AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO RECEIVE FOR INSTRUCTION AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY TWO CITIZENS AND SUBJECTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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the bill (H1. 5986) to amend the Tariff
Act of X1130 with respect to the rate of
duty on brooms made of broom corn,
which bill was also reported unanimously
by the Committee on Ways and Means.
But we have been notified that the
gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. REUSS]
and the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr.
FRASER] would object to the bill, if we
called. it up by unanimous consent.
Therefore, we are not doing so today
AUTHORIZING THE SECRETAY OF
THE ARMY'-TO RECEIVE FOR IN-
STRUCTION, AT THE U.S. MILI-
TARY ACADEMY TWO CITIZENS
AND SUBJECTS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF VIETNAM
Mr. COHELAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the joint resolution
(HUJ. Res. 113) authorizing the Secretary
of the Army to receive for instruction at
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
two citizens and subjects of the Republic
of Vietnam, which was favorably re-
ported by the Committee on Armed
Services.
The Clerk read the title of the joint
resolution.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Cali-
fornia?
Mr. BECKER, Mr. Speaker, reserving
the right to object, there are four of these
bills one following the other and I ob-
jected to them in committee the other
day.
I objected on the ground. first, that
there were no, hearjngs on this subject;
second, the Armed Services Committee
has never made a policy in respect to stu-
dents from foreign countries in the mili-
tary service being trained in our regular
military academies.
The State Department, apparently,
does the screening. Certainly I am one
who has never been very happy with the
screening by the State Department of
anybody, and, particularly, of that De-
partment Itself. Consequently, since
these students. and these cadets come to
this country with the screening by the
State Department, this does not make me
feel happy or want to approve this.
It is a fact that the chairman of the
committee, the distinguished gentleman
from Georgia [Mr. Vixsorr] my very
good friend, the gentleman from South
Carolina. [Mr. Rivsas], and the gentle-
man from Illinois [Mr, ARENDS], ranking
minority member-who may succeed as
chairman next year-assured us in the
committee that the Armed Services Com-
mittee would consider this. next year.
Mr. MEADER, Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. BECKER,. I yield to the gentle-
man from Michigan,.
Mr. MEADER. The gentleman is not
sure he is going to be the chairman.
Mr. BECKER, Either the gentleman
from South Carolina [Mr. RIVERS], or
the gentleman from Illinois [Mr.
ARENDS], will be.
Mr. MEADER, The gentleman from
Illinois might be the chairman.
Mr. BECKER. That is correct.
At any rate, these gentlemen have as-
sured us that next year the committee
will go into this matter and will attempt
to fix some kind of policy.
Let the record be clear that today,
aside from the military academies, there
are 7,464 foreigners who are attending
some type of military school or training
in the United States. That is in Opera-
tion Moccasin, the War College, and
many other military and technical
schools.
Among these are young men from
countries which I do not believe are
overly friendly with the United States,
among them Indonesia, with 259.
I have no objection to the four coun-
tries involved ' in these particular bills,
but I believe we ought to discriminate in
behalf of our friends and against those
who are not friendly with our country.
I believe we ought to help train those
who are friends of ours, while we ought
to eliminate those who are not friends.
Certainly Indonesia has been other than
friendly to the United States.
Mr. Speaker, now that I have expressed
myself, after having voted against these
bills in the committee, I shall not object
at this time. I withdraw my reservation.
Mr. COHELAN. Mr. Speaker, this
legislation will authorize the Secretary
of the Army to permit two persons who
are citizens and subjects of the Republic
of Vietnam to receive instruction at the
U.S. Military Academy.
Sections 4345, 9345, and 6957 of title
10, United States Code, authorize the in-
struction at the Military Academy, the
Air Force Academy, and the Naval Acad-
emy of four persons from the Republic
of the Philippines. Sections 4344, 9344,
and 6957 of title 10, United States Code,
authorize the admission at each of the
service academies of not more than 20
persons at any one time from Canada
and the American Republics-other than
the United States. Except for these spe-
cial provisions, students from other
friendly nations may attend the service
academies only under special legislation.
Previous legislation of this type has
been approved by the Congress in the 83d
(Public Law 83-318), 86th (Public Law
86-182), and 87th (Public Law 87-462 and
87-463) Congresses. These laws per-
mitted students from Belgium and Thai-
land to attend the service academies.
A the present time, the only foreign stu-
dents attending the service academies
under special legislation are two Belgians
in the Naval Academy and on Thai in
the Air Force Academy.
Under the aforementioned 'sections of
title 10, United States Code, 5 foreign
cadets are receiving instruction at the
Air Force Academy, 13 at the Military
Academy, and 16 at the Naval Academy.
The resolution expressly provides that
the United States shall not be subject to
any expense on account of instruction to
be received by the two subjects of the
Republic of Vietnam at the Military
Academy.
