THE DIMENSIONS OF SOVIET AID TO NORTH VIETNAM

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M1~~NCC)1~{JINDUM: ~L''I:,;.c; ll:.i.mcr:~..;ior.,.;.} of ~;o~v:i_et: Aid. t,a 'tV:~:ri;k; Vic:~t;rram
.i~. C~en~;:ra:L Review ar Aid Programs
-The-almost-complete dependence of North Vietnam on external
sources to support virtually every facet of its economic and mill-
tary d~v`elopment has made the country award of the Communist world.
'.T.'rie U~3SR and Cammuni.at China to~,c;-l;l~er since 1y5~ h.a.ve account ed for
`two-thirdu of North Vie`t;nam's imports, more th ttae fact Li:i~a.t t"n.e North Vietriam-
c~se ~i~roops and Vict ConEy; main force- units in i3au~lr~ Vietnam are armed
with l;h.e near farnil'y of 7.6n mtn weapons produc"sd ir. Communist China..
Wc~ bcli.evo, however, tl:;.at a large percentage oi' ~l;he VC main forces
and. mast local force units are armed with. captured US weapons and.
l"a a lesser extent French weapons.
5. "Mast of our plane lasses have resulted Pram-the use of
Soviet Russia's a~n.tiaircraft-guns, m:issi~es or MIG jet fig7iters."
wing 1955 and 1966 alone a total of 510 manned aircraft
wcra lost in air operations against North Vietnam. Of these, 457
wrrc combat losses. Only 1~O or leas than 10 percent of the combat
Losses were duo to SAM attacks. MIG aircraft accounted for 13 of
the lasses. Th.e MTG's were supplied by the USSR and Communist
China.. Antiaircraft and ground fire accounted for 104 of -the
combat lasses.
6. "Soviet aid to North Vietnam trickled along at an average
yearly rate of 35 million dollars until early in 1965, when, even
before US began bombing in the North, the Russians started moving.
in a big way -- with SAM antiaircraft missiles, jet fighters, mili-
tary vehicles, oil, other paraphernalia of war."
Soviet economic and military aid through 1964 was at-low
:Levels and did not increase drastically until after the ~'onkin Gulf
:incident in August, 19611-. We estimate that Soviet deliveries of
military equipment prior to 1961+ were in the order of on1.y $5 mil-
lion ayear. Tf aid furnished for the development of North Viet-
nam's military ini"rastructure were included. annual deliveries
cou7_d }lave totaled about $25 million. Chinese-deliveries of mill-
-tart' equipment prior to 1964 were- at about the saztie annual ~.evel
as Saviet deliveries. Chinese deliveries since then have increased
bu?t at a much lower rate than Saviet deliveries.
The first large jump in Soviet military deliveries occurred
in l96?~- when X25 million in equipment was delivered. These deliver-
1.r~s included-the first shipments of Soviet antiaircraft guns and
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r~l,~~,ar.? t~,o 1~e used :ir.i creating; an air defense sys1;em :('or North Vietnam.
:ov~..e;~L- rn:i:1.:L-t;s.;>"y d.o:LJ.vc:rics, which dumped even more dr. amatically in
1..96 j anti 1.966' conbl.r~tod of tkic> 1.~Lcm>~ descri'bed ~.n the quotation.
];'c'tr?o;Le:7~m f.rrapartr~ ~ mast~,y from the Ur~SR~ dumped from 150, 000 -tons
in l j61~ to 1"x'7, 000 tons in 1965 and. 237, 000 tons in 1.966 .
~. "f~7.most '1,000 SAM's have been fired at US planes. These
o~vic't 2c~iss:l:les, launched by Russian-trained- crews, have themselves .
~~ew'l;roycd 30 US :plar.~es and contri Muted in a large measure to an
ovc:x?-a.1-:1. 1.a.s z.n. t;hc; 7Vor-L,Y: a1' morc t;kian X60 p:l_a,ues."
$y the cnd a~' 1y66, almost 1, 300 S~'LNi's had been launched
a~;~.~:i n~, 1, US a:i.rcr~i~'t . These ~:niss~_lc:s ~.ccounted E'or t_,h,: destru.ctian
cr_1' )4.0 rnc~,nned a:i.rcraft out aP a 'total of LE57 lost in combat over
N'oi:"tk1 Vietnam. ri?he SAM's also des~l;rayed 21 drone s,~ r. craft during;
1965-1966, gy forcing tJS aircra.'t to fly at low al~~itudes, however,
~:;h~~ SAM's da contx?ibute in large measure to US aircraft losses over
Nar-L-h Vietnam.
~3. "Cost to the Russians in spent missiles: about 25 million
.dollars, Cost to the US in planes alone: 'more than l billion
dollars."
