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Wiretap Information Went To White House Source Says
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By DONALD ROTH BERG Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)- Reports on wiretaps placed on government officials and newsmen went directly to President Nixon, according to a source familiar with the surveillance program.
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The source told The Associated Press that FBI summaries of the material overheard on the taps were hand-carried to the White House and delivered to the President and to Henry A. Kissinger.
The taps were begun in May 1969, and in June 1970 the FBI was ordered to deliver the summaries to H R. Haldeman, then White House staff chief, rather than to Nixon and Kissinger, then the President’s national security adviser. The wiretaps, placed on 13 administration officials and four newsmen in an effort to discover the source of leaks of classified information, were an issue at confirmation hearings on Kissinger’s nomination to be secretary of state. They cropped up again when
the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment staff began presenting evidence in closed session on domestic surveillance activities of the Nixon administration.
Some committee members said they were given documents that showed Kissinger initiated wiretaps.
Kissinger responded at a news conference in Salzburg, Austria, Tuesday that “innuendoes which now imply that new evidence contradicting my •testimony (before the Senate
Ex-Marine Finds Dishonorable
Discharge No Handicap
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (APf— A dishonorable discharge from the U. S. Marine Corps “has not been the millstone around my neck that everyone predicted it would be,” says Denzil Allen. One of six Marines accused of killing five Vietnamese civilians in May 1968, Allen drew a 20-year prison sentence. On advice on his military attorney, he pleaded guilty in enchange for an agreement reducing a mandatory life sentence.
Allen’s civilian lawyer, George Martz of Indianapolis, handled appeals which cut the
leered for a second tour. His dishonorable discharge is displayed on a bedroom wall next to the famous World War II photograph of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. It is inscribed, “To a Marine,” and is signed by the photographer, Joe Rosenthal of The Associated Press. “They sort of balance things out,” Allen said Allen took several college philosophy courses and wants a career as a writer. “I’ve finished a 55,000-word autobiographical novel, and I'm planning
to send it off to some publishers this month and start research on a second novel. “This may sound like a quaint thing to say, but now that I have the perspective of time, I feel those years 1 spent in prison weren't entirely wasted and in some ways may have benefitted me. “I wouldn’t recommend a military prison to anyone, but in a way it gave me a chance to look at myself for the first time. I hope now 1 can take advantage of everything I’ve learned.”
Foreign Relations Committee) has come to light are without foundation.” He urged that committee to reopen hearings on the matter and threatened to resign if the issue is not resolved. Within hours, the Washington Post published an FBI memorandum dated May 13, 1973, which said: “It appears that the project of placing electronic surveillance at the request of the White House had its beginning in a telephone call to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover on May 9, 1969. from Dr. Henry A. Kissinger.” But the source interviewed by The Associated Press said his knowledge of the wiretapping program seemed to agree with Kissinger’s version—that Kissinger basically had a passive role, primarily naming individuals who had access to leaked material. The source said that on May 10. 1969. the day after the Hoo-ver-Kissinger telephone call described in the FBI memo, Alexander M. Haig Jr., then Kissinger’s deputy at the White House, met with William C. Sullivan, an assistant director of the FBI. Haig told Sullivan he was requesting wiretaps on behalf of “high authority” in the White House. The source said Haig never identified the high authority or mentioned Kissinger’s name. Neither mentioned
the Hoover-Kissinger telephone conversation. From time to time, Haig would call Sullivan and request that another individual be placed under surveillance or he would order that an existing wiretap be discontinued. The summaries delivered to the White House were in the form of letters signed by Hoover, the late FBI director. Kissinger told the Foreign Relations Committee that beginning in the summer of 1970 “all these reports went to Mr. Haldeman’s office and not to mine.” From then on, he said, he received only those reports Sullivan said contained “information of sufficient gravity." In a statement issued May 22, 1973, Nixon said that at a time when the administration was engaged in sensitive foreign
policy negotiations “news accounts appeared in 1969. which were obviously based on leaks—some of them extensive and detailed—by people having access to the most highly classified security materials.” Nixon said he authorized the wiretap program to try to determine the source of the leaks. The source said it was unusual for a President to receive wiretap information on an investigation in progress. In his May 22 statement, Nixon never mentioned personally receiving wiretap summaries, but said information obtained was “made available to senior officials responsible for national security matters. . . " He said targets of the investigation were determined by Hoover, Kissinger and Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell, who personally approved each tap.
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sentence to 10 years. Allen was paroled in August 1971 after serving three years in prison. “I’ve tried not to hide it (the discharge), and everyone has treated me fine,” says Allen who lives in a north Indian? oolis suburb with his wife of 18 months. He says the marriage has been the be t thr g that has happened to him.
