Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg chef mess tuesday july 22. 1975 Cia affair keeps political temperatures up in Washington by Norman Kempster Washington special 0 f n s summer in Washington used to be a sleepy time when the pres ident would pack his Brief ease and head for a work ing vacation at some sea Side resort and Congress would quietly drone towards an August recess. But no More. Summers it now seems Are this Cap ital s time for sensation and scandal. In 1973, from june into August the nation watching the watergate scandal splash across the television screens. S Sam Ervin s watergate committee was interrogating some of the biggest names in the government about the abuses of Power that ultimately destroyed the presidency of Richard Nixon. As the weather cooled with the coming of autumn in 1973, so did the water Gate furore. But the respite was Only temporary. By the summer of 1974 it was building to its Climax. Throughout june and i july Richard Nixon planned increasingly Des Perate strategies to hold onto his office. But at the same time the House Judi Ciary committee debated the question of his impeachment. Then on aug. S. Unable to resist longer or. Nixon became the first president in . History to resign the office. This year the summer scandal surrounds the operations of the Central intelligence Agency it is too Early to Tell How the Cia debate will come out. So far it has provided j some sensational news paper headlines and the subject matter for two investigations b y congressional committees. It All started last Jau any when the new York times reported that the Cia had conducted a massive program of spy ing on Domestic dissident groups and had established Liles on thousands of Amer i c a n s since the Cia s charter limits its activities to matters related to foreign intelligence and prohibits operations within the United states or directed against americans the newspaper s report indicated the Agency had broken the Law. The t i m e s s account prompted president Ford to name a special commis Sion headed by vice president Nelson Rocke Feller to investigate. The Story continued to provoke interest through the late Winter and Spring but it did t get really hot until the weather did. In Early june the Rocke Feller commission said that although most of the Cia s activities since its establishment in 1947 were Legal some clearly were not. The commission Corn firmed the newspaper accounts of Domestic spying and added a few titillating titbits of its own. Now a Senate committee is in full cry after Cia abuses and a House of representatives committee is planning to get into the Issue. The most sensational charge so far is the one that May be the most difficult to prove. Two House members a conservative Republican and a Liberal i Democrat said there was i evidence that the Cia infiltrated secret agents into the White House and other offices of the Federal government. The two representatives Ronald Dell Unis a califor Nia Democrat and Robert w. Hasten a Wisconsin Republican said the Evi Dence pointed to infiltration in the Nixon and perhaps during earlier administrations As Well. They said or. Nixon apparently was unaware of the agents in his midst. The Cia angrily denied the charges. And the Agency s supporters countered by claiming that Al though no agents Ever w e r c planted in the White House some Cia employees were sent there openly. The Cia backers said or. Nixon was fully aware of the Cia employees working at the White House and in other depart ments. If rep. Dell Unis and rep. Kasten Are Correct it could mean that the Cia had begun to spy on and perhaps manipulate policy in the government it was established to serve. Some Cia critics claim that even the More benign interpretation of the Agency s activities pointed to serious abuses. There seems to be Little doubt that the Cia has established a network of pm p 1 o y e e s and contacts throughout the offices of the . Government. The Agency s critics say that even if these individuals do not spy on their fellow workers that their presence a jives the Cia an influence Over government Polky that it was never supposed to have. The Cia s backers say the nation needs an Agency to collect intelligence and to try to influence events abroad. They say the soviet Union s Kab is Active on a global scale and that the United states must match the russian efforts. The Cia s supporters warn that continued investigations of the Agency could destroy its effectiveness and leave the nation at a disadvantage in its dealings with the Sovi ets. On the other hand Cia critics say the abuses that have been discovered so tar Are enough to require additional investigations. At the very least they say the Congress and the pres ident must exercise tighter control Over Cia activities. Regardless at How it All comes out one thing Al ready seems sure there is More to talk about in Washington in the summer than just the heat and humidity. 1 arthritic pains today ail Over Canada Many men and women who suffer from arthritic or rheumatic pain Are using a new medicated rub to get fast effective Relief. It s called exocrine a there s nothing exactly like this proven medicated rub. You see contains a recognized analgesic to relieve arthritic pain plus a fast act ing aesthetic to help temporarily desensitize nerve endings that transmit such pain. So you May move around More comfortably. Up to hours at a time. Don t let the discomforts and pains of arthritis needlessly interfere with your work your sleep your life. Today get a cocaine medicated rub at any drug counter. . Moves to protect North sea oilfields London ques Tion of protecting Britain s North sea oilfields from accidental or intentional dam age has come up As the trickle of Petroleum from the offshore Fields turns into a steady Stream. Authorities Al ready have taken some Steps and More Are in the planning stage. Already a dozen Oil or Gas production platforms lie scattered offshore. By december at least four oilfields will have started production including one of the largest British Petroleum s forties Field it alone will have four giant and potentially vulnerable installations. Within four years some 100 major