July 30, 1974

text of proposed Article II of impeachment adopted by HR Judiciary Com (L)

HR minority leader John J Rhodes will announce plan to hold informal ‘rap sessions’ for Repubs to debate issue of Pres Nixon's impeachment; move comes at time when some HR Repubs rept that sentiment in their ranks for impeachment is growing; Rhodes says Judiciary Com's vote, in which 6 of 17 Repubs joined 21 Dems in favor of 1st article of impeachment, weakened Nixon's position; recommends that Nixon take his case to people with televised presentation paid for by Repub Natl Com; has not decided how he will vote; says Judiciary Com proceedings have been ‘one‐sided affair’ in which Nixon's position has not been adequately presented; Repr G V Montgomery says he will oppose impeachment; Repr Joe D Waggonner Jr says pro‐Nixon sentiment among conservative Southern Dems appears to be fading; Rhodes por (L)

House Judiciary Com member Repr John Conyers Jr to offer additional specific impeachment articles to those already agreed upon, including 1 alleging bribery for Pres Nixon's decision to raise milk price supports following dairy indus’ $2‐million pledge to his re‐election campaign (S)

Trump Orgn announces plans to build thousands of apts on 2 large Hudson River waterfront parcels in Manhattan that orgn has agreed to purchase from bankrupt Penn Central Transportation Co for over $100‐million; agreement is subject to approval of Fed Dist Ct in Phila because rr is being reorganized under bankruptcy laws; city approval will be needed because zoning variance would be required to build housing on these sites; Donald J Trump, co pres, says detailed plans have not been drawn up but he is thinking of luxury housing that would rent for $100 per room per mo; says financial assistance will be needed even for apts renting at this level; city officials defer comment until proposal is drawn up; land involved comprises freight yards that are seldom used; 1 parcel runs from 59th to 72d St and from river to West End Av; 2d parcel runs from 30th to 39th St and from river to 10th Av; map (L)

Foreign Mins of GB, Greece and Turkey recess after 31 hrs of almost continuous negotiations in Geneva without reaching agreement on Cyprus cease‐fire; ‘provisional agreement’ was reached earlier, but talks broke down on crucial issue of withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus; negotiations detailed; Turkish Premier Bulent Ecevit says that Turkey's right to maintain troops on island and to reinforce them is irrevocable; Turkish delegate says Security Council resolution permits such interpretation since Turkey, as one of guarantors of Cypriote independence, has unlimited right to send forces to Cyprus; US continues to play behind‐the‐scenes part in negotiations; Callaghan is reptd to have talked with US Sec Henry A Kissinger, and US is said to have put pressure on Turkey to persuade USSR to relax its hardened position; USSR reptdly is sending Viktor I Minin as Soviet observer to parallel activities of US observer William B Buffum; early suggestion among delegates that USSR will play disruptive role eases to belief that main Soviet interest is simply show of involvement (L)