Newsman Seeks Apology From Rhodesia's Leader
Date: 16 May 1973
Lawyers for P Niesewand, who was forced to leave Rhodesia following his imprisonment for having allegedly published secrets harmful to Govt, have been instructed to seek apology from Prime Min Smith for remarks he made about Niesewand May 15 at election campaign meeting in SE area
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IMMUNITY HINTED IN COAST INQUIRY; Testimony Reported Sought Against Ehrlichman
Date: 16 May 1973
By. STEVEN V. ROBERTS
spokesman for Los Angeles Dist Atty J P Busch says on May 15 that local prosecutors are focusing their investigation of break-in at office of D Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr L J Fielding on former Pres aide J D Ehrlichman; sources close to case rept that virtually all potential witnesses are being offered immunity for their testimony against Ehrlichman and Ehrlichman's former chief asst E Krogh Jr; grand jury will not begin hearing testimony until June 5; Ehrlichman's atty J J Wilson confirms that he has talked to reprs of Dist Atty about Ehrlichman being invited to testify
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Excerpts From Transcript of Ziegler's Regular White House Press Briefing on Watergate; Based on Data Given Him
Date: 16 May 1973
Special to The New York Times
excerpts from transcript of May 15 regular White House press briefing on Watergate by White House press sec Ziegler
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Helms Says He Didn't Tell Nixon About Bids to C.I.A.; Helms Says He Didn't Inform President of Requests to C. I. A. Nixon Aides Involved. Reluctantly' Granted
Date: 17 May 1973
By MARJORIE HUNTERSpecial to The New York Times
former CIA Dir Helms is quoted as saying May 16 that he felt White House requests for CIA's assistance in Watergate affair were improper but that he never told Pres Nixon of his concern; Helms testifies May 16 before Sen Appropriations subcom that is investigating CIA's involvement in Watergate case; Sen McClellan says Helms expressed concern over repeated attempts of White House aides to involve CIA in Watergate; Helms confirms repts of other CIA officials but under questioning he defends his earlier denial before Sen Foreign Relations Com of CIA involvement in Watergate affair; Sen M R Young, when asked if Helms had known that White House requests for CIA assistance were part of attempted cover-up, says he did not and in fact, they were not; says so-called Mexican laundering operation did not relate in any way to bugging of Dem Natl Com hq; Helms por
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Graham Is Called a Stern Father; Notes on People
Date: 17 May 1973
JAMES F. CLARITY
James CLARITY
Meir reptdly returns to work after 2 days in hosp for routine med exams; says 'everything went very smoothly'
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PRESIDENT LINKED TO TAPS ON AIDES; Nixon Said to Have Backed Action in '69 in Effort to Plug Security Leaks
Date: 16 May 1973
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
reliable sources rept on May 15 that Pres Nixon personally authorized wiretapping of more than a dozen of of his subordinates on Natl Security Council and in Pentagon beginning in '69; say wiretapping was undertaken in response to dispatch by W Beecher published in NY Times on May 9 '69, which reptd for 1st time that B-52 bombers were striking targets inside Cambodia; White House spokesman confirms rept of Pres authorization on May 15; asserts that action was natl security matter; adds that procedure was approved by Nixon and authorized in individual cases by Atty Gen in coordination with Dir of FBI; well-informed Govt officials defend Nixon's authorization as necessary, in view of what they term a 'serious security breach'; special approval for operation, which involved tapping of home and office phones, was granted by late FBI Dir J Edgar Hoover and former Atty Gen J Mitchell; special FBI repts of overheard phone conversations were provided to Nixon's Natl Security Adviser Dr H A Kissinger and then-Col A M Haig; sources rept that among those tapped were 3 aides to Kissinger--D I Davidson, A Lake and W Lord; acting FBI Dir W D Ruckelshaus told news conf on May 14 that records of 17 wiretaps placed on 13 Govt officials and 4 newsmen had been found in safe belonging to Pres chief asst for domestic affairs J D Ehrlichman; Ruckelshaus identifies one of those overheard as Dr M Halperin, who joined Kissinger's staff in '69; sources in exec branch say that wiretap logs had been sent routinely to Kissinger's office until May '70; at that time there was a meeting between Nixon, Hoover and H R Haldeman, former White House chief of staff, 'to discuss these taps'; they agreed to continue tapping, but decided to have all mail (logs and other products of wiretaps) go to Haldeman; wiretap program ended in Feb '71; sources describe taps as being very productive; Malperin noticed that after Times dispatch on Cambodia bombing was published he was told that 3 top Govt officials--Sec of State W P Rogers, then-Defense Sec M R Laird and Mitchell--complained to Nixon that he was source; Halperin denies that he was source for article; says despite suspicion and wiretapping, he remained on Natl Security Council until Sept '69, when, despite urgings from Kissinger, he resigned
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Ellsberg, at Senate Hearing, Urges Congress to Restrict Secrecy in the White House; Sees His Trial as Effort To Discredit Democrats Eating the Honeydew' Apologized to Ellsberg
Date: 17 May 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Dr D Ellsberg, declaring that 'secrecy corrupts just as power corrupts,' urges Cong May 16 to enact laws sharply restricting secrecy in exec branch; contends that excessive secrecy had helped create Govt atmosphere that 'led us to Watergate'; says that access of sr govt officials to information classified higher than top secret had intoxicating effect, persuading them to lie rather than to admit existence of data
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C.B.S. TO REVAMP 'MORNING NEWS'; Man-Womnan Anchor Teamn to Replace Hart and Benton
Date: 17 May 1973
CBS news pres R S Salant on May 16 tells conv of CBS affiliate station mgrs in Los Angeles that J Hart and N Benson will leave CBS Morning News TV program by midsummer; says program's format will be revamped, with Hart and Benton being replaced by new anchorman and anchorwoman; says Hart will assume new correspondent duties in NYC and Benton will work out of Washington; discloses that L Townsend has been apptd exec producer of program, replacing D Clark
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Sports News Briefs; U.S. Quintet to Tour China
Date: 16 May 1973
OTB announces on May 15 that it will start to accept wagering on Preakness on May 18; Samuels, noting small field for May 19 Preakness, says he expects corp to handle approximately $2-million
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