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harmful to the rights and in
terests Of the nation"
The government, however,
stressed that its action did not
indicate that it would not well
come foreign investments.
The notification of these
petroleum contracts does not
signify in any manner the lack
of guarantees for legitimate
investments in Argentina. "
a government announcement
said.
Mr.. lila, who was elected
July Z, had made annulment Of
the contracts a key plank of
his election campaign.
BY electing Mr.. lila, the de-
crees said. the voters Of Argen-
tina indicated their desire Ito
repeal the oil contracts"
Mr.. lila maintained IN q
recent interview that Americans
misunderstood Argentina's aim
to achieve economic stability
He said his government had M
intention of throwing out al
foreign oil companies. He alsC
said he wanted the co-opera.
ton of United States and othel
foreign oil companies in future
development.
There had been reports that
Ente Nazionale Idrocaburi, the
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80-year-old mother of Prof
Barghoorn was bubbling like q
teen-ager this morning at the
news that the Soviet Union had
released her son.
"Of course, my reaction is
that it's wonderful" Mrs. Eliz-
abeth B. Barghoorn said when
she learned her sons imprison-
ment on spy charges was COM
ing to an end.
They use the word 'expel, ,"
she said, referring to the Soviet
Unions message to the United
States Embassy in Moscow an
nouncing her sons release.
Mother Will Settle
They must still think he's a
spy. Well, I'll settle for having
him expelled"
One of her first acts on
hearing the news early this
morning, she said, was to call
the White House to express
her gratitude for the pressure
he brought in the case.
Asked if she was able to
speak to the President himself,
she said, "Oh no. I hope he's
still enjoying a good nights
sleep"
The President was in Palm
Beach, Fla.
The telephone call was fol-
lowed up by a telegram to
thank Mr.. Kennedy "for his
intercession on behalf of my
son." she said.
DR.. Elso Barghoorn Of Car
Isle, a Harvard professor and
brother Of the Yale professor,
said he also is thankful to the
United States State Depart
ment for helping to gain his
brothers release from the Rus
slams.
The Harvard professor said
Russian charges that his
brother was a United States
spy ARE preposterous."
In New York, Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller said the Soviet
Unions decision to release
Prof. Barghoorn showed the
value of taking a firm stand
with the Russians.
Gov. Rockefeller, only an
nounced candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomina-
ton, talked with newsmen at
Idlewild Airport before leaving
for a speaking engagement in
st. Louis.
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Chuirmun Appointed
For AU Fund Drive

