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1965 Press Photo John McDermott speaks to newsmen about Hanoi mission, New York

John McDermott told newsmen about Hanoi mission - Carol Cina, left, managing editor of the magazine Viet-Report, and Carol Brightman, editor listened -- 3 hope to obtain first-hand information on Hanoi's stand -- New York - A self-appointed three-man mission to Hanoi by-passed the United States State Department in hopes of getting first-hand information on the peace intentions of the North Viet-Nam Communists, says an editor of the magazine which sponsored the trip. "Quite frankly, government permission was not sought," said John McDermott, associate editor of Viet-Report, at a news conference yesterday. It is our duty to get the news, and we're going after it," McDermott said. Federal law provides penalties of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine for some unauthorized trips to foreign countries. Those who went to Hanoi, capital of North Viet-Nam, are Staughton Lynd, 36, an associate history professor at Yale University; Herbert Aptheker, 50, a Communist Party veteran, and Thomas Hayden, 26, who has been active in student and civil rights groups. McDermott said information received by Viet-Report "convinced us that the National Liberation Front (Viet-Cong) and the Democratic Republic of (North) Viet-Nam would willingly move to end the war if two fundamental principles were satisfied." He said the principles were: "That a government of national reconciliation be constituted in South Viet Na." That the process of eventual reunification of this severed nation be set in motion,? "The Viet-Cong," McDermott said, "has not demanded a monopoly of power in the South, but is has demanded that a new government come into power which will represent the actual balance of forces in South Viet-Nam." McDermott said he expected Lund to return to the United States in about two weeks. Viet-Report describes itself as a monthly, publishing first-hand repots, analyses in depth and important documents on the Viet-Nam war. The magazine was founded in July by Carol Brightmam 26, a graduate assistant at New York University (New York) Photo measures 8.75 x 7.25 inches. Photo Is dated 1965.

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