November 10, 1976

former Defense Sec Melvin R Laird says he warned State Dept in ‘70 about covert S Korean lobby, and suggested that Justice Dept be asked to investigate matter, telephone int; claims lobby sought to undermine Nixon Adm decision to withdraw 20,000 of 60,000 Amer soldiers posted in S Korea; says he warned S Koreans that their alleged efforts to persuade Cong to disapprove withdrawal plan was jeopardizing Amer's $1.5‐billion modernization plan for S Korea's armed forces; holds Korean lobby included activites of Park Tong Sun, agents of Korean Central Intelligence Agency posing as diplomats, and questionable actions of legitimate Korean diplomats; State Dept officials blame ‘bureaucratic lethargy’ for 5‐yr delay in launching investigation of matter (M)

HR Ways and Means Com chmn Repr Al Ullman says he does not foresee Cong approval of Fed takeover of local welfare costs, as pledged by Pres‐elect Carter, int; predicts that major thrust of Cong action will be to get employable people off welfare rolls (M)

African and third‐world majority at UN Gen Assembly open major new campaign against apartheid, calling US, other Western powers and Israel leading ‘collaborators’ of S African Govt; d included in resolutions are recommendations for econ and financial boycotts of S Africa, ban on sports competition with S African athletes and call on Security Council to enforce arms embargo (M)

31 Fed food inspectors indicted for accepting yrly payoffs of $125,000 from meatpackers and processors in NYC met area (M)

Richard T Hanna comments on possible conflict of interest in his silent partnership with Park in import‐export co that dealt in federally‐subsidized rice while he was still member of Cong, int (S)