~"e`estimate that the cost of the missiles fired against
'CTS aircraft were at least ~L~O million, compared to a cost of abaut
~~'r5 million for 'the. US aircraft last to S.AM's .
The estimate of ~l billiar~ for US aircraft losses over
North Vietnam reflect losses from all causes both combat and opera-
tional. This cost should properly be compared with the total-cost
of North Vietnam's air defense operations and the damage inflicted
by US air strikes and not with the cost of massiles alone.
A=lthough we are unable to estimate the cost to North Vietnam of
operating.its air defense system, these costs are large. The North
Vietnamese also lost abaut ~+l M2G aircraft valued at about ~20.m3.1-
lion ~.n 1965-1966? The damage ~-nflicted by -the air strikes against
Nortk7. Vietnam was about $200 million by the end of 1966.
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`~. "~'he lUorth Vietn~~rnese landscape is also s tudcled with con-
vcr~ta.onal antiaircraft positions, about 6,000 in all. The original
S~r1t:.t~~,iro:~a:Ct r3ysterr~ was 1.nstalled by the Chinese. 1Vow .bigger duns
r~,~^c e;omin~ in. '!'Yre;y are Russian."
North Vietnam. had. about 000 indicated that
AAA weapons a e en of 1965. In ,
`~c~.dittan pii.o~t reporting and other information indicate that-there
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CraN'~1tESSIUNA~. RECORD -~ S~NA7'k;
'f'+sday I.lyd Itudeslana tiro ugalri glvllii; tt)111-.
tltry rold 1;a Rrtd z{!f~;reatiar, IUKI the fill li,lt'CL IaYr't
evott boing dl[tcrrased Ln Wte`Uulted Natluns,
1VOr la is b?1ng~mentloncd by administratlott
Bard tri 1,11s fi{et that the t3aVlot gav?rnntent
!s enecttli'aging the I3unoi re~ln:e to keep on
11g~jting artdissttpplying bite r)ocessary tnlll=
tttl?y aid ttyr first, purposd,
Y11oit40ntnlly~, t~to Soviet Uxiion, necarding
to uewe diapatohAs, In the later 24 haute, has
achieved. its '"flrst~ drat-jar surcrss in a cam-
paign td gat Russla~ arms sad tnUitnry tech-
ridclaii~ intopra-We tarn nation;." Arrtxt)ge-
menttl hate bocrr cornl,tlettui tar Rusrin to
supply d'n111t,aryr alcl to lr'niz, wl:rch is n morn-
. bet' at'Lho t!antral Troaty Organization aluug
wltla Tttrk?y, Ilritain, Irnklstau and tlzo
United SUtt?s, 'T'his is rho organlrntian
ivhicll the Amerleart y;vveruntent played an
lrnparttutt part itx fanu.iug sa na to defend
i,he Middle last ag:tlnst Cotnnrunist penctra-
tlon,
Also, the ndws dlspatchrs t,cil of the usd
Of l7aar111odiari territory zry rite Camniunists
'r;o attadld Ain?1?Ican trcx)1)s in Vietnam, Thus,
the ft?rc?a aided by Mvseow are spreading
t115; war into other countries ird Southeast
ABldt', ,
`T`ire question is why ttxe Presldetit and`tl)e
Cttllgress remain snertt though they -have
ll7r. MUI+Tll7~'. Nfr, F'residrnt, addl-
tignally, s4 ttlat all Seliators may know
oampietely and riccurately the full ex6e11t
to wh1e11 the Russian Communists are
aiflily~ theft" Cofnnlllnist conlrades in
riTOrth Vietnam i11 their 111sa11e insist-
ezyce "nn eantinufng the bloody il~,hting
wlriCri ha>~ already cost us over 50,000
' Arriei'lcarl casualties, T ask consent that
ai> tlrtiele from the January 30 issue of
`CX.~, N'ew> & Wr?rld Report, entitled
"Ittusi&i The l/tlemy in Vietnam," ?e re-
Srrinted at this point in my remarks.
Thert? being nb ob,iection, the article
W$N tli'dercd to be printed in the RFCOxn,
g tliilows t
Itttal~tAi TFrL `E',xsM"Y Y1V Lr1r.TNAM7
t3A[o0l1r--Fk,viet ltussla, not: Iced China: is
` -iT,B, ltylfielu)arn, A steadily expanding Rus-
? tlialt itzvtlly&rncrtt 1s causfttg t.hitl war to be-
:thtl s?oand moet costly In dvilers in Ameri-
ngrl history,
`Pita A.merirnn people have net previously
bi9erl talcl of t;hls sltttation t}iat. Is regarded
by rrdlllBr~ry eCimmandera with increasing
raiiacrn:
Irri!#~ad, high. afncials in Washhtgton havo
pictured the'Russiana as anxious Tor peace.
