - even though he has long-criticized the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - which lte originally sf)onsored, incidentally. Ftilbrigltt contended that today's action - was a viblation of normal Senate r,rocedure. In voting ot lo ret,eal - he added - he was ' .,I m{erely attemf)ting to "preserr•e the integrity" of the Senate . WASHINGTON hr response to President Nixon's economic report to the n , ation last week - Senate Democ1''1tic Leader Mike Mansfield, •oved front and center today in Waslringtt,n. Granted time to ret,ly by NBC - Mansfield said tlaat tlae U.S. is 110w in tlie throes of a dangerous slump. "111/latio,a, u,aemt>loyment and war" - said Mansfield - tl,ese are tlae words that "st,ell recessio,a." Tlte Senator added - tlaat tlae President is t,ermitti,ag , ,, i,aflatio,a to ru,a ramt,ar1t ; wlaile ignori,ag - said Ma,asfield tl,e tools, suclt as credit co,atrols, tol,icl, Congress ••• already given ltim. Mansfield said: "For too lo,ag - •• laave pursued tlae 11atio,a 's security all over tlae globe; for too lo,ag - we 1,a ve forgotten that 11ational security begi11s at home." RICHAlDSON Elsewhere in Washington - Elliott Richardson was officially sworn in today - as the new Secretary of Health, Educ a ti on and We l fare ; a job that s o far has de Ji e d a,. y body to hold it - longer than two years. Richardson, nevertlleless, pledged an all-out effort - to attain the AdmiJ1istratioJ1's goal " of bettef' quality of life for all Americans." Among tllose (>resent - the man wllo apt,oiJ1ted Riclrardso" to lits new job - PresideJ1t Nixon; 1111&0 later said he had just leaf'J1ed - tl1111t Ille 11eao Secretary was nicknamed "Lucky" dut"irtg World War T1110. "I car, o,aly say" - said tlae PresideNI - "lie is lucky artd we are lucky." Riclaardson llimself observed: "I'm goiNg to Need a little bit of luck." Now this message •.. SUGGESTED INTRO TO THOMAS TAPE "SIBERIA IV" And now - it's time again for Lowell Thomas; presenting tonight anotller installment - on #ais latest Siberian adventure. Lowell . . . SUGGESTED FOLLOW TO THOMAS TAPE "SIBERIA IV" Thank you, Lowell. This is Sir.art Novins - Good Nigltt. SIBERIA IV It's coasts are washed by the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Ocean - in fact by twe . lve seas. It includes the largest lake in the world, Th . , e Casf)ian, and the deef)est Lake Baikal where we have been enjoying the scenery, a lake containing as much water as in all of our Great Lakes, deet,est lake in the world, surrounded by snow caf)f)ed mOU11tabu Three Hundred rivers flow into it. As you fly around Siberia you are imf)ressed by the Siberian forest - one third of all the timber land in the world. I wonder if the Russians realize how · ,·icll, how fortunate they are? Maybe they are Just waking i,f) to what they have. h have Pe rmitted Alaska Airlines to Maybe that's why t ey make this first flight . . At any rate we had better know OUT neighbors _ and I'm glad t,t /o,ig last to having a look at what has seemed like a sinister land of mystery . Solong.