Word: telegraph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Helms testified on Feb. 7, 1973, and March 6, 1973, he was fully aware that the CIA in 1970 had secretly funded anti-Allende propaganda, financed groups opposed to Allende, applied economic pressure on Chilean military forces to thwart Allende's selection, and discussed with the International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. the support of candidates opposing Allende. The actions had been approved by the 40 Committee of the National Security Council under President Richard Nixon. But Helms had testified that the CIA had not tried to influence the election. All the efforts failed in any event, as Allende won narrowly...
...ONGOING PROBE of possible perjury committed by two International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) executives--chief executive Harold S. Geneen and senior vice president Edward J. Gerrity--still awaits action by Justice, and a complete account by Helms as government witness rather than defendant might yet salvage a bit of legitimacy for the leniency recently shown him. Given the suspended sentence meted out to Helms and his retention of pension rights despite his no contest plea, such cooperation with the government would furnish some limited evidence that Helms indeed recognizes the gravity of his misdeeds. Otherwise, the nation will...
...students will meet daily, both in the classroom and at informal luncheons, with executives of 20 major U.S. corporations, such as CBS, General Motors, and American Telephone and Telegraph, which have made tentative commitments to hire the students at the program...
Carter has his defenders in the business community. John D. deButts, chairman of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., calls the attention of his executive colleagues to the proposals favoring business in the draft tax-reform program. Sampson contends that businessmen are judging Carter too quickly. Says he: "It's almost as if he were being photographed every 15 minutes to see if he's aging gracefully. He can't turn the economy around in ten months, and anybody who suggests he can is a damn fool." Donald Frey, chairman of Bell & Howell, who has considerable doubts about Carter...
DAYAN SHUTTLE A MYSTERY, cried London's Daily Telegraph. Le Monde speculated on LES MYSTÉRIEUX DÉ-PLACEMENTS DE M. DAYAN. What prompted such puzzled headlines were some sudden and inexplicable changes in the flight plans of Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. Shortly before he was scheduled to fly from Brussels to New York, Dayan dropped out of sight. He surfaced next day and took an El Al flight from Paris back to Israel, where he conferred briefly with Premier Menachem Begin. In Tel Aviv, Dayan deviated from his schedule once more: instead of taking...