installations will be operating around the shores of the British Isles from the cast coast of England to the Remote Shetland islands off Scotland. They will represent a tremendous economic in vestment and. A vast National asset which will make Britain the world s seventh largest Oil producer. But this new re source also poses problems o r the defence planners whose Job it is. To defend the rigs against any contingency. At present the Royal Navy has two ships regularly patrolling the oilfields. Faster and More powerful warships such As guided missile destroyers and helicopter carry ing frigates Are routed through the area on random patrols. Other combat forces including the Royal marines Are available should the need arise. Royal air Force air Craft also Fly occasional sur Nillance patrols. Now As an additional specialized contribution to Bri Tain s newest Security commitment five naval ships Are being built and specially equipped for the task of deterrent patrols. The ships expected to be in service by 1977, will be similar to the off Shore fishery Protection ves Sels Al present operating in the difficult sea conditions around the scottish islands. This combination of surface ships and Long Range aircraft with their ability to cover Large areas of sea represents in the British View the most Cost effective solution to the Protection problem. While there is a tendency to think in terms of Protection against terrorist to would have the task of de fending the installations against external More worrying problem is accidental damage. New problems Are bound to arise As the number of installations increases particularly if they need to be built near major shipping lanes in what is already one of the world s most congested sea areas. There have been of c a s i o n s where North sea weather has caused parts of an installation to and Drifting to become a Hazard both to other installations and to shipping in Gen eral. On such occasions As those defence chiefs must decide How and when the services would intervene and with what authority. Protecting the resources in and under the sea does not concern Brita in at least six other Western Powers share assets in the North sea. Exploitation of the Continental shelf off Europe is bound up with the wider Issue of the Law of the. Sea. As a re sult of the recent Geneva conference the International Community now is Many More Steps towards agree ment. But much still remains to be done on the narrower and related Issue of protect ing the North sea oilfields. For this reason the British government supported the dutch initiative in calling the recent meeting at the Hague of expert officials from nations exploiting North sea re sources. This meeting was at tended by dutch German French norwegian danish belgian and British representatives. Saigon turns austere by Nayan Chanda Saigon renter South Vietnam s new rulers have turned Saigon from a City of sin into a capital of austerity. Two months after the revolutionary administration took Over Saigon s once sizzling night life has disappeared and the motto now is Early to bed and Early to prostitutes and drug addicts have been rounded up and released after being told Why they should abandon the dark and hopeless Road which the americans and their lackeys forced upon them. All bars and discotheques have either been closed or converted into popular restaurants pornographic Litera Ture has disappeared and so have records of Western find vietnamese pop music. Though the population of Saigon is not being exhorted to Lead an austere life the message is implicit in the life style of the people at the Helm. With the exception of ministers most High officials now walk or pedal a bicycle to their offices. Besides the drab Green uni form and pith helmets worn by members of the liberation army the Standard Wear for other officials is a White Bush shirt Cotton trousers and plastic sandals. Although Many of them now live in rather modern hotels and apartments abandoned by their owners air conditioners have been switched off. The Stander meal of officials Here that of the liberation army sol Diers based in Rice vegetables dried fish and shreds of meat. Saigon s changing style is being fell even in the most fashionable districts of the City. Dozens of jewelry shops and nightclubs on to do Street have been converted into popular restaurants sell ing soft drinks and cheap Noo dle soup. On the pavements stalls have sprung up to sell to Chi Minh sandals. Cut Oul of rejected tires they have come to symbolize the simplicity of liberation army soldiers. While the authorities Are providing generous amounts of diesel Oil to Public trans port companies filling stations remain closed. As the official Campaign against depraved and vac t i o n a r y culture is being stepped up some of Saigon s movie houses have closed. Others have replaced their habitual fare of westerns with films on the lives of libera Tion fighters. Al the end of the first phase of the Campaign launched by the student and youth association official figures put Al More than half a million the number of reactionary books handed Over by the people. They also turned in laps of what is consid i cred reactionary music. Besides academic books and magazines still on Sale the people of Saigon have to be Content with the one official daily newspaper. Saigon Giai Phong liberated Sai gon and three weeklies de voted to culture and the women s and youth movements. Television continues to be the principal source of entertainment featuring films animated cartoons and traditional ballets. After an initial sleep in crease in the Cost of living following inc coins Unis takeover Here prices have come Down. Rice now Sells Al its pc Liberal Ion Price and the Cost of other essential items for the vietnamese household has also stabilized. B die in mishap pinup i. . Aim six teen agers were killed Sun Day when the car in which they were Riding struck a rec. I slate police said the one car j crash look place eight Miles West of Here. All six occupants i of the car were dead when Pollice arrived at the scene. Warning health and welfare Canada advises that danger to health increases with amount smoked avoid 16 my. Isic. 1.1 my ;