No Rush To Judgement
Allen was 17 years old when he enlisted in the Marines. He served one tour in Vietnam, was wounded twice and decorated for bravery, then volun-
WASHINGTON(AP) - Neither Congress nor the White House appears to be in any rush for judgment on the impeachment of President Nixon, and each blames the other for delaying the process. So, while a congressional committee investigates the issues, there is cloakroom dis-
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FARM MACHINERY Case 800 diesel tractor; Case 500 diesel tractor; Oliver 88 tractor; Case 5 x 14 plow; Case 3x14 plow; Int. 4x14 plow; Int. 3 x 14 plow; Harrows for 5 and 3 bottom plows; 12 Brillion cultimulcher; 9' cultimulcher, Colby 10 wheel-disc harrow; Keewanee 7' wheel-disc; Int. 8' pull disc; 494 JD 4-row corn planter; JD 4-row rotary hoe; Int. 2-row rotary hoe; Ferguson 4-row rear mount cultivator; Oliver 4-row mounted cultivator; MF 300 picker-shelter with 11 grain head; Brillion 2-row rotary mower; Koyker 8" x 51'; Moyrath auger 4" x 20'; Mayrath auger 4'' x 11'; PTO auger wagon; New Idea spreader; wheat drill; Coby metal bed wagon with hoise; Yetter metal bed wagon with hoist; flat top wagon; 2 cultipackers 9'; 7' cultipacker; 7' hog feeders; 11 hog water fountains; 4 open front hoa houses. 8 x 18; push type power mower; riding lawn mower; Bolens garden tractor; hoist; 8 hp Briggs & Stratton motor; 2 Briggs & Stratton motors, Vi hp; Int. motor; burner for dryer; other items. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Maple bedroom suite with twin beds and twin chests; chest and bed; drop leaf table; gate-leg table; 9 x 12 rug; 9x15 rug; 2 Quaker gas heaters; cedar chest; rocker; desk; white base cabinet; utility cabinets; elec, stove; file cabinet; misc. vases, flower holders, dishes, pots and pans; pillows and bed linens; lot of silverware and kitchen utensils; games: ping-pong table top; lawn chairs; glider; 2 large alu. from windows. ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES 7 ladder-black chairs with hickory bottoms; fireplace tongs; steelyard scales; wall phone; dinner bell; ice tea, sherbets and plates in pink crystal; copper boiler with lid; copper bottom boiler; andirons; child rolltop desk with chair; 6 oak cane bottom chairs; square oak table; oak glass door cupboard; oak buffet; oak wash stand; walnut stand table; oak library table; fire screen; several quilts, some old; ladies purse; walnut chest; walnut framed mirror; 2 school desks; walnut bed; trunk; wicker pieces including flower stand and chair; baskets; cedar chest; oak stool. Terms — Cash Not responsible in case of accident.
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cussion and speculation about the politics of the case and the timetable for action. In an election year, politics and timing are intertwined. It is evident that a Senate impeachment trial, if it comes to that, will coincide with the fall congressional election campaign. One White House official contended that is what Nixon’s critics have* wanted all along, to have the Watergate issue peak while voters are deciding between Republican and Democratic candidates in the Nov. 5 elections. The counter-argument in Congress is that the White House is stalling the impeachment proceedings by withholding evidence, and by pressing the House Judiciary Committee to summon witnesses for public testimony. There is congressional speculation that Nixon strategists might seek to delas any Senate vote until after the elections, on the theory that, (reed of election pressures, some Republicans might more easily be won to the President's defense. A White House official denied there is any such plan, saying the President simply wants to make his case and put it to a House vote. Such a vote is unlikely before August, and if a House majority then favored impeachment, the case would go to the Senate for a trial that might start shortly after Labor Day. A Senate source said that on such a timetable, a verdict could be rendered during the current session of Congress, although probably not before the elections. It would take a twothirds vote in the Senate to convict and thus oust him. If a post-election vote might work to the President’s advantage, a delay into 1975 likely would hurt his cause, since Democrat^ are expected to increase their Senate majority. But at this point, politicians are in uncharted territory. Impeachment is not an issue they have encountered before. The Judiciary Committee is aiming for a July 15 windup of its inquiry, although some members think it will take longer, and such deadlines have been slipping by since April 30. While a presidential aide accused Democrats of trying to string out the process, he also said White House lawyers want a chance to call witnesses and present briefs setting forth the Nixon defense before the pro-
ceedings are ended. Nixon asked the House panel to call “live witnesses who can place the existing evidence in perspective, and subject them to cross-examination under oath” in his latest refusal to yield subpoenaed White House material. That drew' criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats. The committee’s 17 Republicans agreed unanimously that, in view of Nixon’s refusal to deliver more materials, witnesses should be called to testify. While the committee has said Nixon’s refusal to supply more tapes and documents slowed its inquiry, the President contends a request from the panel doesn’t automatically make something into evidence.
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