HW: For many moons STN/W has thirsted for a reasonable roster of

Nixon Foundation wheels. To say that her thirst has gone unslaked is like dismissing Watergate as a third-rate burglary.

Comes now the attached LA Times story in the SF Chronicle for Dec. 26, naming some 17 or so of the supposed total of 25x members of this illustrious group. This has further whetted her appetite to the extent that she has dug up all previous clippings and synthesized a list of all but four of the total. Results attached.

We feel for a starter that the reason some members now want to disband probably has something to do with the Laguna Niguel deal, for the latest on which see the Chron clip on Kalmbach dated Dec. 25. It:s pretty complicated, and the whole thing is beginning to look like it's going to getmuch more interesting.

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x~ichard i_. Azon Foundation:

President Firestone L3] Vice-president Bobst L3 Treasurer Drown L3 ,.;ecretary Deiarco 3]

Directors:

larlichman Aaideman L5 Kalmbach L5 Mitchell L5J

Hoard of executive trustees: Seven members LI]

Chairman Haldeman LI Vice-olairman 'arliehman Vice-chairman Litt [6] Secretary Z.almbach Llj

Finch [3] Garment [3 endall 6] R (? - "Lixon foundation board") Utchell [3]

Development committee: Five members LI]

Head

eirestone Ll] 2hrliciminn Li] Schreiber [5]

Trustees:

thaw L6] Eisenhower [1] Graham 1.1] haIris [6] ralmn, Edvard [1] [4] ;limn, F. Donald Llj Perot L6j Perry L6.1

References:

Ll] En: vurett Eolles

[2] SC 31 Dec 73, AP and UPI

[3] WXP 1 Jan 7/i, Tlobert Fairbanho

[4] NXT 13 Jan 74, Eileen Sh;.nahon [5] '1XP 6 ScT) 74, Lou Cannoh

(.6] SA 26 Dec 74, LAUmes

Aichard L. Nixon Foundation Formed in flay 69 [1] 26 trustees L11: "25-member board" [6]

Trustee L6]

Vice-president [3] (2ormer president, Varner-Lambert Corp.) [3]

Secretary [3] (Kalmbach law partner) [3] (Joined the foundation Jan 73; became secretary at icelmbach's suggestion) [i]

Treaeurer [3] (Loue Angeles publisher's distributor) [3]

Director L5] Board of executive trustees [3], vice-chairman [l] Development couL-Atteo Li]

Trustee LI]

Board of executive trustees L3]

President [3] (Director, Firestone Tire and :Jabber Co.) [2]

Board of executive trustees [3]

Trustee [l]

Director [5] Board of executive trustees [3], chairman [l]

Trustee [6] (Trustee, Whittier College)

Board of executive trustees L3], vice-chairman [6] *

Director [5] Board of executive trustees secretary Ll]

Board of executive trustees? [6] (Trustee, aittier College) [6]

Director L5] Board of executive trustees [3]

Trustee [l] "A nominal trustee, witilout any powers whatever"

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Trustee Llj

Trustee [6]

Trustee [6] (Trustee, Whittier College) [6]

Foundation development committee [5] (Vice-president, hu±ic Cor, oration of Iii.ierica) [l]

Adams, Earl

Bobst, Liner H.

Deflarco, Frank Jr.

Drown, Jacl:

Ehrlichman, John D.

Eisonhowor, David

Finch, Hobert

Firestone, Leonard

Garment, Leonard

Graham, Billy

Haldeman, 11.1,L.

Harris, Clinton

hitt, Patricia itoilly

Lqlmbach, Herbert ';;.

Kendall, Donald e.

MitchelL, John N.

Nixone alward C.

ilixoe, F. Donald

Perot, U. Ross

Perry, Hubert

Schreiber, Taft

[6]

* (Former asst secretary, HEW) L3], under Pinch L11 (Trustee, Whittier College) L6.1

From story on "Flood of Cards, Gifts for Nixon"

(SFC 25 Dec 74, UPI):

"Paul Presley, a friend of Mr. Nixon whose property is

next to that of the former President .... "

Paul Presley runs (owns?) the San Clemente Inn.

