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HEADQUARTERS
MHCHAOS
REF: HEADQUARTERS/
1. IN FINAL COVERAGE ON 18 MAY OF WPC, WHICH ENDED 16 MAY, PRESS HAS MADE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS RE U.S. PARTICIPANTS:
A. SIDNEY P E C K, IDENTIFIED AS "USA PROFESSOR," SPOKE AT CONGRESS ON VIET NAM WAR.
B. WPC HAS AWARDED JOLIOT CURIE GOLD MEDAL STUNNIOUSLY TO REV MARTIN LUTHER KING. MEDAL ACCEPTED BY REV RALPH ABERNATHY AND REV W. W A L K E R "AN AMERICAN PEACE FIGHTER." PHOTOGRAPH (POUCHED) OF PRESENTATION ALSO PICTURES U.S. DELEGATES WILLIAM D O U R T H A R D AND MRS. ADDIE W Y A T T.
C. U.S. DELEGATES RUTH G A G E - C O L B Y AND SYLVIA K U S C H E R (SIC) SPOKE AT MEETING OF INDOCHINESE AND AMERICAN DELEGATES.
D. AMERICANS HERBERT A P T H E K E R AND CARLTON G O O D L E T T REELECTED TO PRESIDENTIAL BOARD.
2. POUCHING MOST SIGNIFICANT PRESS COVERAGE OF COUNCIL SESSIONS.
APPROVED FOR RELEASE
Date 10 March 1978
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