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Blue ltibbonMass,acreProbe Asked( WASHINGTON (UPI)-John S tennis, chni nit an of the Senate Anncd Serried Committee, wants President Nixon to aP|joint an indcpejxtcnt nonmili-fary commission to investigate til© alleged American massacre of South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.The jwverful Mississippi Democrat said Sunday the President should have a competent group of outside Individuals—people outside the government,outside the military—make asurvey of Hie situation^ determine what the facts arc and then report back to him.Stennls, interviewed on. television (Issues and Answers— ABC), made no mention of the Pol agon Board of Inquiry, which resumed Us efforts today to determine whether field officers who madlt;j a low. level investigation of the March 10, 1908 assault on My Daiattempted to cover up evidence of a innssacrcf.But he said he felt a presidontially - appointed fact-finding hoard offered the most effective way to get at tills whole matter0 and that it was far bettor than any congressional hearing, which would tend to go off in a half-dozen or a dozen directions.0Former Vice President Hubert II. Humphrey said in a IAngeles news conference that he felt the-situation-calledfar formation of a panel along the lines of the Warren Commission whih investigated the assassination of President Jchn F. Kennedy.Humphrey said the commts*57?on should be composed of“the most prestigious and respected citizens in our country along with members of. Congress ami members of the executive branch.0wI
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Canandaigua Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York, US
Mon, Dec 08, 1969
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