BUNKER DRAWS HEAVY PRESS COVERAGE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100550019-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 19
• Content Type: NSPR

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as breathing r,, only on and photographers. The USIA filmed the
floor of the OPC when Ells- proceedings for its global services, and
?-, US Ambassador to Saigon, Radio Free Europe reporters covered the
'Report on Viet Nam" last` event for Eastern Europe.
,)ers, their guests, public
di, nd media representatives
ja dining room following a
r~ ~i~ar r Amb. Bunker for the Nov. 18
and R. Murrow World Affairs Forum
er. This was the OPC's third Forum
a series supported by the Murrow
memorial Fund of the OPC Foundation
the first to be held on club premises,
and Bunker's only personal public ap-
pearance during his official US trip to
confer with Administration leaders.
All media were present in force,
giving event what OPC 'President
//al '.e,. -n called "the most massive
cove. ag of a Club event. TV cameras
and a-and equipment recorded the Fo-
rum `l.: television and radio networks as
wel the major local stations. The
wire +rvires daily press and news-
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offices in Washington, a vast amount of
information is made available to the
public through briefings and appearances
of leading public figures."
Following his address, Bunker re-
sponded fully to questions from the floor
- 18 of them in all - by media repre-
santatives and Club members.
Lehrman, who chaired the Forum, in-
troduced Bunker as "the nation's num-
ber one liplomatic troubleshooter" who
Bunker's talk dealt with what he
termed "four interrelated aspects of the
struggle in Viet Nam: the military situa-
tion, the pacification program, political
development within South Viet Nam and
the economic situation." He concluded
that "steady but not spectacular pro-
gress is being made" in these areas.
US information policies relating to
the war were strongly defended by Bun
ker. "It cannot be said that the Ameri-
can people suffer from want of informa-
tion," Bunker declared. "If anything,
information pours forth in such abun-
dance that it is frequently conflicting
and seldom digested into an integrated
assessment of the whole range of prob-
lems we face.
"Our own mission in Saigon spares
no effort to obtain and provide as com-
(Cont'd on page 5)
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companion was heard to reply, "I think
it's because they figure that OPC
stands for the Overseas Peace Club."
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that no "peace pickets" had demon- e
ministrations a-
like. He praised
Bunker's histo-
ric missions to
Indonesia, the
Middle East and
the Dominican
Republic in
times of crisis,
as well as his contributions as Ambas-
sador to Argentina, India, Nepal and
India.
The special dais guest of honor was
Carol Laise, US Ambassador to Nepal,
alias Mrs. Ellsworth Bunker. Also on
the dais were Mary Hornaday, OPC
secretary; Matthew Nuttner, chairman of
the OPC Foundation; Whit Burnett,
:hairman of the OPC Program Council.
At the conclusion of the evening, an
OPC member expressed surprise that
r German is spoken, taught or
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