INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS Good cveni11g everybody. December 23, 1910 Dalla• To.,nse11d Secretary of Defense Melvin LaiYd has •hai•rt ,.,, tlti• cou,.IYy 's million intelligence orga1'izatiorts. Tlte objective ~ strortger civilia" co,atrol. Laird telll,ag '"• "•ad of tlae Def ens• in te llige11ce age,ac y to ret>ort directly to ltiffl after February Firs I - i,aa tead of to Ila• Joirtl clli•f• of s laff - gall,eri,ag orga,aiaaUon of '"•Ir 0111,a. Secretary Laird ••Y• rtatio,aal ••curily ,aeed•. TIie Pe11tago• says Laird'• order do•• raot reflect a,ay loci, of co,afide,ace ,,. 11,e 1>rese,at ••l-•1' - a,ad ii deral•• tit• tlae clta,age was fflad• ,,. YesfJORBe to cllaYge• t"at t"• AYmy hes spied o" 11atio,aal political ftgures. But it does seem to yesult - at least in part - fYom i11dications tltat tlle Army's surveillance of • r " adical gYoups llave gott.,, o,,tofluoul. STATE For Sec re ta,ry of State William R agers - a }•ear---e,rd news co,rfere,rce today covering a bYoa . d ra,rge of subjects . . First a,sd foremost. Hanoi's release of tltat latest America,e f>risoneY-of-war list; wlticlt Rogers called - "a co,rtcmt,tible ma,reuver · ;" aimed solely - saitl lae - at diverti,rg alte,allo,e from Ille e,remy's "fa . HuYe - to comply witll in . ter11atio,eal law a11d tl,e eleme,rts of l,uma,s decer,cy." RogeYB addi,eg t•at the list ltad also ra . ised false l,of>es - amoNg some wlD llad alread ' y waited so loJtg for woYd of tlleir loved 011es. Tlae Secretary tlte,e goi,ag or, to assert tl,at Ha,aoi ••• e,ada,egeri,tg Hs OIIIN f>ositio" - by co,ate,edi,tg tlaere I• NO "u,adersta,adi,ag" witla regard to tl,e U.S. bombi,eg laaU. "If tlaere is no u11ders ta,edi,eg - tlaere are ,ao 1'es IY . ictio,aa" - said lee. Furtl,e1' maki,eg it 1>lai11 tl,e U.S. toould re••"'e all-out bombillg - if ,recessary to r,rotect tlae lives of witlsdrawi11g U . S. servicemefl. PARIS FOLLOW STATE Al the peace table in Paris - Da,,id Br,.ce of the u. S. was also alluding lo the prisoner issue today; in a tone somewhat milder than "s"al. Instead of "sing words like "inhuman" - Br11ce calling prisoner treatment in North Vietnam "unsatisfactory." VIETNAM FOLLOW PARTS Th e g" n s of ll' a r be Kan to fa II s ii en I I od a )' - if on I y b r; cf I y . Th c l' i c t C on g - I a" n ch i ng a I Ir re c - day C Ir r is I mas • c ea s e - f i re ; Io b c f o II o we d s ho r II )' - by a I w c n I y -Jou r - ho u r U.S. and Allied slanddoll'n. EC ONO.HY 11f)leasa11/ news 011 lite eco110111ic f1·011t . The total o u IP II I of I It e U II i I e cl SI a I es econ o 111 , de cl i,, e d /It; s ye a,, for the f i ,. s I I i III e s i II c e I It e N i n e I e e 11 - F ;_r I _ , , - E ; ,.r h t ,, e c e s s i O n . Th e Comme1'ce Depa,,tme11/ says ii now is certain that produ.ction ill the final three months of tl1is year will be down from the outp11t in the third q11a, , ter. And that in turn mea11s the Real Gross national p1 • od11ct - as contrasted with those figures o ,i I It e G r o s s Na Ii o II a l Pro d ll c t c l o c k - w i II b e l o we r th an th e ~even /lu,id,,ed a11d Twe,ity-Seven Billion dollars recorded in Ni1telee11-Sixty-Ni11e. The Commerce Department blames the decli11e 011 /1,e effects of the auto workers strike against Ge11eral Motors . First ii was Tuno - now it's SNJordfish . The Food and Dr11g Administration reports that Swordfish also has been found to contai11 t,oiso11otts mercury. A,id FDA spokesman saying "In about Eighty-Nine percent of the swordfish we sampled, we fo11.11d mercur _ ,, - and that mea11s /hat most swordf•sh is ~oing to ha, e lo come off the market . " 11.lRSAlV /11 Communist Poland - anolhe>· gol'crnmeul shC1ke-up . Long-lime Premier Jozef Cyrankiewic:z - getting "kicked upstairs" - bccomi,ig P1•esident; lo make wa_v for Piotr Jaroszewic:z - an Army ge1zeral and economics expert - who non becomes premier. All this taking place, "f cot1rse - ,,,, de r l h c a e .s: is of Pol a n d 's n e " C o 111 m " n is I P n r t }' I e ad e r , Edi.'ard Gierek. n HITE HOUSE Al lhe 1Vlti/e Hous e - an effort lo lake ad,anlage of a se enly-011e-_, ,e ar-olci law. President Nixo11 iss11ing an e :< e c u: I i , , e o nl <' ,. - r c q u i r in f.