SFLVoni.fle r.,- e .1 r.. . a .:

Kairribach in inBuilti.inci. Prooks (Dean-Texaco, cnair- Wilding Uri olved hut a od

.

man of the subcommittee on martgage company that fi-

11artin 4i brain land by a private deVeloper

Ilrezar. •1.- a i • - By Bob Wyriek'atili government activities, says flawed the purchase of the

that he is "seriously con- protal as ao..... ',.ai .... ...P

.1.trohr.- f:erned about the possibility and a second company that allow lam a.. build nett ,•-• • -.

Washington ' of sonicbudy outside of the also stands to profit from the Stin.011) 14.1 .19n)WM1 pace the development o f this ratteo 1)11 Ulf sate General Services Adrninis-

former attorney. Herbert fords .4 n otiportunitylnr alb • 'Me dek eloament alai) al Clients of Richard Nixon's tratian (the agency responsi- near-barren hillside proper-

ble for acquirine the build- 1.%'• Ina) prormniing the whole The complex holdings.

of er profits to be made by a Kalmbach. stand to profit from a $16.5-million land company managed to Alison

deal!' . the firms linked to Kahn-

the site of a huge govern- Paixtl.zs said he has aske4 bitch worked like this: • This . - ianpany is KAG ha aril other Kalmbach clients,. deaelopment project rtear

mem office building that the the General Accotinting Of- Ono. of the largest inves- ‘astinetil aa . winch Koine Nista! administration - at,- five to investigate the entire tors in land near the Rock- back originally helped to

a taaim- passible involvement b y guvernment takecvor was creole with his owe seed name:. The .Kalittbach 'law quire(' early 'this year tin• alainsaction: •including pity well building prior lu the der contraversial l stances. 'a...Anita:a:h. Alison. Mortgage investment firm continued 1.0 represent

was once a trustee of the Alison Imes-anent Co.. the

The Federal got,eraraem The ,Rockwell Wilding, N‘ ;.):4 , ' Trost (A. M 1 Ti.... Kalmbach

took title to the pyramid- etaitiirecl by the governinent parent company that new

'.il , -,1:kli -Cji 8 in a aontrover- whotIr owns K AG invest- s h. a a e ii Rockwell. Jateratia firm: he also put up his cia ri

AMIT. Kalmbach dropped ment. laAal ineestment is a Ilona! building in Stilithern

seed motley 10 help finance a ..i1 swap arrangement in

California a 1 1 e r pressure valid., Las. official: turned company ‘vlio,e offieers ad:

from t li e NiNon .-'White n .;q- three government facil- these personal and financial - vise A:111T on which types of

alas In the Lag Angeles area loans to make. For this ad-

House. includine efforts. ix,' ties to %.11.11T1 prior to the Robert' Finch, wtiowilS:.prr. - to faraila.well - International in

vice KAG receives an "in- firm's. investment. in the

building. Bat the Kalmbach centive fee" on loans made Identiai counselor' at tais eadiange - (or the million-

Iaiul near ill e Rockwell time of the negotialions. squareaeol modern pyramid

t* AMIT — including the

taw firm continued to repre- loan to Presley. (The size of

The governthent'l -mazer. 1h:a stands in the midst of the fee ICA.G received from ship has increased 1;rthr1 v:il.- Ilq" T.tr:levoloped hills and sem .'• Mir:- -a im executive the Presley loan could not ties in the area stflastanfial ., :tiler; of Laguna Niguel. . affitei . Roger 11 Alison, and be learned Iy. according tot coninierslai a menibel f,i Kalmbach's

,. jw-ta,aell Imernatioual, A aid awl- aaalaatas M A Officers 0 f AMIT and

and real estate expertl..: ' '"'" iii:Ii(ir -,ileiense anal aera.

menibers at lialinhach's old' 0 V V ..!. V' Variet', IA i ,„.gal ti:insucinais -c c •- -6 .1-

Finch,. who as now A pa- law firm acknowledged that ...... > a . a space caal-a-a tut. originally ander (4111c,i. firm mutes. the firm represented Alison a e - ..0 vate attorney. In Los. Angp. lel, ackiiiPaledgail havIk ,, ..0,-/-_ [ . t,, i , t [i.e mammal-I - Wiriiia4

.bits period. laalni• and his associates in various - -c--:-. . :1j.4

,.eansiai ,-.:l. tla, rsiiallna in bull also was serving A% legal transactions, but they 5 al ^' •Pdshed for the. gove.""wilt* astfactico rtnyained vacan Si :---c +7

takeover of the Rbekieell beciiili.i, of an apes-pealed Nixon's personal attorney. said that the Kul tabach firm L .., .C..

building and said in an - inter- lag inathe vnt..; industry_ IC.almbach resigned from his resolved uo financial bane- rn g ms from the investment '?" `"--: .4a.-'°'

gras,..'.

