CARTER TAKES STOCK

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1 policy remains undefined, despite Carter lecture:
?an civil rights, and domestic policy decision:
Carter takes stock. Tanguish in Congress.
' . Both Carter and his press secretary, Jadj
President Carter reasonably timed his assem- Powell (who rather charmed the editors with hii
iwit), refused to enlighten questioners on what
'went on in the post-mortems at Camp David
"You don't particularly care to discuss all yew
problems in public," he said, "There is a timi
and place to make known specific changes. Yot
are talking about a number of changes, somi
large and some small."
,
,.To correct the things that have disturbec
President Carter, some of the changes may hav
to be large, indeed. Thus far, Carter has not bee
prompt in making such changes.
bly of his top advisors at Camp David over the
past weekend. It was, in effect, a retreat (in the
spirit-building sense) after the Carter team had
spent almost a week before several hundred
members of the American Society of Newspaper
Editors gathered in convention a few blocks
,from the White House. The administration lead-_
ers could be said to be nursing their wounds at
? Camp David.
The disarray of executive leadership in the
first 15 months of the Carter administration was
apparent to most of the editors attending the
convention, including those from The Oregonian.
There was not much administration progress to
be reported in foreign affairs or legislation rec-
ommended to Congress; and perhaps having
most impact on the White House was the cool
reception the editors and their spouses gave the
president, who made special arrangements in his
schedule to speak at a noon luncheon.
It was a major speech, calling for a drive
against inflation. The subject was dear to the
hearts of most editors, as their editorials have
documented. But the reception of the president
was not warm: The audience stood, as is tradi-
tional when a president of the Unjted States
takes his place on the platformrs-rid iiireas'garn
-when he left after fielding a few questions, but
there was virtually no applause between the
, beginning and the end.
There were some bright spots in the Carter
administration's generous response to the edi-
tors' invitations to appear, speak and submit to
questions. Strangely enough, considering the
post-Watergate spirit of the times, the editors
appeared pleased with the performance of Stens-
'. field Turner and William H. Webster, new direc-
tors, respectively, of the Central Intelli e,e
Agsgy_and the Federal Bureau o nves igation.
TherOpeared to be capable, as they pledged, of
sweeping out the odors of oppression generated
by activities of the agencies in recent years.
But on the morning after the Carter speech at
'noon and the Turner-Webster appearances in the
evening, the man who continues to be identified,
by himself and others, as the president's "best
:friend" ? Bert Lance, retired director of the
budget ? stirred the editors' adrenalin by sug-
gesting that the press could expect government
censorship if it did not treat government officials
(such as he had been)more kindly -
The secret White House staff and Cabinet
discussions at Camp David certainly did not in-
-, elude any serious considerations of the Lance
, threat. But they should have dwelt on some
ramifications of the Carter leadership, as reflect-
ed in the Lance case. The new president has been
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Mr. William Eaton
Los Angeles Times
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Dear Bill;
Many thanks for your note and your nice
words. It was fun sharing the speaking chores
with an old friend and a pretty lady and was a
thoroughly enjoyable evening.
you.
It was good to meet you and to be with
Yours,
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STANSFIELD TURNER
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xploratory Journalism Era'
Predicted
iUiarn H. Jones and T. R. Reid
Washington Post Staff Writers
A-eurrent self-examination under-
taken.-..by the nation's newspapers
cOriffiT lead ? to a 'hew era of
"exploratory journalism," one moving
away. from a ",throwing rocks at au-
thority" role s'.that has characterized
some reportintin recent years, a lead-
ing:editor said yesterday.
Eugene Patterson, president and
editor 01 the St. Petersburg Times,
told the American Society of Newspa-
per-Editors convention here that advo-
cacy journalism in the last decade
"made a sturdier press and a stronger
society," following a period during
which the press generally was
"obedient" and respectful of author-
ity.
But there now is need for a "new
dimension.," one which adds "better
reporting of Issues. . . to our investi-
gative approach," said Patterson, out-
going president of the society.
Patterson also told the ASNE meet-
ing, in its second day, that the organi-
zation had launched a "new activism"
in the past year to enlarge its con-
cerns on ethics, minority hiring, news-
paper writing and research about
readership.
On minority hiring, a society com-
mittee reported yesterday that there
has 'been a significant but nowhere
near sufficient increase" in the num-
ber of minorities employed in the na-
tion's newsrooms.
The committee said:
Two-thirds of U.S. newspapers
have no minority employes. Overall,
newspapers employ 1,700 minority
persons (62 Percent of them blacks),
or 4 percent of the newsroom popula-
tion.
? While the number of minority re-
porters is increasing, the number of
editors is "still pitifully small," mak-
ing them "underrepresented when de-
cisions are made" on where stories
are placed. '
The editors also were told yesterday
that they have presented a misleading
picture of American life by overlook-
ing some changes in the country's
mood and exaggerating others.
The editors were scolded, gently on
some points and harshly on others, by
five panelists who were asked to dis-
cuss the question, "What the hell is
going on in this country?" The an-
swer, the editors were told, cannot be?
'discerned by reading the daily news-
papers.
As proof, the Rev. Andrew Greeley,
a sociologist at the University of Chi-
cago, offered some "noncontroversial
statements" about America today, in-
cluding the observations that Ameri-
cans' confidence in their institutions
has been slipping, that opposition to
school busing reflects racial preju-
dice, and that Catholics are the most
likely American group to oppose abor-
tion.
"Few of those who pontificate about
the mood of America would seriously
question" those assertions, Greeley
said. "But all the propositions I have
cited are false."
Michael Myers, the assistant direc-
tor of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, dis-
cussed newspapers' treatment of race ,
relations.
"Editors decide what the news is."
Myers said, in a voice etched with
quiet rage. "I must say to you . . .
blacks are apparently no longer news.
The agenda of equality is no longer
considered as newsworthy as the
agenda of whites who beat back
blacks."
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John Hughes?ASNE's new president
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car By I. William Hill
If it's true that the boss sets the tone
for the shop, the American Society of
Newspaper Editors has a cheery year
ahead.
Here's the way a friend describes the
man slated to become ASNE president
on Wednesday next, John Hughes,
editor and manager of the Christian Sci-
ence Monitor: "John's so cheerful he
can have a good time thinking what a
good time he'd have if he was having it."
This correspondent can corroborate
that. John Hughes was the blithe spirit
when, as ASNE board members, we
traveled about the People's Republic of
China for 22 days in October of 1972. As
interpreter Yao Wei put it, "The Ameri-
can lives to enjoy." That's Hughes.
Actually, however, Hughes didn't
start life as an American. He was born in
a small town in South Wales called pav;.???????????? ?
Neath on April 28, 1930. His family
quickly whiffed him off to London, how-
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ever, where he attended a school that John Hughes, president of American Society of Newspaper Editors
obviously put a lifelong stamp upon him
for it was run by one of the old livery Hughes away from such things as steamy of his regiment for divorcing and remar-
companies, the Honorable and Worship- Africa and London fogs so thick you rying. After we'd paid the first week's
ful Company of Stationers and News- couldn't tell what the weather was like rent and moved in., he indicated off-
to] papermakers. From the time Hughes was and brought him to Boston, a job with handedly that two of his cattle guards
16, he's been. newspapermaking. the Monitor's Overseas News Depart- had had their throats slit by Mau Mau the
otl
Largely because no other work ment, and romance. week before in the ditch that ran behind
seemed near as much fun, Hughes began In August of 1955. Hughes broke up our cottage."
as a cub reporter on a 50,000-circulation the promising acting career of Libby James Thurber once said that a dog
morning newspaper called the Natal Fockman, who had just recently won a lover isn't necessarily a dog in love with
Mercury in Durban, South Africa. The master's degree in theater from Boston another dog, and John Hughes is a case
Hughes family had moved there after University. A week after the wedding in point. It was during those early days
John's father became enchanted with Af- ceremony, Hughes spirited Libby off to with Libby in Africa that he acquired the
rica during World War 11. Africa, where he was now assigned to be first of a series of giant Labrador retriev-
Like a number of things in Hughes' the Monitor's correspondent. ers.
early life, South Africa was to project A little shamefacedly, Hughes confes- While in Africa. Hughes was arrested
decades ahead into his future. Not long ses all the acting Libby was able to do on various occasions, part of the experi-
ago. 32 years later, Hughes told E&P was with the Kenya National Theatre in ence that was to emerge in a book enti-
that one of the items on his list of ASNE Nairobi and with the Brian Brooke pro- tied "The New Face of .Africa."
projects is to help with the needs of Third fessional company in Capetown. Returning to Boston in 1961, Hughes
World areas like South Africa. Whether or not Hughes' early life had became a Nieman Fellow at Harvard,
"There are some good journalists in anything to do with his marrying an ac- mainly studying Communist affairs.
the Third World," he said. "We must tress, the fact is?as a child in Then a two-year stint as Assistant Over
identify them and talk to them; we must London?Hughes himself had been a seas News Editor at the Monitor, from
provide nurture, support and technical movie actor?playing small parts in a 1962 to 1964, was interrupted by a spe-
assistance. If there is to be a free press in number of films, one with Paul Robeson. cial assignment to Moscow and by the
these areas, it must be fostered from Hughes' interviewer was surprised to birth of his and Libby's first child,
within." learn this. "How come no one has re- Wendy.
Hughes' teenage tour of journalistic vealed before that you were once an ac-
In 1964, Hughes got what he calls his
duty in South Africa lasted 3 years. tor?" he was asked. "dream assignment, going to Hong Kong
Then, on his own steam, he was back in Hughes smiled cheerfully. "No one as the Monitor's Far East correspon-
London, where he worked for the Daily has ever asked me about it," he said. If dent. Within a week after his arrival in
Mirror, Reuters, and a city-news-bureau you want to find out about Hughes. you the British Crown Colony. however, he
type of' operation. Back to South Africa have to ask questions. was on his way to Vietnam, the first of
after two years, this time to head up his Hughes was the Monitor's Africa cor- some 20 visits in the next 6 years. Viet-
old newspaper's bureau in the provincial respondent from 1955 to 1961. "The first nam, however, was only part of his as-
capital, a position he held for another 20 three years we lived out of suitcases," he signment. His territory went from
years while also serving as South African said. "My first assignment was to cover Taiwan in the east to Burma in the west
correspondent for the London Daily Ex- the waning Mau Mau campaign in and down to Indonesia in the south. With
press and as a contributor to the Christ- Kenya, where 1 remember we rented a his friendly ways, however, Hughes was
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Pakistan, Japan, Korea and Australia.
His Indonesia experiRace ?lopa
or
Pulitzer Prize for Interna tIrfaitft ng
in 1967. Hughes recalled those days: "It
was very satisfying to be the only Ameri-
can correspondent in Indonesia in the
aftermath of the coup there, piecing to-
gether what happened, watching the
army move against Sukarno, chronicling
the very bloody purge of thousands of
Communists, and finally witnessing
Sukarno's overthrow and the emergence
of a new order. I was so fascinated by the
whole Indonesian thing that I wrote a
book, 'Indonesian Upheaval.' "
During the six years in Asia, the
Hugheses had their second child, Mark,
with Libby flying back to Boston for a
week, then returning to the Far East.
One assignment Hughes recalls with
great enthusiasm was the five months he
spent doing a special series charting the
flow of the international narcotics traffic.
Starting from Hong Kong, Hughes inves-
tigated the flow out of Thailand, Laos
and Burma, the transportation routes
through other Asian countries, then on to
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran
into the Middle East. He spent time in
the opium fields of Turkey, then on to
Lebanon, and France to work there with
American narcotics agents and French
police.
"I was offered all kinds of drugs and
could have made buys in quantity of
top-grade heroin," Hughes recalled the
other day.
The drug series won him the Overseas
Press Club's award.
Obviously unable to draw Hughes
away from journalism into drama, Libby
meantime had turned to writing. While in
Asia. she wrote a book on Bali and later
was also to write a book on Chinese rev-
olutionary theater, the latter giving her
reason to vent her frustrations on her
husband because he was able to go to
China with the ASNE board in 1972 and
she has yet to be able to go.
Hughes came back to Boston in 1970
to become managing editor of the
Monitor. Four months later he became
editor and, in 1976, became editor and
manager.
In the years since he became editor, he
takes pride in certain developments at
the Monitor.
These include the introduction of the
Christian Science Monitor News Service ,
in 1971, as a result of which Monitor
material is now syndicated to some 180
newspapers with a circulation of 20 mil-
lion. Next was the 1974 introduction of
high-speed facsimile transmission of
Monitor pages to remote plants in New
Jersey, Chicago and California. Thirdly,
in 1975, there was the conversion of the
Monitor from standard size to tabloid.
"Readers liked it from the start,'
Hughes told E&P. "Of a thousand let-
ters, 90% approved, especially liking the
ease of handling. Then, too, the change
been unhappy have been the photog-
raphers, who always want their pictures
nted " . ultimately getting his man. Or he may
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away Hughes' cheerfulness is even a
mention of advocacy reporting, and he
hopes that in the days ahead ASNE will
be able to restore more objective ideals
to the news columns of America's news-
papers.
"Also in the year ahead," he told
E&P, "we want to push ahead with Mike
O'Neill's (New York News editor) read-
ership council."
_ Hughes eyes a great deal of newspaper
promotion material these days with a
skeptical eye. "Promotion departments
often are promoting a different news-
paper from the one the editor is editing,"
he said. "And often editors are too ar-
rogant regarding readers. This is one ad-
vantage of having the same man serve as
manager as well as editor. The problem
is, the newspaper should take steps to
find exactly what it is the readers want.
Then the editor should give readers the
proper mix of what they want and what
they should have. The trick is to package
it attractively and make it interesting."
Hughes does not think the electronic
newspaper flashed onto a home televi-
sion screen will ever replace the news-
paper as it's known today.
"The advantage of the printed news-
paper is that it's portable," he said.
"The electronic newspaper makes the
consumer serve as his own editor, dialing
up only that he wants to read. It doesn't
have the candy store appeal of discover-
ing interesting things to read that are
new."
In 1977, Hughes bought the Cape Cod
Oracle, a weekly newspaper of some
7,000 circulation that is published in Or-
leans, Cape Cod, which in summer be-
comes a family enterprise with Libby
writing theater reviews. Mark working in
the pressroom, and Wendy taking clas-
sified ads and working in the circulation
department.
Perhaps even closer to Hughes' heart
than the Oracle are his Labrador retriev-
ers. "The first was acquired in South
Africa," Hughes will recall, "and it was
shipped to Boston and then Hong Kong.
The second, which came from Britain,
was acquired in Hong Kong and shipped
to Boston. We are now on our third,
which was born in Massachusetts and
has never been anywhere."
