ALSOP ENGINEERS WASHINGTON POST JOB IN SAIGON

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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2022
• Case Number: F-2022-01326
• Publication Date: January 2, 1967

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SHOULD BE AWARE OF HEADQUARTERS CONTACTS WITH,
OR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED, TWO NEW MEMBERS U.S. PRESS
CORPS IN SAIGON. SABETAY WAS BRIEFED PRIOR HIS DEPARTURE BUT
MAY NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO FILL YOU IN BEFORE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
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APPARENTLY ENGINEERED BY JOE ALSOP AND MAY IRRITATE POST STAFFERS
ALREADY THERE, PARTICULARLY LE,SCAZE, WE HAVE TOLD ALSO?, WHOSE
ROLE OBVIOUSLY NOT TO BE Di SCLOSED, STATION WOULD DO WHAT IT COULD
TO ORIENT BR AES TR UP AND GIVE HIM OBJECTIVE RUNDOWN ON CURRENT
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UNABLE TO CONTACT HIM HERE PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. FYI: I3RAESTRUP
AND FUNARO KNEW EACH OTHER WELL AS UNDERGRADUATES AT YALE, THOUGH 1,
THEIR PATHS HAVE NOT CROSSED SINCE.
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