The paper says that it was more transparent than later authors would imply:
> There were 11 journalists aboard the Highjump ships.
Among them were the distinguished US war correspondent Lee Van Atta (who was not, as claimed by Goodrick-
Clarke (2002), Chilean), and the science writer of the New
York Times, Walter Sullivan. Between 2 December 1946,
and 22 March 1947, the 11 journalists transmitted 2011
messages totalling 478,338 words to Radio Washington,
for onward transmission to their employers (US Navy
1947). Some of the people on the expedition wrote
books about their experiences (Byrd 1947; Sullivan 1957).
Given the tremendous degree of press coverage, it was
misleading for Choron (date unknown) to state: ‘little
other information was released to the media about the
mission, although most journalists were suspicious of its
true purpose given the huge amount of military hardware
involved.’
> There were 11 journalists aboard the Highjump ships. Among them were the distinguished US war correspondent Lee Van Atta (who was not, as claimed by Goodrick- Clarke (2002), Chilean), and the science writer of the New York Times, Walter Sullivan. Between 2 December 1946, and 22 March 1947, the 11 journalists transmitted 2011 messages totalling 478,338 words to Radio Washington, for onward transmission to their employers (US Navy 1947). Some of the people on the expedition wrote books about their experiences (Byrd 1947; Sullivan 1957). Given the tremendous degree of press coverage, it was misleading for Choron (date unknown) to state: ‘little other information was released to the media about the mission, although most journalists were suspicious of its true purpose given the huge amount of military hardware involved.’