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Show 46 covert distribution system was necessary protect recipients from to reprisals or disciplinary action by military commanders. the entire operation of The Ally--including both distribution--was perceived by the paper's staff covert which undertaking. were Initially, listed in The All. the need for covert staff volunteers production and as a necessarily adopted pseudonyms However, this original concept of activity was greatly modified by. the staff's subsequent contact with dissident military personnel. dispute At first, Following a between staff members who favored covert and those who favored overt attivities, 1969 to operate the decision was openly, using the real opening the organization to all made in the summer of of staff members and names who wished to work on the paper's production. Staff members distributed leaving copies Ord, California. to distribute San tional inside street Francisco papers were placed next to vending machines used military installations in near newpapers contained in the machines. handed free distribution that military personnel Staff members also in transit. Volun copies of The Ally to troops waiting planes San Francisco International encounters with Replacement Copies of The Ally were slipped into the conven distributed The Ally among teers or Ally personally, Copies were similarly distributed Stacks of The Ally on-post military newspapers the Bay Area. of The in barracks located at the Overseas Center at Oakland, California. at Fort early issues It Airport. was this early method of provided the staff members with their first military personnel. hostile to The Ally and those who Although some troops were were at distributing it, many |
