A HEARING TODAY; Newspaper Asserts It Fears Its Sources Will Be Exposed NEWSPAPER GIVES ITS REPLY TODAY Government Says It Must See Archive to Prepare Case for Injunction
Date: 17 June 1971
By FRED P. GRAHAM
Fred GRAHAM
ct hearing on Govt request for order to Times to turn over for Govt inspection material from which its series has been drawn; Times refuses to voluntarily surrender documents; Gurfein orders Times to give reasons why it should not be ordered to produce documents; Justice Dept says it has not ruled out filing of criminal charges in case; has so far taken only civil actions; statements of several Govt officials identify locations of 15 official copies of Pentagon study; L H Gelb identified as chmn of group that wrote study
Full Article
Ceylon Tightens Censorship
Date: 17 June 1971
Govt further tightens censorship laws now in force under emergency regulations
Full Article
Salinger Expresses Suspicion
Date: 16 June 1971
Special to The New York Times
P Salinger expresses suspicion that Nixon Adm leaked study to Times, radio int, Paris; says pub of documents can only help Nixon; defends Pres Kennedy's Vietnam policy
Full Article
The Vietnam Documents
Date: 16 June 1971
ed on Govt injunction move against The Times says Times published the material because it believes 'it is in the interest of the people to be informed'; says documents belong to history
Full Article
Secrecy and Passage Into the Quagmire
Date: 17 June 1971
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
John GALBRAITH
J K Gailbraith lr on renewed sense of outrage aroused by revelations in documents on how Cong, public and the world were misled; says 'worst policy is one made in secrecy by the experts'
Full Article
European Allies Make No Complaints
Date: 17 June 1971
By ANTHONY LEWISSpecial to The New York Times
survey by Times's newsmen shows no Eur allies of US have made any complaints to the State Dept and asked no questions about The Times's pub of official foreign affairs documents; one reason given is that politicians in recent yrs have printed many supposed secrets in their memoirs; ex-Prime Min Wilson memoirs containing exchs on Vietnam with Johnson, Amb Bruce and other officials cited
Full Article
Reactions Range From Support to a Charge of 'Near Treason'
Date: 17 June 1971
details on reaction of various orgns and individuals to Times pub of study material; among backers of pub are AP Managing Eds Assn, Assn of Amer Publishers, NYC Dem Com's Comm on Youth Affairs, C A McKnight and 9 coll editors; AP assn states backing in lr to Mitchell and Laird; VFW natl comdr H R Rainwater scores Times; says it should be prosecuted
Full Article
World Press Overwhelmingly Supports Publication of Documentation on Vietnam
Date: 17 June 1971
US and world press opinion overwhelmingly support Times pub of Pentagon documents; excerpts from editorials
Full Article
Newsman Pardoned by Tito Returns to West Germany
Date: 16 June 1971
Special to The New York Times
H P Rullman, former newsman for W Ger pub Spiegel, returns to W Ger after serving 15 mos of 6-yr jail term imposed by Yugoslav Army ct after his conviction of espionage for unidentified country; thanks Pres Tito for ordering release; denies espionage
Full Article
Public Broadcast Service Still Searching for Identity
Date: 16 June 1971
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
Corp for Pub Broadcasting and Washington, DC, educ TV station WETA negotiating use of station facilities for an ind natl news agency that would be called natl pub affairs broadcast center; corp has allocated $500,000 for center, which would be headed by J Karayn as vp and gen mgr
Full Article
