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...Popkin speculated that perhaps the grand jury was prepared to disband earlier but remained in session long enough to force him late prison...
...Popkin said he plans to rest for several days, but that he should return to teaching his courses next Tuesday...
Susan Shirk, Popkin's wife, said yesterday that she was "surprised at his release," and that she fully expected him to be imprisoned until January 12, the grand jury's full expiration date. "It certainly will be a nicer Christmas," she added...
President Bok, in a short statement, said that Popkin's jailing had been a matter of continuing and extreme concern to the Harvard Administration...
...Popkin was jailed for refusing to answer three of an original 14 questions asked by the Boston grand jury in its March 27 session. Two of those questions sought to determine whom he had interviewed to gain his knowledge of the participants in the Pentagon Papers study. A third asked if he had discussed the content or existence of the papers between January 1 and June...