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0~zNtt.N / GURI MY PrisonerO~tR ,17 Soviet Author eAmericem POWs PARIS (NYTS)--Western sources PARIS (AP)--The Viet Cong invited have received a substantial account the families of presumed American of Andrei Amalrik's battle to stay war prisoners to write to the men alive despite illness and what the through Viet Cong diplomatic mis- author's friends describe as mis- sions in Moscow, Peking or Hanoi. treatment and neglect in Soviet At the same time, the Viet Cong prison camps. delegation at the Paris peace talks Amalrik wrote "Will the Soviet said mail to the prisoners "faces Union Survive Until 1984?" and "In- numerous difficulties" because of voluntary Journey to Siberia," American and South Vietnamese mili- books published only in the West. tary action. As a result of the publications, Delegation spokesman Ly Van Sau, he was sentenced in November, 1970 asked how many American prisoners to three years' imprisonment under were held by the Viet Cong, told the severest conditions. newsmen: "I have no information on The 33-year-old author, a frail that subject." man with a history of heart disease, Unlike North Vietnam, the Viet. is serving his term in the extreme Cong has never published a list of northeast in the bleak region oflI its prisoners. the prison camps of Kolyma. More than 200 American soldiers He reached there last June after are missing in South Vietnam and six months, in the course of which presumed held prisoner, some of them he traveled by prison train, prison for over five years. van and plane. Eighteen letters released recently Those close to Amalrik have peti- through an American antiwar movement tioned for his release because of were the first letters from prison- illness, but sources close to the ers of the Viet Cong ever to reach (Please see SOVIET, page 2) their families. 0077 .. Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Friday, January 7, 1972 GAZETTEER Nie, Sato Talks Ili SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)--President Nixon and Ja- .a digest of late news panese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato opened two days of talks at the Western White House yesterday that U.S. officials predicted would reaffirm economic and poli- I tical ties between phe two Pacific powers. Nixon greeted Sato warmly when the black limousine, borrowed from the presidential fleet, rolled up to The Tupaliaro urban guerrillas have renewed the entrance of the low slung office building that when he is at their attacks against the hard-lining government of serves as the President's headquarters President Pacheco Areco with two terrorist operations. his nearby Oceanside San Clemente home. martial mu- They seized the military airport, a police station and As a Marine Drum and Bugle Corps played 14 U.S. Cabinet members a radio station in the city of Paysandu, 383 kilometers sic, Nixon introduced Sato to for lower level from Montevideo, the capital, and used the radio to and other officials in San Clemente Sato then in- broadcast what they called the "Proclamation of Pay- talks with their Japanese counterparts. and the two sandu." troduced Nixon to the Japanese delegation, proceeded to the President's paneled office where A British youth movement 1,000 strong, they sat in blue easy chairs as photographers filed in wants the state to open a string of legalized brothels. to record the scene. It claims this is the way to control the social evils of prostitution. Paul Daniels, chairman of the nation- wide Youth Protection Movement, salad sLate urotnels SOVIET- wOuIu give legal proLecULon Lo prostitutes wno are aL has declined to join in the appeal. presenL velig exp&oioeU uy a 'rMahta-type set-up." author say he The sources, who refuse to be identified publicly, journey to Special Royal Air Force -- KAV--p.and nuou. give the following account of Amalrik's "Tne bLork bpeial- andi wiLn a gyjaesoiogisL anu miu- prison camp: long train trip shortly after his wives aboard will fly lu pregnailL OLL1 11 WomenI OUL Ot Having begun the in the Novo- Mata on Sunday. The special flight is part of the trial he fell ill during a transit stay in a basement airlift of British army personnel ordered out of the sibirsk Prison, where he was confined island by Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff. cell reserved for condemned men. He regained consciousness on March 15 after being Space expert Wernher Von Braun predicted today transferred to a prison hospital. At first he suffer- doctor told him the moon will be colonized--and a baby born there-- ed complete loss of memory. Later a in April back to within the next 29 years. "I'm convinced that