December 2, 1973

Sen Foreign Relations Com staff releases rept Dec 1 revealing that NATO allies have agreed upon a strategy providing that any large-scale use of nuclear weapons within Eur should be accompanied by strikes by US forces stationed outside Eur against USSR; strategy thus forges a direct link between tactical nuclear weapons that US has in Eur to deter conventional Soviet attack and strategic weapons deployed around world to deter a nuclear war between US and USSR; as result, rept observes, the security of US is inextricably linked to nuclear weapons in Eur; rept concedes there have been doubts in Eur that US would risk nuclear retaliation against its territory by attacking Soviet targets in event of a Soviet attack in Eur; rept prepared by J G Lowenstein and R M Mosse for Sen S Symington, chmn of subcom on US security agreements and commitments abroad; details data about US nuclear weapons stockpiled in Eur for more than 15 yrs; weapons are stored at more than 100 sites; about 80% of more than 7,000 warheads can be used for offensive or defensive purposes; rept notes US demolition teams, using nuclear mines, and Eur lack of enthusiasm about US effort to deploy 'mini-nukes,' new series of tactical weapons with reduced yields and enhanced capability for killing by radiation; paraphrases 2 NATO documents spelling out shift from strategy of massive retaliation to one of flexible response and providing for 2 categories of nuclear warfare, selective use and gen response; Symington por

Motorists line up at gasoline pumps throughout US on Dec 1, anticipating widespread voluntary closings of service stations; many service stations ran low by mid-afternoon and began closing down well before 9 PM deadline; surveys indicate that 90% or more of service station operators intended to observe voluntary closings suggested by Pres Nixon as means of conserving gasoline; most stations in Manhattan closed by 4 PM; illus of Manhattan service station which closed in afternoon

Sen fails on Dec 1 to break deadlock over campaign spending reform measure attached to legis raising debt ceiling; Sen J B Allen leads filibuster against measure which would provide for financing '76 Pres election in part with tax revenues; Sen Mansfield contends that approval of public campaign financing would free corps from illegal pressure to make pol contributions; Sen Mondale holds that financing elections through private contributions has resulted in 'Amer Govt being put up for sale to highest bidder'; Sen Allen illus

Pres Nixon on Dec 1 eases fuel allocations for gen aviation following recommendation of Energy Emergency Task Force; modifications will impose only 15% reduction in fuel supplies

NY Times survey of 32 members of HR Judiciary Com finds majority is prepared to recommend impeachment of Pres Nixon if they find evidence of serious misconduct even if such misconduct falls short of criminal wrongdoing; finds all 32 members agree that Pres will be subject to impeachment by HR, trial by Sen and removal from office if he is found to have violated criminal law; finds 25 members believe Pres can be impeached for conduct that is not necessarily criminal but which constitutes severe breach of public trust; only 1 of 16 Dems and 6 of Repubs questioned say they would limit definition of impeachable offense to 1 for which ordinary citizen would be subject to criminal prosecution; Reprs P W Rodino Jr, C Wiggins, M C Butler, G E Danielson, R McClory, D W Dennis, W Flowers and R F Drinan comment