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...years ago, Kissinger deprecatingly noted that the most impressive function of the State Department was answering cables. Receptivity is not enough, and no longer is the department allowed to wait for things to happen and then figure the best way out. All of State's bureau heads have been given the same mandate from Kissinger: to define precisely the foreign policy options in their areas. One sign of Kissinger's progress in trying to vitalize the department: ambassadors who formerly went to the White House for information on foreign policymaking are calling again at State...
...Socialist Workers Party in Houston and Los Angeles were the direct result of an FBI plan called COINTELPRO. Though the full scope of this plan is not known, a few things can be said about it with certainty. The acronym COINTELPRO stands for "Counter Intelligence Program." Its organizational function was outlined in a 1968 secret memorandum written by J. Edgar Hoover: "The purpose of this program is to expose, disrupt, and otherwise neutralize the activities of the various New Left organizations, their leadership, their adherents." The plan was eventually divided into three principal sections--Old Left, New Left and Black...
...function of the Political Rights Defense Fund is to collect money to defray these costs and to publicize the case. PRDF's Boston chapter, of which this writer is a member, is presently contacting chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union around the state in an effort to secure their endorsement of the suit. Nationally, prominent people in many fields, who may or may not agree with the SWP's political views, have seen fit to endorse the suit as well. These sponsors include: Eric Bentley, the Berrigans, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), Daniel Ellsberg, Jules Feiffer...
...White House attack seemed to unify the committee?against the President. "It is not the White House's job to tell the committee how to discharge its constitutional function," declared Maryland Republican Lawrence J. Hogan, until now one of Nixon's strong defenders on the committee. "The President's lawyer was off base when he stated the committee should first define an impeachable offense?there is no set definition. Each member will have to subjectively determine this in his own mind." Hogan contended that Nixon was getting "bum advice" and was in danger of losing those on the committee...
Shipler contends that his story was not written to dash these hopes: "I'm not an advocate of anything. It's a cliché, but the reporter's function is to observe and report. The story took shape only after a lot of legwork." Shipler also has his boss's support. When Times Managing Editor A.M. Rosenthal arrived in Saigon for a visit last week, he declined Martin's offer of an interview...