July 14, 1973

visit in doubt because of illness of Pres Nixon

Sources in US Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service rept that complex series of electronic devices, similar in nature to McNamara line in Vietnam designed to detect N Vietnamese troop and supply movements, is being implanted between US and Mexico and may be completed as early as mid‐‘74; electronic ‘fence,’ begun in test program in ‘70 in 65‐mi Chula Vista sector along Calif‐Mexico border, includes sophisticated series of pressure‐sensitive devices, buried wires and infrared detection equipment; line is expected to provide ‘intrusion prevention’ for both illegal aliens and drug smugglers across the border; only areas that will not be subject to electronic scrutiny are those that officials consider inaccessible; more than $1.5‐million has been earmarked in current fiscal yr for program, which is drawing criticism from some members of Cong who have expressed concern that ‘tradition of maintaining border without manned troops’ might be broken; detection equipment described

White House aide R A Moore testifies on July 13 before Sen Watergate com that Pres Nixon was deeply troubled last May and that he did not recognize Watergate cover‐up earlier; says Nixon told him at private meeting on May 8 that ‘I have racked my brain, I have searched my mind. Were there any clues I should have seen that should have tipped me off?’; says he was totally convinced that Nixon believed that no one in White House had been involved until he learned differently Mar 21; says he met with Nixon and then‐White House counsel J W Dean 3d together 4 times between Mar 14 and Mar 20; his accts of meetings vary little from those given com by Dean; Moore says that at 1 point in meetings Dean declared that Dem Adms had used FBI for pol purposes and suggested that Nixon take similar steps; says Nixon shrugged off idea and that nothing more was discussed about it; com Chmn Ervin, in effort to show that there were what Moore called ‘clues’ to magnitude of scandal that Nixon should have recognized, recounts list of newspaper disclosures in 2 mos following break‐in at Dem Natl Com hq; White House discloses on July 13 that Nixon sought advice from Cleveland atty H C Rose about Watergate problems beginning last Easter; identifies Rose after Moore told com that he had suggested to Pres that he consult ‘prominent lawyer’; says Nixon 1st talked with Rose at Key Biscayne, Fla, during Easter weekend and Rose met with Pres several times since in Washington; White House deputy press sec Warren says Nixon also consulted with atty J J Wilson at White House on Apr 19 and in subsequent meetings but that he had not met with Wilson in Key Biscayne; Moore por

G M Zelmanowitz, testifying on July 13 before Sen Permanent Subcom on Investigations, says he had paid bribes of $1,000 a wk for many mos to IRS agents to falsify documents showing prior Amer ownership of securities otherwise subject to 18% tax; cites unidentified reprs of Hayden Stone, Bache & Co and Blyth Eastman, Dillon as among people who, he says, helped him prepare documents; insists during and after his appearance that money paid to IRS agents whom he identified as field‐level opeatives in Newark dist office constituted bribes because it was for favors before the fact; tells subcom that ease of falsifying IRS validating forms covering prior ownership plus ‘ineptitude’ and profit drive of banks and brokerage cos in US and Eur has made stolen and counterfeit securities base of multibillion‐dollar racket

July 14: UN Sec Gen Waldheim on July 13 says he will visit Mideast, at initial invitation of Egypt, in effort to resolve Israeli‐Arab differences; dates have not been set; Israeli and Jordanian Govts have agreed to receive him during visit; stops may also be made in Syria, Lebanon and other countries if their govts are receptive; Waldheim will be 1st Sec Gen to visit area since U Thant in ‘67; he recently called problem too complicated and difficult to be solved in another round of Security Council meetings; principal point in dispute is Israel's refusal to give up lands conquered in 6‐day war; Eqyptians insist Israel must give up land before negotiations begin; also want creation of separate Palestinian state carved out of Israel and Jordan; diplomatic sources say Security Council debate on issue, scheduled to resume on July 16, may be delayed until Waldheim's return; July Council Pres K D Jamieson (GB) says visit is ‘very interesting development’ but repts that Egypt wants Council session resumed as planned; some of Waldheim's associates have long counseled that such a direct initiative has slim prospects for success, noting that his repr, G V Jarring, has made little progress in 6 yrs of work on problem