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

The White House also dis-
closed that businessman Robert
H. Abplanalp, who helped the
President buy his San Clemen-
te, Calif., retreat, has been
getting some money back in the
form of rent associated with
Nixon’s Key Biscayne, Fia.,
place.

A month ago the White House
had listed $39,000 in federal
funds for improving the West-
ern White House at San
Clemente since Nixon bought it
in 1969.

Last week, after a further
search of record, it raised this
figure to $460,302,

On Thursday, General Ser-
vices Administration (GSA),
the government’s housekeeping
agency, said a_ still more
extensive audit put the total
federal expenditure at San
Clemente at $703,367 over four
fiscal years beginning July 1,
1969.
 