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Friday December 29, 1972
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This Day In 1970's History: Friday December 29, 1972
  • Bombing of the Hanoi and Haiphong area continued. The U.S. lost four more planes today, and 12 airmen are dead or were captured. Hanoi calls the bombing "extermination raids." Some members of foreign missions in Hanoi have evacuated the city. Several reports say that the bombing is indiscriminate, and there are many civilian deaths.

    The Pentagon is releasing little information on the bombing and has refused to comment on the reports of civilian casualties. Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim suggested that North Vietnamese SAM's and crashing planes are causing civilian deaths, but he had no comment regarding the bombing of civilians. The White House is maintaining complete silence on the North Vietnam bombing through acting press secretary Jerry Warren. American Association for the Advancement of Science vice president Dr. Everett Mendelsohn and a group of distinguished scientists got a cold reception from White House authorities when they brought their antiwar petition to the White House. President Nixon is secluded at Camp David. [CBS]

  • Eighteen Democrats from the House urged a national campaign to mobilize opposition to the Vietnam bombing. The group sent a letter to House Speaker Carl Albert and party chairman Robert Strauss asking them to help lead the campaign. Two Republican Senators oppose the bombing, Edward Brooke and William Saxbe. Brooke noted that President Nixon is saying nothing about the areas of disagreement either to Congress or to the American people, and Brooke promised to introduce antiwar legislation. Saxbe said that Nixon has taken leave of his senses. [CBS]

  • Swedish Premier Olof Palme has been severely criticizing the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Today the U.S. instructed Sweden not to replace its ambassador here next month when the present ambassador ends his assignment. [CBS]

  • The expected spring meeting between Soviet Communist party boss Leonid Brezhnev and President Nixon may be called off. Kremlin reporter Victor Lewis said that Brezhnev won't visit the U.S. until the Vietnam war is settled. Chinese premier Chou En-lai told a Washington Post reporter that the bombing of North Vietnam could have a negative effect on U.S.-Chinese relations. [CBS]

  • Many high administration officials are having second thoughts about President Nixon's strategy of continuing to bomb North Vietnam, because of the heavy losses of planes and personnel. Congress is another problem. Senator William Fulbright asked Secretary of State Rogers and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger to testify about the bombing to the Foreign Relations Committee; both are expected to decline that invitation. International criticism of the bombing has grown enormously recently. Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin repeated Leonid Brezhnev's denunciation of the bombing. [CBS]
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