VIET NAM 'FARCE'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100010013-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 18, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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Viet Nam 'Farce'
Am.e:icanrr? should br trot!.
fled that n'i preen in
tai -
ed the Viet. Nam co,ip (,a-;,-
didlc. Sit It t4 a can r)m-
rrlctttar'y that no p o 1 i c a)
leader has stood ui' to discp-
pr?Ove the Kennedy admlrr-
l:,t-ration's role in the ovcr-
throw of a friendly and cor.-
stituvonaily estabiishrd gov-
crnment in that unforrw. ate
land. L1kewIsa no ,mice of
protest i:_ heard fr:)m the
United N a t i o n s about the
slaying of Diem and his
brother although that lnrtl-
tution was greatly ret'trtrbcd
over the suicide of a few
Buddhist monks
What a farce! The. PIla'e-
like attitude of our ofttciui.s
should be recorded in hi.,tory
for what it is_211iit. Now use
consort with m u r d e r e r e,
those who had swc't n ;.heir
loyalty to Diem and then,
with our encouragement, t)e-
trayed and killed him. I won-
der if the Kennedy admin-
istration over heard that fa-
miliar legal term-particeip?s
trim finis?
The crude discourtesy
shown Madame Nhu here in
Washington now clears up-
those who displayed their In-
civility had a l r e a d y placed
her husband and brother-in-
law u n d c r diplomatic con-
demnation.
In the name of justice the
answers to give questlors
should be demanded- Why
did the State Department
rush to recognize the Junta's
rebel regirr:e? Why arc the
)ne'tr s, no u r o u g to
tx:a)? V!!t?, did American of-
ficiai,, turn the third brother
over to the reI)tls? Why were
the Diem children flown to
Horne instead of to their
mother')
Dan P. Van Gorder.
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Doesn't It appear strange
that the Administration h
so anxiously extended diplc
matic recognition to the mil
itary Junta in South Vi
Nam, although the anti
Corn munIat Juntas In th
Dor,11n tcan Republic R111
Honduras still await Unite
States recognition after mot
than six weeks'
This inconsistency is no
su saran? e when it is note.(
that the Buddhist high pries
Thich Trl Quang, accused b
Dicm', government of bein
pro-Communist, was g I v e
asylum In our embassy i
Saigon since last August, bu
when Ngo Dinh Can, brother
of President Diem, s o u g h
asylum at the United State
onsulate at Hue, he w
handed over to the rebel re-
gime.
Ngo Dinh Can was not
overnment official, but h
was immediately flown 40
miles in a United States mill
are pane and turned over
United States officials t
he rebel Junta, despite th
act there was yet no o1-
mil-zed V f e t Nant government
?hich we recognized.
It scents to me the Senate
;1,101 11(1 petitioned to tep.r
he roof off the State De-
.1artment Building and rake
he policy-maker's out into
he cold light of day for a
borough examination,
gybe they could determine
hose State Department ii,
_Fh
Hans Birken
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The recently reported ac-
cusation by the 14 general
revolutionary c o n1 m I t t c e
which seized pow-r in South
Viet Nam, "that :Igo Dinh
Nhu was negotiating with
the Reds for a reunification
of North and South Viet
Nam under a neutralist
banner," should he v i e w e d
with suspicion, in light of the
continuously used doctrine of
the Communists in their
scheme for world conquest,
which is to always a c c u s e
their enemy of what they are
doing themselves.
Until this new regime has
proven its worth by action
as astutely anti-Communist
as was that of Ngo Din h
Deim's government, we must
wonder whether or not we
have fallen into a Commu-
nist trap. and lost Southeast
Asia even while we labored in
the hope that we were at the
very least sustaining a hold-
ing action in that vital area.
We must. I suppose, hope
for the best and yet be pre-
pared for what may be the
worst bungle in foreign poll-
1.y since the establishment of
the State Department and
CTA nartner,hln
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