Buckley Admits 'Secrets' Hoax; Many in News Media Taken In; Buckley Admits 'Secrets' Hoax; Many in News Media Taken In
Date: 22 July 1971
By LINDA CHARLTON
Linda CHARLTON
Buckley acknowledges that Natl Rev's published collection of 'highly classified documents' is a hoax, news conf; large segment of news media taken in by hoax; Buckley says one reason for hoax was to show, in aftermath of Times's series, 'that forged documents would be widely accepted as genuine provided their content was inherently plausible'; says material was composed, ex nihilo (out of nothing), in Natl Rev offices; Defense and Justice Depts were investigating the alleged documents; details on coverage of articles by news media
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'Secrets' in the National Review: Memo Disavowed, Clue Given
Date: 21 July 1971
Natl Rev publishes what it describes as 'highly classified documents' on US involvement in Vietnam; says documents were leaked to the magazine; says material was not published by NY Times or Washington Post in their Pentagon study series; Dr D J Boorstin disavows one document attributed to him; draft memo, said to have been written for Pres Kennedy in June '63 concludes that Amers are, by nature, unsuited for a protracted war; Natl Rev editor W F Buckley Jr, sought for comment, relays message he is hiding where D Ellsberg is; F Trager also disavows link to memo; D Rusk says he may have written memo; Natl Rev says material was published in protest against what its informant holds to be distorted impressions conveyed by documents published in NY Times; news accounts of Natl Rev publication widely distributed by news media
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The Making of a Myth
Date: 21 July 1971
By ALLAN W. CAMERON
Allan CAMERON
A W Cameron article says press, because of secrecy of study, treated it as if it contained astounding revelations; says study, in fact, provides minimal new information and raises more questions than are answered; cartoon
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Saigon Will Tighten Its Rules On Press Coverage of War
Date: 22 July 1971
S Vietnamese command plans to issue rules for the press that 'will very much restrict reporting on mil operations'
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AIR FORCE GUARDS RAND SECRET DATA; Corporation Is Said to Have 170,000 Such Documents
Date: 22 July 1971
Special to The New York Times
USAF Sec Seamans repts Rand Corp has custody of over 170,000 confidential documents, memo to Defense Dept stating that as documents are inventoried they will be transferred to USAF, which contracts for Rand services; repts Rand had custody of 59 top secret and 15,000 secret documents; improvements in physical security ordered by Seamans at Rand's Washington, DC, and Santa Monica, Calif, offices outlined
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Newsmen Get Wider Access to Prisons
Date: 21 July 1971
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Lawrence GELDER
NYS Correctional Services Dept issues new guidelines that liberalize access by newsmen to prisons and prisoners; guidelines, issued by Comr Oswald, are believed to be 1st comprehensive policy statement on subject ever enunciated by dept; guidelines detailed
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NEW JURY STUDIES PENTAGON PAPERS; Dismissal of Panel Is Linked to a Link to the Press
Date: 21 July 1971
Special to The New York Times
Fed Govt dismisses Fed grand jury in Boston probing case; replaces it with another jury; action linked to leak to press; jury reptdly probes how Times reporter N Sheehan got possession of study papers
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Reston Continues Recovery
Date: 22 July 1971
Reston recovering satisfactorily after operation
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Nixon, China and Wall St.; Why Has the News of the President's Trip Had No Effect on the Market? Why Has News of Nixon's Trip Had No Effect on the Market?
Date: 21 July 1971
By LEONARD S. SILK
Leonard SILK
L S Silk on Wall St reaction to possible hastening of end of war by Nixon's new approach to China; business seen less certain that war end will provide strong spur for US econ
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Lord Olivier Bows
Date: 22 July 1971
ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
W Botts, who posed for Army recruiting poster of Uncle Sam painted in '38 by J M Flagg, is denied pension on ground he did not serve 90 days during World War I; illus with poster
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