Officials fear Times Vietnam files aid Soviet decryption
Washington officials worry the New York Times secret chronology of U.S. involvement in Vietnam could let Soviet cryptanalysts decipher other coded messages from the era. Verbatim texts of diplomatic and military messages are rarely published due to security risks and code changes. A court halted the Times fourth installment pending a permanent order hearing set for Friday.
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Secret Vietnam study copies distributed across government
Defense says only 15 original copies exist of the top secret Vietnam study made public by the New York Times. Six copies remain at the Pentagon with others at the White House and various vaults. one sealed in two boxes at the Washington office of former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford. Clifford says he never opened it and did not leak it. The study, delivered July 1969, was intended for the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. the library holds one copy. Others are at the State Department and Rand Corp. two more at the National Archives.
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McCloskey Denies War Report Access to Times
Rep. Paul McCloskey demanded secret Defense Department Vietnam study documents for publication in the Congressional Record after the New York Times declined to furnish copies. He argued Congress should see the material before voting on war-end amendments, noting a federal court order and urging Nixon officials to provide access.
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