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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300490071-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: August 24, 1964
• Content Type: PREL

'? UNITED PRESS
.Approved For; Release 2000/0110 1 R00
ADGUST 24, 1964
:UPI-92
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WASHINGTON--THE S7ATE DEPARTMENT TODAY DEPLORED STUDENT RIOTS..`
AGA IiNST Ti i4E ''GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH VIET NAM, DECLARING THAT THEY
HA^1PERED PROSECUTION -OF THE WAR AGAINST COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS.
ROBERT J. MCCLOSKEY, DECLINED
A STATE D:'AF-T"1ENT SPOKESMAN
,
HOWEVER TO SAY WHETHER THE U. S. FELT THE OUTBREAKS WERE COMMUNIST
INSPIRED. .
MCCLOSK#Y SAID IT WAS -TOO EARLY" TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE
"MOTIVATIONS" BEHIND THE.STUDENT RIOTS BECAUSE THE SITUATION WAS
D NOT
,
"NOT CLEAR AT ..HIS TIME.- FOR THAT REASON, XE.ADDED, ME DI
WANT. " T O CATEGORIZE THEM IN ANY ~'AY."
, ~1HEN ASKED TO CG~I"1ENT ON A PAPER PREPARED BY A MEMBER OF THE
CIA'S BOARD OF ESTIMATES, WILLARD MATTHIAS, IN WHICH,SERIOUS DOUBT
NAI1
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BEAT THE COMMUNIST IN VI
BILITY TO
WAS EXPRESSED ABOUT THE A
AND IT 'MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO HAVE "SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT BASED UPON. NEUTRALIZATION" MCCLOSKEY SAIDt
"STUDIESAND ANALYSES OF THIS KIND ARE FREQUENTLY WRITTEN
?., SUCH A PAPER .IS NOT NOR ' DOESS IT PURPORT
~3VER~1MENT
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. TO BE A STATEMENT,ON,POLICY ON-ANY OF THE SUBJECTS WHICH IT DISCUSSES."
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COMMUNISTT SUBVERSION AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
NATIONS OF THE; AREA." HE WARNED, AGAINST RELATING THAT STATEMENT *TO. THE
4F POLITICAL SOLUTION THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY GUARANTEE THE REMOVAL,OF
AT THE TIME HE ASKED-AND RECEIVED A STRONG CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION
BACKING UP ANY MILITARY ACTION HE MIGHT UECICE NECESSARY IN-SOUTH-
EAST ASIA. 'JOHNSON .ASKED FOR AND WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY TO TAKE "ALL
,NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT OUR ARVED FORCES AND TO ASSIST NATIONS
-;COVERED !BY THE SEATO (SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION) TREATY."
JOHNSON ASSURED CONGRESS THAT GIVEN THIS AUTHORITY, HIS ADMINIS-
;;TRATION NEVERTHELESS WOULD "CONTINUE READILY TO EXPLORE ANY AVENUES
"NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT" IN VIET. NAM, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
REFERRED REPORTERS TO PRESIDENT -JOHNSON'S - STATEMENT EARLY THIS MONTH
A DIVISIVE NATURE IS NEITHER IN THE INTEREST OF THE VIET NAMESE
GOVERNMENT NOR ITS PEOPLE. "
WHEN'ASKED TO STATE EXACTLY WHAT WAS U.S. "POLICY" TOWARD A
GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT NGUYEN KHANH, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
SAID THAT "THE UNITED GOVERNMENT FULLY. RECOGNIZES THE,NEED FOR
NATIONAL UNITY, IN SOUTH VIET NAM AND IS, THEREFORE, SUPPORTING THE..
XHANX DOVE Rd'aNENT AS THE BEST MEANS OF BUILDING SUCH UNITY AT. THE SAME
TIME THAT THE WAR EFFORT IS BEING PROSECUTED. OBVIOUSLY, ANYTHING, ~OF,`.
IICCLOSKEY SAID THE CIA 'DOCUMENT HAD NEVER EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED. 'BY.'
"THE U. S. INTELLIGENCE BOARD, THE VIET NAM TAS)( FORCE NOR ANY
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE' OR DEFENSE."
WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE
ADD 'I VIET; NAM--REACTION, W'A'S1{INGTON (IJPI-92) ;'
STUDY PAPER BECOME ? A P?I:Mftlt FOOTBALL, ,IN THE 'RE.IDENT AL ;... ;
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uufirlalvlz,LD 14 LL Qo1 4Ul'll'lUIJ.L L ZlUI,3V1:.ttDluN. , - . i.''
