July 9, 1973

Arrangements by which the United States could borrow funds with which to support the sagging dollar in foreign currency markets were reported ready by central bankers of the Western powers meeting in Basel yesterday. Details on Page 51.

Group of 112 US Peace Corps volunteers is held prisoner on July 8 by Uganda's Pres Gen I Amin, who expresses suspicion that they might be 'mercenaries'; Amer diplomatic protests, while believed to be vigorous, have so far been ineffective with Amin, whose erratic behavior has caused astonishment in many qrs since he seized power in mil coup d'etat in Jan '71; in Washington, DC, State Dept expresses outrage at continued detention of volunteers; Deputy Asst Sec of State for African Affairs C G Ross speaks to Uganda charge d'affaires, L K Mwangaguhunga; similar statements are made in Kampala, Uganda, by US Embassy and efforts are under way to enlist other African states in bringing pressure on Amin; volunteers are reptd by Amer Embassy officials in Uganda and by other witnesses to be unharmed; volunteers were headed toward Zaire to begin 2 yrs of duty in central African country when their chartered aircraft was detained before noon on July 7 by Uganda authorities; aircraft had stopped at internatl airport at Entebbe, Uganda, to refuel on flight from London; Amer officials assert that Uganda official told them volunteers would be kept in custody 'until Amin personally decided their case'; Uganda radio announces that Amin has sent telegrams to E African Airways and Govts of Kenya, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia asking if someone would 'vouch' for identity of detained Peace Corps personnel; broadcast says that Amin thought Amer volunteers might be mil mercenaries or 'even Zionists'; notes they had been scheduled to land at Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, which has been scene of large-scale tribal massacres since Apr '72, and would pass over Rwanda, where army seized power in mil coup on July 5; US officials assert that aircraft was going to Bujumbura only because airport has jet landing strip; volunteers had been scheduled to take smaller aircraft from there to town of Bukavu in eastern Zaire, where there is a Peace Corps reception center; remark about 'Zionists' is explicable in light of Amin's hostility toward Israel; Amer officials dealing with Uganda bureaucracy--which has been greatly diminished by repeated purges--find that nothing can be done without Amin's personal decision; relations between US and Uganda are badly strained; in telegram to Pres Nixon on July 4, Amin wished Nixon a 'speedy recovery' from Watergate scandal and complained that Amer mil and econ might too often have been used to influence affairs of other countries; in response, State Dept announced that it was decided not to send new amb to Uganda; map

BARRYVILLE, N. Y., July 8 —The twisting, gleaming river that divides New York State's Catskills from Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains here may soon become the first stream in the East to receive Federal protection for preservation in its natural, free‐flowing state.

NYC Police detectives complain about what they see as departmental policy of deliberately eroding their prestige and depleting ranks of Detective Bur; Detectives Endowment Assn pres S J Crowley tells emergency meeting of demeaning and ungrateful treatment of detectives by former Comr Murphy and Comr Cawley; assn obtains ct order directing Comr Cawley and 1st Deputy Comr W H T Smith to show cause why they should not be prohibited from making proposed mass transfers from Detective Bur to patrol force; plan involves transfer of 125 detectives to uniformed patrol now, and 1,000 more in Sept; Deputy Comr Smith says plans are only preliminary and still in working stage; many detectives feel that dept adm is patrol-oriented and tends to look down on Detective Bur; reorganization of detective dists detailed; Crowley illus

2-part NY Times survey of Repub Party's effort to sabotage Dem Pres candidates in '72 points out testimony before Sen Watergate com by H L Porter, scheduling dir at Nixon re-election com, that he disbursed nearly $70,000 in cash at request of J S Magruder, deputy dir of campaign com, for sabotage purposes, including additional $31,000 to G G Liddy for unspecified 'dirty tricks' and $4,400 for purchase of full-page ad in NY Times purported to represent grassroots support for mining of Haiphong Harbor; former White House aides D L Chapin and G Strachan have reptdly testified at secret session of Watergate grand jury that they both take full responsibility for hiring D H Segretti, who subsequently recruited a network of pol spies; illus