U.S.'DISOWNS' CIA REPORT ON 'NEUTRAL' VIET

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000300490070-5
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1
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December 16, 2016
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November 2, 2004
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70
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August 24, 1964
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NSPR
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NEW YORK JOUI (AL Al ERICAN . Approved For Re1eaA"W/j4/251q&A-'RD:P75-0 Ii. S. 'DisoVins' "CIA Report on 'Mleufral' poet tFi a poi cal repel cuss)on:, o t U1 a Central Intelligence Agency 't! (CIA) Document which con- dais are disturbed by the pos i f 1' WASHINGTON. A u g. 2 4 (UPI) = Administration offs- tains an. Implication that a compromise with the Commu- nists may eventually be neces- ,sary In the South Viet Nam, power struggle. Top-level officials are at- tempting to make it clear that the CIA report-which declares atone point that victory over the Communists is doubtful and that a "Neutralization" 'deal may be called for-does not represent U.S. Policy. 45-PAGE PAPER The 45-page paper, prepared by Willard Matthias of CIA's Board of National Estimates, attempts to assess developments in various parts of the world. within the framework, of the Soviet-Ameridan power rela- tionship. It was written earlier this year. It has been circulated! among v a r i o u s government agencies with a notation that, It had "general approval" of the CIA Board, which had, however, made no attempt to reach complete agreement on every point of it. The political implications of the report are obvious, inas- much as Republican Presiden- tial candidate Barry M. Gold- water is charging the John- son Administration with ? a "no-win" foreign policy. Administration officials say they want to emphasize that the paper has never been pre- sented to or considered by President Johnson's National Security Council or the top level U.S. Intelligence estimate board, Official soiu'ces disclosed the xistenc' of the document over the rweokend ' _. STAT