![]() ![]() They spoke by telephone at about 7:30 P.M., which was some two hours before tomorrow's first edition of the paper was scheduled to go to press with the third installment of the articles about the Pentagon study.Īn hour later, a telegram from Mr. Bancroft, executive vice president of The Times. Mardian, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the internal security division, to Harding F. The Justice Department's request and intention to seek a court enjoinder were conveyed by Robert C. The Times refused to halt publication voluntarily. If the paper refused, another Justice Department official said, the Government would try to forbid further publication by court action tomorrow. Mitchell asked The New York Times this evening to refrain from further publication of documents drawnįrom a Pentagon study of the Vietnam war on the ground that such disclosures would cause "irreparable injury to the defense interests of the United States." Mitchell Seeks to Halt Series on Vietnam, but Times Refuses By HEDRICK SMITH Tuesday, June 15, 1971ĪSHINGTON, June 14-Attorney General John H. Mitchell Seeks to Halt Series on Vietnam, but Times Refuses ![]()
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