The Monitor managing editor throws
even more light on his editor's love of :
dogs. This is what Earl W. Foell had to !
say to E&P: "To understand Hughes
properly you have to remember he is
Welsh and loves dogs. His Welshness
(tempered to be sure by Fleet Street ser-
vice and U.S. citizenship) has given him
the capacity to look at the whole Anglo
world with fresh eyes. And his passion
for dogs has given him a convenient
index for classifying the rest of human-
ity. He may describe an investigative
"Doberman"?a characterization likely
to keep correspondents' expense ac-
counts in line. This canine imagery pro-
vides a convenient code for character
summary?as long as the person on the
other end of a Hughes communication
knows the subtleties of the game. John
once referred to a large, likable true-blue
type as a "St. Bernard" and his listeneer
jumped to the mistaken conclusion that
he was implying a fondness for the keg."
Hughes' employes will confide that
their editor has been known to quaff a
stiff ginger ale at the end of a hard day,
although his real preference is root beer.
In recent years, however, Hughes has
kept his thirst for root beer enough under
control to stay in shape for a weekly
squash game with the Monitor's political
cartoonist, Guernsey LePelley:
Hughes is the only newspaper editor
this correspondent knows who appar-
ently hasn't an enemy in this world. The
truth is, you can't even find a Hughes
critic, not even one critical anecdote.
Asked if he didn't know at least one
critical story about John Hughes, the
chief of the Monitor's Washington
bureau?Godfrey Sperling_ Jr.?thought
for some moments, then said:
"I can't think of a thing along that line.
All I can say is that John is decisive,
strong, businesslike and has a great
sense of humor."
E&P turned back to John Hughes him-
self. "What do you wish for?" he was
asked. "What's missing out of your
life?"
Hughes thought a moment, then for
several more. "I can't think of any-
thing," he said with a sheepish grin. "I
have a wonderful family and a wonderful
job and I'm looking forward to
leading?no, make that representing?
ASNE, which to me is an extraordinarily
hard-working and perceptive organiza-
tion. It is, I think the real conscience of
the profession. I want to do a good job
for ASNE. What's missing out of my
life? Well, I guess I would have liked to
own more Labrador retrievers."
818 editors are
members of ASNE
William H. Hornby, Secretary of the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors, reported (March 22) that the
society's board of directors had elected
33 editors to membership. With their
election, the society now has 818 mem-
bers on its rolls.
Membership in ASNE is limited to di-
recting editors of daily newspapers in the
United States. Each newspaper is limited
to a quota of memberships based on
newspaper circulation. The largest '
newspapers are permitted 4 members,
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1978 Convention
April 9-12
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Program
Mornings
Luncheons
Afternoons
0-and-A
Vote
Special for
spouses
ASNE 1978
Convention
Our first Washing-
ton meeting since
President Carter
took office
focuses on the
leaders and
issues of this
administration,
coupled with a
close look at the
challenges and
opportunities fac-
ing the nation's
newspapers.
Most sessions will
deal with the pub-
lic issues facing
our nation and
our readers.
President Carter
will address the
convention at 1:30
on Tuesday; Sec-
retary of State
Vance on Mon-
day; Attorney
General Bell on
Wednesday.
Reading and writ-
ing on Monday,
the privacy issue
on Tuesday, sur-
vival and satisfac-
tion on
Wednesday.
Open to all ASNE
members.
ASNE election turn-
outs are disgrace-
fully low.
Backstage of the
Capitol
Eugene C.
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The best sessions will be
those with the greatest
participation; all members
are invited to join in the
discussions.
Please note daily starting
hour: 8:45 a.m.
Please note Tuesday
luncheon starts at 12:30,
15 minutes early.
A healthy exchange of
views, especially from the
floor, is needed to air these
topics.
Please identify yourself.
Please fix.
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1:30-5:00 p.m.
Jefferson Room
1:30-3:30 p.m.
JAMES L. HAYES
3:30-5:00 p.m.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Ballroom Center
Workshops I & II
I. "How to man-
age a newsroom."
II. "What to do
until the lawyer
arrives."
Reception
Presiding:
Robert C. Achorn,
Worcester Telegram and
Gazette
James L. Hayes, President
and Chief Executive
Officer, American Manage-
ment Association
Moderating:
Anthony Day,
Los Angeles Times
Charles W. Bailey, II,
Minneapolis Tribune
Panelists:
James D. Spaniolo,
Miami Herald Counsel
Norton L. Armour,
Minneapolis Star and
Tribune Counsel
Richard M. Schmidt, Jr.,
Cohn & Marks, Washing-
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9:30 a.m.
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Business Session
Polls open to
elect ASNE
directors
"What the hell is
going on in this
country?"
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Reports from ASNE Com-
mittees and message from
ASNE President Eugene C.
Patterson
Cast ballots at ASNE
registration desk
Presiding:
Louis D. Boccardi,
Associated Press
Panelists:
Ellen Goodman,
Boston Globe
Rev. Andrew M. Greeley,
Director of the Center for
the Study of American
Pluralism, University of
Chicago
Lewis H. Lapham, Editor,
Harper's Magazine
Rev. David K. McMillan,
Associate Pastor, Fair-
mount Presbyterian
Church, Cleveland
Heights, Ohio
Michael Myers, Assistant
Director, NAACP
Questioners:
Judith W. Brown,
New Britain Herald
Al Fitzpatrick,
Akron Beacon-Journal
Charles S. Rowe,
Fredericksburg Free
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Speaker:
Cyrus Vance,
Secretary of State
Introduced by:
William H. Hornby,
Denver Post
Questioners:
Creed C. Black,
Lexington Herald & Leader
Edward D. Miller,
Allentown Call-Chronicle
Charlotte Saikowski,
Christian Science Monitor
Christopher Ogden,
TIME Magazine
Special event for Backstage at the A reception and tour
ASNE spouses, Capitol
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2:15 p.m. Buses start T Street Entrance
boarding at Terrace Level of
Washington Hilton
2:30 p.m. Buses depart
3:00 p.m. Reception with Co-ordinator:
various members Carolyn McMillan,
of U.S. Senate: Salem, Oregon,
Historical details
of Capitol
explained by Sen.
Mark Hatfield of
Oregon; behind-
the-scenes tour of
the Capitol
4:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
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Washington Hilton
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readership war?"
A full report on
and frank discus-
sion of the critical
role of ASNE and
its member editors
in today's empha-
sis on news-
paper research,
marketing and
promotion.
Presiding:
Michael J. O'Neill,
New York Daily News
Participants:
Joe Belden, President,
Belden Associates
Leo Bogart,
Vice President
Newspaper Advertising
Bureau
Ruth Clark, Vice President,
Yankelovich, Skelly and
White
Charles N. Hakes,
Research Manager,
Detroit News
Frank Magid, President,
Magid Associates
Glen H. Roberts, Research
Director, Des Moines
Register and Tribune
John B. Timberlake,
Manager of
Research Services,
Chicago Tribune
Member Participants:
Michael Gartner,
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
William H. Hornby,
Denver Post
John Leard,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
and News Leader
C. A. (Pete) McKnight,
ASNE Project Director
Allen H. Neuharth
Gannett Co., Inc.
and Vice Chairman ANPA
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5:30 p.m.
"Can writing be
taught?"
Presiding:
Michael Gartner,
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Participants:
Prof. Roy Peter Clark,
St. Petersburg Times
Steve Lovelady,
Philadelphia Inquirer
William Mathewson,
Wall Street Journal
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9:30 - 12 Noon
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10:30 a.m.
Polls open to
elect ASNE
directors
Good Morning
"How are we
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country?"
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Questioners:
Carol Richards,
Gannett News Service
Claude F Sitton,
News & Observer and
Raleigh Times
Gerald L. Warren,
San Diego Union
Speakers:
Patricia R. Harris,
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Ray Marshall,
Secretary of Labor
Stuart E. Eizenstat,
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Affairs and
Policy
Questioners:
Milton Coleman,
Washington Post
Robert Laird,
New York News
Maxwell McCrohon,
Chicago Tribune
Hobart Rowan,
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2:00 p.m.
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Dan Paul, Senior Partner,
Paul & Thompson, Miami
Robert S. Warren, Partner
at Gibson, Dunn &
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Charles W. Bailey, II,
Minneapolis Tribune
James D. Ewing,
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Boston Globe
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
Kerner Plus 10 Moderating:
Richard D. Smyser,
Oak Ridger and ASNE
Minorities Committee
Chairman
Where do we Panelists:
stand? Jay T Harris, Assistant
Dean, MediII School of
Journalism, Northwestern
University
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important? Institute for Journalism
and Education
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San Francisco Examiner,
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to the President for Public
Liaison
Hamilton Jordan, Assistant
to the President
Jody Powell, Press Secre-
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Robert L. Healy,
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12:45 p.m. Luncheon Speaker:
Ballroom Center Griffin Bell,
Attorney General
GRIFFIN BELL
Introduced by:
John Hughes,
Christian Science Monitor
Questioners:
Robert Boyd,
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Robert P Clark,
Courier-Journal and
Louisville Times
Margaret Gentry,
Associated Press
John Seigenthaler,
Nashville Tennessean
2:30 p.m. Newspapers, Presiding:
Ballroom WEST Dead or Alive John C. Quinn,
(Note: Shift in Gannett Newspapers
meeting room Joe L. Allbritton,
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sessions.) Douglas Bailey,
Philadelphia Journal
James F Hoge, Jr.,
Chicago Sun-Times
6:30 p.m.
Terrace
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Knight-Ridder Newspapers
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7:30 p.m. Annual Banquet Presiding:
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ments already
made so that
tables with friends
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possible
Special areas
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2:15 p.m.
"Where is
Congress
taking the
country?"
"What did we just
hear?"
A commentary on
President Carter's
luncheon speech
"a major focus"
on the economy
and energy
Wednesday, 4/12
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Ballroom Center
Washington
scene in song
Bring back the
good old days
9:30 p.m. Dancing
Ballroom West
George Solomon,
Washington Post
Moderating:
Kurt Luedtke,
Detroit Free Press
Rep. Thomas P O'Neill Jr.,
D-Mass., Speaker of
the House of
Representatives
Moderating:
Richard H. Leonard,
Milwaukee Journal
Rep. Barber Conable,
R-N.Y., Ways and Means
Committee
Richard Levine,
Wall Street Journal
Richard E. Mooney,
Hartford Courant
Frank Cormier,
Associated Press
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WASHI NGTON,
You and every other American own a big chunk of Washington. So, you can expect free admission to
your federal properties.
This is a city where the best things are free, where a dime can buy you a storybook vacation and history
book education rolled into one. The dime? That's to pay for your elevator ride to the top of the Washing-
ton Monument. But the 898 steps make the dime ride the best bargain in town. Your children ride free.
? AFRICAN ART, MUSEUM OF-316 A St., N.E. Daily
12 Noon-5 p.m. 547-7424. Suggested contribution $1
per adult, 506 per child.
9-E NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM (Smithsonian)
-7th and Independence Ave., S.W. Houses the Wright
brothers' airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, a special ef-
fects theater and Spacearium, as well as hundreds of
other aeronautic and astronomic exhibits. 10-5:30 p.m.
daily; open until 9 p.m. in the summer. H.
*ALEXANDRIA-Eight miles south of Washington over
the beautiful George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Christ Church, George Washington Masonic National Me-
morial, Gadsby's Tavern, Carlyle House. Metrobus
coaches leave 12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. every
10 minutes.
7-0 AQUARIUM, NATIONAL-Basement of Dept. of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave., N.W. 377-2825.
Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 2,000 specimens of fresh water
and marine animals representing almost 3,000 species.
Displayed in 68 aquariums. Sharks, octopus, exotic tropi-
cal fish and rare endangered species, etc. HP.**
? ARBORETUM, NATIONAL-24th & R Sts., N.E. 399-
5400. 415 acres of flowering trees and shrubs. April-
October, Monday thru Friday 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; November-March, Monday thru
Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. HP.-
9-13 ARCHIVES, NATIONAL-7th and Constitution Ave.,
N.W. 523-3216. Declaration of Independence, Constitu-
tion. March-September, Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.,
Sunday 1 p.m.-10 p.m.: October-February, Monday-
Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Call
523-3041 for recorded information on exhibits.
*ARLINGTON HOUSE -Arlington Cemetery. 557-3153.
Daily., October thru March. 9:30-4:30; April thru Septem-
ber, 9:30-6.
*ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY-692-0931. Daily,
November thru March, 8 a.m,-5 p.m. April thru Oc-
tober, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
Amphitheater, Arlington House, graves of John F. Ken-
nedy and William Howard Taft. Changing of the guard at
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every hour; during sum-
mer every half hour. HP.
9-E ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING (Srnithsonian)_
9th St. and Jefferson, S.W. Reopening May, 1976. A
special Bicentennial exhibit, "1876-A Centennial Exhi-
bition" recreates the atmosphere of the Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition of that year. Open 10-5:30 daily,
until 9 p.m. in summer. H. -
? B'NAI B'RITH MUSEUM-17th and Rhode Island Ave.,
N.W. 857-6600. Sunday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed
Saturday. Free group tours available.
11-F BOTANIC GARDEN-1st and Maryland Ave., S.W.
225-8333. Daily May-Sept. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mid Sept.-thru
April 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Exotic tropical garden, waterfall. H.
12-E CAPITOL, THE-Capitol Hill, 224-3121. Daily 9-4:30.
Tours 9-3:45. Closed Christmas, New Year's and Thanks-
giving. H.
4-E CONSTITUTION GARDENS-New 42 acre park fea-
tures 6-acre lake, food facilities, gardens, amphitheatres
and information center.
5-C CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART-17th and New York
Ave., N.W. 638-3211. Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues. & Wed. free admission. Other days $1.50; students
75e. Senior citizens and children under 12 free. Special
group arrangements. Closed Monday.
5-8 DECATUR HOUSE-748 Jackson Place, N.W. (corner
Lafayette Square) 638-1204. Commodore Stephen De-
catur's town house, erected in 1818, has played a colorful
role in Washington history for more than 150 years. Open
weekdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 12 noon-4 p.m."
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*DUMBARTON OAKS-1703 32nd St., N.W. 232-31,01.
Formal gardens open daily except holidays. 2-4:45 p.m.;
museum open daily except Monday and holidays, 2-4:45
p.m. Both closed July 1-Labor Day.
7-F ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, BUREAU OF-14th
and C Sts., S.W. 964-7611. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-11:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. Closed Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays. See money and stamps made. HP.
*EXPLORERS HALL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SO-
CIETY-17th and M Sts., N.W., 857-7456. 9-6 weekdays;
9-5 Saturday; noon-5 Sunday. Displays depict archaeol-
ogy, astronomy, adventure and discovery.
9-0 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION-E St.
between 9th and 10th Sts., N.W. 324-3447. Open Monday
thru Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Saturday, Sunday and
holidays. Hour tours every 15 minutes. Reservations nec-
essary for groups of 15 or more.