James M. Johnston and Mai.
Gen. George H. Olmstead, USA
(ret) have been named chair
man and vice chairman of the
third annual Sustaining Fund
Drive at the American Univer-
Sity.
The goal of the drive this
year is 100000 and the active
campaign period will be be-
tween January Is and March
81.
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test flight next nonth-an eff
fort to hurl the worlds largest
satellite, a 33.OOO-pound mon
ster. into orbit.
The Saturn first stage, with
four successful flight trials be-
hind it. generates is million
pounds of thrust. greater than
the estimated IL million pounds
of the largest Russian space
booster. The key to Saturn Is
weight-lifting power is a second
stage powered by high-energy
liquid hydrogen fuel. Experts
say there is no evidence the
Russians have made progress
with hydrogen as a propellant.
Saturn / is forerunner of the
7.5-million-p ound-thrust Sat-
urn S, which will boost the
first three Apollo astronauts
toward the moon.
In May, 1861, President Ken
nedy pledged the United States
to race Russia to the moon and
predicted American spacemen
would be on the lunar surface
before 1910. Last September,
he proposed a joint United
States-Russian moon expedi-
ton. Critics interpreted this as
a backdown from the race, and
Congress sharpened its budget
knife. Since then administra-
tive officials have emphasized
the country still is in the race
Americas moonport is on
Merritt Island, an 87,000-acre
tract adjoining Cape Canav-
eral. Here. NASA is spending
nearly 81 billion on launching
pads and other facilities for
Apollo launchings. About 1000
construction workers are en-
ployed at Merritt Island.
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MERRYWOOD
u. S. Seizure Brings
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stand legal challenges, the
owners doubtless would seek a
judgement of far more than
$500, 900.
Although they paid only
S650.000 for the beautiful es-
tate which once was a gather
ing place of Washington So
ciety, its value increased when
it was rezoned 10 months ago.
Mr.. Taylor estimates its pres
ent market value at 50 million.
The owners. Of course. still
might profit by developing
expensive individual homes.
But because Of the contour of
the land. sections of it cannot
be subdivided into lots as small
as an acre and they probably
would not make as much as
apartments would return to
them.
Congress Forewarned
Thus. the eventual cost of
preserving the natural charac-
ter Of the Palisades could be
well in excess of S500,000.
1t is understood that before
placing the money with the
court, the Interior Department
advised various congressional
appropriations committees of its
intentions and that they pre-
Sented no objections.
The funds were taken from
land acquisition funds already
granted to the Park Service.
Imposition of the easement
certainly was Fundamentally
supported, If not personally
conceived by Mr.. Udall, an
ardent conservationist who
has invoked every power at his
disposal to thwart the Merry
wood development.
However, it was announced
by Park Service Director T.
Sutton Jet who said:
Part five of the Year 1000
Plan sets forth specific land
use policy relating to existing
open space and to the natural
and scenic resources of metro
politan Washington. 1t states
specifically that every effort
should be made to preserve the
best of existing scenic re-
sources on the shores Of the
Potomac River.
THE construction of high
rise apartment buildings and
other commercial ventures on
the great Palisades of the
Potomac River, noted for its
wooded settings of great ma
tural beauty, is not consistent
with modern planning concepts
which it is our clear duty to
foster"
Action Elsewhere Indicated
Both the Government words
and action yesterday imply de-
termination to intercede else
where along the Potomac
wherever intensive development
appears imminent.
The rezoning Of Merrywood
spawned an embittered contro-
versy which continues to affect
Fairfax County politics.
A grand jury investigation
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Cuba. Disarmament, including
notably the nuclear teSt-ban
treaty.
Veteran observers who for
years have seen the Commu-
nists vote as a man on cue
from Moscow have been aston
ished of late to find the una
nimity broken, both in public
and in private. Russia is
clearly having trouble keeping
its satellites in line.
Two Major Causes Seen
The Moscow Picking split,
reflected in the attitude of
Albania, is one major cause
Relations with Fidel Castro of
Cuba are another.
A severe inner struggle is
known to have been taking
place among Cuba, Poland and
the Soviet Union over Brazilian
efforts to denuclearize Latin
America.
Cuba is bitterly opposed to
the plan. Poland, which in
vented the idea of denuclear-
lied zones with the so-called
Rapacki Plan for Central
Europe, has urged the bloc to
support it.
The Soviet Union, caught In
the middle, has vacillated.
Last year, when Brazil first
floated its atom-free balloon
Moscow welcomed it. Then she
backed away, and Of late has
been lukewarm to cool.
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Presidential Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger.
1.-THE President is gratified
that Prof. Barghoorn has been
released" said Mr.. Salinger.
Although Prof. Barghoorn's
release came less than "a hours
after Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy paid a visit to the
Soviet Embassy in Washington,
no officials would connect the
two actions.
The Justice Department said
the Presidents brother kept a
luncheon engagement made
several weeks before Prof. Barg-
hoorn was arrested. However.
it was presumed Mr.. Kennedy
met with Soviet Ambassador
Anatoly S. Dobrynin, and it
would seem obvious the profess
sor's arrest was discussed.
The widespread qualification
in Washington at the release of
Barghoorn spread to Capitol
Hill, where Senate Majority
Leader Mansfield said he was
delighted the SovietS had "Seen
the light"
Senate Republican Leader
DirkSen said Prof. Barghoorr
may have been arrested by the
Russians as a spy because Of
conversations he had with
nurses and attendants while a
patient in a Soviet hospital.
Reported Sick
Senator Dirksen said the
release of Prof. Barghoorn had
been anticipated because of
strong American protests
against his arrest.
Senator Dirksen said he had
been informed that, while
travelling in Russia, Prof Barg-
hoorn had become i'll and had
entered a hospital at an undis-
closed city. He said the pro-
feSsor had been confined to
the hospital for five days.
1T is presumed" Senator
DirkSen said. that in talking
to people in the hospital
nurses and attendants-Prof.
Barghoorn may have made
some inquiries that caused the
Russians to arrest him"
The release of the United
States professor also proved
pleasing to a Soviet cultural
mission now visiting Washing
ton, which has been getting
an official cold-shoulder as a
result Of Barghoorn'S deten-
ton.
1--WE are very glad things
have worked out" said Mrs.
IT. G. Mamedova, spokesman
for the visiting Russians. She
acknowledged they had re-
ceived some disconcerting
snubS" but said she saw no
connection between the Barg-
hoorn incident and their visit.
He said the Russian cultural
group plans to depart tomor-
row for New York in accord
ance with its original itinerary.
In New Haven, Conn, the
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Red Front in U. N. CRACKING.
On Test Ban, Disarmament

