April 1, 1977

Div within Hispanic Affairs Comm of Episcopal Ch linked to Fed inquiry into comm's possible role in radical Hispanic politics and officials' cooperation in giving FBI access to ch records; Cueto and Nemikin have been jailed for refusing to appear before grand jury (S)

environmentalists may find in Carter's energy plan that he may depart from pristine clean air standards for sake of making more use of abundant coal supplies (S)

WASHINGTON, March 31—The sense in Washington today is that President Carter is being put to the test by the Soviet leadership—a test that, perhaps unintentionally, he brought upon himself with his vigorous public diplomacy on human rights and arms control. “This is Khrushchev and Kennedy all over again,” commented one experienced Congressional observer, recalling the testy confrontation between the late Soviet leader, Nikita S. Khrushchev, and President Kennedy at their first meeting in Vienna in 1961.

Min Gromyko, in unusual televised news conf, accuses Carter Adm of making false and unrealistic arms limitation proposals that would give unilateral advantage to US; expresses Soviet leadership's irritation at Carter's public style; says issue of Carter's human rights stand was not discussed directly with Sec Vance but that it 'poisons the atmosphere'; accuses US of unilaterally revising Vladivostok accord; discusses issues of US cruise missile and proposed ban on development of new missiles, and raises again issue of forward US bases; reiterates Soviet continued interest in detente and arms accord; illus; Vance leaves Moscow (M)

Justice Dept attys have reptdly recommended to Atty Gen Bell that dept seek criminal indictments against at least 6 present and former FBI officials who authorized illegal burglaries by bur agents in NY seeking information on Weatherman orgn in '71-73; current bur officials known to be subjects of investigation include J Wallace LaPrade, Andrew J Decker, James Ingram and Horace Beckwith; former officials include John Morley, Arbor Gray, Edward S Miller and Mark Felt; FBI Dir Kelley scores 'calculated leaks' from Justice Dept sources (M)