9-8 FINE ARTS, NATIONAL COLLECTION OF-8th & G
Sts., N.W. 381-6541. 10-5:30 p.m. daily. American art.
14-E FOLGER (SHAKESPEARE) LIBRARY-201 East
Capitol St., S.E. 546-4800. Monday thru Saturday year
round and Sundays, May 9-Labor Day 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Closed holidays.
8-C FORD'S THEATRE AND LINCOLN MUSEUM-511
10th St., N.W. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free except for thea-
tre performances. Box office 347-6260. For group infor-
mation call 426-6924.
*FREDERICK DOUGLASS HOME-1411 W Street, S.E.
889-1736. Restored home of educator-diplomat. Open
9-4 Mon.-Fri., 10-5 Sat. and Sun. Group reservations
necessary.**
8-F FREER GALLERY OF ART-12th St. and Jefferson,
S.W.; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily; summer months open until
9 p.m. Far and Near Eastern art, Whistler collection.
*GEORGETOWN-West of Rock Creek Park. Old Stone
House, oldest standing house in Washington. Shopping,
boutiques, restaurants and night clubs in the old colonial
section of Washington. Site of spring Home and Garden
tours, Georgetown University, C&O Canal.
9-E HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN-
7th St. and Independence Ave., S.W.; oil paintings, sculp-
ture, displayed in dramatic setting. Open 10 a.m.-5:30
p.m. daily; summer months open until 9 p.m.
7-E HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY, MUSEUM OF-14th
St. and Constitution Ave., N.W.; 10-5:30 daily. Huge
Smithsonian facility contains Star Spangled Banner, loco-
motives, gowns of first ladies. Open until 9 p.m. in sum-
mer. H.**
*ISLAMIC CENTER-2551 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
332-3451.. Only U.S. mosque. Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri-
day Congregation Prayer at noon (E.S.T.) for group tours
call office of the director.
6-G JEFFERSON MEMORIAL-South bank of Tidal Basin.
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ING ARTS-Rock Creek Parkway at end of New Hamp-
shire Ave., N.W. Contains Opera House, Concert Hall,
Eisenhower Theater. Latter is home of the American Film
Institute which presents classic movies (785-4600). JFK
box office; 254-3600. Building open 10-6 p.m. for tour-
ists. Group tours 10-1:15 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Free
Bicentennial Concerts. For group information call
254-3626.
13-E LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-1st and Independence
Ave., S.E. 426-5000. Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m.-
9:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and holidays 8:30 a.m.-6
p.m. Tours available 9-4 p.m. on the hour Monday thru
Friday. H**
*LIGHTSHIP CHESAPEAKE- Hains Point. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday 1 p.m.-4 p.m. For additional
summer hours call 426-6896. Simulated sub cruise
exhibits.
3-E LINCOLN MEMORIAL-West Potomac Park, foot of
23rd St.. N.W. Open daily 8 a.m. to midnight. Memorial to
16th president.
*MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL (IWO JIMA)-Route 50
across Arlington Memorial Bridge. Statue depicts famed
flag-raising on Iwo Jima.
9-8 MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY-
Main Public Library-9th and G Sts., N.W. Building de-
signed by Mies van der Rohe. Washingtoniana collection
of city history; Black Studies, free film programs, ex-
hibits, information services, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.,
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat.
? MOUNT VERNON-Mount Vernon, Va. 780-2000.
Home of George Washington. Daily, March to Oct. 9-5;
Nov. to Feb. 9-4. Admission charge for adults, $2.00;
youth 6-11,$1 00; under 6, free. Student & youth arrange-
ments. H.
10-E NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART-6th and Constitution
Ave. N.W. 737-4215. Daily 10-5; Sunday, noon-9. April 1
to Sept. 6 daily until 9 p.m. September thru June Sunday
concerts 7 p.m. in the East Garden Court. H.
8-E NATURAL HISTORY, MUSEUM OF (Smithsonian) -
10th & Constitution Ave., N.W.; 10-5:30 daily; world's
largest stuffed elephant; dinosaur bones, stuffed whale,
Hope Diamond. Open till 9 p.m. summers. H.**
5-8 NAVAL MUSEUM, TRUXTUN-DECATUR -1610 H St.,
N.W. 783-2573. Daily 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.**
*NAVAL MUSEUM. U.S.-9th and M Sts., S.E. 433-
2651. Open Monday thru Friday 9-4; Saturday and Sun-
day 10-5.
*NAVAL OBSERVATORY, U.S.-34th and Massachu-
setts Ave., N.W. Open Monday thru Friday 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Call 254-4533 for schedule of evening tours. Reser-
vations necessary for groups of 10 or more.
5-C THE OCTAGON-18th and New York Ave., N.W. 638-
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Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday 1-4 p.m.
5-0 ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES-17th and
Constitution Ave., N.W. Formerly Pan American Union,
features tropical courtyard garden. Hall of Americas,
Gallery of Heroes. Open Monday thru Saturday 9 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. 331-1010.
8-C PETERSEN HOUSE (WHERE LINCOLN DIED)-516
10th St., N.W., across from Ford's Theatre. 426-6830.
Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.**
*PHILLIPS COLLECTION-1600-1612 21st St., N.W.
387-2151. Modern art collection. Tuesday through Sat-
urday 10-5; Sunday 2-7. Closed Mondays.
? PEIRCE MILL-Tilden St. & Beach Dr., N.W.; operating
19th century flour mill. Open Wednesday thru Sunday
9-5. Daily in summer. 426-6908.
9-B PORTRAIT GALLERY, NATIONAL-8th and F Sts.,
N.W. 10-5:30 daily. Portraits of men and women who
made strong impact on American life. Free London Trans-
port double decker shuttle bus runs between Portrait Gal-
lery and Museum of History of Technology on the Mall
daily between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. 381-5380.
5-8 RENWICK GALLERY-17th and Pennsylvania Ave.,
N.W. 381-5811. Open daily 10-5:30 p.m. Smithsonian
showcase for American creativity, crafts, design and the
decorative arts. H.**
*ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL-On Roosevelt Island in the
Potomac River between Key and Roosevelt bridges. About
21/2 miles of footpaths through woods, impressive statue
of Theodore Roosevelt amid statuary garden. 9-dark daily.
*SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, NA-
TIONAL-4th & Michigan Ave., N.E. 526-8300. Largest
Catholic church in the U.S. Call for Mass times.
8-E SMITHSONIAN BUILDING-10th St. and Jefferson,
S.W. First Smithsonian Museum. Bicentennial exhibit,
"Federal City: Plans and Realities." Open daily 10-5:30
p.m., until 9 p.m. in summer.
13-E SUPREME COURT-1st and Maryland Ave., N.E.
393-1640. Open Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Court room pres-
entations 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. every half hour except when
court is in session. Last presentation weekdays at 4 p.m.
Court usually not in session July-September. HP.
*TEXTILE MUSEUM-2320 S St., N.W. Historic Pe-
ruvian & Islamic handwoven rugs. Tues.-Sat. 10-5.
Closed Sunday and Monday. Group arrangements, 667-
04C42.
6- TREASURY DEPARTMENT-15th and Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W. Displays of money, both real and counterfeit;
also sales of uncirculated coins. Open Tuesday thru Sat-
urday 9:30-3:30 p.m. 964-5011.
11-F VOICE OF AMERICA-330 Independence Ave.,
S.W. 755-4744. Tours Monday thru Friday on the hour
9 a.m.-4 p.m. except 12 noon.
*WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL-Wisconsin and Massa-
chusetts Avenues, N.W. Call 966-3500 for times of serv-
ices. Probably the last great Gothic cathedral to be built
(still under construction). Conducted tours Mon.-Sat. 10
a.m.-11: 30 a.m., 12:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.; Sunday 12:15
p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
6-E WASHINGTON MONUMENT-On the Mall at 15th
St., N.W. 426-6839. Open daily March 15 thru Labor Day,
8 a.m.-midnight; day after Labor Day thru end of March,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Elevator fee 10c for adults. H.
6-C WHITE HOUSE-1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 456-
1414. Open Tuesday thru Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sat-
urdays thru October 23rd 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Closed some
holidays. H.
*WOLF TRAP FARM PARK FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS-Virginia Route 7 near Vienna, Va. Accessible (for
program performances only) via Dulles Airport access
highway. Opera, symphonic music, pop concerts, ballet.
[phone]. (Open warm weather only.) Call for
round trip bus information.
*ZOOLOGICAL PARK, NATIONAL-3001 Connecticut
Ave., N.W. 232-7703. More than 2,000 animals, many
rare and unusual. Grounds open daily 6 a.m.-8 p.m.;
buildings open daily 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Parking $1.00 per
car. H.
? Outside of Map Area.
? ? Denotes not open Christmas Day.
H Denotes facilities for handicapped persons available.
HP Denotes facilities available for handicapped if arranged in
advance; please phone.
Admission free unless otherwise indicated.
For recorded schedules of events for
visitors in the Washington area, dial:
National Archives/523-3000
Smithsonian Institution Museums/737-8811
Washington Area Convention & Visitors
Association around town day & night/737-8866
Persons planning to visit Washington area attractions are urged
to phone ahead to verify hours of operation as they are subject
to change without notice.
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WELCOME
VISITORS
Washington Area Convention
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1129-20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
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ASNE - BRIEF HISTORY
The American Society of Newspaper Editors is an organization of
more than 800 editors of daily newspapers in every section of the United
States. Membership is limited, with a few exceptions, to directing edi-
tors having immediate charge of editorial or news policies on newspapers
with circulations over 20,000. Its purpose, quoting the Constitution,
is "to interchange ideas for the advancement of professional ideals...
and to work collectively for the solution of common problems."
The Society holds an annual meeting with .a three-day program de-
voted to shop talk, panel discussions and addresses by public figures,
including government officials, on topics of particular pertinence to
editors. The customary meeting place is Washington, D.C. Exceptions:
An early convention in Atlantic City; one in World War II in New York
City; San Francisco, 1957; New Orleans, 1962; Montreal, 1966; San Fran-
cisco, 1970; Atlanta, 1974, and Honolulu, 1977.
The Society was founded in 1922 by the late Casper S. Yost, editor
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Originally planned as an organization
_for editors of large newspapers, membership first was limited to editors
from cities over 100,000 population. To widen the scope of the Society,
editors of smaller newspapers, of adequate journalistic standards, were
admitted. Membership now is limited to four editors from newspapers
over 300,000 circulation; three editors from 100,000-300,000 newspapers;
two from papers between 20,000 and 100,000. Additionally, a maximum of
20,.members annually may be elected from newspapers whose circulations
are under 20,000. Publishers are eligible only if they are-also editors,
and spend a major part of their time on editorial affairs.
- While the raison d'etre of ASNE is, as it was in the beginning,
to serve as a medium for exchange of ideas, on occasion it takes action
in journalistic projects--always mindful of the founders' injunction
that they be limited to matters of professional interest and do not
encroach upon the individual independence of its members. Its longest
range program, greatly accelerated in the 1950's, is its campaign for
Freedom of Information--the people's right to know how public business
is conducted on the local, state and national levels. For years an
active Freedom of Information committee has campaigned against secrecy
in the federal government and to open all channels of official informa-
tion except where national security is involved. These successive
committees also have alerted editors to the dangers of secrecy in
city and state governments. ASNE's Fol committees have been in the
forefront in the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.
When the problems of free press and fair trial mounted in the mid-
1960's, the Society fought to prevent the imposition on the press of re-
strictions that would have hampered the coverage-of Criminal proceedings.
The potential confrontation between press and bar was averted, in large
measure, because of the Society's leadership and the work of its Press-
Bar Committee by advocacy of the voluntary cooperative approach, prefer-
ably on a state-by-state basis, on mutual problems facing the press and bar
The government of the Society is vested in the board of directors
which, Under the bylaws, has full direction of its affairs. The board
-consists of 15 directors, five elected each year for three-year terms,
and the immediate past president who serves one year ex officio, Di- -
rectors are elected by the membership at the annual convention. The
newly constituted boardthen elects the. officers of the Society from
the 15 regular directors.
Publications of the Society are: The ASNE Bulletin, a nine-times-
a-year magazine, which is devoted to the exchange of ideas among mem-
bers on editorial affairs and the continuing improvement of _newspapers;
and "Problems of Journalism" (ASNE Proceedings) reporting the full text
Of convention reports and addresses. "Read All About It!"--an account
of the first 50 years of the Society--was,printed in 1974. All publi-
cations are available at ASNE Headquarters, 1350 Sullivan Trail, Box 551,
Easton, Pa. 18042.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM:
Herbert E. Hetu
Assistant to the Director
(Public Affairs)
SUBJECT: Additional Details on the ASNE
Dinner Tonight
STAT
11 April 1978
1. Attached for your information is a schedule of events
for the dinner this evening, a list of the head table guests,
a program for the ASNE convention, a history of ASNE, and a
clipping from this morning's WASHINGTON POST reporting on a
speech by the President of ASNE.
2. Please note that you will be sitting between the
President of ASNE, Mr. Patterson (with whom you have had
correspondence on the use of foreign journalists--and whose
speech o? yesterday is outlined in the attached clipping),
and Mr. William Eaton, President of the Washington Press Club
who will introduce you.
3. The President is speaking to the ASNE luncheon today.
It was also decided at a very late hour that following the
lunch he would have a news conference to take the place of
the one he had scheduled for Thursday.
4. Judge Webster will talk about the FBI's image relative
to performance in recent years. He plans a positive, upbeat
speech, hitting hard on the FBI's accomplishments over the last
few years, particularly in the areas of white-collar crime,
investigations of public corruption, new innovative techniques
Th crime investigation and new emphasis on training. He will
end by talking about necessity of both the FBI and the press'
need to maintain confidentiality of sources and a plea for
mutual cooperation.
