ROW LOOMS ON CIA'S 'CAN'T WIN IN ASIA' PAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300490084-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: August 23, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2000/08/26 : C
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
DEMOCRAT &
CHRONICLE
tn. 132,711
S. 196,874
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Pogo Pape Page
Dom. AUG 2 3 `1904
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Drmocrat and Chronicle Specr.al aervr.r.e
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i is "serious doubt" the Communist'rebcllion
i in South Viet Nam can be quelled an(l tnat'
West. can hope for;
This conclusion, reached in a scholarly
?mination to make the Vietnamese war a
!low publication of the entire paper :in a
'nevtispaper---the t;bicago'rri)iiine-.-had ac-,
quired a copy; The newspaper was'under
stood to be planning a story of the docu-
The State Department took the unusual
step of attempting to'reduce the impact of
tie story by making the article available
porters Friday night. At the same. time.,
said that the document did not represent
Rusk was said to have emphasized that
the paper was the work of one man only
-the author of it, Willard Matthias-and
e -touched qn .virtuaily every aspect of ; the?
-Cold. Var..It''s cgptxoversial...section' am
South Viet am consisted ot just
few lines:
"The guerilla war in South Viet Nam. is
in its fifth year and no end appear!i '11
sight. The Viet?Cong in the south, depend.'
ent largely on their own resources hit
under direction and control of the, Cow-.:
monist regime in the North, are presymg
their offensive more vigorously, than ever.
The political mistakes of the Diem regime
inhibited the effective prosecution of the
war, which is really more of A political
contest than a military operation, and led
to the regime's destruction.
"The counter-guerilla effort continues_
to flounder, partly because of the inherent
d}' ficulty of the, prohlem and partly 'be- .
cause Diem's successors have not yet dem-
onstrated the leadership and inspiration
~neeessary.
"There remains serious doubt That vie-`
tory can be won, and,Ihe situation remains.;
very fragile. If l;;r~e?scale. United States>i
support continues, and if further political,
deterioration within South -Viet Nam is
p'rv ot.cd, at least a prolonged stalenrate?}
can be attained. There N also a chance that'~j
political evolution within the country and'1
det?elopmeots upon the world scene gouldj
lead to some kind of negotiated settlement,
based on neutralization." -
The paper,, will probably have intern'a
tional, as well as domestic, political- reper-.
cussions.
It the Vietnamese came to belive there
was predominant' sentiment in Washing-;
ton for a settlement. through neutraliza?t
tion,' the' governmenV4 already uncertain;
:grip on the country coikid be. furtt er
weakened '_
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