Letter to the Editor 3 -- No Title
Date: 29 June 1971
ALAN LITTELL
Alan LITTELL
lrs on Times pub of Pentagon documents
A 1971. június 28. egy hétfő volt a ♋ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 178 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke Richard M. Nixon volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 54 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. június 28., szombat, 78 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. június 28., vasárnap napon lesz, 286 nap múlva. 19 802 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 475 256 órát, vagy körülbelül 28 515 373 percet vagy körülbelül 1 710 922 380 másodpercet.
Date: 29 June 1971
ALAN LITTELL
Alan LITTELL
lrs on Times pub of Pentagon documents
Date: 29 June 1971
Christian Science Monitor article it says is based on study repts that for 21 mos in '62-64 US 'laid plans to pull almost all Amer troops out of Vietnam over a five-yr period'; says plan was dropped in Mar '64; editorial says publication of study at this time is a constructive act; says paper examined all its material to make sure there is no breach of natl security
Date: 28 June 1971
By ROGER HILSMAN
Roger HILSMAN
R Hilsman lauds Times publication of study documents; says natl security is not endangered; sees bias in study because authors of analyses in study were members of Johnson Adm
Date: 29 June 1971
By STEVEN V. ROBERTSSpecial to The New York Times
Steven ROBERTSSpecial
Los Angeles Fed grand jury indicts Ellsberg for theft and possession of Pentagon study; indictment details; Ellsberg can decide to be tried either in Los Angeles or Boston
Date: 28 June 1971
By CHRISTOPHER LYDONSpecial to The New York Times
Sup Ct decision awaited; FBI presses its search for Ellsberg; Sen McGovern say study reveals crimes of deception by Govt officials more serious than any violations of security classification involved in its release; Very Rev F B Sayre scores deception and 'abuse of truth' by 'my friends'; Newsweek repts Gallup Poll shows majority of Amer opinion disapproves of Govt effort at suppression; G W Ball says study should be published but cautions against the search for villains or heroes in it, TV int; seems to agree with Ellsberg warning that Nixon Adm now stands at another critical turning point of Vietnam policy; justifies his own pub advocacy of the official view of the war in '66, contrary to his private opposition to expansion of the war he was presenting to Govt's inner councils; says this is 'exactly what any Govt official must necessarily do if there is to be orderly govt'; does not think study presents a security issue; Time magazine repts Rusk warned Pres Kennedy in '61 not to send 8,000 US troops into Vietnam as Taylor was advocating at the time
Date: 29 June 1971
By ROBERT REINHOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Ellsberg surrenders, Boston, to US Atty for arraignment; earlier, tells newsmen he gave Pentagon study to press; also says that in '69 he gave Sen Fulbright information contained in study documents; regrets he did not release study to press at that time; will not confirm that The Times, 1st paper to publish some of documents, was the recipient of the study or whether he is linked to subsequent appearances of study material in other papers; Times still silent on source of its documents; Los Angeles Fed grand jury returns 2-count indictment against Ellsberg; Ellsberg released in $40,000 bail; July 15 hearing set for removal of Ellsberg to Los Angeles where case may be tried; at later news conf he urges everyone to read documents and hopes that disclosures will help 'free ourselves from this war'; says he sought to raise the issue of personal responsibility and accountability of officials; says nothing in documents he disclosed would harm US; Ellsberg and wife illus
Date: 28 June 1971
By JOHN L. HESSSpecial to The New York Times
John HESSSpecial
article on phenomenon of proliferating 'underground press' in W Eur; illus
Date: 29 June 1971
Special to The New York Times
Sup Ct puts off decision on Times and Washington Post cases; ct officials say decision may be issued July 2; Times has been restrained from publishing its series 13 days so far
Date: 28 June 1971
By RUDOLF AUGSTEIN
Rudolf AUGSTEIN
Der Spiegel chief ed and publisher R Augstein defends Times publication of study
Date: 29 June 1971
By RICHARD J. DONAHUE
Richard DONAHUE
R J Donahue says people's job is to keep themselves informed on pub issues in the face of Govt exec branch secrecy and deception; suggests ways to make Govt more responsive to pub opinion