October 13, 1974

AH, FRANKIE everlovin', here we are at the Garden dancing cheek to cheek and the lights are low and it's oh so sweet. We haven't been this close since the old days when played bookey from school to come see you in the RKO‐Boston. You remember me, don't you? I was the one in the bobby sox.

illus of Kissinger with Jordanian Premier Zaid al-Rifai in Jordan

Sec Kissinger, in int with J Reston over weekend of Oct 5, discusses US foreign policy, its relation to specific countries, eg, USSR and China, to specific issues, eg, world food bank, and to gen pol trends in world; sees world 'delicately poised' on verge of new historic era with next decade being one of great human creativity or beginning of 'extraordinary disarray'; warns of disintegration of Western civilization if nations do not recognize and act on their interdependence; warns of trend to authoritarian govts in West from present crises and natl stress; discusses his job and conditions under which he would leave it, but stresses his int is no 'swan song'; regrets so much of his time in past 5 yrs had to be spent on Vietnam war; says 'real tragedy' has been Watergate, because, at beginning of Nixon's 2d term there was period of potential creativity US was too preoccupied to explore; discusses factor of self interest' in policy but stresses importance of 'purpose'; expresses hopefulness on some points; says Amers have come through crises of last decade, including Watergate, in 'rather good shape'; on his job, says that when he leaves depends on confidence of Pres Ford, about which he says he has no problem, on degree of Cong support and degree of public support; appears troubled about charges he had been deeply involved in CIA operations in Chile; sees need for intelligence operations in other countries but also says there is 'gray area' between exercise of diplomacy and use of force; says such activities should be strictly controlled by Exec, and, to degree possible, by Cong (L)

article, assessing NYC's Environmental Protection Adm's role under Mayor Beame's adm, holds that it has been in turmoil since Jan, as massive layoffs were ordered by Mayor's office in econ measure; holds that layoffs resulted in 47% of Sanitation Dept's mech st sweepers being inoperative at 1 point during summer; Air Resources Admr Ray Gerson claims that as result of layoffs Civil Service clerks who cannot be dismissed from dept's Noise Abatement Bur are doing nothing because professionals they worked for are gone; Sanitation Comr Robert Groh says he has received only 'vague repts' on progress toward new methods of solving city's increasingly pressing problem of what to do with garbage in face of rapidly dwindling dumping space; Environmental Protection Admr Robert A Low, explaining why he accepted orders to cut back at first 310 and then 470 more persons from agency, says every agency has to cut back in budget squeeze; says he was told that he could not cut sanitationmen and that it was impossible to dismiss many other employes protected by Civil Service; Low at first stated that he did not know why City Hall directives said he could not cut sanitationmen, but later explains that he was told attrition would be enough to take care of cutting sanitationmen; says move left him with only provisional employes that he could dismiss, many of whom had been hired because they had specially needed skills; article notes that since beginning of yr 172 mechanics were dropped, with result that number of sweepers out of service rose from 14% in May to 47% in Aug; discusses problems caused by mechanics' layoffs; Groh, in view that sanitation operation was falling apart, bypassed Low and met with Deputy Mayor James A Cavanagh and won rehiring of 38 mechanics; says he told Cavanagh that visible dirt in sts would be heavy pol liability; Low, asked about cuts in mechanics, minimizes effects on st cleaning, claiming that increase in number of uncompleted st-cleaning routes was 'substantially due to tightening in reptg procedures'; discontent of Beame, Groh and Air Resources Comr Ethan C Eldon with Environmental Protection Adm discussed; Eldon, asserting his independence from adm, held conf of top environmentalists without clearing conf with Low; Low claims he heard about conf and had no objection to it, adding that Eldon probably did not recall showing him in advance notice of conf (L)

Vice Pres-designate Nelson Rockefeller on Oct 12 sends telegram to '70 Dem gubernatorial opponent Arthur J Goldberg taking 'full responsibility' for scurrilous book about Goldberg that was arranged by Rockefeller aide John A Wells; Rockefeller press sec Hugh Morrow repts Rockefeller telephoned Goldberg at his home and read him text of telegram, including 'sincere and unqualified apology'; Rockefeller, in telegram, admits he knew about project and should have had it stopped; Morrow says Rockefeller did not stop publication of book because Gov thought of it as minor aspect of campaign; text of telegram to Goldberg; Wells, who hired conservative author Victor Lasky to write Goldberg book and arranged its publication by Arlington House, has been unavailable for comment for 3 days; current NYS Repub Gov Malcolm Wilson, on campaign trail, refuses to comment on Rockefeller apology (L)