Warning to reporters
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAIGON, February 17. The South Vietnamese authorities issued a barelyveiled threat today that newsmen might be shot for seeking to interview Communist representatives to the Joint Military Commission at their base at Tan Son Nhut Airport, the New York Times News Service reported. A military spokesman said a television crew—from the National Broadcasting Company—had used a Tan Son Nhut pass to enter the air base at Tan Son Nhut Airport, in an attempt to film a cocktail party being given by the Viet Cong delegation to the commission.
According to the Saigon spokesman, the pass had not been issued for that purpose and the television crew was thus on the base improperly. He added that South Vietnamese military policemen were authorised to fire at anyone improperly on the base.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 13
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135Warning to reporters Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33154, 19 February 1973, Page 13
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