VIETCONG MISSION CURBED BY SAIGON; Special to The New York Times
Date: 01 May 1974
By JAMES M. MARKHAM
South Vietnamese Govt on April 30 announces that it has decided to put end to wkly news conf of Vietcong's isolated mil delegation in Saigon and has permanently cut its phone lines to city; Brig Gen Phan Hoa Hiep, chief Saigon delegate to Two Party Joint Mil Comm, accuses delegation of having misused its powers, disseminating 'false news and distorting arguments, prejudicing host country and misleading world opinion'
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TRANSCRIPTS BACK JAWORSKI THEORY; Special to The New York Times
Date: 01 May 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Transcripts of recordings of Pres Nixon's key Watergate conversations released on April 30 strongly support 1 of Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski's theories--that motive behind alleged high-level cover-up is desire to prevent disclosure of '71 burglary of office of Dr Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; Nixon seemed agreeable to paying Hunt mostly to buy his silence on Watergate case rather than on Ellsberg case
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NIXON'S APPROVAL ONBREAK-IN CITED; Ehrlichman Says President Indicated 'After-the-Fact' Backing on Ellsberg
Date: 01 May 1974
former Pres adviser John D Ehrlichman says in ct papers filed on April 30 that Pres Nixon has twice 'indicated his after-the-fact approval' of Ellsberg burglary by White House 'plumbers' and had ordered his Watergate investigators to stay away from it; affidavit also says that Henry A Kissinger was present at '71 meeting at Western White House in San Clemente at which Nixon apptd Kissinger aide David R Young to be co-dir of plumbers unit; Ehrlichman files narrative account of formation of plumbers unit 'going to the question of the President's instructions, authorization and approval' in attempt to obtain classified natl security documents for his defense; contends that Ellsberg burglary is legally justified as natl security requirement and cannot be subject to prosecution; contends that he did not know in advance that plumbers unit intended to break into office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist; says it was apparent at several White House meetings that 'both the President and Kissinger were obviously deeply concerned' over Ellsberg's leak of Pentagon papers
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Nixon Concedes Weighing Hush Payments for Hunt; Special to The New York Times. Says He Rejected Idea in 1973 Meeting With Dean as Possibly Producing 'The Worst of Both Worlds'
Date: 30 April 1974
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
David ROSENBAUM
Pres Nixon on APril 29 concedes that at his March 21, '73, meeting with John W Dean 3d he openly considered ordering payments to keep Watergate conspirator E Howard Hunt from disclosing 'sensitive national security matter,' reptdly concerning fact that Hunt was member of Plumbers unit and had participated in Ellsberg burglary (S)
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The Effect on Criminal Cases; News Analysis Special to The New York Times
Date: 01 May 1974
analysis of Nixon's release of edited transcripts of Watergate conversations notes that transcripts may have impact on trial of 6 defendants charged with Ellsberg burglary; 1 conversation included in transcripts could be interpreted as flat contradiction of key defense contention; that defendants were motivated by legitimate concerns of natl security; transcripts show that matter came up during conversation between Nixon and 2 of his aides on March 21, '73, and that Nixon commented on White House involvement in break-in, 'I don't know what the hell we did that for!'
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Strauss Protests Time. Networks Gave Nixon
Date: 30 April 1974
Dem Natl Com Chmn Robert S Strauss asks 3 major TV networks to reconsider their grant of air time for Pres Nixon's address on Watergate; says he feels it questionable that Nixon be provided with free air time on demand to offer his explanation of why he will not forthrightly comply with HR Judiciary Com's subpoena; CBS News pres Richard S Salant says CBS will carry speech because it is newsworthy; NBC and ABC offer com Chmn Repr P W Rodino Jr 30 mins of TV time to respond to Nixon (S)
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Journalism Awards Given to 4 Newsmen
Date: 01 May 1974
By Scripps-Howard
Scripps-Howard Foundation names winners of journalistic competition: William Blundell (Wall St Journal), KGW-TV, George F Neavoll (Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette), Michael Pakenham (Philadelphia Inquirer), James T Wooten and Seymour Hersh (NY Times), Joseph R Daughen, Joseph F Lowry and Charles F Thomson (Philadelphia Bulletin), Biloxi Daily Herald, Chicago Daily News, Charleston Daily Mail, Akron Beacon Journal, Miami Herald, Boston Herald American, Colorado Springs Sun, Long Island Press, John Miller (Detroit Free Press), Tom D'Arcy (Newsday), Sam C Rawl (Palm Beach Post), Robert Poole (Twin-City Sentinel) and Don O Noel Jr (Hartford Times)
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Colson Asserts Kissinger Wanted Ellsberg Stopped; Special to The New York Times
Date: 30 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERS
Former Pres aide Charles W Colson, in 1st public account of his involvement with White House plumbers unit, declares on April 29 that Henry A Kissinger had played major role in initial high-level concern over Daniel Ellsberg; says, in affidavit made public by Fed judge, that Kissinger was even more alarmed over leaks than Nixon and believed that they must be stopped at all costs; places Kissinger at 1 of 3 high-level Pres meetings in which Nixon authorized plumbers unit; says meeting took place on July 15 on helicopter returning from Los Angeles to San Clemente following Nixon's announcement of Kissinger's trip to China; asks ct for access to a number of highly classified documents to which Ellsberg apparently had access
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Newspaper Endorsements Held Influential in Voting
Date: 30 April 1974
Univ of Mich's Inst for Soc Research study dir John P Robinson says even though US public ranks TV as its major source of campaign news, newspaper endorsements carry more weight in outcome of Pres elections and are consistently related to Pres votes (S)
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3 Newspapers Pressing Talks on Automation Here
Date: 01 May 1974
ITU Local 6 negotiators and NY Times, NY News and NY Post on April 30 continue to discuss automation problems and schedule another session for May 1 at Automation House; News repts it lost 44 pages of ad for May 1 edition as result of printers' slowdown; local pres Bertram Powers comments (S)
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