had Endorsed the resolution as
it stood.
In an interesting bit Of by
play. Algeria-whoSe relations
with Red China are friendly
appealed to Albania to desist.
Since Albania presumably was
acting in large part on behalf
Of Peking, the Algerian move
got Albania partly off the hook.
She agreed to withdraw the
amendments.
No Formal Ballot
Had Albania insisted upon
pressing her proposal. there
clearly would have been
another public display Of bloc
disunity in the roll call. AS
it was, the resolution as it
stood was approved without a
formal vote.
Observes link these evidences
of "polycentrism" in the Com
munist world to Moscow's in
creasing difficulty with GER
tain of the East European
satellites-notably Romania-
on trade and Industrial de-
velopment policies.
One reason why many Ameri-
cans here favor wheat sales to
Hungary and other Ea st
European countries is that
such trade tends to encourage
satellite independence, pro-
viding an alternative to de-
pendence on Moscow.
Assistance to Poland and
Yugoslavia is viewed as a kind
of carrot with which to tempt
other satellites to follow the
Yugoslav-P Polish path toward
association with the West.
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Altitude Record
Set by AT Jet

EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, Nov. 16 AP).-
The Air Force says an F-104
jet has streaked to an altitude
of 22l2 miles, setting an I'M
official record for ground
takeoff.
The supersonic Starfighter;
with Maj. Robert w. Smith
Of Washington, D. c., at the
controls, went to 1880 feet
to top the official 113,890-foot
mark held by a Soviet pilot.
Mai. Smiths record was an
nounced yesterday. His flight
was the first of a series of Air
Force tests Of the stub-winged
aircraft.
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u. ). 10 Take
1000 Men Out
Of Wet Nam

SAIGON, Wet Nam, Nov. Is
(AP).-The withdrawal Of 900
United States servicemen from
South Wet Nam viii start
December 3, Mai. Gen. Charles
j. Timmes announced yester-
day. All are to be out by the
year end, reducing the Amer
lean contingent to about $500.
Gen. TimmeS' announcement
came after the windup of the
bloodiest week in the long war
between Communist Wet Cong
guerrillas and United States
backed government troops.
The general heads the United
States Military Advisory As
sistance Group in Wet Nam.
His chiefs in the Pentagon
have expressed belief that the
Communists can be so whipped
down that the need for major
American involvement in the
war will be ended by Deem
Der, 1865.
$50 in First Shift
About $50 are expected to
make up the first detachment
to leave. Gen. Timmes said
they will be logistic and nom
technical servicemen including
advisers in engineering, ord
nance, medicine, naval affairs
and administration.
Communist attacks on ham,
lets, outpoSts and patrols in
the seven days ended Wednes-
day cost the government 925
casualties-the highest number
ever killed, wounded and cap
tured in a single week. Com
munistS losses were estimated
at TAO. The guerrillas captured
$50 weapons.
Wet Cong incidents through
out the country were at a rec
ord high of 1921. A total of
233 were armed attacks. Most
Of the rest were acts of ter
rorism and haraSsing fire.
40 Are Killed
The Wet Cong virtually
wiped out a civil guard COM
pany in the Mekong Delta
Wednesday, killing 40, wound
ing so and capturing 20. In
coastal Ply Yen Province, gov
eminent forces killed % guer-
rillas who were preparing to
attack a strategic hamlet.
Operations against the guer-
rillas still have not regained
the scope they attained under
Mr.. Diem.
However, Gen. Timmes told
newsmen a lull created by the
coup is over.
Just back from a tour of the
Northern coastal region, Gen,
Timmes said he fould Wet Ma
mese officers and soldiers well
pleased and satisfied" with the
coup. American advisers in
these areas told him that the
general population appeared
also pleased. In the Communist
infested Mekong Delta, he said
the people showed little emo
ton one way or another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16