ADNIN'ISTRATION.OFFICIALS WERE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED LESS THE' CIA
SECTION ON VIET NAN IN THE CIA PAPER, WHICH MADE NO MENTION OFi
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AUGUST 24, 1964 V T '! ~ 25XIA9a
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DAY LEAD CIA
BY STEWART HENSLEY
PRESS WASHINGTON, AUG. 24 (UPI)--ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE DISTURBED
BY THE POSSIBLE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY (CIA) DOCUMENT WHICH CONTAINS AN IMPLICATION THAT A COMPROMISE
WITH THE COMMUNISTS MAY-EVENTUALLY BE NECESSARY IN THE SOUTH VVET
NAM PO41ER :STRUGGLE
TOP-LEVEL OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE
CIA REPORT--WHICH DECLARES AT ONE POINT THAT VICTORY OVER THE COMNUNIS'
IS DOUBTFUL AND THAT A "NEUTRALIZATION" DEAL MAY BE CALLED FOR--DOES
NOT REPRESENT U. S. POLICY.
THE 45-PA'GE PAPER, PREPARED BY WILLARD-MATTHIAS OF CIA' S BOARD.
OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES, ATTEMPTS TO ,ASSESS DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS,
PARTS' OF THE WORLD WITHIN THE FRAMEWQRK OF THE SOVIET-AMERICAN
POWER~RELATIONSHIP.
IT WAS,WRITTEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT HAS BEEN- CIRCULATED AMONG
VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH A NOTATION THAT IT HAD "GENERAL
APPROVAL" OF THE CIA BOARD, WHICH HAD, HOWEVER, MADE NO ATTEMPT
T O' REACH COMPLETE AGREEMENT . ON EVERY POINT OF IT.
THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF. THE REPORT ARE OBVIOUS9 INASMUCH
AS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARRY M. GQLDWATER IS CHARGING
THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION WITH A "NO-WIN" FOREIGN POLICY.
.'ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PAPER
HAS NEVER-BEEN PRESENTED TO OR CONSIDERED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL OR THE TOP LEVEL U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
BOARD.
OFFICIAL SOURCES DISCLOSED THE EXISTENCE OF THE DOCUMENT OVER THE
WEEKEND WHEN THEY LEARNED IT HAD BEEN OFFERED FOR PUBLICATION AS
A'MAJOR'OUTLINE OF AMERICAN.POLICY. THEY ASSERTED THAT THIS WAS NCT
TRUE AND THAT THE IDEAS WERE, AS ONE OFFICIAL PUT IT, "ONLY ONE
MAN'S OPINION."
. ASIDE.,FROM THE VIET NAM NEUTRALIZATION REFERENCE, THE DOCUMENT
APPEARED TO BE A ROUTINE SUNJARY OF THE OBVIOUS CHANGES BROUGHT
ABOUT BY THE NUCLEAR STALEMATE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES,,
COMPLICATED BY THE RED CHINESE-RUSSIAN IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT.
THE PORTION OF' THE DOCUMENT ON SOUTH VIET NAM !RICH APPARENTLY
TOUCHED A SENSITIVE ADMINISTRATION NERVE SAID:
"THE COUNTER-GUERRILLA EFFORT CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER, PARTLY
13ECAUSE OF THE INHERENT DIFFICULTY OF THE PROBLEM AND PARTLY BECAUSE
(THE LATE PRESIDENT NGO DINH) DIEM'S SUCCESSORS HAVE NOT YET
DEMONSTRATED THE LEADERSHIP AND THE INSPIRATION NECESSARY. THERE
REMAINS SERIOUS DOUBT THAT VICTORY CAN BE WON, AND THE SITUATION
REMAINS VERY FRAGILE. IF LARGE-SCALE U.S. SUPPORT CONTINUES AND
IF FURTHER POLITICAL DETERIORATION WITHIN SOUTH VIET NAM. IS PREVENTED,
AT LEAST A PROLONGED STALEMATE CAN BE ATTAINED. THERE IS ALSO A
CHANCE THAT POLITICAL EVOLUTION WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND DEVELOPMENTS
UPON THE WORLD SCENE COULD LEAD TO SOME KIND OF NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
'BASED UPON NEUTRALIZATION." '
. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK HAVE CONTENDED
REPEATEDLY-.THAT NO COMPROMISE SOLUTION IS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE
COMMUNISTS IN SOUTH VIET NA Ii ARE BEATEN AND RED CHINA AND NORTH.VIET.N
PA'~ p,^^^ ' i'^ ~~~ 5 .ALONE."