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Thus, because it was felt that he had not given up the murderous bent that helped Cyprus gain independence from the British in the '50s, the world was appalled by the naming of Nikos Sampson, a gunman for the notorious EOKA movement, as Cyprus' President earlier this year. When the now ousted Greek military junta installed Sampson in place of Archbishop Makarios, it took the first step on its path to ruin. Sad though it may seem, the world appears willing to forget-if not forgive-most crimes of terrorism and to eventually honor those it once called...
...Sampson was unable to make a persuasive case on why Nixon is seeking some $300,000 more for eleven months of support than was given Lyndon Johnson for 18 months after he left the presidency. The total request includes the $450,000 allowed under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 for travel, office, staff and other costs to help a former President adjust to private life. It also includes another $400,000 under the Former Presidents Act of 1958, which provides overlapping outlays for some of the same expenses. The presidential pension of $60,000 a year is included...
Snow Job. Sampson had altered that proposed budget to curtail the unsupportable $100,000 allocation for miscellaneous expenses. In seeming exchange, however, he added a $110,000 item for a special vault to house Nixon's tapes and papers at Laguna Niguel, within 20 miles of San Clemente...
Somewhat reluctantly, Sampson revealed that no fewer than 21 people are now serving Nixon on their normal Government salaries, amounting to $450,000 a year. They include his personal maid and valet, as well as such well-paid aides as Ziegler ($42,500), Speechwriter Raymond K. Price Jr. ($40,000) and Secretary Rose Mary Woods ($36,000). In addition, all of the former Washington-based employees now assigned to Nixon draw $40 a day for meals and lodging. Sampson estimated that Secret Service protection of the ex-President will cost an additional $622,000 a year...
Commenting on the Nixon budget, New Mexico Senator Joseph Montoya observed that Sampson must have experienced "quite a snow job" when he drew up those figures in a conference with Nixon aides at San Clemente. "How do you put Nixon in the same category with those Presidents who have served this country with honor?" asked Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes. Sampson defended the expenditures as necessary so that the nation will secure "the full value of his records and the full benefit of his experience." The request is expected to be slashed sharply...