European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I let Down my friends. My country Nixon admits Washington up an emotional Richard Nixon said wednesday he never committed a crime or an impeachable of sense during the watergate scandal that he almost resigned in Early 1973 and in the end Felt "1 let the american people  breaking his silence on watergate. Nixon admitted to interviewer David Frost he made mistakes and lied during the scandal and in the end i brought myself  but he added if they want me to gel Down and Grovel on the floor no. Never. A. Because i Don t believe i should. Technically i did not commit a crime an impeachable offence. As far As the handling of this matter is concerned it was so botched up. I made so Many bad judgments. The worst ones mistakes of the heart rather than the  Nixon said part of his undoing was that he was too soil hearted and delayed firing his favorite aides . Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. He said the essence of his watergate downfall was this i a i did some of the big thing rather Well. I screwed up terribly in what was a Little thing and became a big thing but i will have to admit i was t a Good Butch  the most startling revelation in the 90 minute interview Nixon s first since leaving office is that he considered re signing on april 30. 1973. The Day Halde Man and Ehrlichman quit. That was a full year and a half before Nixon stepped Down aug. 9.1974. I seriously considered whether i should t resign he said adding that he Felt responsible even though i did not feel that had. A. Engaged in these activities consciously. To think the major reasons i stayed in office was my concern about keeping the China initiative the soviet initiative the Vietnam fragile peace agreement and the continued on Page a col. I three faces of former president Richard m. Nixon displays varying emotions while being interviewed by David Frost for a series of television specials the first of which was Broad cast wednesday. These photographs were taken for time Magazine by John vol. 36, no. 18 thursday May 5, 1977 Sun Lov if 21855 a captured gun confirmed As Buback murder weapon Stuttgart. Germany up fed eral police confirmed wednesday that the sub machine gun carried by two terrorists captured after a gun Battle tuesday was the weapon with which Federal prosecutor k Noral Siegfried Buback and two other men were murdered april 7 a spokesman for the Federal criminal police headquartered in Wiesbaden id Nti find the weapon As a heckler and Koch 5 morn sub machine gun with sawed off Barret. Police said Gunter Sonnenberg and Virtia a ctr the terrorists captured in Singon. Near Lake Constance. Tuesday morning carried the sub machine guns and several hand guns in a leather bag. A pursuing policeman picked up the sub machine gun when Sonnenberg abandoned it daring a foot chaw and shot the terrorist in the head and body with his own weapon. Despite surgery tuesday afternoon. Sonnenberg remained near death. Two persons on a motorcycle Drew alongside Buback s car in Karlsruhe april 7. The motorcycle passenger fired several bursts from a sub machine gun into Huback s car. Killing him and two men with him. Police said they believe Sonnenberk had rented the motorcycle and fired the gun. A woman guest in Singen s Hanser cafe tipped police to Sonnenberg s presence there. She soon May be 200.000 Marks j83.600i Richer. That is the Reward offered for information leading to the arrest of by Hack s murderers the woman phoned police to report a Man wanted in connection with last month s murder was having breakfast in the cafe with a Young woman not Only was the Man on the the list of wanted terrorists but his companion was. Loo. Police arrested the two tuesday after a Chase and gun Battle in which two police men and the two suspects were wounded the Man was shot in the head. His Condi Tion was so critical that it took hours to identify him beyond doubt Justice authorities finally said he was Sonnenberg a 22 year old Heidelberg University sociology student who was placed on the most wanted list after Buback s murder. Authorities identified the woman who was shot in the thigh As Becker 24, wanted for murder. Becker was one of five curtain guerrillas freed from jail and flown to South Yemen in 1975 in return for the re lease by terrorists of Peter Lorenz Tow chairman of the West Berlin Branch of the Christian democratic party. Sonnenberg and Becker were heading for Switzerland when they were captured the Federal criminal office said. The two terrorists were assumed to have travelled monday by overnight train from Essen in Central Germany to Singon in South Germany where they arrived at 755 . It Bryson and will appear in an upcoming Issue of the Magazine. A . Gives Viet of on . Bid Paris api the United states said wednesday it has informed communist ruled Vietnam it will no Lunger oppose its admission to the United nations. State department spokesman Morton Smith told a news conference Vietnam was formally notified of the new american position during two Days of talks on normalizing relations Between the two countries. Vietnam s Deputy foreign minister Phan Hien earlier read what he said was a joint communique by the two delegations on their talks. The communique said the continued an Page 2r, col ii a stare & stripes a depth i at Lakenheath England and Wiesbaden Germany medical experts Are aiding the chronically obese fight the Battle of the Waistline. The Hospital programs Are part of a military Effort to shape up the ranks. In the second and final eight Page report titled shaping up staff writer Bob Holycr reports today on the programs under Way to assist overweight members of the . Forces Community in Europe. Turn to the Middle eight pages of your slurs and stripes for this report