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HERBERT W. KALMBACH, 52, one of Nixon's personal attorneys. Pleaded guilty to violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and to an illegal offer of an ambassadorship in exchange for campaign contributions; as yet unsentenced...
...Japanese rely heavily upon cooperation between nations, Reischauer said, because of their great dependence on trade. To assure that relations between the U.S. and Japan do not deteriorate further, Reischauer recommended that a"communicator" be appointed to fill the currently vacant Japanese ambassadorship...
...long been common to reward big contributors with ambassadorships, despite their lack of diplomatic experience. Large donors who made it under Nixon include Kingdon Gould Jr., who gave $22,000 and became ambassador to Luxembourg; Guilford Dudley Jr., $51,000, Denmark; John P. Humes, $43,000, Austria; Vincent De-Roulet, $44,500, Jamaica. A big giver under President Eisenhower, Maxwell H. Gluck, was embarrassed at confirmation hearings for his ambassadorship to Ceylon when he could not name that nation's Prime Minister...
...hero to most bigtime political donors anyway, Kimelman was somewhat distressed over the revelations about Senator Thomas Eagleton's mental-health history. Should McGovern be able to overcome the increasingly steep odds and manage to bankroll a winning campaign, his own Henry the K will probably deserve the ambassadorship that he admittedly covets...
...primaries, another $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 from small contributions, including concerts, plus loans. About $ 12 million would still be needed from big contributors. Hart insists that McGovern is trying "to get away from the idea that if you give a lot of money you get an ambassadorship," but he is confident that "it will be a lot easier to raise money against Nixon than it was raising money against twelve other Democratic candidates...