The producers of ”Frontline,” the Public Broadcasting Service`s award-winning show, aren`t very specific when dealing with Tuesday`s program at 9 p.m. on WTTW-Ch. 11, but they are predicting an investigative report of
”national and worldwide implications.”
The program, ”Buying the Bomb,” marks the debut of Seymour Hersh on the series. Hersh is a former newspaper reporter who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for his report on the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. ”Buying the Bomb” details the efforts of a Third World nation to obtain the elements for the construction of a nuclear bomb.
Hersh has reported on the secret bombings of Cambodia, CIA involvement in Chile, and CIA domestic spying. His 1983 book, ”The Price of Power,”
detailed Henry Kissinger`s role in the Nixon White House.
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Hersh has worked for six months on Tuesday`s report. It was produced by Mark Obenhaus, who won an Emmy for Frontline`s ”Abortion Clinic.” Judy Woodruff is the program`s host.