November 30, 1973

FPC Chmn J N Nassikas, calling on all nation's utilities to cut back consumption and production of elec power by 10%, emphasizes that agency has not ordered any reduction and could not do so under its own statutes; says such an order would have to come from Pres Nixon acting under Defense Production Act of '50 or under pending emergency legis; Energy Emergency Action Group will reptdly meet with Nixon on Nov 30 to discuss energy conseration measures

White House press sec R Ziegler on Nov 29 bitterly attacks staff of special Watergate prosecutor charging that it has displayed 'ingrained suspicion and visceral dislike for this Pres and this Adm'; describes prosecutor L Jaworski as 'very respected man, a very fair man' but says he has serious questions about staff in pol terms; White House atty J F Buzhardt Jr concedes on Nov 29 to Judge Sirica that official White House explanation of 18-min gap in Watergate tape recording was not certainty but 'just possibility'; speculation about White House dissatisfaction with Buzhardt discussed; Ziegler, when asked specifically whether Buzhardt will remain in charge of Watergate case, says Buzhardt will continue to play 'key role'; suggests Buzhardt himself might want to delegate some of responsibility; White House sources say control of case is expected to pass in next few days to Judge J J Sullivan; Ziegler identifies Sullivan as 1 of members of informal working group that is assembling series of statements on questions arising from other scandals; other members of group are H C Rose, K Gemmill, Ziegler, L Garment and D Gergen; M R Laird says recent revelations about gap in a Watergate tape has undercut Nixon's 'Operation Candor' to some unmeasurable degree; predicts Nixon will nevertheless survive Watergate crisis; Ziegler rejects Jaworski's suggestion that all White House tapes be turned over to cts for safekeeping to prevent further mishaps; calls suggestion 'nonsense'

8 members of Campisi family and 2 other gang members are charged on Nov 29 with 5 murders, 100 robberies and with conspiring to operate dice games, horse betting and numbers lotteries; indictment, which repts bizarre details of underworld such as gunmen toasting themselves with champagne after killing and deploying 'crash cars' to head off pursuing policemen, is hailed by law-enforcement officials in Trenton, NJ, as most complete picture ever presented of underworld activities; indictment charges that proceeds from armed robberies went to pay for gambling operations, and that gang used bribery and threats of violence to influence jurors and witnesses whenever they ran afoul of law; murder victims are described as rivals in gambling and narcotics enterprises, suspected police informants and potential prosecution witnesses; are identified as W F Kimbrough, murdered Sept 30, '69 in Newark, D A Luciano, killed Feb 12, '71 in Roseland, NJ, C Trueba, killed Feb 13, '71 in Hillside, W Pischedda, killed Apr 24, '71 in Harrison and G Mass, killed July 1, '71 in Newark; gang members are also charged with plotting to kill 3 other crime rivals; Campisis are associated with Mafia family of late V Genovese; separate indictment voted on Nov 15 charges gang with armed robbery of Woodbridge supermkt of $56,000 and killing of payroll messenger N Meo; deputy attys gen E H Steir and Peter R Richards rept that over 100 witnesses have testified before grand jury so far; key witness is I Pecznick, member of Campisi gang serving armed robbery sentence and who was involved in alleged crimes noted in indictment; named in indictment are A Campisi, B Campisi, C Campisi, Peter Anthony, Peter Charles, Peter Richard, Thomas Peter and Peter Salvatore Campisi, A Cagno, and J P Tully; all are arrested except Tully, who is fugitive from earlier indictment; NJ Div of Criminal Justice dir E W Jahos terms indictment 'most significant in history of NJ law enforcement'; Campisis illus

R Stearns, former exec of Key Biscayne Bank & Trust Co which is headed by C G Rebozo, has reptdly told Miami, Fla, authorities that Pres Nixon purchased a $100,000 ctf of deposit at bank about 3 yrs ago-about time his friend Rebozo recd final installment of $100,000 payment from billionaire H Hughes; sources say Stearns provided no indication that Hughes money was used to purchase ctf; White House refuses to say whether Nixon bought ctf; D W Clawson, deputy dir of communications, says all of Nixon's personal finances will be made public sometime next wk; State Atty R Gerstein says that as result of testimony by Stearns and former bank official F S DeBoer he has subpoenaed various bank documents; other sources say subpoena names 10 individuals, including Pres, his brother Donald, H W Kalmbach, H R Haldeman and J D Ehrlichman; say records relating to acct at bank opened by Com to Re-Elect Pres in Apr '72 shortly before Fed campaign finance law that required disclosure of large pol contributors took effect have also been subpoenaed; source says Pres's 2 daughters also maintained savings accts at bank

Nov 30: Egyptian and Israeli mil talks at km 101 checkpoint on Cairo Suez hwy break down in disagreement on Nov 29 and no date for new meeting is set; authoritative sources rept each side said it has no new proposals to make and could not accept proposals made previously by other side; heavy machine-gun and mortar fire was exchanged for 1/2 hour by Israeli and Egyptian troops less than 2 miles south of conf site; provisional rept by UN Emergency Force says that Egyptians opened fire with machine guns and that Israelis returned fire; UN Emergency Forces comdr Maj Gen E Siilasvuo will fly from Cairo to Jerusalem on Nov 30 for talks with Israeli mil leaders; it is understood that he will seek new suggestions from Israel to try to unblock talks; Egyptian spokesman disputes UN provisional rept that Egypt had opened fire, saying that Egyptian comdr in area reptd that his positions came under fire from 3 Israeli armored cars and returned fire; adds that Egypt lodged complaint with UN command about incident as well as in 2 other areas; last 7 meetings at km 101 between Egyptian Lt Gen M A G el-Gamasy and Israeli Maj Gen A Yariv dealt with 2d point in 6-point agreement that US Sec of State H A Kissinger had negotiated with Egypt and Israel; point calls for discussion between both sides on return of Israeli forces to Oct 22 cease-fire lines in framework of agreement on disengagement and separation of forces under UN auspices; stalemate at latest meeting is result of Egyptian call for unconditional initial withdrawal of Israeli forces on western bank of Suez Canal, while Israel has focused negotiation on larger issue of disengagement; informed sources say that Yariv repeated at latest meeting Israel's wk-old proposal that Israeli forces would in due time withdraw to Mitla Pass, in exch for agreement by Egypt to thin out its forces on eastern bank of canal; say that Siilasvuo and Gamasy expect Yariv to return with new suggestions, but hold that Yariv reiterated original proposal and in addition made statement reflecting public declaration by Israeli Deputy Premier Y Allon that no further headway on withdrawal could be expected before Geneva peace conf, due to open on Dec 18; Western diplomats expect Egypt to turn to US to generate pressure on Israel to agree to early withdrawal of its forces from Suez area; Egyptian official says that Egyptians hold Kissinger personally responsible for carrying out cease-fire agreement that he negotiated with Egyptian Pres A el-Sadat; many Egyptian officials believe that if Egypt will refuse to attend Geneva conf, it would favor Israel, which they say would like to undermine peace conf; Egyptian analysis contends that Sadat is currently in strong position, having support of other Arab nations, for policy of negotiation; UN spokesman R Stajduhar comments on cease-fire violation; notes that 2 UN officials, accompanied by Israeli Capt N Shimrat and Egyptian Col Y Mikki, who have acted as liaison officers, investigated incident; illus of Gamasy and Yariv