Manuscripts
Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June
Manuscripts
Approx. 110 items. Bassett corresponded with UCLA, University of the West Indies, the Jewish Federation-Council of Greater Los Angeles, County. Supervisor Warren Dorn, The Greater Los Angeles Press Club, etc. Also many personal notes, including more relating to the novel and film based on Harm's Way ; set of notes typed on 7 sheets from a small notepad, may have been for a speech on the subject of governing California and/or Los Angeles, n.d. ; 2-pp. memo from Nick Williams to Bill Thomas, Bassett and others on the subject "State Department Seminar visit."
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June
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Approx. 65 items. Includes an invitation to the inauguration of Nixon-Agnew in January 1969, an accusatory letter from a reader who is canceling their subscription for various reasons, including "We think Mr. (Paul) Conrad is a sick man," and a 1969 employee ID card for Bassett. Prominent persons in correspondence with Bassett: McGeorge Bundy, Robert Novak (journalist), and Caspar Weinberger. Split into two folders.
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Williams, Nick B
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Approx. 20 items. "Letters to the editor" from a wide array of sources, but mostly from angry readers or the mentally unbalanced. Attached to most of them are comments by Nick Williams and/or Bassett. Also included are some clippings from the editorial pages of LAT. William Durant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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European Trip
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Approx. 55 items. Subjects include: memos discussing and planning the upcoming trip. Nick Williams and James Bassett spent between Sept. 28 and Oct. 20 in Western Europe, Otis Chandler joined them from Oct. 2 until Oct. 11. Also itineraries, programs, and letters of appreciation to/from the Times party and to/from European political leaders, etc. Also in the file are hard copies of Nick Williams articles with European datelines published during the trip.
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June
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Approx. 55 items. Folder includes congratulatory letters upon the occasion of Bassett's January 1970 promotion to Associate Editor of the Times, several transcripts of articles by a writer named Jack Mahon, various other professional and personal correspondence. Walter Annenberg letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files. Split into two folders.
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Middle East Trip
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Approx. 20 items. Letters, memos, itineraries, info. sheets, notes. Subjects include: correspondence with journalists in the region in preparation for the upcoming trip; copy of long report from The Sunday Telegraph(12/4/1966), titled "Inside Egypt's Spy Network," noting that "war is perilously close in the Middle East"; Williams' itinerary for the Feb. 11-March 11 trip: copy of "Iranian Port of Entry Regulations"; visa requirements for Kuwait; Williams' letters (not for publication) from the region; James Bassett (who accompanied W.) wrote a 3 pp. report for Among Ourselves; "Notes" on Lebanon, Dubai, Kuwait, Israel, etc.; letters of appreciation to various political leaders, monarchs, journalists and other who met with or aided the Times contingent; etc.
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