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SUBJECT: · PRESS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM 
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B'2 R L I N • S PR ES S V IE WED , RES UMPT I 0 N 0 F AMER IC AN R ,_ 9 ._ '1 · 1 N 0 RT ;
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VIETNAM AS DISAPPOINTING BUT NECESSARY ~ONSEQUE 'r
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C::OMi•!UNISTS' REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE · AND WELCOMED PR~!:'I F~·T'S CALL OF SPECIAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING Tu CONTI. : . ~EARCH 
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MOST PA?ERS LJjDERSCORED PRESIDENT'S LONG H~n ~ATIENT F~FORTS TO RESOLVE CONFL~CT BY PEACEFUL MEANS, . \>THI CH ~41 ~LD N01•1 ALLOW US TO HOPE· 'FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING FOR . .. VIETNAM POLICY. AT SAME TIME PRESS TENDED TO ACCEPT 
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-2-679, FEBRUARY 21 FROM BERLIN 
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P/\GE Tl1'0 .RUFHJA 010 UNCLAS MIL ITARY NECESSITY FOR RESUMING R~IDS AND UNDERSCORFD EX1R /\ORDI. AR Y DIFFICULTY OF PRESIDENT'S DECISION, \•'HICH SOu LD LE AJ TO us-ussR CONFRONTATION ovER"SOUTHEAST ASIA. MOST PAPERS SuGGEST~D, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THAT FIRM US ? ~ITION IS NECESSARY TO LEAD USSR TO RECOGNIZE GROWING RISKS At0 ro OBLIGE NORTH ~IETNAM TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE. 
E~ ST GERMAN PRESS REPORTED IN FRONT-PAGE NEUES DEUTSCHLAND ST ORY ON FE B. 1 THAT "AFTER A FIVE-WEEK ~AUSE PPESIDENT J04 NSO N AGAIN Gf\VE ORDERS FOR THE ~iURDER OF \• 10MEN AND CHILDREN, FOR THE BOMBAR DMENT OF SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS." PAPER ALSO 
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CARR IED TEXT OF SOVIET STATEMENT ' PROTESTING RESUMPTION OF US RAID S. " ~JD" LEAD EpITORIAL ON FEB. 2 ASSERTED TliAT RESUMPTIO N OF i30MB i f G 'r1AD UN~1AKED WASHINGTON'S "SO-CALLED PE ACE 0FFŁ NS I VE AS L I ES AND D E CE IT • " . ST RESSE D I N CR EASE D N EE D FOR SOCI ALIST ·cou NTRIES "TO I NTENSIF"Y AND UNIFY" THEIR EFEORT S IN SUP PORT OF "VI~TNAMESE PEOPLE." 
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