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Samuel L. Popkin, assistant professor of Government, has filed a limited agreement to answer questions before a Boston grand jury investigating the production and distribution of the Pentagon Papers...
...intended to fulfill that court's order of October 13, which requires Popkin to agree in writing before November 19 to answer three questions before the grand jury...
...stipulation takes advantage of statements in a brief filed by the government in opposition to Popkin's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the appeals denied the stay last Friday...
...Popkin's stipulation cites both of these statements, and says that "in light of these representation, I hereby stipulate that upon demand I will answer these questions...
Somewhere, a compromise exists. If, as seems likely, the case returns to District Court within the next week or two, perhaps the government's need to know and Popkin's need to protect can attempt to strike a new balance...