Herbert E. Hetu
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Schedule
1900: Reception, Regency Foyer
1945: Head Table guests will be taken to Valley Forge Room (right
next to Regency Foyer)
2005: Head Table guests will come in a take seats
President will welcome everyone
Presentation of Colors
2015: Dinner
2100: Introduction of Head Table
2105: Introduction of Admiral Stansfield Turner by William Eaton, President
of National Press Club
2110: Address by Admrial Turner
2125: Introduction of FBI Director Webster
2130: Address by Director Webster
2145: Introduction of Ms. Barbara Walters
2205: Closing Remarks
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Head Table Guests - Washington Press Club Semi-Annual Editor's Dinner
Right to Left
Malcolm Barr
Vice President, Washington Press Club (Department of Justice)
Congressman John Brademas
Majority Whip of the House (D., Indiana)
Mrs. William Hornby
Wife of Secretary of ASNE
Senator Ted Stevens
Assistant Minority Leader (R., Alaska)
Mrs. John Hughes
Wife of Vice President of ASNE
Mr. Tom Winship
Treasurer of ASNE (BOSTON GLOBE)
Mrs. William Webster
Wife of FBI Director
Mr. Eugene Patterson
President of ASNE (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES)
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
** Mr. William Eaton
President of Washington Press Club (LOS ANGELES TIMES)
PODIUM
Marguerite Sullivan
Vice President of Washington Press Club (Copley News Service)
Judge William Webster
Director, FBI
Mr. John Hughes
Vice President of ASNE
Ms. Barbara Walters
ABC News
** Will be introducing DCI
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Mr. William Hornby
Secretary of ASNE (DENVER POST)
Mrs. Eugene Patterson
Wife of President of ASNE
Congressman Jim Wright
Majority Leader (D., Texas)
Mrs. Thomas Winship
Wife of Treasurer of ASNE
Congressman Robert Michel
Minority Whip (R., Illinois)
Mr. Sanford Unger
Secretary of Washington Press Club (FOREIGN POLICY Magazine)
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PROPOSED TALK TUESDAY P.M., 11 APRIL
Media E Intelligence
1. Traditional view seek as little publicity as possible.
DON'T AGREE
2. Traditional view gather intelligence from whomever.
DON'T AGREE
Today: Must communicate more with public
Heretofore nation accepted intell as a
necessity - willing to forgo scrutiny.
1975-78 public scrutiny was intense.
Suffered due lack public understanding
CIA into headline grabber.
Today must recognize that engendering some
understanding and support is essential
No public institution can survive
without it.
Means working with media
Not always easy
Must have secrets
especially on how got info
Means cannot answer some questions;
or less than complete
Means cannot back up some answers
Means may not be able refute some
allegations
Means risks of entrapment by leading
questions.
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Today: Must refrain from using U.S. media reps
to collect
Rules clear
Recognize importance
But assumed media reps had own
obligations just as with businesses
or others.
Some problems with example
other exemptions coming
Leads to some anomalous situations:
We brief on China
Media refuses debrief
See no harm in two-way exchanges
initiated by media reps
We're open to cooperate.
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10 April 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM:
Herbert E. Hetu
Assistant to the Director
(Public Affairs)
SUBJECT: ASNE Semi-Annual Editors Dinner,
1. Attached is a speech outline prepared by
STAT which represents several discussions we had on this subject. I
think premise is excellent, i.e., that you should take
advantage
e opportunity before this group to educate them
about the changes in intelligence. However, I think it runs a
little long as now written. I would suggest the following: that
you do cover the five changes, comparing them to the similar
changes that have taken place in the newspaper business, hitting
lightly on the first three and heavily on the oversight and openness.
2. Specifically:
a. Product: Like the newspaper world, our horizons
have broadened over the last 30 years as have the interests of
our readers/consumers.
b. Production Line: With the advent of new technologies,
our methods have advanced accordingly. Medium sized daily newspapers
are now erecting satellite antennas on the roofs of their buildings
to speed receipt of news; computers now run the presses. We have
a similar change in our production line. A common problem--both a
newspaper editor and the intelligence analyst receive so much
information so rapidly from so many sources, it is a difficult
job to sort and present an objective appraisal.
c. People: With the change in product and production
line our mix of people, like the newspaper, must be changed to
accommodate advanced in technology. However, nothing will ever take
the place of the reporter on the scene describing inflections in the
voice, expressions on the face, in attempting to learn intentions of
the person being interviewed. So, too, with the human intelligence
collector--the spy is here to stay.
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d. Oversight and Openness: These two areas are the ones
In which our two worlds come cloeest together and should provide
the major thrust of your remarks. The newspaper world is part
of the oversight process and our openness policy is an effort
from our side to permit greater oversight and understanding.
It is in these areas that we can cooperate more fully with a
mutual sense of respect and responbibility.
? 3. The ASNE has had an inordinate interest in the CIA's use of
the media, particularly our use of foreign media. You may recall
that Senator Inouye addressed this subject during the ASNE convention
last year in Hawaii. Attached is an exchange of correspondence
between you and the President of ASNE last 'December addressing
this subject. I think it is something you must be prepared to
speak to, since it could very weal be part of your introduction.
4. Background on tomorrow night: About 500 people are expected
for the dinner in the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Cocktails will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Regency Foyer which is
adjacent to the Ballroom. There are no VIP or private receptions.
You will be met on arrival by Mr. Jim Southerland of UPI, co-chairman
of the dinner--Jim will be your escort. He regularly covers
intelligence for UPI and is generally friendly and objective in
his reporting. The head table guests will move from the cocktail
area to the Valley Forge Room which is nearby at 7:50 p.m., to
assemble for the head table march-on.
5. I would suggest you plan to arrive between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m.
to have eppopportunity to meet some of the editors prior to the dinner.
REMEMBER: Nothing is off-the-record at a meeting of newspaper
editors. You will speak first at about 9:00 p.m., and be followed
by F3I Director Webster, with Barbara Walters batting third.
e_.
Herbert E. Hetu
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5 April 1978
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WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB
EDITOR'S DINNER
1900, Tuesday, 11 April 78
Hyatt Regency
Washington, D.C.
Pleasure to be here tonight
rather extraordinary, when you stop to think about
it, that the heads of both domestic and foreign
intelligence organizations?MI-5 and 6 if you will--
)oining representatives of the press from across the
country to spend an evening exchanging views.
- I would feel as exposed as Daniel if I didn't have
a G-man covering my flanks.
- certainly it is encouraging to me that you are
interested in hearing what Bill Webster and I might
have to say--and, I think it is no less significant
that we can, in turn, come here and talk about our
activities.
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- this greater openness, and now I am speaking for the
foreign intelligence community, is symbolic of several
fundamental changes which have taken place - and which
I would like to touch on briefly tonight.
First, our product has changed.
? US interest expanded over past 30 years - 150+
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countries - interested in most.
not just military intelligence as in past, but now
must keep abreast economically and politically.
O so, intelligence product
1) broader geographically
2) broader topically.
- other change today, political or covert action
O attitude - less inclined to want to interfere
in inner workings of other countries
o recognize its marginal utility
o but, can't eschew.
Second, our production line has changed ,
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0 traditionally - human agent- prime collector
? last decade and half - revolution in how
we collect information - best typified by
U-2 - made world aware that technology had
expanded the ways we can collect information.
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ironically, rather than making the human
agent obsolete, technology has made him
more important.
- technically we can learn what happened
yesterday or what is happening today,
but only a human being can uncover
motives, influences, plans - all of
which affect tomorrow.
? technical and human collection must compliment.
Third area of major changes - mentioned at beginning - openness.
- traditionally, intelligence agencies operated in
maximum secrecy.
0 can't do that any longer - nor should we.
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information as we can share with you -
- improves public debate
- gives you some measure to evaluate our work
- benefits us through more vigorous exchange
of ideas
- have been publishing 2 unclassified studies
a week for the past year.
2) permits us also to protect better truly
sensitive information
- everything secret, nothing secret
- declassify as much as possible - improve
protection of real secrets
There is a real lack of respect today for classified informa-
tion:
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two aspects -
1) the willingness of a few people with access to
secrets to leak them, and
2) the seeming willingness of the press to print
anything that falls into its hands
just a brief word on each.
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? Government will never rid itself of the Agees and
Snepps.
- must police ourselves
- grant less access to secrets
but, not so much a question of whether or not
they divulged secrets - although certainly
important - more a question of whether any
individual should be allowed to take it upon
himself to decide what should or should not be
released to the public (including, I might add,
the KGB, who read every line printed publicly in
this country).
- the Agees and Snepps are not in a position to
judge the harm the wrong information can do in
the KGB's hands because although they may think
they are aware of all the equities in the
situation, they usually are not.
- if we concede that individuals have a right to
make personal decisions about what secrets should
be revealed, how do you distinguish in law between
today's Agee and Snepp, and yesterday's Rosenberg
and Greenglass?
- we should not forget that Klaus Fuchs, who let
the Soviets have extremely valuable information,
did it for what he thought was the good of
humanity.
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- logical extension would be for all 215 million
Americans to decide what should or should not be
kept secret - chaos.
o the other side of this coin relates to you, the press,
and what you should or should not print.
- I do not presume to make that judgment for you.
I support your First Amendment right and, like
Jefferson, given the choice between a government
without newspapers, or newspapers without a
government, I too would choose that latter.
(I must also admit that since taking this job
I have sometimes also agreed with Jefferson that,
quote, ...even the least informed of the people
have learned that nothing in a newspaper is to
be believed, unquote.)
- my only hope is that the press would first,
1) not prejudge guilt or assume that everyone
in government can be expected to lie just
because they are in government.
it is popular wisdom that public
officials release what makes them look
good and suppress what makes them look
bad. I remind you that many believe the
media does the reverse: printing the
bad; ignoring the good. Is one better
than the other?
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0 for example, in the past few weeks
there have been persistent accusations
in the press that a Russian defector
named Nosenko, who turned himself over
to the U.S. Government several years
ago, was in fact a double agent who
has hood-winked the CIA. We have
affirmed to the press that we are con-
vinced of his bona fides, but there is
no way we can lay the evidence out on
the table for you because it involves
so many secret matters. It is a
dilemma for me because although I am
trying to open up to the press, there
are some things I cannot discuss in
detail. I do not know how to convince
you that Nosenko is a legitimate, one-
way defector, but I have told you before
and I am telling you again, that is
the fact of the matter.
o I believe it is time to put Watergate
and the extreme skepticism it bred
behind us. Government cannot function
unless the public is willing to place
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a modicum of trust in its elected and
appointed officials. Overall, I think
the public has been well served over
the past 200 years. I do not think
it unreasonable to assume that today,
just as yesterday, the large majority
of public servants are honest and
trying hard to do a good job. I don't
ask you to trust us blindly - and I'll
speak of oversight in just a moment -
but I think it is the responsibility
of an unbiased press to begin with a
presumption of innocence.
2) that brings me to my second point. While I
hear a great deal about the rights of the
press - from the press - I hear very much
less about the responsibility of the press
from the press.
- now I do believe the majority of serious,
professional journalists and editors
understand their responsibilities and
try to live up to them; however, in my
opinion, too often, pragmatic concerns
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seem to override loftier goals
especially in the area of a balanced
presentation of the news.
- you must judge what is of lasting
significance - and print it - and reject
what is merely sensationalism or what
will act contrary to the public good.
Your power to select or ignore issues
in this way is a greater power than
that which you exercise on your editorial
page.
- having this power to elevate the impor-
tance of issues, to draw the public's
attention to them, your greatest
obligation - after the obligation to
seek and report the truth - is to main-
tain a balanced perspective.
e.g., Pentagon Papers
- whatever your view of whether their
printing was right or wrong, how much
effort was expended to balance that
naked view of the internal - but
legitimate - working of our government
by exposing what was happening in Hanoi?
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Do you really think that picture was
much different? Do you think the
American public in general perceived
that? Might it have tempered their
opinions? I think so.
disputes?
hopefully, our greater openness will permit you
in the press to keep better informed on what the
IC is doing, and be in a better position to judge
real from fabricated issues.
however, because we cannot open up completely and
continue to function, in the past two years a
system of surrogate oversight has been instituted
which I think is working extremely well.
President
VP
- NSC
IOB
Congressional Committees
O strengths
- others share decisions
- closer contact with public will
O risks
- danger of leaks - as increase number in
the know
- danger of timidity
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Finding balance
,In January, President recognized these changes I've been
discussing and incorporated them in an E.O. -
- three characteristics of E.O.
? 1) establishes PRC
o guidance
o priorities
o SecSta/Def/NSC Adv/Treas.
2) strengthened DCI
? to pull together diverse agencies and
coordinate
o collection expensive must coordinate
o analysis - remains independent
3) checks & balances through Attorney General
o protects rights of U.S. citizens.
- new procedures, orders will do 2 things:
1) strengthen our ability to produce superior
intelligence for decision makers
2) protects both your rights and the values
of this nation.
- I can assure you, I am dedicated to those goals.
- Thank you.
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THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB
505 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20045
The Honorable
Stansfield Turner
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
202-393-3417
March 9, 1978
We are delighted that you will be our guest at the Washington Press Club's
Editors' Dinner honoring the American Society of Newspaper Editors Tuesday,
April 11, 1918, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,
and that you will be able to participate in our program. We do hope
Mrs. Turner will accoppany you. As a speaker, you will be seated at the
head table, and Mrs. Turner will be seated at one of the Club's guest
tables. The Club requests that your remarks should run from fifteen to
twenty minutes.
Here are the details:
Reception: 7:00 p.m. In the Regency Foyer
Dinner: 8:00 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom
Dress: Informal
The head table will assemble in a section of the Regency Foyer at 7:50 pm.
A host or hostess will meet and great you and Mts. Turner and see that
you both get to the proper place.
If further information is desired, please contact executive secretary
June Kelley at the above number.
We look forward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
William J. Eaton
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
President - WPC
cc: Mr. Herbert E. Hetu
Public Affairs Office
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20045 TELEPHONE, 202.737.6960
February 8, 1978
Mr. Herb Hetu
Assistant to the Director
for Public Affairs
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Hetu:
Enclosed please find a copy of the letter which I have
written to Admiral Turner re,euesting that he be the
featured speaker at the ,,..fashington Press Club's Editors'
Dinner. All the details are in the letter. I spoke
yesterday to I also, about the event.
For further information or to r, ond, you can reach me
at work: 737-6960 or at hone: 965-3309. Or you can contact
the other co-chairman of the dinner, Jim ,3outherland,
picture editor at UPI: work: 347-1124 or home: 229-7438.
You also can reach June Kelley, executive secretary of tilf
Washington Press Club at the club offices: 393-3417.
We look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.
edncerely,
r Ce
ilaruerite H. Sullivan
10,ehinton Correspondent
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51)5 NATION4L Mit
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Adm. Turner:
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February 8, 1978
We would like to invite you to be a featured speaker at the Washington
Press Club's semi-annual Editors' Dinner, Tuesday, April 11,1978. The
dinner,which will be at the Hyatt Regency, is being held in conjunction
with the American Society of Newspaper Editors, holding its annual
meeting in Washington April 9 through April 12. (Washington is its
site every-other-year.)
Our theme would be the intelligence community and the media. We also
are asking the new FBI designate, William Webster, to share the honors
with you. We would limit each speaker to 15 minutes--something serious
delivered in a lighter vein.
Cocktails would begin at 7 p.m. with the dinner at 8 p.m. Speeches would
begin between 9 and 9:30 p.m. There would be no questions and answers.
The attire would be business suits.
All the top editors in the country are members of ASNE. Usually 500 editors
attend the annual meeting, and a large percentage-of them, with spouses,
attend the dinner. The tradition has been that the Washington Press
Club gives the dinner in honor of editors attending the annual meeting.
