I will try to verify that in just a minute. It was permitted to be said in a civilian speech, and I will get the date of that in a moment, but it was not permitted to be said before an important committee of the Congress. Now, the speech which you remark about was a presentation in February of 1961, that is correct, and the statement, as you quoted it, was eliminated. I have here the paper that came back from the yes, this becomes very interesting because the identical statement which was deleted. from my presentation to the House Science and Astronautics Committee in February 1961 was approved and given by me in the second to the opening paragraph of a presentation I made before the Brookings Institute at Williamsburg, Va., on January 13, 1961, less than a month before. Mr. KENDALL. Then this just illustrates your point that you have been unable to detect any particular pattern? General TRUDEAU. Yes, sir. Mr. KENDALL. Or policy? General TRUDEAU. It does. Senator STENNIS. Excuse an interruption for just a minute, gentlemen. Members of the subcommittee, we have here for distribution, which is now being done, an abstract of General Trudeau's speeches that were censored, covering a period from August 1961, and the changed parts are noted in the proper places. We can use this as a guide and we might give one to the general. Although you have your papers there, this might help you. General TRUDEAU. Yes, sir. Senator STENNIS. This is a very difficult matter to present, members of the subcommittee and members of the press, but it is necessary. I think we can proceed. Mr. KENDALL. I might say, Mr. Chairman, within a short while we will have copies of this available for distribution to the press. Now, General, this abstract shows the identity of your speech, the date cleared, the date delivered, the original wording and the revised wording with deletions, the type of change, the responsible agency and the reason for it, where it was given. I might say this was prepared for us by one of your very fine officers. General TRUDEAU. Yes, sir. Mr. KENDALL. If this has not been made part of the record, Mr. Chairman, I would suggest that it be made a part of the record at this time. Senator STENNIS. That is the new abstract put before the subcommittee? Mr. KENDALL. Yes, sir. Senator STENNIS. Without objection, this abstract will be made a part of the record. |