April 21, 1973

ex-Atty Gen Mitchell appears before grand jury on Apr 20 and says afterward that plans to spy on Dems were pressed upon him repeatedly last yr; says he heard discussions of eavesdropping activities, that 'they've always been cut off and that he would like to know who 'kept bringing them back,' news conf; confirms rept in Apr 20 NY Times quoting him as telling friends that he met on 3 occasions early last yr with J S Magruder and G G Liddy, 2 former officials of Pres Nixon's re-election com; Mitchell seems to suggest that he suspects that someone else ordered Magruder and Liddy to return with eavesdropping proposals despite his asserted resistance to them; says he 'never approved any bugging plans during any period during campaign'; says he testified 'fully and freely and openly'; his atty W G Hundley says Mitchell did not invoke 5th Amendment and did not leave grand jury room to consult with him; Magruder's recent assertions involving Mitchell noted; Hundley says he is confident that Govt will conclude that Mitchell is guilty of 'no criminal violations'; says he does not believe Mitchell committed perjury; Nixon's personal atty H W Kalmbach appears at courthouse for 2d consecutive day; it is assumed that he testified before grand jury; D I Shapiro, law partner of former White House aide C W Colson, appears at Silbert's offices but has no comment on reason for appearance; columnist J Anderson's Apr 21 column repts that according to grand jury testimony White House aide Haldeman approved hiring D H Segretti as pol saboteur; cites testimony by former White House aide Strachan that he and D L Chapin discussed hiring Segretti and Haldeman, when asked about it, said to 'go ahead'; says Strachan acknowledged before grand jury that he had put Segretti in touch with Liddy; Watergate conspirator McCord files $1.5-million civil lawsuit against re-election com and 3 of its officials: Magruder, Liddy and Hunt; suit is counterclaim to action by Dem Natl Com against him, re-election com and other defendants that arose from Watergate break-in; McCord asserts that 'all acts and duties' required of him as security coordinator of re-election com had been 'previously approved and sanctioned by highest ranking officials' of Nixon unit; claim alleges that McCord has suffered 'severe physical, mental, and emotional strain and has suffered intense mental anguish' as result of defendants' actions; Sen com chief counsel S Dash meets with Asst US Atty Silbert on Apr 19; FBI is trying to discover source of leaks of grand jury testimony in Watergate case to columnist J Anderson, who has quoted from secret transcripts; Judge Sirica denies 'without prejudice' motion dealing with grand jury testimony by Washington atty P H Wolf; Wolf wants Sirica to rule on whether Wolf can be forced to disclose name of client, who, he said on Apr 19, hid about 8 cartons of documents dealing with Watergate affair and Repub finances; illus of Kalmbach, Mitchell

J Sanchez, P Gonzalez, O Latorre, H Mosquera and A Ramos are arrested by NYC narcotics detectives on Apr 20 for attempting to smuggle heroin and cocaine into US that was lowered by accomplices from deck of Francisco Miguel, Chilean freighter moored in Bklyn

FDA orders on Apr 20 recall of more than 100,000 frozen food pkgs containing mushrooms suspected of harboring organisms that cause botulism; mushrooms had been supplied by Fran Mushroom Co, Ravena, NY; agency says that even though no case of human illness has been attributed to mushroom contamination, stocks of affected products should be turned in to prevent severe poisoning and even death; recalled products listed; action taken by concerns handling contaminated products noted

L H Gelb, dir of study group that compiled Pentagon papers, testifies on Apr 20 at Pentagon papers trial that he twice denied access to papers to D Ellsberg; testimony is in direct contradiction to that of Ellsberg; Gelb says he had not promised Ellsberg access to entire set of papers after they were completed; Ellsberg, after trial is completed, says that there was no conflict between his testimony and that of Gelb on this point; says he agrees with Gelb's version and that in his own testimony he had meant to imply only that he had access to papers up to time they were officially handed over to Sec of Defense; Gelb illus

Pres Nixon arrives in Key Biscayne on Apr 20 following Cabinet meeting at which he emphasized that objective of Watergate investigation is to discover 'entire truth'; White House press sec Ziegler says that Nixon instructed 'everyone in the Adm, everyone in Govt to cooperate fully with ongoing investigation and the grand jury'; says H R Haldeman has not resigned as Nixon's chief of staff; says Nixon did not talk to ex-Atty Gen Mitchell on Apr 20 but that he did speak with Asst Atty Gen Petersen; illus