University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present University Relations 3-12-1968 Harrison Salisbury speaks March 27 at University of Montana University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, "Harrison Salisbury speaks March 27 at University of Montana" (1968). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 3398. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases/3398 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA MISSOULA, MONTANA 59801 Phone (406") 243-2522 IMMEDIATELY sale/js 3-12-68 state HARRISON SALISBURY SPEAKS MARCH 27 AT UM MISSOULA-- Harrison Salisbury, Pulitizer Prize winner and an assistant managing editor of The. New York Times, will give a public lecture, dealing with Russia and Red China relation­ ships, at the University of Montana on March 27. Salisbury, who has traveled extensively in Russia, returned to the U.S. from North Vietnam early in 1967. He speaks at 8 p.m. March 27 in the Music Recital Hall on tb^ Missoula campus. There will be no charge for the lecture, which is entitled "Russia Versus China-- Global Conflict?". With the approval of the State Department, Salisbury spent part of December 1966 and January 1967 in North Vietnam, where he observed many effects of the Vietnam conflict He won the coveted Pulitizer Prize for excellence in foreign reporting in 1954 v:i series of articles called "Russia Re-Viewed." The series, published in The Times, was the based upon five years as Moscow correspondent for/New York newspaper'. In addition to five nonfiction books about Russia, Salisbury has written a novel, "The Northern Palmyra Affair," a book about the city of Leningrad and its citizens. Two of his most recent books are "Orbit of China" and "Behind the Lines--Hanoi." Salisbury’s observations of what he calls "the rising conflict between Russia and Red China" are based on his experiences in Russia, Siberia and Mongolia. His visit to the Missoula campus will be sponsored by the Program Council of the Associated Students of UM and the faculty Public Exercises Committee. Loren Haarr, Two Dot, 1967-68 ASUM president, will be master of ceremonies for Salisbury's lecture. ##.