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...quite apparent to me that when Westmoreland pulled out, after his chief of intelligence. Gen Joseph McChristian, and the chief of the order of battle branch responsible for putting together enemy strength figures, one called what the general had done "improper," the other called what he was asked to do by MACA command "dishonest," it seems to me that these two men who had specific and discreet knowledge of the charges leveled in the documentary, and each of them appeared is witnesses for us, it would seem to indicate that the basis of our story was accurate...
According to [Westmoreland's attorney Dan] Burt's evidence, you repeatedly told your producer that you were too busy to devote your full attention to this project, and further, that during the production of the documentary, you didn't understand what Westmoreland's motive would have been...
...believe I quote accurately when I say that in an internal CBS memorandum, producer George Crile wrote about "breaking Westmoreland." Do you think his choice of words reveals a certain malice or lack of objectivity...
...think the memo was, "Now all we have to do is break Westmoreland and we have the whole thing aced." Well, the moral of that story is, don't send memos...
...confident then, that if Gen. Westmoreland chose to proceed, the jury could have ruled...