Right to Hear: US and Cold War Radio Battles Hard to Silence
The piece argues Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, funded largely by the CIA, deserve support as essential the United States must oppose Soviet attempts to block them. It cites Fulbright objections as relics of the cold war while endorsing a broad spectrum of news for Soviet bloc listeners. It maintains America has a duty to provide truth and freedom via broadcasting.
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Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
Radia Rce Europe
Radio Liberty
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Radio Free Europe
Workers For Peace
Averell Harriman
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Leonid Brezhnev
Americas
U.S
America
Talking Papers in Watergate Era Revealed as Bureaucratic Tools
The piece recounts Gordon Strachan creating plus shredding talking papers for H R Haldeman to guide conversations on Watergate ethics and intelligence assessments. It highlights the chilling idea that bureaucracy can normalize outrageous ideas through indexing and routine handling.
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Gordon Strachan
Strachan
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
John Mitchell
Unhappy George Shultz Faces Phase IV Sell at White House
President Johnston or party line aside, the Treasury Secretary George Shultz appeared plainly unhappy at a White House press event on Phase IV economic controls. The piece contrasts his demeanor with Galbraith and laments conservative reluctance toward regimentation.
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Washington
George Shultz
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. George
Shultz
Nixon faces Phase IV controls and costs during 1970s steers
The dialogue tracks Secretary Shultz and President Nixon weighing Phase IV price and wage controls, estimating thousands of new agents and a total force near 4 500. It notes Nixon’s free market leanings and hopes to end controls by year’s end, while stressing the push for a balanced budget as a key political win.
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Shultz
Nixon
White House secret bugs reveal Ehrlichman tapes
Report details two hidden microphones in John Ehrlichman's White House office and taped conversations, including Watergate talks. Ehrlichman kept and operated his own tapes, unlike Nixon's Oval Office system, prompting debate on motives and impact. The piece notes lobbying by Leon Garment to end the bugging and outlines milk lobby donations to the Democratic committee amid Watergate press.
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Washington
Melvin BR. Laird
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Laird
Ehrlichman
Nixon
Ehhrlichman
Jonn Mitchell
Ervin Committee
H. R. Haldeman
Mr. Nixon
Oval Office
Haldeman
Jack and Key
Secret Service
GAO Study Could Examine Navy Base Closings Impact
GAO has not studied the effects of Navy base closures or ship transfers from Long Beach to San Diego. If asked, it would review economic impact, costs, Navy planning, seismology, and effects on personnel, under Director Fred J. Shafer. The report would scrutinize Greek homeporting and its cost and reenlistment implications, amid tense subcommittee exchanges with Admiral Zumwalt.
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Washington
Government Accounting Office
Long Beach
Calif
San Diego
GAO
Congress
U. S
Navy
Fred J. Shafer
San Diego Bay
Benjamin J. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Europe
Naval Operations
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Shafer
John H. Chaffee
Admiral Zumwalt
Homie Port
Sixth Fleet
Greece
Tne Gao
Zumwalt
Grek
U. S. Navy
Crete
GAQ
House Foreign Affairs
Rosenthal
CNG
CNO
Rep
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Louisville
Republican
National Committee
George McGovern
Joe Deleyman Inc
International, Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Edward J. Gerrity
ITT
Robert Novak
Inside Report
Rowland” Evans
Virginia Kelly
Sion
Sth
General Accounting Office
State Department
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Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
R. N.J
Adm. Zumwalt
Frelinghuysen
NBC
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