This Day In 1970's History: Thursday February 3, 1972
- Danish folk singer Nina Van Pallandt says she was with Clifford Irving during his trip to Mexico when he allegedly conferred with Howard Hughes about his autobiography. Van Pallandt, a 39-year-old baroness, is a neighbor of Irving's on Ibiza Island, Spain. She supplied details of the visit to Mexico and stated that Irving did not see Hughes during that trip. A federal grand jury in New York postponed Irving's hearing again today. [CBS]
- Britain ordered army reinforcements to Northern Ireland as Catholics planned another banned march for Sunday in Newry. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association announced plans for a peaceful demonstration.
Britain protested the burning of its embassy in Dublin; Ireland promised to pay for the damages. Prime Minister Lynch said that the embassy burning was the work of outlaws under a cloak of patriotism. Secretary of State Rogers discussed the violence in Northern Ireland with the British ambassador and the Irish Foreign Minister. Neither side asked for help, and Rogers said that U.S. intervention would be inappropriate. [CBS]
- Secretary of State Rogers attacked Senator Edmund Muskie's criticism of President Nixon's Vietnam peace proposal. Muskie says that the President's plan is merely a rewording of proposals which have already been offered and refused. Rogers stated that Muskie's speech will be harmful to the prospects of negotiations to end the Vietnam war. Muskie replied to Rogers' attack with his own proposal, and said that although North Vietnam rejected Nixon's plan it would respond to Muskie's, which would set a firm date for U.S. withdrawal. [CBS]
- At the Paris Peace Talks, the Viet Cong stated that all American POWs would be released by a fixed date, by which all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam. They also asked for the dismissal of South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu. [CBS]
- Fighting was reported in Cambodia near the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat. [CBS]
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