T'h? 17.15. policy hs,a been to portray Com-
hittltist Chiita as r?spauslble for prolonging
~~ war and to try tv buy Russian fx?lendship by
Atnericatt epnaessiona i)z many fields,
srNrws ve~ wan
`1`h? facts, Just beginning to emerge, tell
a diftereht strtry.
't'ire lt,ed Gitin?se, torn by traut>Ics at home,
?t111 are .supplying 1lgtrt weapons, amrnuni-
' 61on aztd rice tip the North Vl?tnamesa.- Tltclx
aid Is Sdelpful to guerrilla forces when !t
reaches the Sautlt. It is tl)e 22uasians, haw-
?ver, who are ftiruishing the real sinews-tor
fna:Jvr and prolonged war,
Lrxte~at nt Soviet particlpatlon is -great and
.:expanding, Th? Russians now are investirtg
,Close to t billion dollars a year hz the war,
` Wl'th flats billion--and uo real loss of life--
they are helping to force the V,S. to wago
a War that stow is taking thousands of Amer-
laaii lions a+nd costL)g directly about 30 b11-
Jlon dallstra a ydcir. .
On Jtuiunry YU; U.S. hcarquaraers re-
pbYt+ec1 that U.S, forces in Vletnatn sitfl'ered
irr rile second week at January their heaviest
1lydttillta151d proof that -the 5vvlet Union is
North Vietnam4s principal ally,
citsttnltlda of. 'the war-1,189 area killed c,r
wounded in attic,>tt,
't'he U.S,, becitttse It is bagged. down In
Vletr)ant and burdoned with ovor-all defence
si:>ending that is to reach 73 billion dollars
pr more 1n flip year ahead, is liaxnpered in
trying to keep Russia from forging ahead in
Lhe nvcl?ar-amts race,-
Tire Ruealdpa, with trio U.S. -tied dawn,
have made a major "break-through" in anal-
drslsslle defense sad are pushing ahead with
idtnt decisively important defense wltlle the
U.S. talks grid delays because of money prob-
. lems,
The Russian lnvestntent lu tl)e Vletnand
wltr today 1s im~tesrive. The chart au 'pages
28 and 20 npells out, t}vtt Investment; not only
In te,rnxs of dollars, btr~. szlso in 1.crnrs of
epectlla arman~nt and vztsl ic~:hnical as-
-ai54nnCC.
TFrE IIIG evrs2:aN
Says a top U.S. afflcer: "There no longer
1s any question about it-the Russians are
nt war with us lu Vietnam in a very real
sense, They are more intportunL than most
people r?a11re to .rho operation of rho war.
Most of the trucks that move the needed
supplies from Nortri to South Vietnam, for.
example, come from Russia or her satellites.
Many of the automatic weapons that we cap-
tare from North Vietnamese troops are of
Ruaslan manixfacture. Most of our plane
losses havo resulted from the use of Soviet
Itussfa's antiaircraft gun&, rniasiles. or MIfi
jet fighters."
I^ram another officer: "If Russia were to Cninesc propagandists, pushing their flgltt
pull out of the war, so would Aulgaria and far world Communist leadership, maintain
Czechoslovakia and ether suppliers of vitally that Yckhtg still is the main-supplier to flip
needed equipment. Iced China alone. Communists of Vietnam. "What the Chinese
couldn't start to carry the supply burden are bragging about," says one Western expert,
alone. Ho Chi Minh in Hanal~would have a "is volume. Tonnage from Red China may
tough time Contiuuhtg his infiltration, It run higher, but the dollar-per-ton value acrd
would have a noticeable effect on the war, the strategic. value of Itusslan aid is much
maybe a decisive ane." greater."
Savfet aid to North Vietnam trickled along Itt the words of another expert: "The .vital
at an average yearly rate of 35 million dol.- suppliers as?e the Soviets. If the flow of sup- "
]era-until early in 1005, when, even before plies from Red China were cut off, the Soviets
U.S. began bombing it1 the North, the Rus- would he able t.o handle the whole Job. The
slans started moving in a big way-with t/hinese could nut it the situation were re-
SAM antiafrdrui't micelles, Jet Hghters, mili~ versed."
Lary vehicles, oil, other paraphernalia of war. The Russians, when passible, av~fd ship-
Thd Ruaciinn rockets and guns are directly, ping vital items across Red Chinn. One
responsible for mounting U.S. losses over` tiro ;reason, ttccording to intelligence swtrces: The
Nara]), A1mas61,000 SAM'S have been fired at Chh)ese insist on opening all. shipments
U.S. planes. These Soviet missiles, launched .crossing their territory, often stamp, 'Fx?om
by Ruaslan-trained crews, have themselves Chiua With: Love" ?over the Russlnn "
destroyed 30 U,S. planes and contrtbittcd !n charneters.
a large measure IA an over-all loss in the Reports are heard, also, that the sChlnese
North of more than 4110 U.S. planes, have delayed shipments of SAM's and late-
Cost Lo the Russians in spent missiles; model MIC9's while their technicians removed
shout 2G million dollars, Cost to the U.S. in them from the crates to? make copies for
plant`s alone: more than 1 billion dollars. themselves.
