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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300490070-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: August 24, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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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 ' _.
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