San Diego Border, 1969 January-September
Scope and Contents
Continuation of letters, telegrams, news clippings regarding U.S. - Mexican border problems. Examples are: Large packet of letters, telegrams & news clippings (9/69) & Congressman Wilson’s responses re/ “Operation Intercept to crack down on dangerous drug smuggling across Mexican Border;” corresp. of Gilbert Lukins & Congressman Wilson (9/69) re/ narcotics flow out of & back into U.S.; news release & “Drug Abuse” pamphlet, Dept. of Youth Authority, State of Calif. (9/69); telegram from Robert Donovan, Los Angeles Times (9/16/69) & Congressman Wilson’s response (9/22/69) re/ query from Times regarding Wilson’s views on marijuana problem in Calif.; constituent letters & Wilson’s responses (9/69) re/ closing border to military personnel; packet of corresp. from constituents, S.D. Mayor Frank Curran, John S. Alessio (Tijuana Chamber of Commerce), U.S. Bureau of Customs & Wilson’s acknowledgements (Aug.-Sept. 1969) re/ problems of traffic congestion at San Ysidro Border Station; office notes & constituent letter to Wilson (9/14/69) re/ relaxing marijuana control laws; telegram, office memo & White House letter (July & Sept. 1969) re/ Nixon Administration’s concerns & actions about “illicit narcotic, marihuana and dangerous drug use within our Nation;” small packet of corresp. from S.D. County District Attorney Don Keller, the General Counsel of DOD, Staff Judge Advocate, HQ, FT. MacArthur & Congressman Wilson (Aug.-Sept. 1969) re/ O’Callahan v. Parker (#646), drug offenses & regulatory needs; small packet of corresp. & news releases from William Timmons, Deputy Assist. to the President, Lt. Gov., Calif., Ed Reinecke, Senator George Murphy, Congressmen Wilson, Mathias & Clauson (7/69) re/ traffic problems at San Ysidro Station, border surveillance, relations with Mexico & drug abuse education; corresp. of Henry Klein, Mrs. Edward W. Cochran, Mr. & Mrs. William King, U.S. Bureau of Customs & Congressman Wilson (June & Aug. 1969) re/ Klein, King & Cochran suggestion to institute a border crossing fee to defray Federal expenses; corresp. from James D. Driscoll, Chief Clerk, Calif. Assembly, Congressman Wilson & Mrs. Mary A. Crock (4/69) re/ closing the Mexican Border to minors; Memo For the Record (4/18/69) re/ San Ysidro Border Station & construction funding for 1971 (est. $4.2 to $5 million); copy of City of Los Angeles Public Health & Welfare Committee Report & Resolution of City Council (3/69) re/ “Narcotics and Drug Traffic at Mexican Border;” small packet of corresp. of Congressman Wilson, Mrs. William Sheahan & excerpt from a Clinton McKinnon news story (3/69) re/ drug use crisis in U.S.; Memo & news release from Congressman Wilson’s office (2/69) re/ “illegal use of dope pills in the San Diego area is at the critical stage;” letter of Clayton Brace, S.D. Chamber of Commerce to Attorney General John Mitchell (8/7/69) re/ delays in border crossing at San Ysidro; constituent corresp. & Wilson’s responses (July-Aug. 1969) re/ “drug problem along the U.S. - Mexican border;” postal card photo of S.D. Bay & support for Wilson; corresp. & news release from The White House & from Congressman Wilson (7/69) re/ “combatting the Nation’s drug problem;” copy of “Statement by Supervisor Jack Walsh Before the Ad Hoc Hearing on Narcotics Traffic Across the Mexican Border [chaired by] Congressmen John Tunney & Lionel Van Deerlin (7/11/69) & corresp. on subject by Congressman Wilson; copy of “Back-ground Information--Ad Hoc Hearing on Drug Smuggling” [S.D. 7/11/69]; corresp. of Congressman Tunny & Van Deerlin (6/16/69) to Congressman Wilson re/ ad hoc meeting in San Diego (7/11/69) & requesting Wilson’s participation; copy of corresp. of Senator George Murphey to Charles A. Meyers, Assist. Sec. for Inter-Am. Affairs (6/26/69) re/ borderland development & drug problems; copy of Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Criminal Statistics Advance Report, “1968 Drug Arrests in California” (4/68); constituent corresp. & Congressman Wilson’s replies (Ap.