Denied Exit Visa Dancer Panov Calls Planed Artistic Assassination
Valery Panov, a renowned Russian ballet star once with the Kirov, says he is a target of a planned artistic assassination after being dismissed for seeking Israeli emigration. He claims the authorities block his exit via his mother in law and alleges legal action is futile. Panov has written to Brezhnev and Kosygin. OVIR officials dismiss protests.
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Moscow
Russia
Valery Panov
Kirov Ballet Company
Leningrad
Israel
Rudolf Nureyev
Panov
Korov
Hharacter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
OVIR
Soviet Visa and Passport Authority
Vorotiisov
Fire Bombing Precedes Thieu Visit
A fire bomb was thrown at a South Vietnamese diplomat’s home in Rome amid protests ahead of Nguyen Van Thieu’s visit to Italy. Firefighters contained the blaze as Thieu planned talks with Italian leaders and the Pope, despite leftist opposition. A second attack a day earlier involved dynamite at a South Vietnamese government office, which failed to detonate. Pope Paul VI planned a meeting with Thieu, defended as part of his policy to meet leaders shaping world events. L Osservatore Romano cited the Pope’s history of meeting world leaders and aiding those in need.
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Rome
Italy
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
United States
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Pope Paul
L'Osservatore Romano
Xuan Th
Haig to Assess Cambodian Fighting, Nixon Sends Troubleshooter
President Nixon dispatched Gen. Alexander Haig Jr. on a five day mission to Southeast Asia to assess the Cambodian flare up. Haigs trip follows intensified Communist pressure on Phnom Penh as U S B 52 bombings continue nearby. He will visit Thailand Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam to report back to the President.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Phnom Penh
Haig
Henry A. Kissinger
Army
Indochina
Vietnam
California
Kissinger
Thailand
Laos
South Vietnam
Ziegler
McCord Press Briefing Urged to Be Delayed by Senate Panel
Watergate investigations press James W. McCord Jr to delay his planned news conference until public hearings conclude. Sen Ervin and counsel urge postponement while McCord continues sworn testimony and grand jury deposition amid broader disclosures. Six other convicted participants are set to give depositions this week.
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Senate
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Sam Dash
Ervin
Bernard Fensterwald
Cash
Henry B. Rothblatt
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
U.S. District Court
John Si
Democratic
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