[1] During a trip to Cuba in 1965, Lockwood was able to arrange a lengthy interview with leader Fidel Castro, during which they discussed topics ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis to racial issues in the United States.
[1] Having obtained a visa while in Cuba, Lockwood arranged a trip to North Vietnam in 1967, making him the first Western journalist to visit the country in nearly a decade.
He traveled around the country during his month-long visit, covering 1,000 miles under the strict supervision of government minders who ensured that he didn't photograph any of the nation's military facilities.
[1][2] Robert J. McCloskey of the U.S. Department of State cited Lockwood's material about Stratton as evidence that North Vietnam was brainwashing prisoners for propaganda purposes.
[3] Other books written by Lockwood include Conversation With Eldridge Cleaver: Algiers (McGraw-Hill, 1970), a biographical portrait of radical intellectual and author Eldridge Cleaver, and Daniel Berrigan: Absurd Convictions, Modest Hopes — Conversations After Prison With Lee Lockwood (Random House, 1972), The Holy Outlaw, a documentary[4] of Daniel Berrigan, a peace activist and Catholic priest who had been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.