Thus, it becomes part of their official functions during the week.
The editors specifically have indicated an interest in hearing a
presentation from you.
The ASNE agenda so far includes meetings with President Carter, the
Attorney General and other Cabinet Secretaries.
The Washington Press Club is a club of about 700 working journalists
in the capital.
We look forward to hearing from you in the near future. You can contact
me through my work at the Copley News Service, where I am a Washington
Correspondent, or can get in touch with June Kelley, Executive Secretary
of the Washington Press Club.
Sincerely,
f
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Marguerite H. Sullivan
First Vice President
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DATE RECEIVED: 10 February 1978
1. INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT:
a. Source:
DATE OF EVENT:Tuesday, 11 April 1978
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b. Type of event: Featured Dinner Speaker
c. Special occasion:
d. Date/Time:
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505 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20045 I 202-393-3417
February 8, 1978
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Adm. Turner:
We would like to invite you to be a featured speaker at the Washington
Press Club's semi-annual Editors' Dinner, Tuesday, April 11,1978. The
dinner,which will be at the Hyatt Regency, is being held in conjunction
with the American Society of Newspaper Editors, holding its annual
meeting in Washington April 9 through April 12. (Washington is its
site every-other-year.)
Our theme would be the intelligence community and the media. We also
are asking the new FBI designate, William Webster, to share the honors
with you. We would limit each speaker to 15 minutes--something serious
delivered in a lighter vein.
Cocktails would begin at 7 p.m. with the dinner at 8 p.m. Speeches would
begin between 9 and 9:30 p.m. There would be no questions and answers.
The attire would be business suits.
All the top editors in the country are members of ASNE. Usually 500 editors
attend the annual meeting, and a large percentage of them, with spouses,
attend the dinner. The tradition has been that the Washington Press
Club gives the dinner in honor of editors attending the annual meeting.
Thus, it becomes part of their official functions during the week.
The editors specifically have indicated an interest in hearing a
presentation from you.
The ASNE agenda so far includes meetings with President Carter, the
Attorney General and other Cabinet Secretaries.
The Washington Press Club is a club of about 700 working journalists
in the capital.
We look forward to hearing from you in the near future. You can contact
me through my work at the Copley News Service, where I am a Washington
Correspondent, or can get in touch with June Kelley, Executive Secretary
of the Washington Press Club.
Sincerely,
t.
Marguerite H. Sullivan
First Vice President
and Dinner Co-Chairperson
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Mr. Eugene Patterson
President, American Society of Newspaper Editors
c/o The St. Petersburg Times
Post Office Box 1121
St. Petersburg, Florida 33731
Dear Mr. Patterson:
This is in response to your letter of 5 December 1977 enclosing an
Octo7Der 1976 resolution by the Board of Directors o.1 the American Society
of Newspaper Editors and asking for our views concerning CIA policy
regarding relationships with foreign journalists working for non-U.S.
news media organizations.
As you know, we have recently announced a detailed, expanded policy
statement dealing with CIA relationships with journalists and staff or U.S.
news media organizations. In relevant part, this statement (which has
been incorporated into our internal regulations) bars any CIA relationships
with full-time or part-time journalists (including so-called "stringers")
accredited by a U.S. news media organization. The term "accredited" is
specifically defined to cover a foreign journalist who: 1) has been issued
the requisite credentials to represent himself or herE,elf as a correspondent
for a U.S. news media organization, or 2) is officially recognized by a foreign
government to represent a U.S. news media organization.
Let me attempt to address the issues raised in your letter by sharing
with you the major reasons why our announced policies are carefully and
specifically delineated to cover journalists and staff of U.S. news media
organizations. The underlying rationale for this position, of course, is CIA's
abiding recognition and appreciation of the special status afforded the
nation's press under the Constitution. Accordingly, in order to do our part
to allay the understandable concern expressed in some quarters that unregu-
lated and widespread CIA relationships in this area tend to undermine the
integrity and independence of the U.S. press, we have, taken special pains
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to impose stringent limitations on ourselves in our dealings with U.S.
news media organizations themselves and any employees thereof through-
out the world, regardless of the nationality of the employees. Although
upon occasion the severity of these restrictions and prohibitions will
unquestionably present obstacles to our ability to expeditiously and effect-
ively perform our statutory responsibilities in the area of foreign intelligence
collection, CIA has chosen to formulate and operate under these limitations
in the interests of and out of respect for the separate responsibilities and
status of the U.S. press as a free and independent institution in our
society. At the same time, it is our considered opinion that any further
extension of the scope of the restrictions beyond U.S. media organizations
is neither legally required nor otherwise appropriate in light of the potential
barriers which such action may pose to this Agency's ability to carry out
its critical duties in furtherance of the nation's foreign policy of objectives.
Because of the above considerations, and with all due respect to your
organization's concerns in this area, I hope that you will understand the
reasons why this Agency cannot support the position taken in the October
1976 resolution of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Yours sincerely,
Vs/ Stansfield Turner
STANSFIELD TURNER
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
JOHN HUGHES
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Vice President
WILLIAM H. HORNBY
THE DENVER POST
Secretary
THOMAS WINSHIP
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Treasurer
December 5, 1977
I am enclosing a resolution adopted unanimously in October, 1976
by the board of directors of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
ASNE remains committed to the belief that CIA employment of foreign
journalists working for foreign media damages America's credibility as a
nation that stands for a free press everywhere.
However, your predecessor specifically reserved the option to employ
newsmen of other nations, so long as they didn't work for U.S. media.
I note that your own November 30 regulation does not address the ques-
tion of CIA's relationship with foreign journalists who work for non-American
media. For ASNE's guidance I would appreciate your giving us a statement of
your policy with respect to this subject.
cc: Clayton Kirkpatrick
Anthony Day
John Hughes
William Hornby
Thomas Winship
Gene Giancarlo
Pete McKnight
CHARLES W. BAILEY
THE MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE
JOHN CI_ EMMERICH JR.
GREENWOOD (M)SS.) COMMONWEALTH
cerely yo
e Patterson
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:
CHARLES L. BENNETT CREED C. BLACK
LEXINGTON (KY ) HERALD & LEADER
OKLAHOMAN & TIMES
ROBERT CHANDLER GEORGE CHAPLIN ROBERT P. CLARK
BEND ORE)l BULLETIN HONOLULU ADVERTISER COURIER JOURNAL & LOUISVILLE TIMES
CLAYTON KIRKPATRICK MICHAEL J.O'NEILL JOHN C. QUINN CLAUDE F.SITTON RICHARD D. SMYSER
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done, and get ASNE into another
Washington hotel for 1978, which has
been done with a commitment from the
Washington Hilton.
The more frequent rotation out of
Washington was cluttered by the con-
sensus that ASNE should meet in
Washington in the years of presidential
election campaigns and the year im-
mediately following. Hence this
schedule: 1977?Honolulu; 1978?
Washington, at the Washington Hilton;
I979?probably New York City;
1980?probably at the Washington
Hilton, if it survives 1978: 1981?prob-
ably at the Washington Hilton;
1982?outside of Washington, prob-
ably Chicago.
The directors' views on the four
leading cities in the membership poll
were: New York City, nine votes;
Chicago, six votes; San Francisco?too
soon after Honolulu for another trip
west; New Orleans?too soon after
Atlanta (1974) for another trip south.
Hence, New York's possibilities are
being pursued.
The CIA resolution, circulated in ad-
vance/Was adopted quickly with minor
FUTURE ASNE
CONVENTION SITES
1977?Honolulu
(Sheraton Waikiki)
1978?Washington
(Wash. Hilton)
1979?New York City
probably N.Y. Hilton*
1980?Washington*
1981?Washington*
1982?Chicago, probably*
*hotels not yet confirmed
editing, as might be expected of a room-
ful of editors. Warren Phillips made the
point that "we cannot send Clayton
Kirkpatrick to Nairobi to take the posi-
tion we have (see page 6) without doing
this because it is part and parcel of the
One wag suggested that the CIA
statement might be called the Honolulu.
resolution in the fashion of last year's
Bermuda resolution to clarify ASNE
eligibility. Hopefully, the CIA resolu-
tion will achieve more decisive results.
While Membership Committee rec-
ommendations were adopted, handily,
the discussion raised almost as many
questions as it answered about how
ASNE determines fairly whether a
newspaper. executive who does not hold
the title of editor does or does not meet
the adequate journalist standards of the
Society?the Bermuda resolution not-
withstanding. On one hand this view:
Publishers are not going to take over
ASNE and nothing but good can come
from bringing them in; on the other: on a
small newspaper the publisher might
displace the legitimate operating editor
as an ASNE member.
The point was left unclear. But quite
clearly resolved was the fact that all
ASNE conventioneers can leave their
tuxedos at home. The look in host/presi-
dent Chaplin's eyes said he was going to
win that one, even if he had to open the
same situation." drapes. Ei
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The board of directors of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors calls on the Central Intelligence Agency
to give assurance that it has completed the termination of
CIA employment of all correspondents of United States
news media. In addition, the ASNE board calls on the
President and Congress to require the CIA to extend, this
hands-off rule worldwide so as to prohibit CIA employment
of journalists working for foreign news media as well as for
American media.
The power of America's commitment to freedom resides
in its example. The CIA should exhibit the American com-
mitment to free press abroad and at home alike. The agency
has refused to give assurance that it will not employ foreign
newsmen. We urge a reversal of that policy, by law if
necessary, because it subverts America's advocacy of a free
flow of news for all people and damages the ideals that
Americans profess.
Director George Bush on February 11, 1976, directed the
CIA not to enter any future contractual relationship with
any full-time or part-time correspondents of American
news media.
We note Mr. Bush and CIA representatives gave subse-
quent assurance to the National News Council on June 24,
1976. that this directive prohibits CIA employment of
American news executives, stringers for American news
organizations, foreign nationals working as newsmen for
American news organizations and freelance writers who
could be interpreted in any manner as being journalists.
IL
However, CIA spokesmen said it would take time to
phase out all past arrangements with such people in an
orderly manner. The ASNE is now told they were talking in
terms of completing the terminations by the end of this year.
This suggests the agency has not completed the severances
nine months after they were ordered. We ask that the CIA
Director report compliance with his directive of last
February promptly and publicly.
We further ask that the President by executive order, or
Congress and the President by joint resolution, prohibit the
CIA from employing newsmen of any nation.
At the UNESCO conference in Nairobi, American
delegates urged all nations to respect humanity's right to
news uncontrolled by governments for their own ends.
Those words lack force so long as an agency of the
American government refuses to give assurance that it will
forgo employment of foreign newsmen for its own ends.
The CIA has refused to give the world's people that
assurance. We believe the American people through their
elected representative 4 should require it to do so. The in-
terests of the United States are not served if a U.S. agency
reserves the right to interfere with other peoples' sources of
information. To extend America's own respect for a free
and independent press to the efforts of news media abroad
would serve the higher purposes of the United States, and
stand in telling contrast to the practices of totalitarian
systems which Americans expect their government to reject,
not emulate.
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The fight never stops
Members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
meeting in Honolulu learned that the criminal code reform
act of 1977, the longest piece of legislation in American his-
tory, is being re-introduced in Congress without the restric-
tive provisions of the Official Secrets Act which threatened
jail sentences to editors and reporters: .
Editors and their legal representatives fought long and
hard to have those provisions deleted: Only a close analysis
by editors and their lawyers will reveal whether all the
traps have been eliminated. The editors were told the bill
sounds okay, as far as the press is concerned, but there are
dangers that in the traditional "trading off" process in con-
gressional committees the final bill may differ from the orig-
inal draft. The advice?watch it closely.
But just when victory was in sight on this battlefront,
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, chairman of the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, threw the same curve at
editors from another angle. He said:
"The experience of the Watergate committee, the Penta-
gon Papers case, the Marks-Marchetti case, and recent press
disclosures of intelligence activities create a compelling rec-
ord for congressional study of the present security classifi-
cations, executive orders, and criminal statutes.
"The present state of the law is inadequate, and serves
neither the national security nor the people's right to
know." He talked about the "ambiguities of the law" that
"require remedy."
So, the congressional committee which has amended the
Criminal Code Reform Act (formerly called S-1) has deleted
restrictive provisions on the press, and Senator Inouye's
committee is talking about inserting the same provisions in
other legislation concerning intelligence activities which
would create the same restraints on the press.
It is going to be a busy year for editors. The criminal code
revision will have to be watched closely to see that it is not
altered to constitute a threat to the press. Senator Inouye
and his committee will have to he followed step by step.
(The first half of this editorial appeared May 7 and is
reprinted here for clarification because the second half was
lost in transmission from Honolulu.)
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7 May 1977
Inouye: No American
newsmen work for CIA
Assurance that no American intelli-
gence agency any longer has any
employe of American media on its
payroll was given the editors (May 2) by
Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye,
chairman of the Senate Select Commit-
tee on Intelligence.
Inouye said further: "I can report to
you that the CIA will not enter into any
paid or contractual relationship with any
U.S. news service, newspaper, periodi-
cal, radio-tv network or station. That in-
cludes stringers. The existing restriction,
now in the form of a CIA directive, will
be included in the proposed statutory
charters which will be introduced in the
coming weeks."
The Senator also said he hopes some-
day to be able to say no member of the
media, foreign or domestic, is so in-
volved. He told the editors .he ap-
preciated their doubts about this matter
and that he is "well aware that many in
your organization are concerned with the
flow-back problem of placements made
by intelligence agencies abroad."
He invited suggestion to help with his
committee's review of the question.
"This is the kind of issue," he said,
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"That goes to the heart of the balancing
question between the needs of secret in-
telligence activities and the need to pro-
tect and nurture institutions of freedom I
such as a vigorous free press."
Inouye's remarks came in an address }
entitled "The American Intelligence ;
Community and It's Future," a speech
largely given over to a review of the
work of the committee that was created
"because the people and Congress had ?
lost confidence in the integrity of U.S.
intelligence agencies."
Inouye said that such experiences as
Watergate and the Pentagon Papers call
for congressional study of the present
security classification, executive orders,
and criminal statutes.
"The present state of the law is in-
adequate," he said, "and serves neither
the national security nor the people's
right to know. The ambiguities of the law
require congressional committees and
executive branch officials with foreign
Policy and national security respon-
sibilities, and news reporters with
foreign policy and national security re-
porting responsibilities, often to act in
doubt and sometimes at their peril. In the
past, both Congress and the press have
been denied information and accused of
irresponsible 'leaks' if they disclose what
they learn, and accused of 'cover-ups' if
they fail to do so."
The Senator said that one goal of his
committee is to frame statutes and
executive branch regulations that will
permit a precise definition of what is and
what is not a legitimate national secret.
. "The committee is mindful," he de-
clared, "that no set of statutes should
permit the use of ambiguous criminal
laws to stifle freedom of speech."
