Telegram includes a press summary of major East Asian news covering Korean Peninsula tensions, Japan’s nuclear plant shutdown, the Vietnamese “boat people” crisis, and wider refugee issues in the region. Bayard Rustin is quoted calling for urgent U.S. intervention to assist Indochinese refugees, famously stating, “If US has to take them all, then take them all.” The summary also addresses economic developments in China, border conflicts with Vietnam, and humanitarian concerns in Cambodia and East Timor.