August 24, 1973

A White and F Hilton are convicted on Aug 23 in Charlotte, NC, of carrying concealed weapons, sentenced to 6‐mo terms and released; they were captured after Catawba County Deputy Sheriff T Elmore was gunned down after stopping car on routine check on Nov 11, ‘71; R L Brown and W Owens are also convicted in ambush

A I Solzhenitsyn, dissident USSR author, reveals on Aug 23 that he has been barred from living legally in Moscow; uses occasion for angry attack on USSR residence controls as ‘demeaning system that probably does not exist even in colonial countries,’ open lr to Min of Internal Affairs; denounces internal passport system; lr was prompted by official rejection of 4‐mo‐old application for permission to be registered as Moscow resident; USSR authorities have sought to limit influx of people into Moscow, as well as other major cities, to prevent excessive urban growth and some of social and adm problems that go with uncontrolled munic expansion; Solzhenitsyn illus with wife and son in Moscow apt; text of lr

Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson disclosed that an internal investigation of the Department of Justice was being conducted to learn whether personnel had leaked information about an inquiry involving Vice President Agnew. Details on Page 13.

Kissinger says his dual role as State Sec and White House adviser will not be used to limit his testimony before Cong, press conf; says purpose of combining 2 roles is attempt to move policy‐making from White House to State Dept and make it more accessible to Cong and pub scrutiny

Ct petition submitted by US Atty P J Curran and 3 assts requests new hearing on dismissal of bribery conviction last Jan of Queens Asst Dist Atty N D Archer as part of investigation of possible criminal conduct by NYS ct judges; US Appeals Ct, 2d Circuit, severely criticized Govt's investigation of case, dismissing it on July 12 on ground that Govt had planted interstate telephone calls to fabricate Fed jurisdiction in case; charged that Govt agents displayed arrogant disregard for state cts and police and scored Govt for staging arrest of undercover agent S Bario and permitting him to testify falsely to Queens grand jury after Archer assocs arranged to fix agent's case in exchange for $15,000 bribe; petition submitted on Aug 23 says that secretly tape‐recorded conversations of defendants in case disclosed corruption in Queens County involving prosecutors and judges, and answers criticism of Appeals Ct; says US Atty's office has at least 2 cases in investigative stage in which there is some evidence of possible criminal conduct by state ct judges; holds that cases will be jeopardized if Appeals Ct opinion, which suggests that use of undercover arrests as technique for investigating corruption is highly improper, is followed; no judges are named in petition; Curran por