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Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

out to Saigon in your capacity there. Z: That's right. M: The description given by your predecessor, John Mecklin, which is in some detail, describes the difficulties, credibility gap or so on that existed between the press and the.government out
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Assignment to Saigon; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge acts as his own press officer; Vietnam press relations an issue at the Honolulu conference of 1964; unifying press relations functions in JUSPAO; the maximum candor policy; origin of the "Five

it and as you go along the harder it gets to climb the hill; you will have the neurotics who will drop out. You read about it every day in our country because we have a free press. They have them too. The young have to defend the country for us. It was left

Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Cormier - AP Main points covered by the President: 1. His visit to the Vatican resulted in a one day extension of the Christmas truce, and the Pope 1 s agreement to press for better treatment of prisoners. 2. The Vietnam situation was serious, but our

A.) The enemy has about 40, 000 men around Khesanh. You won 1t hear much in the press about how bad the enemy's bombing in Saigon was last night. You won't hear many speeches about the North Korean's attempt to cut off President Park 1 s head and to kill

installations throughout the country so that he can salute the men "who keep me free." The President said that Eisenhower told him that we have forgotten what it means to be patriotic. The President said we need to get some of our secondary men like Kohler

Telephone conversation # 12822, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/18/1968, 5:15PM (Item)

Sorensen, he then called Mankiewicz, who is Senator Kennedy's Press Secretary to ask him cbout it and he confirmed it and then the Press just descended upon the White Ho use and the President was in Texas. They, then descended on the Pentagon
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WATSON ASKS FOR DALEY'S EVALUATION OF BEN HEINEMAN AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO CABINET OR SUBCABINET POSITION; DALEY RECOMMENDS HEINEMAN; WATSON DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ABOUT RFK'S CALL FOR COMMISSION TO REAPPRAISE VIETNAM POLICY

Folder, "October 4, 1967 - 7:02 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. SECRETARY RUSK: My press people tell me he has the complete faith of the press people in Vietnam . . MR. ROSTOW: If I may, I . have two sources who advise me that Zorthian has very bad relations with MACV. P. s some source of confirmation for press cynicism

was alarmed at this and that the attitude expressed by Senator Byrd seemed to be reflected by much of the comment heard in Washington not only by politicians but by the press. George Christian: The story circulating now is that we must have a con frontation

it. A Would you put those individuals on it? B Sure, and I wouldn1 t even ask them. I would appoint them and announce it to the press that this Committee is being appointed to review the entire policy in Asia. I can't think they would refuse to serve
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McCarthy and Senator Kennedy and the left wing has informers in the departments. The Times and the Post are all against us. Most of the press is against us. How can we get this job done? We need more money in an election year, more taxes in an election year

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

is often a reliable spokesman for North Vietnam, last Friday published an article from Hanoi which some of you may have seen in the press, in which he reports the views of Premier Pham Van Dong and other high officials. He describes Hanoi as "in no mood

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