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"They [La Prensa] accused us of suppressing freedom of expression. This was a lie and we could not let them publish it." -- Nelba Blandon, Interior Ministry Director of Censorship, quoted in the New York Times in (wait for it) ...1984.
I was in the room covering the session when Blandon said that. I was one of the people who reported the quote. (The only one? I don’t know, but I didn’t see it elsewhere.)