-May 1969) re/ marijuana & more dangerous drugs; letter of Congressman Edward I. Koch (5/1/69) re/ bill H.R. 10019 (Congressional Record 4/14/69, p.H2543) seeking “to provide the American public with intelligent, up-to-date conclusions and recommendations” on marijuana use; small packet of constituent corresp. news clippings & Congressman Wilson’s replies (4/69) re/ drug addiction, juveniles & the Mexican connection; packet of corrresp. from Congressman Wilson, U.S. Bureau of Narcotics, Dept. of State & John R. Lewis, Coronado Board of Education (May-July 1969) re/ border crossing closure & drug trafficking; corresp. of Office of Mayor, Los Angeles, Congressman Lloyd Meeds & copy of H.R. 9312, 91st Cong., 1st Sess. (3/20/69) re/ “The Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969;” corresp. (3/69) of Attorney General John Mitchell, Congressman Wilson & Statistics from the S.D. Police Dept. “on the increase in narcotic arrests, particularly among juveniles;” corresp. of DeGraff Austin, S.D. County Bd. of Supervisors & Congressman Wilson (Feb.-Mar. 1969) re/ increasing the number of federal personnel assigned to narcotics trafficking across the international border; copy of news release from the Office of Congressman Wilson (n.d.) urging Justice Dept to crack down on dangerous drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexican Border & copy of Pacific Beach Sentinel editorial (3/2/69); corresp. of high school student & Congressman Wilson’s reply (4/69) re/ drug problem & expulsion from school; small packet of corresp. (3/69) of Congressman Wilson, Assist. Sec. of Defense, V.Adm. Mack & copy of D.O.D. Directive No. 1300.11 (2/2/68) re/ “Illegal or Improper Use of Drugs by Members of the Armed Forces;” copy of Santee Gazette (3/29/69) & article on “Narcotics Study” & Grossmont Union High School District Policy; corresp. of Dave Aldridge, Officer in Charge, I.N.S., Congressman Wilson & news clippings (Mar. 1969 & Nov. 1968) re/ importance of both Immigration Inspectors & Customs Inspectors in improving the detection of narcotics importation; corresp. of Congressman Wilson, Commandant Eleventh Naval Dist., Dept. of the Navy, & office memos (Mar. 1969 & Sept.- Oct. 1968) re/ concern about drug use on military bases in the San Diego area; constituent corresp. & Wilson’s replies (Feb.- Mar. 1969) re/ narcotics use among young people; corresp. of Ayerst Laboratories & Congressman Wilson (Feb. - Mar. 1969) re/ drugs originating in U.S. and being sold in Mexico without controls; small packet of news clippings & corresp. (2/69) re/ Justice Dept.’s decison to not prosecute persons caught with small amounts of illegal drugs; corresp. of Congressman Wilson, District Attorney James Don Keller & Commandant, Eleventh Naval District (2/69) re/ press reports that “military personnel apprehended at the Mexican border with 6 oz. or less of marijuana or 2000 or fewer units of dangerous drugs will not be prosecuted by the Federal Government but will be turned over to the military;” corresp. of U.S., Dept. of Justice, Congressman Wilson, Calif. Assemblyman Hinckley & U.S. Bureau of Customs (Dec. 1968-Feb. 1969) re/ compensation for services performed by Customs officers on Sundays and holidays for private aircraft & vessels; corresp. from Coronado School District & Wilson’s response (Jan.-Feb. 1969) re/ legislation closing the Mexican border to minors not accompanied by their parents or legal guardian; constituent corresp. to Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin (1/9/69) & Bureau of Narcotics response (1/27/69) re/ “lack of scientific research with regard to the effects of marihuana abuse.”
Dates
- created: 1969 January-September
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
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Extent
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Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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