Jack Anderson Aide Charged With Holding Stolen Documents; To Examine Papers Comments by Whitten
Date: 01 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
L H Whitten, reporter employed by columnist J Anderson, is arrested on Jan 31 by FBI agents on charges of receiving and possessing documents stolen by group of mil Indians during 6-day occupation of Bur of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, in Nov '72; FBI spokesman says agents seized Whitten outside apt of H Adams, 1 of Indian leaders of orgn that planned occupation; repts D Pigeon and A Cerri were arrested on same theft charges; Anderson says in statement issued after arrest that Whitten's arrest is violation of 1st Amendment rights; says that Whitten was meeting with Adams to examine documents, about which Anderson has written number of articles; repts that neither he nor Whitten had actually taken possession of stolen materials and says they did not ask Indians to steal papers; Adams and Whitten are released on their personal recognizance; charges against Cerri and Pigeon are dropped; 5th person arrested, A Collins, also on theft charges, is released on $1,000 bond; Whitten illus
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Saigon Bars Newsmen From Tan Son Nhut Base
Date: 02 February 1973
Special to The New York Times
S Vietnamese mil officials, bar newsmen, Feb 1, from Tan Son Nhut air base; base houses Four-Party Joint Military Comm; action also makes it all but impossible for newsmen to cover US withdrawal from S Vietnam
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Defense Aide Denies A Cover-Up Memo On Ellsberg Studies; Defense Aide Denies a Cover-Up Memo on Ellsberg Defense Contention
Date: 02 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Def Dept dir of security rev C W Hinkle denies on Feb1 in Pentagon papers trial that he has ever written memorandum passing on orders that studies of Pentagon papers be removed from files; Testimony is in direct contradiction to testimony of Lieut Col E A Miller Jr who said that he had seen such memorandum; Miller implied that memo was written because studies concluded that disclosure of Pentagon papers had not damaged natl defense; Hinkle testifies that Govt has been ignoring ct's order since April to turn over to US Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne all of its files and repts and correspondence concerning papers; says it was not until Dec 29 that his superiors had told him to search his own files for such materials
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Watching the Press
Date: 02 February 1973
By Lester Markel
Lester Markel
Retired NY Times Sunday editor L Markel comment on 20th Century Fund proposal for creation of press council which would limit its reviewing of news to that reptd by 'principal natl suppliers of news' such as wire services, syndicates, broadcast networks and news weeklies; holds that proposal to deal with 'wholesale' rather than 'retail' news is grossly inadequate; calls for unofficial panel of reprs of public mgt and editorial staff, which would recieve complaints from readers, pass judgment on them after news medium has rejected requests for correction, and make its findings public; holds that public attitude toward need to safeguard 1st Amendment is 'shockingly mild'; says that there is no doubt about menace of Nixonian assault on press: investigation of newsmen, attacks on broadcasters, and use of subpoenas and other devices to 'straightjacket' the media
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Ellsberg Witness Testifies Pentagon Asked Cover-Up; Ellsberg Witness Asserts Pentagon Asked for Cover-Up on Studies of Papers Witness Becomes Nervous
Date: 01 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Retired Lt Col E A Miller testifies on Jan 31 that he had seen Defense Dept memorandum ordering that Govt studies of Pentagon papers be removed from the files, Pentagon papers trial; says he saw memo some time around Christmas '71 and took it to mean that studies were 'to disappear' because they concluded that disclosure of papers had not damaged natl defense; says he had done studies himself when he was asked to rev papers by Defense Dept to determine whether their release would harm natl security; repts that other Govt reviewers had previously said that there were about 800 items in papers that were damaging to US, but that he had found that only 140 or 150 of these items were correctly classified 'top secret'; Says it was his understanding that directive had come from Defense Dept gen counsel J F Buzhardt, although it was signed by Defense Dept dir of security rev C Hinkle; Buzhardt has testified that he never knew that Miller had done any analyses of Pentagon papers
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Editors Comment on Arrest of Columnist's Aide
Date: 02 February 1973
By The Associated Press
NY Times managing editor A M Rosenthal says he is appalled by arrest of reporter L H Whitten Jr, who is charged with possession of documents stolen from Bur of Indian Affairs in Nov '72; holds all newspapermen use documents and if Govt is able to arrest reporter for possession of them Govt will 'have to put a new item in the budget for jails'
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Movements of Newsmen Being Curbed by Saigon; Newsman Is Arrested
Date: 01 February 1973
By JOSEPH B. TREASTERSpecial to The New York Times
illus of S Vietnamese soldier heading for post near Trang Bang
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Press Center Files Suit To Assist N.B.C. Reporter
Date: 01 February 1973
Press Information Center files its 1st Freedom of Information suit on Jan 31 in US Dist ct in Washington, DC, on behalf of NBC broadcast reporter C L Stern, who has been trying since '71 to get FBI and Justice Dept documents relating to activities of New Left; suit names Atty Gen Kleindienst as defendant
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