Meeting, August 1967

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S~NS'2i~-- If3u1Jis tha w@hold futuro:aceotinUJst-hi
a~~i i~i of ycave any of you ha vo other su estion:, we
ou l&-proably di;scuss _Acton in:,pcna;otin-today. If any cf you
have rcj ular scheduling ccommitments that would make you unrxvilable
on particular dfys cr datos, I wioild -ratly appreciate your irnforninZ
Kent. athwson af Ler the rn oting as to what those are, so s choduling
can.r be d justed according ly.
EIGriTH -- And finally, I have deliberately avoided any prossy ~
interviews to this point, because -ve could have nothin-, to report
until the Committee met and besan to function. As a result, this
has been reported by one newspaper as a "secret" meeting.
I belie vo we must decide how those meeting s are to be conducted,
and ho;; wve should handle press releases and press relations in the
future. 1 think it should be our purposo to get thinks done that
are worthy of attention in the press -- both in Detroit and throughout
the world - rather than to seek publicity for the Committee or
ouraelVos.:.gore importantly, it is most vital that all of us on
the Committee divolop rospect and confidence with each other directly,
and not through the press.
Novertheoloss, it is clear that the news modia intend to print
something, and certainly wec have nothing; to hide. I feel very
strongly that having reporters present at Committee or sub-committee
raeetin-s would disrupt, rather than help, what wea have to do.