 United States District Court, Central District of California
Testimony of Morton H. Halperin (excerpts)   Q Turning your
attention now to your period of your employment in the ISA, did
you have any responsibilities in connection with the Pentagon
Papers, the production of the so-called Pentagon Papers? A Yes,
I did. Q What were those responsibilities? A Well, my
responsibilities was for general of the task force which
produced the Pentagon Papers. Q Now, are you, then, familiar
with the produc­tion of those papers? A Yes, I am. Q Now, will
you please describe to the jury step by step how the task force
report or the Pentagon Papers, or whatever you wish to call it,
were produced. A Well, the first contact I had with it occurred
sometime in June of 1967. I was called by a man who was then my
boss, Assistant Secretary of Defense John McNaughton, to his
office. When I came in there was also present then Colonel, now
General, Robert Gard, who was the-one of the two military
assistants to the Secretary of Defens