BREAKFAST SESSION WITH LA TIMES WASHINGTON BUREAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002800050011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 15, 1982
• Content Type: FORM

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Breakfast Session with the LA Times Washington Bureau
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OFFICER'S
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15 November 1982
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: We hope''Wi l 1 . be ;useful for your
'br'eakfast-session with the LA
Times on 17 November at 8:00.
-Includedare:
Here..are some background materials
o bios=;on` _Bureau; Ch ' lef Jack
Nelson and Robert-"16th...
`o'a recent article by Toth
and one by Dennis Holder on the
LA-Times,
o excerpts from recent editorials
on --i ntel l,i gence,.
o"some suggested topical issues
likely.to arise, and
o a transcript of the recent
interview with Dan Southerland
answers to the bulk of the
questions that.will come up
:The Lk-.Time's Bureau has a staff
__of.24 reporters',': most of whom will
be-at'-the -breakfast.,'. Only Toth
:has covered.inte.lligence since.
you became DCI.'.-Jack Nelson will
be :your _ host I wi;11.'.accompany
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DATA ON THE WASHINGTON BUREAU OF
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
With a circulation of over one million, the LOS ANGELES TIMES is
considered one of the most influential and authoritative newspapers
in the West and makes an effort to have an impact in Washington as well
by insuring that its daily product reaches high-level officials in the
city on the day of publication. It maintains a well-staffed bureau in
Washington and can count on its Bureau Chief, Jack Nelson, to maintain
good contacts with the White House and Cabinet members. Nelson has been
described as the "gutsiest" bureau chief in town as well as one of the
best reporters covering political Washington. Nelson, now 53 years old,
began his reporting career at the BILOXI DAILY HERALD some 30 years ago
and subsequently made a reputation as a hard-hitting investigative
reporter at the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (where he was awarded a Pulitzer
Prize) before moving to the TIMES in 1965. He became bureau chief in
1975.
Robert Toth, who has been assigned to cover national security
affairs since his return as Moscow bureau chief in 1977, has written
extensively on intelligence issues and is our main contact with the
newspaper. He has been with the paper since at least 1973 and was
detained for several days on charges of having acted as a CIA agent
in Moscow in connection with dissident Anatoly Scharansky's arrest for
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alleged espionage activities. Toth was reported to have been a perceptive
analyst of Soviet events while he was assigned to-Moscow. During former
DCI Turner's tenure, Toth wrote critically of efforts to "open up" the
Agency and reduce manpower. Since the advent of the current Administra-
tion, Toth's reporting has generally been favorable. (See attached
article) Toth captured attention recently with his story of conflicts
within the Administration on efforts to consolidate counterintelligence
activities.
The breakfast is expected to be well attended; however, exactly who
will attend will not be known until the last minute.
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