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CIA & the media
Central Intelligence Agency use of
journalists as agents and paid in-
formants remains an unresolved
issue with implications not just for
the media but for the nation as a
whole.
The American Society of News-
paper Editors convention here this
week heard some mixed news on the
subject from a key figure, U.S.
Senator Dan Inouye, chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence.
The CIA has stopped using Ameri-
can journalists in any way, and its
directive on that will be put into a
proposed statutory charter, Inouye
said. But the Hawaii senator added
that the agency still has some for-
eign media personnel on its payroll.
The better news is that Inouye
said, in answer to a question, that he
personally favors a ban on the CIA
hiring foreign journalists, and feels
a majority of his committee does
also.
THERE IS NO DOUBT the CIA
still profits by using foreign journal-
ists, just as it did by using American
news personnel abroad.
But the U.S. media paid a price
for being so used, and so indirectly
did our Country in the- eyes of the
world. In ...the same way, there are
both practical and moral reasons for
stopping the CIA from hiring foreign
journalists, and they should override
other considerations.
The free flow of information is
valuable to our nation and the world.
Yet we subvert our policy favoring
that by using those who handle the
news as intelligence agents. More-
over, we cast a shadow over honest
media friends of the U.S. in foreign
countries.
And on the higher moral plain
there are the words of President
Carter in his inaugural address:
"We will not behave in foreign
places so as to violate our rules and
standards here at home, for we
know that the ttust which our nation
earns is essential to our strength." ,
IF THERE IS clearly a case for
Inouye's committee getting the CIA
to stop employing any journalists,
one can still be impressed at the dif-
ficult task the committee faces in
balancing real intelligence needs
and basic rights while reforming
and controlling the intelligence com-
munity.
Inouye outlined a picture of
progress being made, although be-
tween the lines there are plenty of
problems.
To be sure, there are dangers of
going too far in specific revelations.
But if we are to judge by the jour-
nalist issue, reform and better over-
sight continue as the more active
needs.
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HONOLULU, May 3 (UPI)--President
Carter, speaking by telephone to a group
of newspaper editors, said today that the
Soviet Union was "many years away"
from developing a weapon that could
neutralize United States missiles.
Speaking from the White House to a
convention of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors, Mr. Carter said, "We
have no evidence that the Soviets have
achieved any major breakthrough."
Aviation Week and Space Technology
said in its current edition that there was
hard proof that the Russians had "leAp-
frogged a generation of high-energy
physics technology and developed a work-
able experiental model of a directed-
energy beam weapon that could destroy
missile warheads.
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rafting1.1.111D Ban
On CIA Payments
HONOLULU., May 0 P ? The
chairman of: the Senate Committee
on Intelligence said today new legis-
lation is 'being prepared to prohibit
the Central Intelligence Agency from
paying members of the U.S. news
media to gather information.
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii),
in prepared comments, told the annual
meeting of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors that in a few weeks.
the first parts of a charter will be
introduced to define what the intelli-
gence agencies can do, give their
legitimate functions a firm statutory
basis and place the entire community
under more effective central direction.
"I can report to you that the CIA
will not enter into any paid or con-
tractual relationship with any full-
time or part-time news correspondent
accredited with any U.S. news service, ,
newspaper, periodical. radio-television ?
network or station," Inouye said.
"That includes stringers. The exist-
ing restriction, now in the form of a
CIA directive, will be included in the
proposed statutory charters."
Ile said the situation that led to
numerous intelligence abuses re-
ported by the select committee
chaired by Sen. Frank Church (D-
Idaho) one year ago has been cor-.
reeted. 'It it not an understatement
to say that not only had the intern- ,
gence agencies lost credibility with
the American people, but, that the
ability of Congress to direct and over-
see the activities of our intelligence I
agencies was also found to be almost I
nonexistent."
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CHAIRMAN,
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BEFORE THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS
Nay 2, 1977
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.,While ,President Carter is looking for:-,- journalists or _ American journalists
another nominee to head the Central working for foreign news agencies for
.Tntelligence Agency, following the with-Q',!711.. S. intelligence work the CIA ada-
.
4rawal of Theodore,Sorensen, there- is- Mandy _refuses to make any commit-
one very?iiirtuddy.,r'area-r'of needed reform merit. This has: triggered vehement pro-
in practices abroad that needs clart-1, tests from such groups as the American.
fying We1 hope that the proper assur:_.; Society .of Newspaper Editors and Na-
:ariees will be demanded and obtained-kr' 'tional Conference of Editorial Writers:- .
? when . the Senate Intelligence Committee An ASNE statement puts' the -objecl
_examines Mr .t Carteesext choice for tion well.. Noting that America 'S dela-
: the job:- gates at the recent UNESCO conference
The area of- concern ?.:of Particular Nairobi, had "urged all nations to re-
concern, wel_might add, to professional spect humanity's right to news uncon--
:journalists ?is the CIA's past employ, trolled by governments for their own
? ment of some newsmen working abroad ends, it declared: "Those words Jack
either for American ? or foreign news force so long as an agency of the Amen-
media; as intelligence agents. can government refuses to give -assur
-This practice, when brought to, [light aneethat it will forego employment of,
s .
? during congressional :investigations -a foreign newsmen for it own ends."
.; 'CIA abuses,:was roundly denounced' by. Because the CIA itself has refused to
press spokesmen, and the protests resalt-:- give. that asSurance; the. editors' group
.,ed in a flat order by-CIA Director George 'asks Congress and the' administration to
Bush last February-banning:any and all .' insiSt that it do so. "The interests of the
;
future CIA.: employment of iuiitm&otted States are not served," its state-'
parttime !:correspondents of American ment says, "If a U. S.. agency reserves
^ news media:;:The CIA did- say it would the right to interfere with other people's
take time to-phase out all past contracts sources of informed
:`--with such people, and rt flatly refused tcil?-..!1:;-te't America, it urges, extend our own,
? divulge' the names of any newStnen-Who:.:respect. for a ,free -;:and - independent?
had ever been on Its payroll: Iry subse-:-2,...:.:press to t be efforts : 'of news Media.:
quent meetings With news...media Spokes:,-::::F..labroad." :President Carter made in his-
men,
'?
the CIA indicated that the phail45::-inati.aUFal ex-a.ctlY'the pledge. that he'si
mg out of all pastcontract relationships:4. should how insist that the CIA make.' in-:,
would - be completed by the. end of 'frespect : to -foreign journalists 'We
year .-'-- ---,-'.. , not behave in foreign places so as to .
? On --a.-.-relatedz.. point, :however L=-7:..t.he..,17.1.a.te. our rules and standards here i_at'
pessible.,rebruitin. and. Use of foreign K-4
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By Robert U. Brown
Pressure on CIA
Pressure by American news organiza- Loory of the Chicago Sun-Times. Repre-
tions has forced a commitment from the senting CIA were Andrew Falkiewicz,
Central Intelligence Administration that assistant to the director, and "a senior
it will no longer employ American and CIA official who asked not to be iden-
foreign journalists working for American tified."
news media although it is dragging its
feet in doing so. Perhaps further pressure
can bring the same assurance CIA will
not employ journalists working for "1. The CIA has terminated relation-
foreign news media, which so far it has ships with American and foreign jour-
declined to do. ? ' ? ? - ,? nalists working for American news
.The board of directors of the American media, although some past relationships
..Society of Newspaper Editors at its still may be the process of being
meeting in Honolulu the week before Phased out. The latter would not be per-
Thanksgiving adopted :a resolution call- forming intelligence tasks, even if they
ing; on CIA "to give assurance that it has still were being paid.
'completed the - termination of CIA "2. Journalists in this classification?
employment of all -correspondents of American or foreign journalists working
IJ,S. news media. In addition, the ASNE for American news media?had only been
? board calls on the President and Con- - involved in intelligence-gathering, not in
gress to require the CIA to extend this p;anting information.
hands-off rule world-wide so as to pro- ""3. A CIA-financed news service
hibit CIA employment of journalists abroad is not considered an American
working for foreign news media as well news organization.
as for American media." ? ? "4. The CIA rejects the NCEW con-
: The resolution noted the order by CIA tention that the CIA should not have re-
Director George Bush, February 11, lationships with foreign or American
. 1976, directing CIA not to enter any In- journalists in foreign news organizations.
tura con_tractual relations-hip with any The officials said the CIA is in the
-full-time or part-time correspondents of foreign intelligence business to gather in-
American news media: It also noted as- - telligence under the law, and that 'any
Stliance by Bush on June 24 to the Na- foreigner is of interest to us, anyone,
? tional News Council that the directive businessman, whatever, so we don't
included stringers, fcireign nationals and - want to be cut off from anyone including
.freelancers working for American news journalists.' " - ,
? :ee -.....erY----NCEW elicited the "comment from
-:::"However," the resolution continued, ; CIA that the February directive "was
-::"CIA spokesmen said it would take time highly unusual?one of only two or three
to phase out all past arrangements with ..such publicly announced directives in the
uch people in an orderly manner. The, agency's history?and that while it could
.--,,ASNE is now told they were talking in be rescinded secretly, the agency's ere-
-. terms of completing terminations by the clibility would be damaged were it to do
e end of this-year..-This suggests the so and that fact came to light later.
e agency, has not completed the severances j- Therefore, they said, there would have
nine months after they were ordered. We to be a public statement if a decision to
:ask .that the CIA' Director report corn- rescind were made." ?.
:-..-pliance with his airective of last Feb- Expressing agreement with a state-,
-?ruary promptly and publicly." ? e,:ment Secretary Kissinger made to the
'We further ask that the President by annuaINCEWmeeting?"I disagree with
executive order,-'or Congress and the the practice of putting misleading infor-
-:=President by joint resolution, prohibit the - mation into foreign newspapers"?CIA
CIA from employingnewsmen of any na- officials insisted they wanted to retain
tion."'. ? ? .the option of using "disinformation"
-!:About the time the ASNE resolution when necessary but would discuss with
was adopted; on November 19 four rep- Director Bush that possibility of formaliz-
:. resentatives of the. NationalConference ing Kissinger's statement as CIA policy.
e of Editorial Writers were meeting with CIA officials said the level of this prac-
two CIA executives at the Langley, Va., tice of "disinformation" has fallen to al-
\ ". headquarters to discuss thR arm maettsr, jam pothiaAnUtliongeK tlficiec
? NCEW was represent-WYkIKeyeEsItr TEWof
? The NCEW memorandum to members
on this meeting reports:
tem for the U.S. and the reasons Why"
CIA, as we once said, should keep its
cotton-pickin' hands off media and their
representatives here and abroad:
"At the UNESCO conference in
Nairobi, American delegates urged all
nations to respect humanity's right to
news uncontrolled by governments for
their own ends. Those words lack force
so long as an agency of the American
government refuses to give assurance-
that it will forego employment of foreign
newsmen for its own ends. .
"The CIA has refused to give the
world's people that assurance. We be-
lieve the American people through their
elected representatives should require it
to do so. The interests of the -United
States are not served if a U.S. agency
reserves the right to interfere with other
people's sources of information. To ex-
tend America's own respect for a free
and independent press to the efforts of
news media abroad would serve the
higher purposes of the U.S., and stand in
telling contrast to the practices of to-
talitarian systems which Americans ex-
pect their government to-reject, not emu-
late," _ .
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nn's Llb.Out the transition now going.
a in Washington centers, naturally, on
.ane-?.-q team-The selection of a yance
more interesting than the waning
sys of a Kissinger: ? .. ? ..'- . ?
But the transition can also. be a- time-
cc, dealing with those troublorne.
ids and ends that kept working their
ay to the bottom of the pile?the kind-
!: unfinished business one discovers!
bile cleaning out one's desk- I.!: ? .
-There is one piece of unfinished
CEorge Bush, 'whose resig-
ation as director of the CIA will take
iec on Inauguration Day.. It. is the.=
aA'sinvol7eraent with the-press.: -
Niter much backing and filling, the
gentry appears to have severed, or
oretseverl, its connection.s with Anter-.
nalcurnalists and those who regularly:
ta: for tho American; prs front
!hrtAd. There may still be a few strands,.
-ut a CIA spoltrcart says they should all
outhy the firstat the year.. .
The agency steadfastly continues to,
7'4f-use-to name the American Jonruai-
sts who have been.on its payroll or the.
aerN3 orgaltiaations it used. Neverthe-'
the renunciation of. future involve-:
nent with the Ame.rican press is to be,
_pplauded, I'? 7 7 ,
Tho CIA has: not, however, re-i;
aourneed involvement with the foreign'
:frets In three general categories: the
ase ot foreign journalists for ? intelli-
genes, pturpos, the planting of false or
misleading news in the foreign press;
and the' _planting of. news that Is not
_
!stisebut placerl.fo-r. the CIA's own ptisn
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?
T.A.LIAX:1111.1oirnialts have been pardon,
olarly cor.cerne?d about the second aCthi.4
ty?the planting of false informaton irr
the foreign press. Iris argued that there
nn be a fallout inothii countryofr=
'inch re pollution abroad. A false story-
planted in a. foreign publication or news'
z,eriice may find its way oVei.laere and.
oe printed lathe prms. ? ? .
Secretary :Kissinger gave opponent.
5.! this 5.0er.or thing s.orne. encourage:.
[cent a.f..ew months ago. He was asked?.
comm ent.on a Senate report indicat-'
itig tbat the CIA has foreign journalists!
in its payroll.a.o.dplantsfalse storiesin;
lals foreign press.-
. Ire replied that he ditin't.believe thati
slitting misleading, informato.-;.' out as?
ILEVW-3 was ever justifiable, and ....Ida':
would thin' that any information that:
s placed through. any American gov-7.
to-nmentel orgard-atortshould he such:
hat It could b-apublished.here.wIthout,
nlaldingthe e American putAPProvgd
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WASHINGTON POST
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ress ution.
Whei..h.er? that. statement will intio.-1
enco.the CIA in. this admini-itration or
the next remains to be seen. So far, the
agency refuses to give up the option or
corrupting the foreign press if that is
necessary to carry out an intelligence
objective.. .' .
? Just how much of it Is going on now,
no one outside th intelligence estab-o
lishment? can say. A CIA spokesman,
hints that it is not a common practice
and. points out that ? covert activities ;
must he clear-ed with authorities_ out-.1
'side the agency before they can be ern":
.barked upon- Neverthele&sy.the option.
i5rataLned... . ? .' ;
; As. I have indicated, Az:del-lean jour-:-
nalists who oppose CIA pollution of the-
foreign press usually do so on selfish
groundm. They fear the planted' stories
will, find their way in the American.
press and they will he unlo.owingly,
peddling faisenews: .?
