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TELETYPE.TO THE WHITE HOUSE RE: TRAVEL OF TWO INDIVIDUALS TO NORTH VIETNAM, JANUARY THIRTYONE, NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT, TO CONTACT UNITED STATES PRISONERS OF WAR. ATIVES WERE DESCRIBED BY HAYDEN ONLY AS A CATHOLIC PRIEST AND A COLLEGE PROFESSOR,HAYDEN INDICATED THEY WOULD LEAVE FOR VIETNAM AT EIGHT P. M., ON JANUARY THIRTYONE, NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT. DELLINGER WAS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS MEMBER HUMAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SHOUID THE NEED ARISE. OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMHITTEE INCLUDE MONSIGNOR CHARLES O. RICE, A PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO IS AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF U. S. POLICY.IN VIETNAM; AND STAUGHTON LYND, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITYS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. LYND HAS PREVIOUSLY TRAVELED TO NORTHVIETNAM IN VIOLATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. NOTE See memo C. D. Brennan to W. C. Sullivan, dated. 1/31/68, captioned as above, prepared by cwt'jes/rwf.