, law firm len months ago. at, 7 • .. vie* with Newsday that 1,0 had talked wtth Kalirbt“,lt A . At the lime the trade with after pleading guilty I a near the new federal ()thee 5 - ---; -a ,a - , ,i g' i

number of time. during the )yotne3edgnifiveratnitirc.ezvti..,. %3TovePrrt4)-__ charges stemming from higl c-enter. They - also told News- 0 ^ (--.7 .,a.: §-ta - a a _a 474

time he was niaking l'heus 1 role in lhe Watergate scan- day that Kalmbach himself F ;-..-, a, efforts. milt ecanomistt assigned to dea He now is serving six to had no financial interest in "g (-1;-..a 7.11 ,ddr.,e-' j.

But Finch said he could

AMIT or any of the ether : Tiitta5 evaluate the trade called the 18 muntos in prison For ille-

not recall whether the Rock- .

'building o '.,elite elephant - teal campaign fund solicita- ' That oliratai, laa i AI at

firms involved in the 'And

:.,.... 1..1 well building had been men- heist, whi, Nynevos in the Of-

development project. Kahn- ai a a. a ..--- -

tinned in !,is conversations • In laal --- elem. matilla teach, throtigh his attorney. -a , -7;.:,. ,...

with Kalmbach. Finch is • five al maliaaemea. ..ii113 before the government took refuse-d to comment

and i.s.as Ms .college class- „tpjectitilis to the proposed bat while - tiegotiatTemsKwalemre. the Rockwell building for ; : : 7,...i,,i close friend et Kalmbach's 'Budget. voiced a number of over the Rockwell building The aia eminent- acquired a4 ,a- ......° tid

mate at the University of ssvap, . in progress use as near federal office co v a la,,4 ra' % & -

Solithern California. in a memo dated Jan. 12. baclaconraiated mortgage venter through a trade of tt. - a Q

3.... .§.1-- ne j

developer Randall Presley nient property to Rockwell. .... alnaU0,000 worth of govern-

.a. 1 aa5

Disclosure of Kaimbacas 197Z Armbrust argued t II a t company LAMIT1 advanced

..S"F' 2 cflanis' Interest in land near

the building, was a "while. elephant" I It a t ituekweit S4.610 MO ill cash to pun .1Ithough the area around _ ....7,- .a, ...

the Rockwell building has could not sell on Ilie.pri% at e chase 1.324 acres of .land the building is now undevel- al 03 .7.. ,.,..., 51.

1 ... 2 inarkei , that the govern about one-hall mile from the aped. government :occupart- adde,1 stilt another concern

to the minds of congressiim. mein had no inifoN!iale. rest? Rockwell })tiildloy. T It r y ,is expected to spur devel-

al mom hers who are airpj,I,

inortga!a, tainspany pia up opment and increase land . - 1 for it and that it appeared to

critical of the federal acqiii- an a rid t,r10,1,1 at anaoan fol. values of the . surrounding 4 ' ' s E r t .'' 4 '54' e. i be a building in search of a - a a 4.1 -.1t.i0n. Among the eriticaaiii presto 1.1r develop the land property. Rockwell officials a - mission - However, Aim- t it Z !" I h.is hada. ILL, fact thatalte haat eventaally appro ea' a

lour14,pri tio,.ini inanes on the and local real estate ofri. a mad oi Stn.- vials' agree. a a a aa ti.

Nimai administratiun a c- the transaction after Finch !`-- 7' c z - .... c

}inured thi• innIffin',1.. --Ahlr-h Financing consultant John a- a 5 " - I continued to mist) the deal. .501 lini)

a i. located ten miles from Mr. Armbrust I a i e r mas pre- railer the terms of the Chapman. who represents :-- 7-, c ... ,.., al

1- F., ,.....z. _

mated by Ala Niaon to aide] Presley loan agreement .._ Nixon's San Clemente home. several gurrou.nding proper- a al .3 a a.,... pruviding development Plans ty owners including Presley, z at /east In part ag a tempor- a T 7-. I OMB general lila n a g e are approved and carried is pashina hat' the develop- a a a ary storage facility for his ,...

