DISPATCH NEWS SERVICE SUES FORMER OFFICER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100450004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 18, 1970
• Content Type: NSPR

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Dispatch News Service
sues former officer
Former co-worlkcrs at Dis-
patch News Service, which
won fame and fortune for its
exclusive My Lai massacre re-
ports last year, are battling in
federal court in Washington.
Dispatch News Service Inter-
national, formed by Seymour
Hersh, an ex-AP man and oth-
ers in September 1968, has filed
a suit against a former officer,
David Obst, and anew organiza-
tion he calls Dispatch News Ser-
vice Incorporated.
The complaint alleges- that
Obst created the new company
while he was still employed by
DNS International to sell
Hersh's articles on the Vietnam
killings as well as other materi-
at from writers in Asia. The
original firm is asking $100,000
damages and an order forbid-
ding Obst to encroach on the
Dispatch News Service name.
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