Newsmen Howard K. Smith, Richard C. Hottelet, Robert Pierpoint, Eric Sevareid, Winston Burdett, Daniel Schorr, and David Schoenbrun comment on the top news stories of 1956, particularly the Middle East and communism. 

Edward R. Murrow is the moderator.                                      

Highlights: Cambodia elections, Iraq students take over embassy, report of Congo unrest, Khrushchev gets a rocking chair, In Rome, Pope Paul VI favors increased Bishop powers, Winston Burdett reports. Absolution of all Jews for death of Christ, person who arrested Anne Frank revealed as Austrian police officer Karl Silberbauer following two year hunt.        

Host: Walter Cronkite. Joined in progress.                       

News correspondents interview Israeli General Moshe Dayan.                          

The year-end correspondent's report. Topics are Vietnam, Israel, and the Middle East.    

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