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Covering Nixon in Arab Lands RunsUp Costs for the Networks; Reporters Assigned Using Courier Planes

Date: 14 June 1974

By LES BROWN

Les BROWN

ABC, NBC and CBS have estimated that total cost for coverage of Pres Nixon's visit to Middle East may approach $500,000 for each of them; note that in order to send their repts by satellite, they have had to rent portable ground station, needed for transmission; expense for facilities alone, shared by networks equally, is expected to exceed $400,000, with much of their costs coming from shipping news material to Cairo base from other Arab countries on Nixon's itinerary (M)

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Gesell Puts Off Ruling on Ehrlichman Case for a Day; A Middle Ground

Date: 14 June 1974

By SEYMOUR M. HERSH

Fed Judge Gerhard A Gesell on June 13 delays for 24 hrs issuance of formal order reinstating John D Ehrlichman as 1 of 4 defendants in plumbers case pending challenge by Ehrlichman to crucial White House affidavit filed on June 12; Ehrlichman is reptd to have spent day going through his White House files in effort to find evidence that similar White House search 2 days ago had erred in concluding that papers contained nothing bearing on 'issue of guilt and innocence'; source close to Ehrlichman acknowledges that although Gesell has yet to issue order reinstating Ehrlichman and setting new trial date, there is no doubt that there will be trial; Ehrlichman's chief atty William S Frates indicates as much; illus of Ehrlichman leaving ct with atty Spencer Boyer and White House atty Jean Staudt (M)

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Nixon and Kissinger Face New Suit Over Wiretaps; Suit Withdrawn Contrary View

Date: 13 June 1974

Special to The New York Times

Sec Kissinger, at news conf on June 11 in Salzburg, Austria, repeatedly insists that 'wiretaps in question were legal,' and focuses not on their legality but on what he describes as campaign of innuendo against him

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Failure of Perception; AT HOME ABROAD

Date: 13 June 1974

By Anthony Lewis

Anthony Lewis

A Lewis on State Sec H A Kissinger's threat to resign holds Kissinger has had ample glory from his office and less criticism than many State Secs; says resignation threat was calculated to arouse alarm and support for him, especially in Cong, and it did; holds questions about integrity, civility and respect for dem process remain; holds immediate issue is whether Kissinger was truthful in denying to Sen Foreign Relations Com that he had 'initiated' or 'recommended' wiretapping of 17 Govt officials and newsmen starting in '69; holds this is not verbal quibble; holds difficulty is that Kissinger may not see any abuse as wiretap episode is closely related to his whole view of govt power, who should exercise it and how; holds there is no alternative but to ask Kissinger to accept restraints and inconveniences of US const

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WIRETAP INQUIRY IS SAID NOT TO AIM AT KISSINGER ROLE; Other Officials Who Asked for F.B.I. Eavesdropping Called Jaworski Targets BACKING FOR SECRETARY He Is Endorsed by Majority, in Senate and Is Reported Cleared by Prosecutor Focus of Investigation Taps Started in 1969 White House Meeting

Date: 14 June 1974

By JOHN M. CREWDSONSpecial to The New York Times

Sources rept on June 14 that Sec Kissinger was not 'target' of special Watergate prosecutor's investigation of Nixon Adm's wiretapping operations; 1 source discloses that prosecutor's office had told Sen Foreign Relations Com that it had seen nothing thus far to imply any criminal liability on Kissinger's part; investigation ordered mos ago by special prosecutor Jaworski is limited to potential violations of Fed wiretapping laws, source emphasizes, and is not considering question of whether Kissinger perjured himself in his confirmation hearings before com in '73; Jaworski's interest focuses on taps on individuals who were included in operation at behest of other Adm officials, individuals whose jobs were outside area of natl security; from May, '69, to Feb, '71, 4 newsmen and 13 Govt officials were subjected to wiretaps, all authorized by Nixon but installed by FBI; Nixon has said that he approved use of wiretaps because of his concern over unauthorized leaks of sensitive information to press from Kissinger's office

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KISSINGER BACKED BY 52 SENATORS; Majority Sign ResolutionCommittee Seeks Data on His Role in Wiretaps Scott Deplores Leaks

Date: 14 June 1974

By BERNARD GWERTZMANSpecial to The New York TimesBY BERNARD GWERTZMAN

Majority of Sen on June 13 is backing resolution that Sec of State Kissinger's 'integrity and veracity are above reproach' as Foreign Relations Com presses Adm for documents on his role in wiretapping of 17 officials and newsmen from '69 to '71; Justice Dept sends what com source says is 'responsive' reply to request for crucial documents on Kissinger's role in wiretapping (M)

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Impeachment Battle on 4 Fronts; The Supreme Court

Date: 14 June 1974

By LESLEY OELSNER

Lesley OELSNER

Analysis of recent events surrounding issuance by Pres counsel J Fred Buzhardt of affidavit to Judge Gerhardt A Gessell that he had 'personally examined' White House files subpoenaed by John D Ehrlichman, 1 of defendants in plumbers case, and found nothing that pertained to Ehrlichman's innocence or guilt

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Sirica Urges Haldeman and Ehrlichman To Seek White House Data as Friends; A Similar Problem Exculpatory Material Praised by President Material Could Help

Date: 13 June 1974

By LESLEY OELSNERSpecial to The New York Times

Fed Dist Judge Gerhard Gesell on June 12 reinstates John D Ehrlichman as 1 of 4 defendants in plumbers trial

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Palestinians' Mirage, and Egyptians' Reality

Date: 14 June 1974

By David Pryce-Jones

David Pryce-Jones

Vivian Gornick comment on reporters who cover events in Middle East holds that correspondents who work and live in Arab world rept honestly on what they see but that is determined by mind-set powerfully formed by sympathies and prejudices of world from which they have come; holds that Arab world remains intensely unreal place populated by unreal people onto whose character and motivations are projected countless yrs of Western cliches about East

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Judge Decides Ehrlichman Can Be Tried With Others; Gesell Says White House Eases Claim of Executive Privilege-Hints Trial Will Be Delayed a Week or Two Judge Decides Ehrlichman Can Be Tried With Others Declines to Disagree Press Criticized

Date: 13 June 1974

By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times

Fed Dist Judge Gerhard A Gesell, in surprise move on June 12, reverses himself and says that he will let John D Ehrlichman stand trial with 3 other men in White House plumbers case; indicates that trial will be delayed 1 or 2 wks; makes ruling after attys for special Watergate prosecutor's office file last-min motion for reconsideration; attys warned that if Ehrlichman's trial was delayed there would be 'perhaps no trial at all' for him; provide Gesell with affidavit from White House counsel J Fred Buzhardt stating that since ct session on June 11 he had revd Ehrlichman's personal notes in White House files and found nothing in them 'which bears on issue of guilt or innocence' of Ehrlichman; Buzhardt tells Gesell that he thinks Nixon will waive his claim of exec privilege on file of personal correspondence that had also been subpoenaed by Ehrlichman; Buzhardt, under questioning from Gesell, also specifically waives exec privilege for series of White House documents that were supplied to ct in secret last wk; Buzhardt tells newsmen that under guidelines previously established by Nixon exec privilege was waived upon delivery of documents to Gesell (L)

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