It is rumored that in observation of the established Administration practice of dictating to scientists and others at Federal Agencies regarding the results that their work is to find and the permissible limits on what they may report to the public, Mr. Cheney has spent the entire day with the attending physician in rehearsals of the post-op press conference that is anticipated following this procedure.

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John