THE FULBRIGHT CRITIQUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920051-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: September 16, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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oate:
, Nothing. frightelis the m e those wmight be held re- ,F
Senate like thoughtful debate; the mere ? reers have might
be the ;8
appearance on the Senate floor of a ims onsiof of t thoportant single ems who
fa to
ctor hava eena the
distorting
r,: member armed with an important speech judgment of otherwise sensible and?com-
~'Vill 'send his colleagues dashing away .,/ petent men.
ke leaving only-a hand-
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gh?t Critique,
' t d States States and possible- effects, on the ca-
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, ' I . , ' That there were no easy choices avai
i,,ful of loyal friends to hear him out. The able to the United States," Senator Ful-N
member who regards the Senate as a; bright conceded. But, in his view, the .)t
forum for true debate pays, the price;' g.
of too many filibusters and long-vended failure of the administration to makA a'
Trades. wise decisions" was abundantly clear.
' That is unfortunate,, for it demeans-.,
'r hi- Fnlhrieht charees are not without,
Underlying the bad advice and unwise ?'',;'`'is' to keep'his country on'a path con-;f
ment of President,?-Jahnson?'s,,advssers tics and ambiguities in our?'relations with
only W. Tapley Bennett, ambassador to the rest' of? the world. '
;`Santo Domino, was actually men Mr. Fulbright is of a gentle critic,
;:`boned--was severe. He said:. '. abut he is fair and his great determination,)
,
V crisis; his approach was crit-cal-at times .
nrated the threat.
{ even caustic-but the spirit of his re- What 'was most important about the
marks was constructive, not vindictive.
"The tragedy of Santo Domingo," he ; speech, however, 'was its serious pur-.
pose.
said, "is that a policy than purported to As he did in March; 1964-when'
rose on the Senate floor to discuss
I defeat communism in the short run' is?he myths and new realities" of,. more likely to have the effect of pro- : e ', American foreign policy-Senator FuV ,
moting it in the long run." His indict- !.brii,ht directed himself to the uncertain-
n
1, American role in last spring s mominlca th` o inican re_y-Q lot` example, ex-'
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. Fulbright of Arkansas. it was an au- has been challenged by other thoughtful
i dress that merited the closest. attention.
Senator Fulbright's subject was- the observers. The much-discussed CI list'
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'% speeches such as that delivered on the:,/!.m erit. As the United States has slowly
r. S n tP floor Wednesday by J. William;-,, withdrawn from the Dominican Republrh.
I'. 'ical; repercussions?'wlt:ln the United
speeches-are valuable,'and. it.is unfortu ;,
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