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{"value"=>"<p>Middleton successively directed the Berlin Bureau (late 1940s-1953), the London Bureau (1953-1962), the Paris Bureau (1963-1964), and the United Nations Bureau. The correspondence on the operation of these bureaus is filed in the subject section under the appropriate names. This biographical file contains correspondence about matters outside the normal operation of the bureaus, matters concerning Middleton's career at The Times and special assignments. Of interest: Middleton's interview with Colonel Nasser of Egypt (1956). Series of news trips to Africa, Asia, USSR, Middle East. Suggestion by Middleton for reorganization of the corps of correspondents in Western Europe (1961). Assignment to Brussels with primary responsibility for NATO coverage and military news throughout Europe (1969). Appointment as The Times military correspondent (1970). Areas of conflict for military coverage between Middleton and Bill Beecher of the Washington Bureau (Nov. 1970). The file also contains a biographical sketch (incomplete) and photographs.</p>"}
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