November 17, 1970

Lincoln Hosp pediatrics chief Dr A Einhorn removed from past following demands by drs on his staff that ha be replaced by Puerto Rican; Is replaced by Dr H Rodriguez; had served in post for last 12 yrs and has been repeatedly criticized by Young Lords and Think Lincoln Com, community group; some resident drs working under Einhorn have supported 2 groups; Lacot says relationship between Rodriguez and house staff will be good; officially denies that ouster has any ethnic cause; Lacot's own apptmt and Smith case recalled; Einstein Med Coll Dean Scheinberg, who is in charge of hosp staffing, acknowledges that Einhorn's ouster followed demands from staff members and community but insists that change was not made because of these pressures; says Einhorn, at his own request, has been temporarily reassigned as deputy dir of Bronx Munic Hosp Center; says he hopes to reassign Einhorn to Lincoln pediatrics dept shortly; says apptmt of Rodriguez is coincidence because she was only person available; says Einhorn was under tremendous pressure and is very concerned; says Einhorn said he was threatened with physical violence

failure of announcement by new Syrian regime on realignment of Baath party to mention or denounce US peace plan proposed by Sec Rogers seen indication of moderation in Syrian policy; announcement does pledge to support and unite guerrilla movement and expand ties with Communist nations, especially USSR

Chinese re-emergence into flexible diplomatic activity discussed

Khrushchev issues signed statement in Tass dissociating himself from pub in West of what he termed his 'so-called memoirs or reminiscences'; denies any direct role in offering any material for pub but leaves open possibility that others might have done so, with or without his permission; occasion is 1st time Khrushchev's name has been mentioned in Tass since his ouster in '64; London Times repts that ms emerged by way of KGB, Soviet secret police; says there is 'reason to believe that it was in possession of KGB, which, for its own reasons, decided to sell excerpts to West'; describes material as 'rambling, repetitive, sometimes self-contradictory, sometimes inaccurate, usually tendentious narrative in no sort of order and full of gaps'; says Talbott put ms more or less in chronological order; Time Inc reptdly completes negotiations with newspapers and magazines in 19 countries for pub of ms

Nixon holds round of confs with newly elected Sens Brock, Taft, Beall, Weicker, Roth, Buckley, Bentsen, Humphrey