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Free Flow of News Backed by War Crises Slows Global Coverage
A 1967 survey by AP reporters catalogs widespread hindrances to free press worldwide. Censorship and self censorship surged amid wars in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with Egypt and Kuwait facing tight controls, Soviet bloc secrecy, and Western Europe under varied regimes. Reports note harassment, travel limits, and government pressures shaping foreign and domestic news output.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
West
Syria
Kuwait
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Propa Banda
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Kim Philby
Europe
Poland
Asia
Unita
Red China
Peking
Hong Kong
India
Mohamed Ayub Khan
Oaiy
Burma
Cambodia
U.S
South Korea
S. Viet
Saigon
Newsweek
Formosa
Western Europe
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Constantine
Turkey
South Africa
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Rhodesia
Britain
Jack Howman
Zambia
Malawi
Pres
Hastings Blanda
Nigeria
Congo