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One of the documents of the [[Breendoggle]], a pre-[[Pacificon II]] [[fanzine]] called, in full, '''''The Great Breen Boondoggle, or All Berkeley Is Plunged into War''''', in which [[Worldcon]] [[Chairman]] [[Bill Donaho]] outlined the [[committee]]'s concerns about [[Walter Breen]], detailing incidents behind the [[committee]] decision to ban him from [[Pacificon II]]. This was marked as a [[letter-substitute]] and also marked as [[DNQ]], but you can easily imagine how widely ''that'' was observed. The [[concom]] also [[published]] ''[[Pacificon II Committee Report on the Cancellation of the Membership of Walter Breen]].''
  
In a pre-convention [[fanzine]] called '''''The Boondoggle''''' (full title: The Great Breen Boondoggle or All Berkeley Is Plunged into War), [[Bill Donaho]] outlined the [[committee]]'s actions, detailing incidents which had been observed regarding [[Walter Breen|Walter]] that fell short of seducing youths but nonetheless made the [[committee]] determined to ban him from [[Pacificon II]]. This was marked as a letter-substitute and also marked as DNQ, but you can easily imagine how widely ''that'' was observed.
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One of the documents of the Breendoggle, a pre-Pacificon II fanzine called, in full, The Great Breen Boondoggle, or All Berkeley Is Plunged into War, in which Worldcon Chairman Bill Donaho outlined the committee's concerns about Walter Breen, detailing incidents behind the committee decision to ban him from Pacificon II. This was marked as a letter-substitute and also marked as DNQ, but you can easily imagine how widely that was observed. The concom also published Pacificon II Committee Report on the Cancellation of the Membership of Walter Breen.

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Publication 1963
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