November 25, 1973

former White House associate of State Sec Kissinger says Kissinger has said privately that he is 'virtually certain' his telephone was tapped at some point since he joined Nixon Adm in early '69; Kissinger reptdly made remarkd shortly before he was confirmed as State Sec in Sept; when pressed by former associate as to who he believed might have ordered such surveillance, Kissinger replied, 'At least now you know the plumbers don't work for me'; Kissinger denied through State Dept spokesman earlier this wk that he had ever expressed such belief to anyone; White House deputy press sec Warren says White House has no evidence whatsoever that Kissinger's phone was ever tapped; previous statements by Pres Nixon on wiretaps, which were placed on 13 Govt officials and 4 newsmen in course of 'natl security' investigation coordinated by Kissinger, ex-Atty Gen Mitchell and late FBI Dir J E Hoover, noted; former high FBI official says he is certain that no wiretap on Kissinger was operated by FBI and that he has no knowledge of such tap by any other Govt agency; says there was internal speculation at FBI about possibility of Kissinger wiretap but that he had dismissed it as unfounded rumor

S R Harrison article describes proliferation of consortium banks as result of growing capital needs of large multinatl corps and desire to create specialized operation for Eurocurrency lending; discusses extraordinary growth of these banks linked to development of medium-term Eurocurrency loan; notes banks have formed consortia to spread Eurodollar loan risks; views success of consortia banking, discussing prospects of banks moving into other areas; cites Orion Group, consortium of banks from 6 nations, as typical of such bank formations; diagram of Orion Group and its members; list of 7 leading multinatl banking consortia and banks belonging to each group

comment on opening night of D Rabe play Boom Boom Room, 1st play presented by J Papp's NY Shakespeare Festival at Lincoln Center; play underwent change of dir only 3 wks before it opened when Papp fired J Bovasso and began directing play himself; illus of Papp with actress J Newmar, who was fired from play, and M Woronov, who replaced her and of Papp congratulating actor C Durning

adaptation of speech by HUD Dept Sec J T Lynn at recent conf of Amer Inst of Planners in Atlanta, Ga, on Nixon Adm's policy of New Federalism; Lynn agrees with principle of simplifying process of transferring money from Fed Govt to smaller units of govt and is convinced that regional, state, metropolitan and local govts want and need greater share of responsibility in allocating Fed resources; holds primary difference is one of degree; holds New Federalism does not represent abandonment of Fed Govt's responsibility but is based on awareness of fact that Fed Govt is less effective in tailoring specific programs to individual needs of different communities than are local govts; cartoon

L Sheaffer book O'Neill, Son and Artist, about playwright E O'Neill, revd; illus of O'Neill as boy and with wife