POWs In TV Interviews Demand End To War
Two American POWs in North Vietnam call for an immediate end to the war in a censored NBC CBS interview filmed on Christmas Day. They describe daily routines, mail, and visits at a Hanoi area camp, while Defense officials dispute the program as enemy propaganda.
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POW Families Question NBC CBS Vietnam Interview
Relatives of Navy Cmdr. Robert Schweitzer and Cmdr. Walter Wilber doubt the Christmas Day telecast from North Vietnam. The two officers criticized the war and urged withdrawal in a Canadian Broadcasting Corp interview aired alongside other captured Americans. Schweitzer’s wife claims the film was staged.
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