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Thomson said he was not aware of Bok's statement but that he felt journalists "can and should travel anywhere." He added the committee was concerned with how such travel would affect the Nieman sabbatical year...
...Nieman Advisory committee recently rejected an informal invitation from Saudi Arabia for 13 American fellows to travel there this year, because the committee wishes to limit foreign travel during the 35-week fellowship...
James C. Thomson Jr., Curator of the Nieman Foundation, said Monday, that when he brought up the proposal of a trip to Saudi Arabia, members of the Nieman Advisory committee expressed their strong opposition to foreign travel as a part of the Nieman program...
...possibility of a trip to Saudi Arabia "provoked the decision to restrict foreign travel in the future," Thomson said, adding that there had been no discussion of possible political complications concerning travel restrictions of the Saudi Arabian government which does not permit Jews to enter the country...
Reaction to the rejected Saudi proposal among the fellows has been varied. Some have expressed their disappointment over the decision to restrict travel in general while others feel that the committee's decision was reasonable...