. _
7 I
But I see another; equally Persuasive,
reason for urging that the President?I
this one. or the next one?get the CIA;
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? This fall ILS.-offiaaii.and repreenta-
fives of the American press fought side
by side against a Third World effort to
sanction governmental control of the
news, A Russian-sponsored resoluton to
. that end- was defeated at. the recent
Ai:NM-CO conference in Nairobi, at least
for the time being. ? .
We can blame ourselves In part for
?the Third World proposal. The press of
-the Western nations has been almc.--o. -
%..criminally neglectful In its Coverage ot
the undeveloped nations, It usually
takes- a natural disaster or a bloody re-i-
olution or other-catastrophe in 'a Third
. World country to get our attention.
This ahould notbe,- ? .
Nevertheless, the proposal for gov-
ernmental press domination on the So-
viet pattern is the antithesis of our con-
cept of the role-of the press in free
ro-
cletle-s. _
Unfortunately, the American posi-
tion is ritrninished in this global contest
. by the refusal of the CIA to-give up Its
??emba.rraasing option to meddle with
othe- press of other countries. As the
American Society of Newspapers
Edi-
ton-s noted in a resolution approved last
month, our pleas to-other nations to oh-
serve e-Veiyorie's right-to news that is
AincontrollerL, by governments lack
forceunder present conditions.
The issue is bound to come up agairo:.
When it dor, ye will be more, persu--
a.sive if this country has forryt,Aly and.;
unequivocally-renounced interference
with-the pr.s.of the rest.at.t.1.1e world... ?
? ?-?:*f.7" 2.: ? ? -
? ? , ?
out of the-news business all around. the
*world:. It is hypocritical and damaging
to our national integrity to insist that
our press be kept pure but to concede
-the CIA's right to corrupt-the press in
the rest of the world. "
Preurriably :we stand: for:: freedOrrx
not Inglis this country but for all pt,o-
pie. Presumably we bellev&-that true
freedom. can exist only in informed so-
cieties, and that an informed socier.,4
cannot exist without a free press.: -
- It foliovm. then 'that:to counten_a.nce
corruption of the foreign press by an:
agency-of the U.S. 'government, what;????
ever the?pur?pcse, is to betray the con-.
cept of Lnee?cloat Via p.11:11:`-.1 to hold ars.
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If the United States is to stand for
the free flow of information in the
world?as it must?then it should not
be guilty any longer of using news ,
reporters as agents of U.S. intelli-__
? gence organizations. -
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To that end,. the board of the
American Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors, meeting here the past four
? days, has`passed a resolution asking
the U.S. Central intelligence Agency
to stop employing both American ?
and foreign journalists. ."- ?
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SUCH A.. resolution is... necessary
because the CIA has been dragging
? its feet on promises to phase out use
? of American newsmen and -has re-
fused to give _assurances it won't
hire foleign journalists.
,
The text of the 'ASNE resolution is
printed .on Page A-1 of today's
paper. But the essential point is that -
the U.S. is undermining its own
, basic principles, as Well as putting
its own news media in an awkward
and cynical position when they advo-
cate the freedom of information that
is essential to intelligent democratic
decisions in the'world.
As an example, the ASNE resolu-,
tion notes: . - ":: , -? -
". "At the UNESCO conference in
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all nations to respect humanity's
right to news uncontrolled by: gov-
ernments for their own,crids..--Those
words lack force so loiig as an ien-
cy of the American government re-
fuses to give assurances that it will
forego employment of foreign news-
men for its own ends." - ?
. - ? ???., .
; ? - . .
? ;IT'S OBVIOUS that reporters and
editors are often placed where they -
can be useful in intelligence .activi-
- ties. , Some have let?themselves be
. _
.usedfor such purposes?although
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many 'others? have _refused _and
argued the practice.- ?
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BUT; -not-only-is-Such-employment -
wrong in terms. nf our principles, it :.1
?is also clear. that the disadvantages
outweigh any advantages in the
practical sense of our posture before..
the world. -
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The CIA can end such practices on:
? its own .right away?and it should.
But there also need to be firm
orders from the President and Con-
gress that no American intelligence -
agency will hlie journalists _a.ny-
_
? where.
-ThIs is one_ issue _where the U.S.-
must have a clearer and cleaner
position before, the world.
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- Central Intelligence Agency Director George Bush refused
to answer when he was asked, during his appearance as
American Society of Newspaper Editors luncheon speaker
Apr. 8, whether the CIA maintains 'relationships" witirjour-
nalists working for foreign news media. Bush said a response
would reveal intelligence "sources and methods."
The question Bush ducked was answered two weeks later
by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The committee
reported that the CIA. maintains ties to a number of persons
associated with IT.S;iii'e'dIN organixations and "a network of
several hundred foreign individuals around the world who
provide intelligence for the CIA and at times. attempt to
influence foreign opinion through .he use of covert propa-
ganda. These individuals provide the CIA with direct access
* to a large number of foreign newspapers and periodicals,
scores of press services and news agencies, radio and televi-
sion stations, commercial book publishers, and other foreign
.media outlets."
The statement is italicized in the committee's report. A
footnote explains that italicized material "has been substan-
tially abridged at the request of the executive agencies"
Even cropped and touched up, the picture of the CIA that
emerges is of an agency ready, willing and able to employ a
large-scale covert propaganda apparatus to pollute the news
media.. .
And not only the foreign media. A former CIA official told
the Senate committee: 'There is no way in this increasingly
? small world of ours of insulating information that one puts
out overseas and confining it to the area to where one puts it
out.... If you plant an article in some paper overseas ...
there is no way of guaranteeing that it is not going to be
picked up and published by the Associated Press in this coun-
try."
The CIA's propaganda activities include the use of "black
propaganda" ? propaganda that appears to originate from
an unfriendly source. Because U.S. policy makers could be
misled by these phony stories, "senior U.S. officials" are
informed of their true source. But as the Senate committee
noted, "no mechanism exists to protect the U.S. public and
, the Congress from fallout from black propaganda or any
other propaganda."
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Russian and other foreign intelligence agencies employ
similar covert propaganda' tactics. Does the KGB have
American newsmen on its payroll planting stories in the U.S.
news media? Conceivably it does, though a Senate commit-
tee staff member who is familiar with the CIA's covert prop-
aganda operation said he doubted that the Russians are
planting stories in this country directly through U.S. news-
men, because the number and variety of U.S. media outlets
would make it difficult to have an impact. He added that the
Russians unquestionably have an extensive covert propagan-
da apparatus abroad.
An appendix to the Senate committee report, which appar-
ently was contributed by the CIA, describes a KGB depart-
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In February, CIA Director George Bush issued a state-
ment saying: "Effective immediately, the CI A.will not enter
into any paid or contractual relationship with any full-I iine
or part-time news correspondent accredited by any U.S.
news service, newspaper, periodical, radio or television net-
work or station." E&P (Feb. 21., page 6) applauded the
statement as did many publications.
Mr. Bush repeated that statement last week in response
to a question before the annual meeting of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington.
Now the report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelli-
gence Activities discloses that "of the approximately 50 U.S.
journalists or personnel of U.S. media organizations who
were employed by the CIA or maintained some other covert
relationship with it at the time of the announcement, fewer
than one-half will be terminated under the new CIA guide-
lines."
The committee says the key word is "accredited" and the
agency interprets it as applying to those who are "formally
authorized by contract or issuance of press credentials to
represent themselves as correspondents" leaving all others
(executives and free lancers) as not included.
This is CIA doubletalk.
The damage to the integrity of all responsible news people
continues with this sham.
Mr. Bush should immediately clarify the CIA position by
saying "all news people" are included in the prohibition, not
just some.
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eating 4A.,-,courzu _ 1-1-
GEORGI4-BIASItedirector of the CIA,? could change from
gave indications last week that close, subterfuge to
daily contact with the intelligence agency entertainment.
may be like a dose of LSD. It may distort
one's sense of reality, or of where one is,
or of what one is doing and saying.
? There he was, making an impromptu
talk before the American Society of News-
paper Editors in Washington. And, in a
matter of fact way, he blurts out, "I've
come from a secret mission to three
countries."
An intelligence aide sitting nearby re-
portedly gave some sign of discomfort.
Understandably so. If the mission was se-
cret, why did Bush,
mention it? And, hav-
ing done that, why did Bush refuse to dis-
cuss it further? His response: "I said it
was secret and that's what that means."
Two possible explanations of Bush's
circumscribed candor come quickly to
mind. Ile may have wanted to assure the
editors that he was firmly in charge of the
CIA ? that, in fact, he could carry off a
surreptitious venture as surreptitiously as
anyone. And, to be fair, keeping a secret
may indeed be worthy of a high mark
these days in the CIA. Bush might even
consider a CIA version of the grand, eld
television standby. "I've Got A Secret."
Why, overnight, the image of the CIA
one
one
oF rincipled
(it. family
On the other hand, Bush's feelings
may have been hurt. He had set up a se-
cret mission to three European countries
to check on the morale of his agents. But
no one found out about it. Did disappoint-
ment tinge his voice when he said he was
surprised that news of the trip wasn't
leaked to the press? Did the press think so
little of him that it didn't bother to follow
his movements, question his motives or
cultivate snitches around his camp fire?
Bush, it must be said, has been a fine
public servant. He has served as Republi,
can Party national chairman, ambassador
to the -United Nations end envoy to the
People's Republic of China. He faces a
difficult job in preventing abuses of CIA
power and, at the same time, maintaining
the effectiveness of the agency's intelli-
.gence work.
BUT WE HOPE he spares the nation
another secret that he has to leak because
rio one else will and that isn't a secret
unless he's asked to comment about it.
Henry Kissinger does enough of that for 1
the whole government.
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Contending that the Central In-
telligence Agency doesn't deserve the
kind of rap it is getting, Director George
Bush feels that the c,14.i is one of the most..
important agencies?Fir?p-reWiirig
American freedom.
? He claims the public will respond by
providing the necessary support once it is
better informed about the agency role.
After saying he would cooperate fully
in following congressional- recom-
mendations for revamping the CIA, Bush
drew enthusiastic applause when he
stated this move must be coupled with
congressional protection of intelligence
sources.
"I strongly support legislation that is
being formulated...that will protect
sources and methods," Bush declared.
Bush, one of the principal speakers at
the recent government affairs con-
ference sponsored by the National
Newspaper Association, attracted a
capacity crowd to his Mayflower Hotel
speech in Wa sh n g ton ,D .C.
The lean and handsome Texan, active
in Chinese, United Nations and
Republican affairs, said he has taken
immediate steps to correct any reported
abuses, but he feels the CIA is a victim of
cynicism and is taking a generally bum
rap.
"The CIA is a target of jokes by every
?
nutty comedian and by panelists on many
'talk shows," Bush declared, with the
?cesult that the CIA has been found guilty
without even being given a chance to
149ve its innocence. "This is not the
IAmerican way," according to Bush.
Bush cited the Robert Redford movie,
"Three Days of the Condor." He chew a
laugh when he observed, "Except for '
Faye Dunaway, there was no relaxation ?
_a. all."
. In the Redford movie, it was indicated .
the CIA controls the New York Times to i
which Bush responded, "If we're con- i
trolling it, we're not doing a very good !
job." And this also generated laughter.
Bush refused to be drawn into a debate ,
over earlier comments by 'U.S. Rep. Otis ,
Pike, D-N.Y., head of the House Select I
Committee on Intelligence and critic of 1
the CIA. i
Mission of the CIA, Bush said, is simply !
to provide the best intelligence available
to the President of the United States. ;
How the reports ore interpreted is a i
matter for higher authorities to decide- on .
the basis of information offered from a
variety of sources, he stated. And he said :-
information was available about the six -
"crises" mentioned by Pike, who :
believes U.S. foreign intelligence ,
operations are "not terribly effective.
In other matters, Bush said some
covert actions are necessary, con-
fidentiality is essential to protect sources
and methods, there is an over-
classification of secret documents, the
CIA budget should not be made public
because of aid it would give the KRG :.
(Russian secret police) and there should I
be a single oversight commmittee to
monitor the role of the CIA.
His promise: "Weare going to earn the
support of the American people." ?c
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Washington, April 15 (news
Bureau) ? Central Intelligence
Director --George Bush revealed
today that he aha secretly tour-
ed three Europena countries re-
cently on a fact-finding trip and
was encouraged by what he had
seen.
Bush mentioned the trip iii a
speech at a luncheon meeting of
the American Societ:'y of- News-
paper Editors. He- defended the
Central Intelligence Agency and
stressed necessity . of
intelligence-gthering activities. .
. Talking to reporters after the
speech, Bush declined to name
the countries he had visited. -
The tour was apparently
aimed at visiting key CIA sta-
tions to boost morale of agents.
Bush said that CIA morale was
"generally in pretty fair shape,"
but added:
"We've done some-bad stuff in
the past."
? Bush also told reporters that
he ahd taken "sufficient action"
to prevent another CIA ?discio-
sure of military secrets. Mem-
bers of the local chapter of the
American Institute of Astronaut-
tics were told by a CIA official
at a recent. briefing that Israel
had between 10 and 20. nuclear
weapons. .
14.The report appeared in print a
few days later. and Sen. Prank
Church (P-Idaho), chairman of
the Senate Intelligence Commit-
tee, ' has called-_,for . an
,investigation. _
-- Bush declined today to say
what ."sufficent action" he had
taken, and he did not name the
CIA official who had conducted
the briefing. Other sources said
the official was Deptty CIA
Director Carl Duckett. -
Meanwhile, former Defense
Secretarty Melvin Laird says in
the .current issue of -Readerr's
Digest taht CIA agents who hid-
intiltrated terrorist groups help-
ed prevent explosions: in New
York City in March 1973 that
could - have killed hundreds of
people. - ? .
?Laird said the CIA had tipped
?the New Yorkpolice, who "rush-
ed to busy midtown intersections
and hauled away two cars with
enough Soviet-made explosives
to till everybody within a 100-
yard radius."
- -The terrorist explosives were
timed to detonate at noon, when
streets woul be most crowded,",
said. ?.
.
. Laird said the bombings.Nyould:
ha.v,e tout.' -Weil Nljtli. a _Nasit to: . .
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CIA. Director George .
-,Bush revealed yesterday .
;$
,that he has been on a recent
,,secret mission to three for-
;:eign countries on a fact-find-
3.,ing tour and was- encour-
r,aged by What he found.
^ Speaking ivitilout notes at
-;.?la luncheon of the American ?
';.?Society -of Newspaper Edi-
tors, Bush s?mentioned the
4:matter during an ? address
i/defencling the Central Intel-
ligence Agency and under-
linlng necessity for in-'
:17:telligence to maintain Amer-
can democracy. . ? ..?
? Bush, talking to reporters
;m? iter his speech, declined to:
identify the countries he- vis-
? ted or ? when he
jhem.
