In part as retaliation for anti-Soviet demonstrations over the fate of accused Jewish plane hijackers, much of the Communist world, led by Moscow, began a propaganda campaign against the trial of Angela Davis in California. One of the first attacks came from 14 prominent Russian scientists who wrote a letter to President Nixon suggesting that Miss Davis was being persecuted for her Communist ideology and black activism.
Nixon's reply, made through Assistant Secretary of State Martin Hillenbrand, demonstrated that he too understands the best uses of propaganda. In a shrewd and unprecedented gesture, he simply invited the 14 Russians to...
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