[ " Fe cl e r a I fJ e r m ;. t f o r t h e d 1011 p i 11 g of business was le s a ti. d dis c l1 a r g es into U . S . u 1 a I e rs . This u11der a neuly-rcclisco,ered pro1isio11 - of the U . S. Ref11se Ac l of E i g h I e en - Nin e t_,, - Nine ; w h i ch was pas s e d a l a Ii m e when man~• firms were indiscriminately polluting v ital water SllPf)lies - especially in the West. The President observing that his ,ieu order - will help _ to "enhance the ability of the Federc,l governm,int to enforce water qr,aUly standards;" and thus provide - said he - "a major st . rengthening of our efforts - to clean r,p our nation's ualer." TORONTO In Canada - Ontario P1·0 incial Police ha, e begun d i s I r i b II I i II K - a P o e m cl e d i c a I e d I o Y II l e t id e d r ; , , e rs ; a fJ o e m - ,vi, i<- l1 reads: 7 @ ' T 11• as I he II i g l1 I b cf o ,. e CI, 1· is Im as, A11d all lhro11Kh /he tow11, P e o p I e , ere It a fJ p y . Not a face wore a frown. And 0111 on the street, Not a d1•i1er'd been d1·inking; For ii see ms tho t the_v 'd all B1Je11 doing some thinking. To drink and to dri, e, On this day or any, Would endanger th . eir lives, Indeed, tho:;e of many. So they walked, went by cab, Or j11sl stayed at home . A II d Ch r; s Im as morn in K arr i I e d, With no children alone. It ,nay uol be great poetry but the sentiment i3 11 or th I 1 rt keep;nl( in mind t o m or r o u b e i ,z g C h ,. is t m ,1 s E ,, e . • SUGGESTED LEAD-IN TO THOM . AS TAPE "SKIING" And now - it 's Ii me again for Lowell Thom as ; rer,orlinK tonight from way ur, North - on a S1'bject that r,erfcclly fits the locale. Lowell . . . Thank you Lort·cll. If ,re ha1•e a chance, we miglst Join _\'OU. Dallas Townsend saying Good night. SKIING '• , . I Hellv e, eryhody. llere we are back ;,, \laska. Our mai11 rcaso 11 for comin,: North lhesc days is lo spend a little lime "i/11 the Alaska,i L T and his Jamil_, , , to see /he grand- children. As some of _vou . know wl1ene1 er I head West or North, a11other reaso,i is tllal I'm still an enthusiastic skiP.r . Have _vo11 been watching /he way ll1is sf)orl has been spreading? It was11't long ago th,zt ~ki ads were rather Jew and Jar between. Now, they are ever_\,where. This winter there are a number of important new books, one entitled THE OFFICIAL AMERICAN SKI TECHNIQUE, uritlen b) ' the professional ski inslr11clors of America. An impressive book, for which I wrote a most 11nimpressi1 e introdt1clion. The mere Jae:/ that lhe1·e is 110 , w a recognized official Am ~1•ican ski tech,iiq11e is an indicalio,i . of how this sport is sweeping J\merica. A ,, d , t h o II s a n d s ,, u w a ,. e I a k i 11 g II p w h a I i s P e r h a fJ s t h e most fascinating of all pliases of skiinl(, cross countr_v. If _vou SKIING - 2 11 a 11 I Io k II o II ho u com Par n ti,, el y in exp e,, s ; v e ; I is , au cl /1 ow • an.vo,ze 11/) lo tlte flge of ninely-ni11e ca11 do it, / s1tgges/ you pick tt /) a co I> _ ,. of CR O . ~ c,; C OUN TR Y SK i1 NG A ND SK I TOUR ING . T :, e c o - a II I h o r of w It i c h is I h c m a n w It o m ad e I, ca d I i 11 es y ea rs ago a · co - a II I h o r of THE U G L Y A M ER CA N, B ; 11 L e de re r. c,•oss cou11tr_v skiin Tis fu11, tl1rilli11g and the least dange,·ous of all 011tdoor sports. You a1·e missin . g something ifou don't try ii. So, let's go skiitig. Solong. LTP.1970.12.23i.pdf LTP.1970.12.23ii.pdf