FURTHER OPINION ON VIETNAM POLICY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300090008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 25, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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4. Further Opinion
On Vietnam Policy
Editor,. News-Press: It Igo
a tragedy of the first order- r On the .other hand, we.
to watch a man (Sidney. moved quickly to assures
Hook-Sunday, March 20, that the supporters of the,
IMfnral ?i.rh...,...t4 .... ..........:_.1 freely eineted Bosch would i
as ever come to power in r .560 Chadwick way
a free election make whenblet'
i? every time any anvarnman+ - l!wLLl~ mid: t fi , to t i ?3
lithe fact that he refused to, ideal of democratic self-de-
hold the famous 1954 elec': ,terminatior),11 The only thing
tions; but that he literally that' we. can hope to prove
voided elections when the in Vietnam. is that Mao's
results didn't suit him. Did` w*rs of liberation will not
we invade the Dominican ?1 be tolerated. If we want to
Republic when the militaryi change our, ways and act
junta overthrew the freely consonant to our ideals, we.
elected Bosch? How about had better seriously work
to. the many times the military for an independent pacifica'-
of South -America voided tiotl force in Vietnam and
elections which elected (free-) accept the will of the peo?.
ly!) leftists? What sense.j . ple1..I see no evidence to in-
does the argument " no com- 'di ate that-we are doing. so.
munist regime (national) .1 c, Eugene' D. Gingerich
I -- -o-- -"""'"' junta! What is even more
king the patently propagan-i .(list view that we will not., military aid which provide allows
? interfere with the will of. the p. the military to prevent, they
~tipcople 'of other nations to will . of the people being
choose their own leaders. I served! In further evidence
have read several of Pro-j that we only believe in sell
fessor Hook's books and felt..; determination when it goes',
them refreshingly rational.1 our way, no less a person
Recent history indicates' ?t h a n Eisenhower himself
that we believe in self de- suggests that the 1954 elec-
termination only when it tions would have been won
goes our way. On this point' by _ the communists in Viet-
e' our hands are dirty! Did we I nam. No wonder we didn't oppose Diem when he abro-.' allow them!
gated the results of free? Tragically we have actedl'
elections? I don't mean-just' `. in ways contrary to our,
wmcn even closely 'resem- i
bles communism is .elected
we either ' acquiesce,
the to ie~ bout the I
a' e 61i6_e ~>;'e
el be abrogation o 'tlie'
rS"tff" the=free?feetions?y
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w fessor Hook resorting to this
r form of pompous, but emp.
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