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San Diego - Border, 1972 February-1973 October

 File — Box: 732, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, memorandums, office notes & Congressional Reports. Examples are: Stapled copy of letter from constituent Jay Johnson & Wilson’s reply (10/73) re/ traffic delays (for up to 90 minutes) at the San Ysidro border crossing; large packet of corresp. (Sept. 1972-Oct. 1973) from Congressman Wilson, Allan G. Kaupinen (Asst. Adm., G.S.A.), Larry F. Roush (Commissioner, Public Bldgs. Service, G.S.A.), R.P. Merridew (Int. Sec., Kiwanis Int.), P.E. Killion (Dist., Chairman, Kiwanis Int.), Darrell Coover (Chairman, Int. Comm. on Public Relations, Kiwanis Int.) & George Staczko (Realty Officer, Space Managment Div., G.S.A.) re/ Kiwanis Peace & Friendship Markers at border crossings & G.S.A. commentary on there placement; note to Paul Tsompanas (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) from T.R. Martin (9/10/73) & attached 6 page Dept. of State Airgram (9/6/73) re/ “Anapra Port of Entry: Meeting of New Mexico Border Commission of Ciudad Juarez, August 30-31, 1973; 4 page “Memorandum To: Boss From: Paul” (8/17/73) re/ “Problems along U.S.- Mexican Border in San Diego Area;” stapled copy of letter from constituent Mrs. L.P. Clause & Congressman Wilson’s reply (8/7/63) re/ “long waits faced by people crossing the Inter-national Border at San Ysidro,” as much as 1 hr. & 45 min.; stapled copies of letters from Mrs. J.P. Howard, CA State Senator John Stull (38th Dist.) & Congressman Wilson (May & July 1973) re/ “the Tijuana River Flood Control Project and the need for additional Border gates across from Tijuana;” large, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, David J. Sencer, M.D. (Asst. Surgeon General, H.E.W.), John Tyler Lawrence (Pres., Am. Fed. of Govt. Employees, Lodge #3854), James F. Greene (Acting Commissioner, I.N.S.) & James S. Keener, Jr. (Acting Dir., Personnel Management Div., Bureau of Customs) (Ap.-May 1973) re/ letters from various federal govt. departments in response to Wilson’s inquiry into the termination of the Foreign Quarantine Program on the Mexcan Border by Sept. 1973; 1 photocopy of news article by Ron Fulkerson, “Customs Chief In Visit,” (The San Diego Union, 2/10/73) re/ “Proposals for two additional U.S. - Mexico border crossing stations at Tijuana;” stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Larry F. Roush (Acting Asst. Adm., G.S.A.) re/ a G.S.A. report on “the proposed additional border crossings into Mexico from San Diego; 1 letter from Diane R. Barlow (Ex. Dir., Citizens Coordinate for Century 3) to T. E. Hannon (Regional Adm., G.S.A.) (9/11/72) re/ the “firm belief that no commitment to additional border crossings should be made until the regional land use and transportation plans are completed;” stapled packet containing corresp. (May-June 1972) from Congressman Wilson, Edwin F. Rains (Acting Commissioner of Customs), A.W. Lohman (U.S. Customs Agent, Ret.) James E. Smith (Sp. Asst. to the Secretary, Congressional Relations, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury) & photocopy of “Congressional subcommittee continues probe,” (Chula Vista Star News, 5/4/72) re/ “allegations directed at the Bureau of Customs” & Mr. Lohman’s belief that the Customs Officers had been wrongly accused; 1 letter from constituent Mrs. James L. Walker, III & Congressman Wilson’s reply (6/72) re/ Mrs. Walker’s complaint about “the disgraceful conditions we are subjected to at the San Ysidro border crossing” by the U.S. Customs agents; loose collection of “Memo To The Boss From Marge,” newsclipping (The San Diego Union, 4/30 & 5/1/72 & Evening Tribune, 5/1/72) & telephone message reminder re/ House Subcommittee tours border stations & listens to numerous complaints from citizens; staple packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, G.R. Dickerson (Acting Commissioner of Customs), M.E. Dickerson (Asst. to the Commissioner of Customs) & news clippings from the Evening Tribune (12/14/71) re/ “proposals to utilize Brown Field as a Customs aircraft inspection station and to establish a gate at the border between Brown Field and the Tijuana Airport; 3 copies of Investigative Report On The Personnel Problems At The San Ysidro, Calif., Customs Inspection Station, Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Committee On The Post Office And Civil Service (93d Cong., 1st Sess., Union Calendar No. 12, House Report No. 93-35); 1 copy of a 3 page San Diego Chamber of Commerce Action Report (2/23/72) re/ the Chamber’s support for 3 border crossings for the San Diego-Tijuana area.

Dates

  • created: 1972 February-1973 October

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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