"STUBBORN DISREGARD OF PLAIN FACTS?"

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 50-Yr 2013/12/19: CIA-RDP73-00475R000201830001-3 STAT CARY RUSK ON VIETNAM pro- ions, them of one. two said ? ional con- .." It held nter- elec. with the :main not furnish a choice to the people. It deprives fl other said, for a path is the !edom ?only red to The inter- self- sure, every ?.rven- ombat with un al- many. inter- foliate ;apaciL is does "STUBBORN DISREGARD OF PLAIN FACTS"? If American actions in Vietnam are defensible, Administration attempts to defend? them should square with the "plain facts." Self-deception about American intervention can be a greater peril than discriminating protest. Only by recog- nizing the ambiguities of the situation can we reach accord with the deepest levels of the Ameri- can conscience and with the common conscience of mankind. The Administration may have con- trived the discreet silence or the grudging lip- service of some foreign governments and of some United States Senators, but the hazards and incon- sistencies of the present policy are widely recog- nized both at home and abroad. The situation in Vietnam raises serious moral questions, not merely diplomatic and tactical ones. As a nation we hold immense power. To perb mit it to be used in reckless and barbarous ways is to imperil the entire basis of American lead- ership. Let us make known to the government and to our compatriots that we oppose the disastrous policy of continued bombardment of North Viet- nam. Continuation of the present policy. makes it impossible for Americans and Russians to talk further about 'peaceful co-existence and encour- -ages all Communist nations to close ranks in op- ' linSitiOn to the'Vnited States. cont'd. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Marcia K. Allen, Biology 5n Joseph Altman, Psychology ? Warren Ambrose, Mathematics Donald Appleyard, City Planning Michael Artin, Mathematics Elliot Auerbach, Lab. Nuc. Science Maria L. Bade, Biology Alan H. Barrett, Electrical Engineering Eugene Bell, Biology Aron Bernstein, Pnysict T. Bever, Modern Languages Carl J. Black, Humanities Stephen L. Bloom, Mathematics Rev. Myron Bloy, Chaplain Frank Bonilla, Economics George S. Boolos, Philosophy David Botstein, Biology Richard N. Boyd, Philosophy Joseph 3renner, Medical Dept. ri Educat n Gene M. Brown, Biology Physics Manuel Blum, Electrical Engineering lucation Harold H. Carter, Chemical Engineering Jule G. Charne Meteorology M. Chessman, Meteorology int Noam Chomsky, Modern Languages .? aS010113 iatry e Studies telations in fical School PY chool 'Ales MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ecint'el. J. Robinson, Mathematics Ronald Rolfe, Biology Steven Rosencrans, Mathematics Bruno Rossi, Physics A. K. Roy, Mathematics Rev. John Russell Jr., Chaplain Herbert D. Saltzstein, Psychology Leo Sartori, Physics David L. Schalk, Humanities R. W. Sekuler, Psychology Karl Shell, Economics Abner Shimony, Humanities Irving Singer, Humanities I. M. Singer, Mathematics Marc J. Shulman, Biology Malcolm Skolnick, Physics Huston Smith, Humanities Norton Starr, Mathematics Arthur Steinberg, Humanities Marvin Stodolsky, Biology Benjamin K. T'sou, Res. Lab. Electronics John James Ucci, Mathematics John Viertel, Res. Lab. Electronics Patrick D. Wall, Biology William B. Watson Humanities Burton White, Psychology noute tiotjai ocip UPI A cito o 'u ? World opinion clod/ not support United States military operations in Vietnam... Throughout the world these operations appear increasingly to be a campaign in the self-interest of a Western power rather than in the interest of that stricken Asian nation. Indochina has been macerated by twenty years of anti-colonial, nationalist and communist warfare. The United States has the military might to defeat the Viet Cong. But unless we show immediate restraint, and show humane imagination in bringing interested parties to the peace table, we risk the loss of the respect and sympathy of men and nations far beyond the present theater of war. WHAT CAN BE DONE? Citizens must speak out on issues of national policy. We will not be intimidated by charges of gullibility or disloyalty. We demand that the Administration return to the "plain facts" and make an earnest attempt to obtain a negotiated peace. Reiteration of the phrase "unconditional discussions" is not enough, especially because the condition is attached to it that the rebel forces in the civil war are not to appear at the conference table. Peaceful intentions can be made plainer than this. We must arrange for an immediate cease-fire and offer to negoti- ate with the principal combatants, including the Viet Cong; we must cease our air raids on North Vietnam; we should use the good offices of the United Nations in bringing about these ends; and we must assure the world that we will not use nuclear weapons in the pursuit of victory or in the "pursuit of peace."' SMITH COLLEGE Louis Cohn-Haft, History Robert J. Fabian, Mathematics Philip Green, Government Bruce Hawkins, Physics Murray Kiteley, Philosophy Paul Lauter, English Alice Lazerovitz, Philosophy Bert Mendelson, Mathematics Michael Rice, Physics Peter Rowe, Government Ramon Eduardo Ruin, History J. Diedrick Snoek, Psychology A. H. Specs, Physics Melvin Steinberg, Physics Francis Stlenon, Astronomy Donald Trumpler, Mathematics TUFTS UNIVERSITY Reilly Atkinson III, Physics Marston Balch, Drama and Speech Ernest Cassara, Religion Carl Cohen, Mathematics John Cornwall, Economics Mary Jane Cramer, Sociology Dorothea J. Crook, Psychology Morris A. Cynkin, Medical School ? YALE UNIVERSITY Robert P. Abelson, Psychology Layman E. Allen, Law Joel Allison, Psychology Richard J. Andrew, Biology James Appel, Psychology Wendell Bell, Sociology Bernard J. Bergen, Sociology Merton C. Bernstein, Law Harry J. Benda, History John M. Blum, History George Braverman, Biochemistry Abram Chipman, Psychiatry Dorothy D. Ciarlo, Psychology Michael Cole, Psychology Barry E. Collins, Psychology Robert M. Cook, Sociology Alice Cornelison, Psychiatry Sheila Counce-Nicklas, Biology Robert S. Crowder, Psychology Robert A. Dahl, Political Science Drdid J. Danelski, Political Science Gaylord D. Ellison, Psychiatry Thomas I. Emerson, Law Edmund Fantino, Psychology Harry Fein, Psychology Yasuko Filby, Psychology William Dameshek Medical School Allen E. Everett, --s J. G. Gall, Biology AllS113AIND NO.LSO John P. 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