WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
federal government says it has
nt nearly $2 million improving
resident Nixon’s homes in
Florida and California, all of it
relating to ‘‘security.”’

’ The White House also disclosed
that businessman Robert H.
Abplanalp, who helped the
President buy his San Clemente,
Calif., retreat, has been getti
some money back in the form o
rent associated with Nixon’s Key
Biscayne, Fla., place.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
federal government said Thurs-
day it has spent nearly $2
million on President Nixon's
homes in Key Biscayne, Fla.,
and San Clemente, Calif.

The General Services Ad-
ministration (GSA), the federal
housekeeping agency, said
$1,180,522.64 was spent on
improvement and maintenance
at the Key Biscayne compound
and $703,367.20 was spent over
the past 4'4 years for the San
Clemente estate. The San
Clemente figure was _ revised
upward from a_ little over
$400,000 and the Key Biscayne
total was the first of its kind.
 