Robert Douglass served as Counsel and later Secretary to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller from 1965 to 1972. At Rockefeller's request, he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the Governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted as a guard during the uprising, trying to assure that none of the officials sent in to negotiate with the prisoners were harmed. The following excerpts are from the interviews conducted with each of these men for "The Rockefellers" film and provide their points of view about what happened at Attica.

Robert Douglass - Where were you when news of Attica came?

	Frank Smith - What were the conditions people were looking to improve?

Robert Douglass - How did negotiations proceed?
Frank Smith - When the negotiations got going, what was the initial reaction?

Robert Douglass - Why did Rockefeller not come to Attica?

	Frank Smith - Why weren't Rockefeller's top aides good enough?

Robert Douglass - What were the plans to resolve the situation?
Frank Smith - What did you see on Monday morning?

Robert Dougalss - Did you agree with the Governor's decision to go in?

	Frank Smith - So even if Rockefeller did go, all it would have done is delay the inevitable, and what happened pretty much had to happen.