failed to uncover evidence that
anyone involved in the case
was guilty Of wrongdoing.
But Sheriff Taylor attributed
his defeat in the election last
week to his role in 1t.
A. Claiborne Leigh, chair
man of the County Board of
Supervisors, incurred the wrath
of many of his constituents by
voting for the rezoning after
promising to oppose it. He de-
cided not to run again.
His enemies formed an in
dependent political movement
which succeeded in electing an
outspoken foe of the rezoning,
Mrs. Harriet Bradley, to re-
place him.
Residents Of the Mclean
area around Merrywood have
mounted legal assaults to block
the apartments, but until yes
terday the developers had
overcome all of them.
Leigh Blasts Interference"
Upon learning that the Gov
eminent had taken the ease
ment to Illustrate the developers
and block their SIT million
project. Mr.. Leigh expressed
incredulity.
THE Federal Government
never should have embarked
upon this because it is a devas-
tating interference in property
rights"
William H. Moss, one of two
supervisors who voted against
the rezoning, declared:
"Merrywood Is the keystone
in the attempt to break down
the Palisades. If this can be
preserved, all Of the Palisades
probably can be preserved. This
certainly is the only justifica-
ton for such an action"
Suggesting that the Govern
ment should have done some
thing earlier. he added, buying
easements after rezoning NAV
establish a precedent that could
prove to be very expensive"
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia, agreed
that the Federal Government
has an interest in the Palisades
and that it should express
this interest through acquisi-
ton of land ownership or rights
and by proper compensa-
ton :"
But Mr.. Broyhill questioned
the legal authority of the Gov
eminent to sustain this partic-
ular condemnation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16
OIL
Eighth. S. Companies
Hit by IIIio's Action

Italian government firm whose
contract was one of those an
nulled, had offered to take over
all foreign oil operations after
the DEGREES were executed.
Refining Operations
There was doubt whether the
DEGREES covered the refining
operations of two firms, ESQ
Argentina, a subsidiary of
Standard Oil of New Jersey,
and Shell Oil, a British-Dutch
consortium.
In the case of ESQ, the an
nulment wiped out a guaran-
tee that it would receive the
oil needed to maintain its 81
per cent Of the Argentine COM
mercial market. ESQ was the
only American firm engaged
in the marketing business in
Argentina.
The other companies, which
held only exploration and drill.
ing contracts, are:
Inventory Ordered
Tennessee Argentina CTen
nessee Gas Transmission, Hou
ston, Tex), Cities Service 0
California, Marathon Petroleum
UNITED States), Continents
Oil. Houston, Tex; Pan Amer
lean Argentina Internations
IS and ard Oil, Indiana
Transworld Drilling Co. CKerr
MCGEE. Oklahoma City,
Southeastern Drilling Co
Fort Worth. Tex; EN- of Ital!
and AStra and Cadipsa. both o.
Argentina.
The government ordered 8
full inventory of the equip
ment and cash held by the
companies, explaining that this
was necessary for a mutual
settlement of assets and be-
cause some operations seemed
to be overly expensive. 1t also
said there were indications that
the companies had not paid
taxes that were due.
The companies had enjoyed
a tax-free status in Argentina.
One government suggestion was
to force the companies to pay
about $50 million in tax pen
alties before Naturalization
was considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16

