THE FULBRIGHT CRITIQUE

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920051-6
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November 11, 2016
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April 5, 1999
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51
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September 16, 1965
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Sanitized-Approved For Release :'CIA-R GREENSBORO, N.? NEWS m. -91,735 I .1 ? F,.Mlt Edit. 016.ef I Pape rose - Tape. ? SEP 191965 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- o l gh?t Critique, ' t d States States and possible- effects, on the ca- I for a ong sm -.r , ' 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-' - - . 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' urortec~ uni 74 of inn senate ana ulltwu;3uca uaV a ,ay '% 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 ;, ar.'u WAS iU6. Raa.kwYC~rt~?.l+idYudiei,I~atW ? k :~Yx.au.... Sanitized - Approved:For. R~l-ease. 'CIA-RDP ,. -041.49R9Q Q,20092'4051-