North Viet leaders claim Nixon promised 3.25 billion aid
Rep Paul McCloskey says North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi claimed a Nixon letter promised 3.25 billion in aid and indicated it could yield information on missing Americans. They cited reciprocal gestures and tied the sum to the Paris accord healing wounds of war.
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Washington
Richard Mo Nixon
America
Hano
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paul N. McCloskey
K-Calif
Jeter
McCloskey
Hanoi
House Select Committee On
United States
Nixon letter hints at price tag for Vietnam aid
A Nixon dated letter from January 1973 emerged as Kissinger stated no secret understandings for the Vietnam peace pact. He said aid sums for North Vietnam would be discussed only after the agreements take effect and after reconstruction talks begin. McCloskey noted uncertainty until the letter is reviewed.
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Nixon
Henry A Kissinger
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Kissinger
Indochina
McCloskey
Soviets face financial pinch from grain imports
An Agriculture Department expert warns the Soviet Union faces a severe payments squeeze due to large grain purchases, including about 2 billion dollars from the United States. Goldich notes Russia has sold gold to finance imports and may offer oil for the U.S. market, a proposal complicated by Kissinger’s stance on new deals with Moscow.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Agriculture Department
Judith Goldich
Department
Economic Research Service
Russia
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
West Germany
France
Italy
Japan
USDA
Lebanon Reopens Schools Amid Civil War Tensions
Lebanon plans a countrywide school reopening as ceasefire monitoring tightens measures against abductions. Banks remain closed and market activity resumes slowly in Beirut while violence and clashes intensify between Palestinian, Syrian backed, and Christian militiamen with disputed reports of kidnappings and fatalities.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut Stock Exchange
Money Market
Mixed Armistice Commission
Rejection Front
MPLA Eyes Nationalization of Cabinta Oil Field in Angola
The MPLA plans to nationalize the Cabinda oil field if Gulf Oil resumes production. officials warn of oil revenue losses and seek alternative operators. Separate reports cite FNLA and UNIT A resistance in northern Angola with South African troops assisting UNITA in pressing toward Huambo.
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MPLA
Angola
Associated Press
All Popular Movement
Cabunta
American Gulf Company
PLA
Gulf
Cabinda
U5 State Department
A.J. Medroy
London Daily Telegraph
Lope Do Nascimento
Nicholas Ashford
Times of London
Nascimento
Gull
Iocal Guil
Ashford
Santo Antonio Do Zaire
Zaire
National Front
FNLA
McIlroy
The
National Union
UNITA
Jane Bergerol
London Financial Times
Luanda
Huambo
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