The Vietnamese cadets will not be en-
titled to appointment to any office or
position in the U.S. Army by reason of
their graduation from the U.S. Military
Academy.
This resolution is supported by the
Department of Defense and the State
Department. The Bureau of the Budget
interposes no objection. The recent
commander of the U.S. Military Assist-
ance Command in Vietnam, Gen. Paul
D. Harkins, strongly supports the resolu-
tion.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of
this resolution.
We are concerned here only with the
three service academies: West Point,
Annapolis, and Colorado Springs.
First. There are three categories of.
foreign students at the service acad-
emies :
First. One category comes under gen-
eral legislation which is of a continuing
nature-section 4344, 6957, and 9344 of
title 10, United States Code. Under this
authorization, a total of 20 cadets from
the Western Hemisphere are authorized
to be enrolled in each of the three serv-
ice academies at any one time. How
ever, not more than three persons from
any one of the Republics or from Canada
may receive instruction under these sec-
tions at any one time.
Second. A second category, also in-
cluded in permanent legislation-section
4345, 6957, and 9345 of title 10, United
States Code-authorizes a total of four
cadets at any one time from the Republic
of the Philippines to attend each of the
academies.
Under these first two categories the
foreign cadets receive from the U.S. Gov-
ernment the same pay, allowances and
emoluments as a cadet appointed from
the United States.
Third. In addition to these two cate-
gories, various foreign students are ad-
mitted to the service academies pursu-
ant to the authority contained in special
legislation for a limited period. This in-
cludes the authority included in the bills
under consideration. Under this type of
authorization the foreign cadets receive
instruction at no expense to the U.S.
Government, but are supported at the
same level by the foreign government as
are the U.S. cadets.
At the present time there are two
cadets from Belgium attending the
Naval Academy as a result of special leg-
islation-Public Law 87-643 of May 31,
1962-and one Thai national attending
the Air Force Academy, as was author-
ized by Public Law 87-462 of May 31,
1962.
Under the permanent legislation, five
foreign students are attending the Air
Force Academy-Philippines 3, Bolivia 1,
Peru 1; 13 foreign cadets are attending
the Military Academy-Philippines 4,
Costa Rica 3, Chile 1, Guatemala 1, Hon-
duras 1, Nicaragua 1, Panama 2; and 16
foreign cadets are attending the Naval
Academy-Philippines 3, Argentina 1,
Chile 2, Costa Rica 1, Ecuador 1, Hon-
duras 1, Nicaragua 1, Panama 1, Vene-
zuela 2, Peru 3.
BASIS FOR SELECTION OF COUNTRIES TO BE
REPRESENTED
I am informed that selection for par-
ticipation by countries under the perma-
nent legislation for the Western Hemi-
sphere is made on a rotating basis, pred-
icated insofar as possible on military
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requirements. Another factor is the ex-
istence in the country concerned of
domestic training facilities. Another
element Is a recommendation made by
the Military Assistance Advisory
Group-MAAG-country team assigned
to the country concerned.
The MAAG includes representatives
from the military as well as the State
Department. Therefore, it is only nat-
ural that both these departments should
be considered when the application Is
received here In Washington, which I
understand is the procedure followed.
PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
With regard to special legislation such
as we are now considering, the request is
usually received through military chan-
nels and then referred to the State De-
partment for comment. If we are en-
joying friendly relations with the coun-
try concerned at the time the request is
received, the State Department usually
forwards a favorable comment. To my
knowledge, up to the present time, the
State Department has not commented
adversely on any favorable recommenda-
tion made by the military commander
concerned.
These foreign cadets authorized are
accommodated at the service academies
without affecting the number of U.S.
cadets authorized to enter yearly.
Certainly the Bureau of the Budget
would not clear for submission to the
Congress any requests for the enrollment
of foreign students at our service acad-
emies If the armed service concerned
objected. Also, the committee would not
favorably entertain any legislative pro-
posal which was opposed by the service
concerned.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Cali-
fornia?
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, further re-
serving the right to object, I should like
to associate myself with the remarks
made by the gentleman from New York,
in exactly the same context. I wish to
direct a question to the sponsor of the
bill.
I wonder if the gentleman can tell us
whether or not these foreign sovereign
nationals who are admitted to our mili-
tary academies are admitted on a paid
basis by their nations of source, or
whether we pay the expenses of these
foreign nationals at our military acad-
emies?
Mr. COHELAN. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. HALL. I yield to the gentleman
from California.
Mr. COHELAN. As the gentleman will
recall from the committee discussion of
this subject, there is no cost to our Gov-
ernment in the training of these foreign
nationals. That is clearly stated in the
report. I refer the gentleman to the
report.
