REF ID: A33~~ 

1.3 Oc't 55 

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Sensitive .• ease . . · .. _, .. ,

1 · By ·Evert Clark 

QNE ~~ .. Uncie Sam~ ... ni.ost .t'- ~-'·- of thr.m S<?em to," ho said. "W.a ' .. · di· 

Sll!Cret offices, ~atlOAlll Se· ~1alerlal you want f·o use l!lhoul .. ··· c\1~y-. Agency, Slmt''tte ~vs a thru out• 11r.curi~y division.'' ·: '.-. _. · fll"esi'"~·'h'lease rC!;1tet«by. 'that 111 He sal•i th.at 1>0ssihl:r we could 3.dd ~- · .· .. f a ilself"'f;i news, but the1•e'::1 more. pl.!'rsonal nature" without clearing ft &u' •ianYthlng Jt WM a rout.Im~ relealllf! about th~ th!lt rnlght be nf a clai:;slrlt?<l 11alure" would hava to 

t·ellr1•ment of Russi.in·hnrn Wllllam b~ clr.aretJ. 

F. Fdedman, f)4, lllll! of the WOl'ld'.s Without hothel'ing tQ tell him how prepu~l1~1·ous 

top ~ode m:.ikel's and breakers. lhnt was, I askt!d lot• lha name of sotn~ne In 

Ot•<finarlly W \rnulrl h:we recelvet.l S<!t'llrlty. 

routlnP. tre3illl•'nt. But a handwrlt· '1110 lll!<'Urlly rtivlslon man said he had not ask~I tho 

ltm note un nn~ romer said: "Make public l11lo1·matlon office to make any kind-ot l'l:"!QUc:'lt 

no addition,;;." to new11p:ipc.•rs. '. "' · · "lf you don't mind." th@ mt\n who But he :-:aid h~ thought he knew why the· "malte no 

b1'1Jught In lhe rf'lca11e 11aid, "we'd like to 3ilk that you addlrions" notation was added to lhe releaS<!. 

confine anyihlng you write lo what ls. In this l"elea;io." "We don't want any more publicity lhan is m!~>ed· 

An a!'.'4l.o;t<1nt editor asked hint why. sury," he Hald. 

"It's just i.ha\" If you lookC>ci in :ruur fUe:." ·you might • • • find olh<?r things aboul Mr. 1'"riedm;111," the man ~alil. }T wa.1 suggested to bhn th.:it pa.:1Si11g out preis re· "\"i'1!'d likl! 10 nsli: that you pleaile ll(•t u:se lhem.'' leases heurlng cryptic not:itlons and at>eompaniad "It'f.i a qu."stion of national Ke<'lll'ily,'' the man sal.J, by l'ldlcul11us requests made In the holy name •lC sec!U• 

and he- walked out of the. olfic~. r!tr. \\'U!I hardl)' lhc way to hold down a new.o1papc1''1t I was sent l<> the .· ·· !lie ol' cllpplri~;;, etc., cm•foslty. Imm;!< : to s~ Vf< · .: .' - .. ght have prlntecl Jn no ag1-eed, but said It was dum! "fot• .11ecurlty, of th~ at ' · mu so hu~h·huslt so course." 

:!. · How Sil? 

appamntly of no ''We.'re a Hl'nslf.ive agency," he said. Then he got l•l 

illy · · • the point. llP gul?'ssed that lhe se<•m•lt)· tllvlslon mu,;t ·. :.~ ".'.., -...,, .. ~ .. have cleared the release and then asked the public ··· ... ., ·. f•mnulion otrlce not to add anything further lo ii" • . l:l•mlt•llow, that rt•quest got pasl:led along lo the 

.. ..._ If th• """''"' ""'"' had had - ... id. the1·e probably would have bl.'<'n no p· ... a.;ie a public infur·matlon m -. all. · ... . .. ls elusl\'t> e~:en ltt the way ''We shy away kc1m publicity as much a. , .. ~an," 

the phone book, and asked him why al.-· . <1aid. .. · · dao;ger · ... At 1\fr. FrlC!f'lman's rellremt"'nt ce1'f'mnnles yeslmvfny, :i'ou~ securlt)" dtvfsJon has o. k.'cd all uie·· ·.,. Centi·al Jntrlligence Dir't"'cto1• Allrn \V. Dulll!s pre· 

lhit press r<?lease," the lnfol'matlon man s;tld. ··'Tl!!'y sental liim with lh;~ Natlon~ll Sc•('mity l\foclal on 

migtit not. want an>·thlng mo1"ti 1wlnted that W<J"Uld be b~halC of the Prt>Slde.nt. consid~1·ed of a cla11slfle1I naiure." 1'hal is a \'e1·y high hon()r. I assume It means. •

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What mak~M yo11 thir1k new11pa1.1P.N1 wouM have among oth~r rhlngs, th;1t Mr. F'rledman ne\·er s~mt out 

anything ot a. cla.11i;iflt?rJ natu1~1?'.'.J._~"~l:;~d. a press l"elt'ase m11.1·ked. "Mnke no addltlt1n~.' . 

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