Strong delegations muster for "peace' talks in Paris

bartered wheat for Vietnamese blood'-Ellsberg DANIEL ELLSBERG, who published secret papers showing how the United States prepared the Vietnam war, blasted the role of China and the Soviet Union at a Press conference during the saturation bombing of North Vietnam. the status of the demilitarized zone. IN SAIGON President Thieu was visited by the American ambassador Ellsworth Bunker for the first time since the peace talks resumed.

A B52 pilot, Captain Michael Heck is facing a court martial for refusing to fly a raid over the heavily-defended Hanoi area on December 27. Strategic Air Command headquarters claimed that he was the only man to refuse to fly.

American public which ultimately has led to the last 500,000 tons on Haiphong and which is leading today to the direct use of B52s against the people of Hanoi and Haiphong'.

Ellsberg secured secret documents known as the Pentagon Papers which caused a sensation when published in 1971.

He and Anthony Russo are now awaiting trial in Los Angeles.

FBI agents are trying to intimidate defence witnesses and have visited people to whom they made phone calls.

The government refuses to hand over material to the pretrial hearing obtained by phone-tapping. IN PARIS yesterday both sides in the Vietnam peace talks had strong delegations. Dr Henry Kissinger was accompanied by assistant Secretary of State William Sullivan. The North Vietnamese deputy Foreign Minister, Nguyne Co Thach joined Le Duc Tho's 15-man team. A central issue at the talks was BY A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Another pilot has dencunced the bombing strategy in a letter to US Senator Charles Mathias. The letter accused the SAC of 'lack of comprehension' and 'sheer stupidity.

He complained that planes were sent in three nights running on identical flight paths against the same targets.

He also said that lack of fighter-escort accounted for the heavy bomber losses which forced Nixon to call off the raids. The US admitted 17 losses, the North Vietnamese. claimed over 30.

Conditions in Thieu's jails are getting rapidly worse according to a report in Wednesday's 'Le Monde'. In the Poulo-Condore prison, 8,945 political prisoners receive only 450 grammes of rice a day and lack salt, meat and vegetables.

In the same jail between 300 and 400 prisoners are held in perfected 'tiger cages'-very low cells with no light and little air in which prisoners are crowded together without being able to stand up straight or lie down.

Thousands of women, children and old men are dying a slow death in other prisons and camps for lack of food and medical attention. Exercise and visits have been suppressed. Guards beat and kill prisoners with impunity. National Liberation Mme Binh, BOTAOT Front negotiator in Paris, has disappeared after being sent to the PouloCodore prison.

On the island prison of PhuQuoc, over 28,000 prisoners who refused to come over to the south are being subject to what 'Le Monde' calls 'abominable tortures'.

Its information comes from South Vietnam from people who are not supporters of the National Liberation Front, it says.

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