CURB ON WAR PAPERS IS UPHELD BY SENATE
Date: 03 May 1972
Sen critics of Vietnam war, in lengthy and unusual secret Sen session, are defeated, May 2, in attempt to place into pub record recently disclosed Nixon Adm study questioning effectiveness of large-scale bombing in Vietnam; Sen Gravel had called closed-door session in attempt to persuade his colleagues to allow pub in Cong Record of '69 Natl Security Council study; Sen R C Byrd discloses that secrecy classification of study had not been lifted
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RAND TOLD TO GIVE DATA ON ELLSBERG
Date: 03 May 1972
Fed dist Judge W Byrne Jr on May 2 orders Rand Corp to produce documents that D Ellsberg's defense counsel hopes will show that Pentagon papers were never Govt property; limits number of documents that Rand must produce to those dealing with distribution of Pentagon study and outlining personnel information about Ellsberg and codefendant A Russo Jr when they were Rand employes
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SILENCE BACKED ON PENTAGON CASE; Court Blocks Jury's Asking Scholar for His 'Opinion'
Date: 04 May 1972
By ROBERT REINHOLD
Robert REINHOLD
US Ct of Appeals bars on May 3 Fed grand jury from asking Prof S L Popkin in Pentagon papers case to disclose his 'opinion' about who possessed papers before their pub in June '71; ruling comes on appeal from Popkin who was sentenced for contempt for refusing to discuss his opinions or source of opinions; ct stresses ruling does not necessarily free all grand jury witnesses from giving their opinions; Judge F Coffin says ct supports in part Popkin's const contention that scholarly sources should be protected in same way news sources have been in some cases
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U.S. Reported to Apologize For Bombing of Tass Office
Date: 04 May 1972
USSR protests to US over May 2 bombing of Tass office in Washington, DC and receives apology from asst deputy sec of state
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Why U.S.I.A. Made 'Czechoslovakia 1968'
Date: 04 May 1972
ROBERT H. LEEPER
Robert LEEPER
USIA Acting Asst Dir R H Leeper lr disputes Prof C E Townsend Apr 23 lr questioning purpose of agency's film Czechoslovakia 1968; says film was made under '63 mission directive to agency to 'encourage constructive public support abroad for goal of peaceful world community of free and ind states'
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INQUIRY IN UGANDA TOLD OF DEATHS; Deserter Implicates Himself in Case of Lost Americans
Date: 04 May 1972
Ugandan Lt S Tibihika testifies on May 3 before comm of inquiry that he helped dispose of bodies of N Stroh and R Siedle, who were allegedly killed by Ugandan troops July '71, affidavit; describes circumstances surrounding disappearance and killing of 2 men; says he was instructed to burn their car and later to dispose of bodies and destroy evidence
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Networks Said to Keep Escape Plane Near Hue
Date: 04 May 1972
3 major US broadcast networks reptdly charter a plane as an escape vehicle for their news crews in Hue; NBC news bur mgr R Toombs gives details on plan
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Head of House Unit Bids Nixon Delay Secrecy Rule
Date: 04 May 1972
Repr Moorhead on May 3 asks Pres Nixon to postpone indefinitely June 1 effective date of new Exec order on classification of documents because of inherent defects and lack of adequate time to fully implement it; says Nixon must act promptly to prevent 'further chaotic conditions' that could adversely affect US Natl defense and foreign policy; says delay would give Cong chance to consider statutory alternative that Moorhead plans to present
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SECRET-DATA RULE HELD STEP AHEAD; Nixon Aides Say Directive Streamlines Classification
Date: 03 May 1972
Deputy Asst Sec of State W D Blair Jr and Pentagon gen counsel J F Buzhardt defend Pres Nixon's Mar 8 Exec order on declassification of documents from attack by Reprs Moorhead and Moss, Govt Information Subcom (Moorhead); Buzhardt says order would make rules for classifying documents more restrictive, substantially cut number of depts and people empowered to classify information and set timetables for automatic declassification of documents; Blair says yr-long study shows that existing system is too complicated and grants too much authority to too many people; holds system creates conditions contributing to growing lack of respect in and out of Govt for classification system; Moss and Moorhead hold that new directive's terms are at odds with Freedom of Information Act; maintain that Adm is moving too slowly in preparing guidelines for operations
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Times's Pulitzer Prize Is Criticized by Agnew
Date: 04 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Vice Pres Agnew s at dedication of Strom Thurmond Student Center at Baptist Coll at Charleston, May 3
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