This leaves Moscow in the
position Of wanting to denu-
cleariZe Germany but being
unenthusiastic about denuclear-
izing Cuba. Soviet embarrass-
ment over this posture has been
apparent.
Bloc to Avoid Vote
The Soviet bloc is expected
to abstain from voting when
the Brazilian plan is put to a
roll call, thus avoiding a yes
or mo" stand and maintaining
the public appearance of unity
But no one in touch with the
private pulling and hauling
here behind the scenes will be
fooled. Members of the bloc
have discussed the tug-of-war
frankly with neutrals, and even
with some westerners.
A parallel split in the bloc
over disarmament has been too
wide to be papered over. 1t
broke into public notice last
month when Albania, alone
among the Communists here,
voted against Endorsement of
the nuclear test-ban treaty.
Albania went off the reserva-
ton again Friday. moving to
strike out Of a new disarma-
ment resolution all favorable
references to the treaty. I'm
mediately before Albania made
the move, the Soviet Union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16
Display of Meteors
Possible Toniqht

Meteor displays may enliven
the skies tonight and tomorrow
night with falling stars"
This is the time of year when
the earth passes through the
Leonid band of meteors, gen.
orally marble sized particles
which blaze brightly as they
enter and are burned in the
earth's atmosphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16
3 Officers Confirmed

The Senate has confirmed
the nominations of Rear Ad-
miral Charles C. Kirkpatrick as
chief of naval personnel and
Rear Admiral LeonidaS D.
Coates, jr., to continue as chief
of naval research. 1t also ap-
proved the nomination yeSter-
day of 1t. Gen. Robert William
Porter, jr., to be senior United
States Army member of the
United Nations Military Staff
Committee.
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Airport at 1850 pm. u1:5o
am. EST.
Embassy Statement
The United States Embassy
in Moscow gave out the news
in a brief statement which
said:
THE Charge d'Affairs Ad
Interim of the American EN-
bassy was notified by Foreign
Minister Andrea Gromyko to-
day that the Soviet government
has decided to release Profess
sor Barghoorn and expell him
from the USSR.
Foreign Minister Gromyko
said this action was taken in
view of the personal concern
expressed by President Ken
nedy about Professor Barg-
hoorn's arrest"
President Kennedy denounced
the arrest at a news con-
ference in Washington Thurs
day and denied that Mr..
Barghoorn was involved in
any espionage activities.
In Moscow, United States
Embassy personnel boycotted a
meeting to celebrate the 30th
anniversary of the recognition
of the Soviet Union by the
United States.
There has been speculation
that the Russians arrested the
professor in retaliation to the
arrest of three Russians in New
Jersey on espionage charges.
Two of the Russians, members
of the Soviet U. N. diplomatic
mission, were expelled from the
country because of diplomatic
immunity. The third, a chauf-
feur with the Soviet govern
ment trade organization, Am
tory, is facing spy charges.
ZOrin Concerned
Concern at the American re-
action to the arrest was ex-
pressed last night by Deputy
Foreign Minister Valerian
zorin, at the meeting to OBJ
serve the anniversary.
Il do not understand how
this single incident can color
the whole range of Soviet
American relations" Mr.. Zorin
told Western newsmen at the
meeting. II think it is a COM
pletely artificial link"
The Soviet news agency Tass
later carried a brief statement
reporting Mr.. Barghoorn would
be released, but adding he had
been engaged in intelligence
activities against the USSR.
The Tass bulletin said:
AS 1t was reported earlier,
the state security organs in
Moscow arrested for espionage
the American citizen Frederick
C. Barghoorn, who was in the
USSR as a tourist. The inves-
tigation confirmed that he had
been engaged in intelligence
against the USSR.
Thus the Soviet organs had
every ground to put F. c.
Barghoorn on trial.
But in view of the concern
of the United States high Off
Gals over F. c. Barghoorn's
fate, the Soviet government
decided merely to expel him
from the Soviet Union"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16
President Is 'Grotified'
By Borghoorn's Release
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy described gratifed" today at
the release by the Soviet Yale University Prof Fred
erick c. Barghoorn.
Mr. Kennedys reaction the professors release
nounced at Cape Canavera Fla where the President is
nsnectnp aspects of the United States space program by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-16
By WILLIAM r. FRYE
star SPECIAL Writer

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. Nov 16.-The -monolithic
Soviet bloc in the United Nations is conspcuousy coming
apart at the seams.
Riffs have opened up of late at two major
issues: The Characterization of America and hence