"I said it was secret and
?r? that's' what that means," he
? ? . . ,
t Bush was believed to have
::gone to Western Europe, but
'CIA officials with him said j
.4hey could not say where he .
had been or -when -he had
gone. f... ; -".
13uSholunteeree the fri'd
formation in his impromptu
iaddress to the ASNE edi- '
;tors, to the apparent discom-
fiture of at least one intelli-
:gence. aide with him.
?
Bush was talking about.
ithe morale of the CIA coml
: munity following almost tw?
.years of congressional and
?;:.press disclosures of the forl:
? eign and domestic abuses,.
: with which the agency has
?been charged.
"It is a fantastic- reservoir
.; of discipline in the CIA,' he
--said. "Our personnel, people-,
' say that the quantity of ap-,
!.plications is up.. This is an.-
expression of confidence Ire:;
:.the agency...Morale- - is A---1
one...
' "I've just come back from'!
? a secret mission to three :4
?, countries." He added. with
s out explanation, that hi: was I
encouraged by what he.1
found.
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Excerpts from Remarks by George Bush, Director of Central
Intelligence, before the American Society of Newspaper
Editors, April 15, 1976
In a recent policy statement, I said that it is
the Central Intelligence Agency's policy not to divulge
the names of cooperating Americans. In this regard, CIA
will not make public, now or in the future, the names of
any cooperating journalists.
Certainly you, as American newspaper editors, know
better than almost any group the importance of protecting
sources of information. Revealing our sources not only
could deny our government the information it must have to
formulate effective foreign policy, but also could result
quite literally in a life or death situation for the
sources.
There is much information that the intelligence
community can and should share with the public. Under
the new Executive Order I have been charged by the
President with working on the problems of declassification
and overclassification, and I take that charge seriously.
Indeed, we have a high-level community-wide committee at
work trying to come up with meaningful ways to reduce the
absurd overclassification that exists.
But intelligence cannot be conducted entirely in
the open. Some secrets are essential. Intelligence
sources -- just as news sources -- must be protected,
and I intend to see that they are.
The argument was made that because CIA was known
in the past to have used some U.S. journalists on a
paid basis that caused a cloud to hang over the entire
journalistic profession. The air has now been cleared
by the Agency's clearly announced policy that it will not
enter into any paid or contractual relationships with
journalists accredited by any U.S. news service, newspaper,
periodical, radio or television network or station. I
must emphasize, however, that I do not think any citizen --
be he journalist, businessman, student, or any one else --
should be told that he cannot voluntarily provide in-
formation to or cooperate with the CIA or any other Agency
of the government.
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ASNE Q A (Bolten)
Q. Have you seen Senator Church's report?
A. We have been given the opportunity to review portions
of the report for classification purposes i.e., to
determine if there is classified material in it.
Q. What impressions do you have from what you've seen?
A. I really don't think I should comment on the basis
of a partial viewing or before the whole report is
published by the Senate Select Committee.
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(For Your Info Only):
Report expected out some time after April 26, when
Congress returns.
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How have you gotten along with the Church Committee
as compared to the Pike Committee?
A. We have done our utmost to fulfill our obligations
to the Congress -- and that means with both committees.
We are gratified by the manner in which we have been
able to conduct our business with the Senate Select
Committee.
Q.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the Director
FROM: Theodore G. Shackley
Chief, East Asia Division
SUBJECT: Suggested Answers to Questions Regarding
CIA and Lockheed, et al.
1. Regarding your 8 April 1976 request on possible
questions, and proposed answers thereto, for the Director's
use, the attached is submitted.
2. If you have any further questions or requests, we
will be happy to assist.
Attachment:
Possible Questions and Proposed
Answers to Allegations of the
CIA Involvement in Lockheed
Affair
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MEMORANDUM FOR: irnetor of Central Intelligence
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handout at the ./ViE .ponking engagement. It -will
condense to one puT wren single spaced.
Wo will takc H(r) enough copies to distrihu (
at the meeting.
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Excerpts from Remarks by George Bush, Director- of Central
Intelligence, before the American Society of Newspaper
Editors, April 15, 1976
In a recent policy statement, I said that it is
the Central Intelligence Agency's policy not to divulge
the names of cooperating Americans. In this regard, CIA
will not make public, now or in the future, the names of
any cooperating journalists.
Certainly you, as American Newspaper Editors, know
better than almost any group the importance of protectin-,
sources of information. Revealing your sources would in
very short order put your papers into running little but
advertising. Revealing our sources not only could deny our
government the information it must have to formulate
effective foreign policy, but also could result quite
literally in a life or death situation for the sources.
There is much information that the intelligence
community can and should share with the public. I havesbeen
charged by the President with working on the problems of
declassification and overclassification, and I take that
charge seriously.
But intelligence cannot be conducted entirely in the
open. Some secrets are essential. Intelligence sources --
just as news sources -- must be protected, and I intend to
see that they are.
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I believe that the air has been cleared by the
Agency's clearly announced policy that it will not enter
into any paid or contractual relationships with journalists
accredited by any U.S. news service, newspaper, periodical,
radio or television network or station. I must emphasize,
however, that I do net think anyone should tell a person
be he journalist, businessman, student, or any other
citizen -- that he cannot voluntarily provide information
to or cooperate with the CIA or any other Agency of the
government.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM
SUBJECT
?
? Angus MacLean Thuermer
Assistant to the Director
ASNE Speaking Date
says you are firm for a luncheon address
on mursaay, aprll 15 at 12:30 PM in the Shoreham Ballroom
before about 800 ASNE editors and their guests.
Mike said that he thought about a 20 minute talk plus
a 15 minute Q & A from the floor would be the right mix.
You will be the last major speaker of the convention.
The President has moved the ASNE people to the White House
on Tuesday, April 13.
Mike said that either a text ahead of time for the
fellows who will be covering meetang would be in order or,
if you felt more comfortable speaking from notes, that
would be okay,, too.
This is, as you well know, one of the most significant
audiences in the country for the entire year.
This would be a good chance not only to get a message.
out (with a prepared advance text) but strike another blow
for turning the tide for us.
We should give
we can on the theme you wish to feature at this meeting.
as much advanced notice as
/s/ Angus Kacr.e,an Thuermer, -
Angus MacLean Thuermer
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Bush tells e tors
I secret ulission
By Rachelle Patterson
Globe Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON ? Cen-
tral Intelligence director
George ?Bush yesterday
disclosed to? a meeting of
editors that he has recent-
ly been on a secret Mission
to three foreign countries.
Speaking to a luncheon
meeting of the American
Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors, Bush. said he was on
a. fact-finding tour, but he
later declined to identify
which countries were vis-
ited or when.' However one
report said Bush had been
in Europe:'
BuSh strongly defended?
the need for proteding
government secrets and
sources but irmitted
there is an "overclassifica-
tion" problenThow.
Bush said he was "dis-
L
appointed" to read a Bos-
ton Globe report of a pri-
vate meeting he held with
Frank Sinatra, long under
surveillance by the Justice
Department and other
government 'agencies for
his ties to the Mafia /0Fr
his relationship with the '
his relationship with Presi-
;Ionathan Bush, George's
brother, told The Globe
that Sinatra offered the
CIA his services during a
Meeting with the director,
his brother and others at
Jonathan's New York `.
apartment in February. 1
George Bush had no com-
ment when asked about
the offer yesterday.
!: Asked about the extent
to which the CIA uses en-
tertainers in its intelli-
gence gathering, Bush said
he didn't know but "if any
American wants to volun-
teer, he would be wel-
come."
Jonathan Bush told The
Globe that "Sinatra said
he was always flying
around the world, and
meeting with people like
the Shah of Iran and the
royal family of Great
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Britain. He emphasized 1
time and again that his
services were available
and that he wanted to do
Ovki (*Lige-1W/12/1
, (Yesterday there was no
direct comment from Si-
natra, but United Press
International reported that
his publicists in Los An-
geles quoted him as say- :
ing: "I also offered to be '
the heir of Howard
Hughes ? but evidently
he turned me down.")
Because of criticism of
the CIA over the past two
yeafritaletwing press dis-
closures and congressional
investigations into CIA
abuses, Bush said morale
could be better.
But, he said, the number
Of applicants for agency
positions has increased as
well as well as the quality
of the applicants.
? (Although Bush would
not reveal where he went
on his secret mission, UPI
quoted a CIA spokesman
is saying later that "He
said Europe,"? without
specifying Western or
Eastern Europe.)
In other matters, Bush
'Was asked about the re-
lease of names of Ameri-
can reporters who in 1973
former CIA director Wil-
liam Colby said were on
the agency's payroll. Bush
said he 'would not reveal
the names and if a "news
person wants to cooperate
he should' be able to do
so."
Bush said he is man-
dated to rotect sources
and metsho used by the
a:et-I?Cc-T.?He would not
comment on any existing
relationship. between the
CIA and foreign journal-
fets.
Asked about an off-the-
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recently gave to science 7
reporters, one of whom re-
ported it was divulged
that Israel has a stock of e*---
some dozen. atomic bombs,
Bush said he "took the re-
.sponsibility for that." He
said those who divulged
the information had been
reprimanded, but refused
to say whether the repri-
mand led to disciplinary
action.
lso at the editor-t
me ting yesterday ne s
exe utives challenged /e-.
port that three presi en-
tial 4andidates did nof re-
ceive ample notic
Wedn sday that a deral
Judge ad ordered pickets
remove from the/Shore-
ham 1 tel wile they
were du to appe -r for a
question- nd-ans er ses-
sion.
Boston Globfr editor
Thomas Wi inodera-.
tor for tli andid es'.
panel, said, and three
other editors vere on an
open line to le Federal
court .at 9a n when we
received the ne vs of the
order. We then notified
the staffs ?1 all three can-
didates ire ediatel; ."
The pa, el had been
scheduled/for 10 a. . The
a
candidat s, Jimmy .Ver,
Henry I. Jackson nd
.MorrisI?... Udall; refused to
attend the session a ter
hearin it was being pi k-
eted b
members of he,
Nation/ 1 Assn.. of 13ro d-
cast Fimployees and Tec
niciaus. The union is e
gaged in a strike against
NBC/. The union: member,
who/ obeyed the court.
orlr and left the hotell
we 'e protesting NBC
scheduled news 'coverage
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By William J. Eaton
[Of Our Washington Bureau
?
I WASHINGTON ? Central
I Intelligence Director George
Bush .has prompted questions
1'
about his judgment by refusing
I ito discuss a reported meeting
with singer Frank Sinatra two
I
months ago in New York,
I Sinatra offered to be an
amateur spy for the CIA and
keep Bush's agency up to date
on his worldwide travels and
sessions with foreign royalty,
the Boston Globe has reported.
The story broke as other re-
po r ts linked Sinatra with
crime syndicate hoodlums and
not long after disclosures that
Sinatra introduced the late
President John F. Kennedy to
Judith Exner.
M r s. Exner has since
, claimed she had an affair with
Kennedy while he was Presi-
dent and intends to write a
book about it. She also was re-
ported to be romantically in-
volved with Sam (Memo)
-Giancana, Chicago hoodlum
murdered last summer. ?
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Sinatra
Bush
BUSH, questioned about the
report during an appearance
at the American Society of
Newspaper Editors meeting,
refused to confirm or deny the
alleged meeting with Sinatra.
"I might or might not have
met" him, Bush said.
But, in a remark that tended
to confirm the newspaper re-
port, he added:
"If an entertainer wants to
suport the CIA, if any Ameri-
can wants to offer help, we'll
accept it."
The only comment attributed
to Sinatra came from his press
agents, quoting the singer as
saying: "I also offered to be
Howard Hughes' heir ? but
evidently he turned me down."
THE BOSTON Globe story
said Sinatra volunteered to tip
cff the CIA about his contacts
with the shah of Iran or mem-
bers of the British Royal fami-
ly, among others.
The Sinatra-Bush meeting
occurred last February at the
New. York apartment of John-
athan Bush, brother of the CIA
director, according to the sto-
ry.
Rep. Morgan F. Murphy (D-
ill.), a member of the House
intelligence Committee, said
the report, if true, raised ques-
t ions about Bush's quali-
fications to run the CIA.
"If Sinatra's going to volun-
teer some patriotic service,
that's all well and good," Mur-
phy said.
"But we should be operating
with trained professionals and
not with people outside the CIA
svho cannot be subject to con-
gressional oversight...
"The House should set up an
oversight committee right now
so ;we don't read about this
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'124,
Frank Sinatra apparently has something new un-
der his skin, According to the brother of George
Bush, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, the
crooner is itching to offer his serviceseti?xjtslA.
It's not quite clear what Old Blue Eyes haZin
mind, but it s.upposedly involved the use of his con-
tacts among high and mighty around the world.
One thing's for sure: He'd have to switch his con-
cern from cover charges to just plain cover. His face
Is not exactly obscure. It wouldn't be the first time
the CIA had supplied phony noses and wigs
sort of stuff second-hand in
the newspapers," Murphy
added.
BUSH ALSO told the editors
that he had just returned from
a secret trip to three countries
? apparently in Europe ?
where some CIA agents whose
names have been published
"are really living in risk ?.
and that's wrong, wrong."
He declined to say what
countries he had visited but
said he was encouraged by the-.
quality of the CIA staff over-
seas.
He did disclose that he had -
attended a Bicentennial event
at Gilford Courthouse National
Military Park near Green-'
sham, N.C.. last March 14 at
The invitation of a Democratic -
congressman, later identified
as Rep. Richardson Preyer (D-
BUSH ASSURED the ASNE
audience that past abuses in ,
_ .
the CIA ? such as plotting as-
sassinations, opening of mail,
spying- on Americans and em-
ployment of news reporters as
agents ? were all in the past. ;
. It was the first time a CIA .!
41rector had addressed the
newspaper editors' convention
isince former CIA Chief Rich-
ard M. Helms spoke before the
ASNE in 1971. -
At that time, Helms defend-
r.d the agency, saying: "The
nation mtist to a degree take it
on faith that we too are honor-
evbiclee.,men devoted to her ser-
But even still, there's that well-known voice: It's
hard to see how devious a man could be wearing.
I :a: Grouch? disguise and talking through a handker-'
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when he sang something about black magic having
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Mr. Gene Giancarlo
American Society of._
- Newspaper .Editors
1350_Sullivan'Trail_
Box 5S1
Easton, Ta.?18042
:Deai Mi. Giancarlo,
Thanks a Million for your prompt response to my
query about the Canons of Journalism. I had not ,known
about the work going on on the new "Statement 04 Principles".
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10 November 1975
Excusethis short note but-if you happen to read_
your newspaper these days, we are a bit busy-at this- -
address!
Sincerely.
25X1
- Angus MacLean Thuermer
Assistant to he Director
1/S, 1 note in the new statement that "confidentiality to
.news sources,mustbe-honored at all cests...". This
,is,well-understood in an Agency which survives only
if its sources are protected from exposure.
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