GOVERNMENT 'ITCHING' FOR 'WAR WITH CHINA'

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000200770004-5
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1
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November 16, 2016
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March 1, 1999
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4
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May 5, 1965
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i Approved For, R i ;PIiO~idIX,ARIZONA I GAZETTE 'E. 83,965 T TH EDITOr To the Editor of The Gazette: All of the public statements being is- sued from the White House indicate quite tragically the extent that the President has come under control of the military- industrial establishment about which ex- chief executive Eisenhower w a r n e d Americans in, one. of his moments of greatness. The official "line" emanating from the government is, of course, that we were "invited" to come into Viet Nam by the South Vietnamese government. { (Have there been nine or ten govern- :meets since then?) and we'll stay there until we feel we are no longer needed, or words to that effect. .In one of the many coups that have occurred, it is well known all over the world - with the possible exception of the United States - that the whole messy business was engineered by the CIA, I Apparently Diem, who was cruelly tnt r-A dered. our plans for his country. If- the government were willing to be CPYRGHT STATINTL ease 2000/04/14 : ell R011111 ;th China' -honest with us, they would tell us they are "itching" for an all-out war with China. Perhaps the government has even decided at last to "unleash" Chiang Kai- shek on the Chinese mainland after, lo, these many moons and after, lo, those many billions of aid to the aging old gentleman. I cannot think of anything more satisfying to the Russians than to see the United States and China in full scale conflict in Asia. THE SILENCE on events in Viet Nam is deadening. It seems to me that it has been a tradition of free societies, par- ticularly ours, that given the full and accurate facts, the people can' decide what is best for their nation. This prem- ise, however, a p p e a r s to have been, shelved by our government when U.S." actions.in Viet Nam are concerned. Hav- ing read in a national magazine a list of regulations for reporters in that area, and truly shocked. Military men will establish censorship regulations at the drop of a brass hat.. They frequently make the assumption that they know best what the American public - including the soldiers - should be told. The.point is that such censorship iallegedly in; the "public interest" - is pretty close' to mass brainwashing, is an affront to America's national conscience ! M. R. HAGPRTV ?.tefling Frcedom~`?`"':'. a o thc 'Editor__- he recent reign policy i. . I' rom the beginning the Amer?'# :'free elections, ree speechVand t, the inherent right,tf the peo-; .,, like it yr not, aeter-.a mines much. of'-nnr interne-`' }tarp ? dictatorship:; which sun} s {i,rebs all or, thE' rights' arid'' vYlrivilpnnr which we ._ a a--_ 4 i=,l It is' time -now that the ad= jvolt, throughout the wnrld,d ((ng People. .i3r i114Le$ iullft, IAA.' For'Re'leas.e 2000/04/14: CIA-R[DP75-00149`R000 00770'004-5. -1d