WASHINGTON: THE HOLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE CELLAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120077-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: January 30, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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to tell the truth and not care taries Rusk and McNamara on' of Staff to the President and White House, and he also has
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latter is probably what is needed about their policies, for they ? deputy, Cy Vance. His reply to The easy thing is for the
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ho has been a disappointment y surprising
of finding a now security if..
fairs adviser who has the com-
plete confidence of the President
and brings new patterns of
thought to the task is hard.
David Bruce, the present'
American Ambassador in Lon-
don, could undoubtedly do the
job. He has the confidence of
the President, He is calm and
experienced and he has lived
with adversity just long enough
to know that Vietnam is not
the end, or even the center, of
the world.
The need at the moment is
for a sense of proportion about
Vietnam and, what is even
harder to achieve, a sense of
humor. Saigon has been allowed,
to loom larger than the whole
Pacific. It has overwhelmed pol-
icy in the Atlantic and the hem-
isphere and somebody has to get.
it back into perspective,
Others Could Help
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