before that he had meningitis. Transferred doctor again until June the year 2000 is over, the first child will be born prison, Amalrik did not see a at Magadan. on the moon," said Von Braun, deputy associate admini- when he reached his destination orderly, himself a pri- strator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admini- With the help of a medical was helped to stration. soner, Amalrik recovered slowly and learn to walk again. George A. Haag, a former aide to Rep. James Without his doctors' knowledge or approval, accord- still running a fever, Collins, R-Tex., was indicted yesterday on charges he ing to the account, Amalrik, took salary kickbacks from three other members of Col- was returned to prison. in and a stay in lins, staff. The 32-year-old Haag was also accused by After solitary confinement irkutsk a mattress. Amal-. a federal grand jury in Washington of obstructing jus- Khabarovsk he did not even receive the sea of Ukhotsk, in the tice by coaching one of the staff members on what to rik reached Magadan, on There he was placed in say in testimony before the panel and with making false extreme northeast, in June. in a small, windowless, wet cell statements to House finance officials. solitary confinement for two weeks. At the end of June he was transported Robert S. McLaughlin a pioneer automobile to the strict-discipline camp of Talaya, l/b miles remains. maker who grew up with the industry, died yesterday at nortn of Magadan, where he the age of 100. Stateside Temperatures Guantanamo Conditions Hi .11 BAA.Brinan h.3y Boston cloudy -- 25 C.and- of t. .- Ia Ba New York clear 48 14 Local Forecast Philadelphia cloudy 29 i i Na 6t . odhg "ficer Norfolk clear 40 26 Mostly cloudy today with visibili- W , A . Ba U. 1 M . ficer341fair winds are W03 0.22 info),.-latt 34110: Atlanta. clear 46 24 ty unrestricted. Surface 0:1. Bron. ny . Onl L41t- knots becoming jdtoia Mvisor.E~o Jacksonville cloudy S8 40 northerly from 2-4 M-MOnnyo- .ana.Bra.11. inditor knots this Miami clear 82 70 southeasterly at 10-14 BdLtnri.1 Af401. up to 20 knots. Detroit cloudy 22 2 afternoon with gusts wo attom ,go tte is .hlished ac.c10,g to h* Chicago cloudy 31 13 Bay conditions this afternoon are t rtm1e40 inatnnthe g-hi aoo Br 01avy.ln be in of . 01 ft. 301110 "fait,. 02,1,,:. It La Wittl: Dallas clear bO 25 2-3 feet. Today's high will ad 2 ort day I w.0 at 9 - t00n.oaO. an with a low this evening oant VLFtpn. no. nypiio. Br .t-.t10a0 Denver partly cloudy 53 18 the mid-80s 1, 1.1 ot .0 b" 1 Br.Aian1 nLO.ofn aan 0 Los Angeles clear 77 46 in the low 70s. th, f.ptoant 02 the, Navy. San Francisco clear 57 43 Seattle cloudy 46 44 Friday, January 7, 1972 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 Mardi Gras It's that time again! Base activities are be inning to get fired up over pre-Mardi Gras carnival activities, and the list of fabulous prizes to be won in the Mardi Gras raffle has been released. The Naval Station Administration Department is sponsoring a drawing for a round trip rest and recreation tour to Miami. The prize includes flight fare, a motel for three nights, car rental with unlimited mileage-and $50 spending money or $175 cash. Donations are $1 and the event is to benefit the community k0 Fund. The drawing will be hEld Feb. 17. The Ship Repair Department Electronics Shop will open "The Back Room morrow afternoon at 1 p.m. for connoisseurs of games of chance. *The Back Room" Will be open nightly 6-10 p.m. All profits will go to the Community Fund, Proprimtok of the "The Back Room" say to just follow the signs from Sherman Avenue to Rogers Rdad to find the estab- lishment. Meanwhile, a 1972 Plymouth four-door hardtop with Slated Fury III Watch all the extras leads the prizes The Guantanamo Gazette will carry a continuous report on available in the Mardi Gras pre-Mardi Gras activities as t he information is available. raffle. Sponsors of such events shou ld provide complete data includ- Details on when and where to ing time, date, place, name of sponsoring activity_ nd full buy raffle ticket will be an- names of Participating persons nounced later. Call JOC Brad Durfee at 9524 7 with details. Chief Durfee Second prize will be a 1972 may be reached in person at thfe Public Affairs Office next Honda Motorsport 70 and third door to Morin Center. to a 1972 Honda Mini-Trail 70. Sponsors should provide info rmation as early as possible numbers should be Fourth prize is a Panasonic allow best coverage alallable. Telephone obtained. Color TV and fifth is a Lloyds provided so further information n can be continue until Mardi s~ekeo center including an AM/ The Gazette's Mardi Gras Wat ch will FM ridio, eight track cart- Gras Feb.