Mr. HALL. I have read the report. I
do not believe the gentleman means to
imply that all the hundreds of students
who are now in our various military
schools, including those held over from
the days of the Philippine Constabulary
and the quota allotted to the now inde-
pendent Republic of the Philippines, pay
their own way in our academies.
While the gentleman is on the subject,
I wish he would say further, for legisla-
tive history and the benefit of the House
if he has the information, what type of
examinations qualify these students for
matriculation along with our own care-
fully selected-many times congression-
ally selected--candidates for military
academies.
Mr. COHELAN. It is my understand-
ing that everyone is treated alike. The
students must maintain academic status
to remain in the institution.
So far as the other question the gen-
tleman raises In respect to cadets from
title X countries, I am not prepared to
provide that data at this time. I will,
however, be glad to check back and see
what those financing arrangements have
been. I shall be glad to do that, may I
say for the RECORD. Furthermore, in re-
spect to the pending bills, on each and
every separate occasion the expense of
the particular cadets involved will be
borne by the respective governments.
Mr. HALL. Does that mean the ex-
pense will be borne as far as transporta-
tion here and return is concerned as well
as while they are in school, or will they
be given the usual pay and allowances of
all other Military Academy cadets, and
will their equipment be furnished them
with the usual stipend while here by the
U.S. Government?
Mr. COHELAN. I am informed they
will bear their own expense In all usual
respects, Including transportation and
other allowances.
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I want to
make it clear I did not vote for these four
bills in the committee. Like the gentle-
man who preceded me, the gentleman
from New York [Mr. BECKER], I will not
raise a formal objection at this time
predicated on the promises of future
years, but I do want to point out, in
addition to those going to the Military
Academy, we have literally hundreds of
people, Including those from so-called
"neutral" nations, attending the various
military colleges, including the Command
and General Staff School, the Army War
College, the Navy War College, and the
Army and Industrial College, to say
nothing of the inter-American service
schools. I think it is time this was seri-
ously reviewed and perhaps much of it
stopped.
Mr. COLLIER. Mr. Speaker, further
reserving the right to object, and I do so
only to make an inquiry to clarify a
statement which was made by the gen-
tleman from California. Do I under-
stand that you are advising the House
that the total cost of their matriculation
and academy attendance would be paid
for not by the taxpayers of this country
but that there would be reimbursement
in the sum of $10,000 per year per stu-
dent for their attendance?
Mr. COHELAN. The gentleman is
correct. I am so informed that the fi-
nancing in all particulars will be han-
dled by the respective governments in-
volved.
Mr. COLLIER. They will pay ap-
proximately 110,000 a year for 4 years,
which is the last estimate given to Mem-
bers of Congress by the service acad-
emies as represented to us as the cost of
sending a young man to any one of the
service academies in this country?
Mr. COHELAN. It is my understand-
ing they will pay the necessary cost to
finance a cadet. If you are including
overhead. I am not sure exactly whether
that includes overhead, but I am in-
formed any specific costs directly as-
signable to the cadet will be borne by the
government Involved.
Mr. COLLIER. I am merely referring
to the cost which the taxpayers of this
country pay each year for each cadet at-
tending each service academy in this
country.
Mr. COHELAN. I say to the gentle-
man once again pay and allowances and
subsistence and transportation will all
be borne by the government involved.
Mr. COLLIER. I thank the gentle-
man and. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my
reservation.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the present consideration of the joint
resolution?
There was no objection.
The joint resolution was ordered to be
engrossed and read a third time, was
read the third time and passed, and a
motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
TWO CITIZENS OF THAILAND AT
THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
Mr. COHELAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the House joint resolu-
tion (H.J. Res. 1048) authorizing the
Secretary of the Army to receive for in-
struction at the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point two citizens and subjects
of the kingdom of Thailand.
The Clerk read the title of the joint
resolution.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Cali-
fornia?
There was no objection.
The Clerk read the joint resolution, as
follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of
the Army Is authorized to permit, within one
year after the date of enactment of this
joint resolution, two persons, citizens and
subjects of the kingdom of Thailand, to re-
ceive instruction at the United States Mili-
tary Academy at West Point, New York; but
the United States shall not be subject to
any expense on account of such instruction.
Sac. 2. Except as may be otherwise deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Army, such
persons shall, as a condition to receiving in-
struction under the provisions of this joint
resolution, agree to be subject to the same
rules and regulations governing admission,
attendance, discipline, resignation, discharge,
dismissal, and graduation as cadets at the
United States Military Academy appointed
from the United States; but they shall not
be entitled to appointment to any office or
position in the United States Army by reason
of their graduation from the United States
Military Academy.
Sac. 3. Nothing in this joint resolution,-
shall be construed to subject such persons to
the provisions of section 4348(d) and sec-
tion 4348 of title 10 of the United States
Code.
Mr. COHELAN. Mr. Speaker, this res-
olution is to authorize the Secretary of
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