branah. -4; . z .-- aia , presidential papers. Got ---- AMIT ,A111. be paid a anent .of a "new cornitamil ■ - " ili 4) 74 rne Kahnbach link to the minimum of $4,125.000 in in- ,around the federal office -77 '-:* --- 1 3 Representative . J a c lc -, . . ..and near t h e Rockwell terest over a five-year alert- ceolea which he believe, ,- ,„ ft .1.: , i

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Trustees' View

Les Angeles

Et;•lit trustees of the'lliah. ard Nixon Foondation have recommended that the foun-dation be dissolved and that its assets he.turned over to Whittier Corege, the Los An-geles Times has learned.

Those supporting the rec-ommendation believe there is now little chance the feun-dation can achieve its origi-nal goal—t" cation of a Nix-on library and museum.

The trustees calling for di ssoltition are Leonard Firestone. president: Jack Drown. treasurer: Patricia Reilly Hitt, vice chairman 01 the board of executive ,tru i-tem and trustees F.arl 'Ad-ams finbert Finch, Clinton Harris. Hubert Perry and Taft Schreifer.

To close out foundation op: erations, at least t3 mein-bers of the 25-member board must agree.

Mrs. Hitt proposed dis-solving the foundation last week in a letter she wrote to foundation trustaes. M r s. Ifitt, of Laguna Beach, served In the IsTixoti adminis-TratiOn as an assistant seem-tary of the Department of I fcalth. Education and Wel-

Mrs. Hitt outlined tne orig-ntiasion of the nonprofit

foundation as "undertaking the creation and perpetua-tion of a presidential library and museum for the Collee ton and study of papers and mi+ntorabilia n f the 37th President II f the I oiled Si ales

..ne said, nue pros- pects :or being 104' eery out eat! mission in the lore-

seeable future are unfortif-nately clouded at ti i.s time."

She salt the foundatioe has not engaged in fund-raising, nor selected a site nor adopted a design or con-cept for such a library and museum.

T h e loundatior;. W :rich Mrs. Hitt said has been in a quiescent state for a con-siderable period of time." requires funds for studies. surveys. suppliee office

-space. equipment. travel ex-penses and advisory serv-ices to the oral history project conducted from len to 19'3 by Whetter ;Lege in Cilifornia.

As a result . the toi.e.da-tine's assets I,' +.osist only 01 material,. acil : t lies de+, el- oiled p era! aimory project and a 1, "titer items, silt!h

farautire, files and recqr ds

When Mr. Nixon e as par-doned. President Ford also ordered that t h e former President would retain cus-tody' of his White liouse tape recordings and iliwinytents. However. Congress (1 v e r-turned t h e arrangement. voting to keep the records under government control. The courts are to make a fi-lial determination. on the ul-timate ownership of the doc-uments.

The oral history consists orTnterviews with relatives and longtime friends of the former President and is , in-derstood to cover the first Y1 years of his life. None of the assets of the foundation. in-cludes materials from the NiNon presidency

At a Whittier ('allege trus-tees meeting on December 2. a resolution was adopted to indicate the willingness of the college to accept and ad-

F'ATRIC'A RElLCY HITT

A leading trustee

minkter the foundation as--sets.

mit' members of the Nix. aft Eanitat ion board also serve as trustees of the col-lege. T h e y are Mrs. Hitt, Harris. Perry and Donald M Kendall

Three foundation trustees re fits trial in Washington

fits Matters relating to the Ve.tergate coverup. T h e y

are John ?). Erlichansm, H. It. flakteman and John N. Mitchell. A fourth, Herbert W. Kalmbach, is serving a sentence a t the Federal Correctional institution at Lompoc for collecting illegal canitialan contributions.

t -ttUi.r trustees include Mr .NKon s • son-in-law, David Eisenhower: brothers Ed-ward and F. Donald Nixon. ey aagehst Billy Graham and Dallas millionaire 11. Ross

Perot.

Technically, M r. Nixon has no legal role in deciding the future of the foundation. but the Times has learned that the former President hats been consulted and has expressed no objection to d;ssolving the foundation.

Those closely associated with the foundation made it clear that a move to dissolve the foundation would not have been made if Mr. Nix-on had objected.

Lint Angeles Times

Nixon Library Is- in Trouble