July 11, 1973

former White House aide J D Ehrlichman, in May 4 int with staff of Sen Watergate com, says soon after Watergate burglary occurred he began to believe that J S Magruder, deputy dir of Pres's re-election com, and perhaps other high officials of campaign, had been involved in burglary; refuses to say whether he told Pres of his belief, citing doctrine of exec privilege; denies any role in planning or covering up facts about burglary; acknowledges following suggestion of then-White House counsel J W Dean 3d and making conscious effort 'to get as little knowledge as possible' in mos after Watergate burglary in anticipation of having to testify at resultant civil proceedings; says he approved payments to Watergate defendants in July '72, but did not know payments came from campaign funds and were meant as hush money; says when he learned about break-in at office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist in Sept '71, he expressed dismay and disapproval but did not rept incident to anyone else; says he attended meeting at which 'sensitive' documents from White House safe of Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr were turned over to then-FBI Acting Dir L P Gray 3d; says he later learned that Gray burned files, but says he did not himself instruct Gray to do so; says he received $20,000 personal loan within last yr from H W Kalmbach, Pres Nixon's former personal lawyer, who raised money to give to Watergate defendants; insists he urged that 'we should get to the bottom of it' at meetings with top Pres advisers; says his view was rejected because of opposition of former Atty Gen Mitchell, who was Pres campaign dir until July 1, '72, and C MacGregor, who replaced Mitchell; MacGregor terms Ehrlichman's assertion 'utterly ridiculous' and 'divorced from reason or vestige of truth'; Mitchell, in testimony before Sen Watergate com, says it was his view that no information about Watergate affair be offered voluntarily and officials should 'keep the lid on' so previous covert White House operations would not be disclosed

Sen T J McIntyre announces on July 10 that Sen Armed Services 5-man Research and Development Com unanimously voted to pare $885-million from $1.7-billion requested by Adm for Trident submarine program in current fiscal yr, effectively delaying completion of 1st Trident submarine by 2 yrs; planned fleet of 10 submarines, slated to cost at least $13-billion, will so cut into other Navy programs that some adms reptdly are suggesting fleet be reduced to 4 vessels; Defense Dept advocates completion of total program on mil and diplomatic grounds; says Trident is needed to offset advances in Soviet antisubmarine warfare technology and as bargaining 'chip' to prod USSR toward permanent litigation on arms limitation; Sen McIntyre repts arguments are challenged on grounds that present threat to existing submarine force is not as great as initially conceived, especially in light of probable upcoming arms limitation pact; adds Trident 1 missile could be fitted into Poseidon submarine 'in remote event' that Soviet antisubmarine threat develops; emphasizes that subcom endorses Trident concept but cautions program should be built 'at more orderly pace'

NYC Police Comr Cawley on July 10 says he is planning major reorganization of Detective Bur that would put half of detectives back in precincts and make detectives responsible for 1st time to uniformed precinct comdrs; says none of plans have been finalized but reorganization will probably take effect in Sept; announcement contradicts recent denials by Comr's spokesmen that detectives are being singled out for transfers; confirms repts that 125 plainclothes detectives will be assigned to temporary uniformed precinct duty within next few days; 125 will return to plainclothes status at local precincts when reorganization is complete; Cawley says move should not be construed as demotion of detectives, but as reorganization to provide dept with more men at precinct level; proposals detailed

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2 armed and masked youths burst into Bridgeport detention center on July 10, fire shot into wall and escape with 14-yr-old girl being held there as runaway; children are identified as F Rodriguez, 15, N Malette, 16, and C Toro; held staff member J Taft at gunpoint and forced him to unlock door and let girl out