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3 Noting HAK once said that if shoved out front, his usefulness would be finished, Crosby Noyes notes that prediction turned out to be wrong. HAK's not only chief Admin ball carrier, "but also quite probably its major protection against ultimate disaster. 11 The potential of an HAK resignation should RN be impeached "is perhaps the strongest thing RN has going for him at this point. 11 Somehow or other HAK's succeeded in divorcing himself from Admin disasters and "speaks for US in a way few State Secy's have managed to do in the past. 11 He has been prepared to and able to exploit his realization of US' enormous power militarily, economically, and politically and in every world theater he represents " the authority of US" -- an authority no other nation can match and which "cannot be diminished by temporary tribulations of any admin. 11 RN's problems are of secondary concern re: conduct of US foreign policy. "And HAK, as the chief ball carrier, is making skillful use of the power he represents, 11 says Noyes. Star's O'Leary reports HAK told Foreign Relations progress is being made toward normalizing relations w/ USSR. There were also indications, given attendance of non-Comm. members Baker and Mathias at session, that problems of conducting foreign policy during W'gate period were also discussed. HAK reportedly said SALT progress was made on Moscow trip. In letter to News Leader, USIA's White calls Lofton charge USIA muted VOA broadcasts to USSR "utterly untrue, 11 saying USIA has fully covered the developing story of Solz and Gulag. She notes excerpting the book was considered and decided against as it'd have 11a sharp departure from normal VOA programming" and would have duplicated Radio Liberty programming. She notes some titles of VOA broadcasts on Solz and the book included "Solz Denounces Lies of Soviet System, 11 "Solz on Soviet Law, 11 "Expulsion of Solz in World Press, 11 all examples that USIA-VOA programming policy toward USSR hasn't changed. White urged Lofton to visit VOA, and review USSR programming. He declined, she says, thus choosing "to rely on unnamed 'sources. 111 Lofton's reply is that the fact remains that Gulag's never been excerpted on the air -- which everyone at VOA wanted to do.

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