The North Vietnamese landscape la also sovrET ravot.rrcE?
studded with conventional antiaircraft poll- It is agreed here in Saigon that the Rus- '
bons; about 8,000 In all. The original anti- slans have not gone as tar as they could in
ait'cra.ft system was lnatallcd by the Chinese. ,arming North Vietnam. "In fact," says one
Naw bigger guns are coming in, They are U.S. vfflclal, "the Russians have begirt ex-
R.vsslnn' tremely prudent in some ways. We think it
Tl)e North Vietnamese Air Force now con- very likely that Hanoi has asked fur -such
slsta of '75 to 100 fighter planes and a handful 'items as battlefield missiles for use in the'
of ligltt bombers supplied by the Soviet Un- South, perhaps even for submarines to use
]on. About one fifth of the forco ate the against the Seventh Fleet in the Tonkin
mast up-to-data MICa-21s: the remainder, Gulf,"
M.If3-l5s and MIG-17s. The MIG's are re- Another senior officer adds:
placed by the Russians as they are lost in the "It la clear what the R,ussiana are up ta. .
Rghting, They wat)t.ty k.ecp its tied up iti-knots otrt
nvssrAx rt.;crrrtrctnxa, xoo here. So f'ar they have refused Hanoi the
Intelligence sources estimntQ there aro up- wc:zpons to wage a bloody campaign against
ward of 2,600 Russian taehulcians working at U.S. foz'ces !n the Soutlt, but la that to be
air bases and at SAM sites. North Viet- permanent? The Soviets want Hanoi to win,
namese pilot.9 are trained in Russia and and they are playing a very clever and cagey
supervised by Soviet fifers when they return game,>'
to ITttinoi, Top analysts insist that Russia's basic
Within the past Pew mouths, the Russians strategy fur conquest in the wa~rld has not
have taught North Vietnamese to man ap- changed : t,a weaken the U.S, position whet=
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M rniasiles and an esti- cycr It can in the world, while 'the Soviets
mated 3,000 antiaircraft guns. Other Soviet sack to strengthen-their own.
tulvlsers help operate IJortlt Vietnam's Indus- Russia is viewed as supporting a "war of
try, Its coal mines and fire part of Haiphong, rta~lonal Illzeratlon" ht Vietttaatt in precisely
and are hel
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uilding the way tcreaold by their top strategists.
of hydroelectric plants, ether major works, Despite an impression fostered fn Wash-'
'Par the first time, Soviet helicopters are inf;ton that the Russians really want peace
S 1915
b+dn~ s;x>tted it1 Nc>rr11 Vletnnnt. 72usslan
rsrgo aircraft tu'e also- rizuking an :tpprar-
Tl1c i7crth Vletnarnesc war machine nms
:almost entirety an Russian oil, in the past
13 months, she Russians :;lifppcd in .300,000 '
metric tans, The Chirzcsc provided almost
none. Last mouth alono, the Sovteta shipped
into Haiphong.
The Itusaians use Bhips to txan3port 80
per cent of their aid to North Vietnam, tlig
balance going by tali or by plane aerdss Red
'China despite- severe restrictions sett up by
Peking. All told, the Russians are sal d, to b? .'
dolivcring 80,000 tans of goods a month to
l taunt.
lurcllig?~n~c sources in Saigon report that
t?.c Sov.e.:;hips going to Haiphong carry not
o.:ly civf,uin goods, as the Reds insist, but
jet aircraft, SAM's, radar gear area ,artialr-
cra.ft huts.
17urizzg 1cJG6, an average of one ship a da.y
reached Ilaiphvng. Six Soviet ships docked
tlzcro dur+ng the past two weeks.
'l'ounz:~;e by sea frorrt all sources--Russia,
China, ?s,tst Europe and noit-Comntwtist
countries--was estimated at 3 million tons !n
186. Oi that, the Russian sharp was eatl-
rr.ated at half the total, Red Chir)a'a about
one fourth.
The point !s stressed that the number of
Chinese ships entering Haiphong went down
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`- ln-Vletiittrn, analysts here find rice evlacnce
` dh tti[) ottidr,,,tilr~ct~lott. "7'he Soviet Uulon,"
reports pno o$Iclal, "has done nothing pub-
liely ,pr privately, to help start negotiatinns.
We tlnrl'b.buy t1',o Moscc>W llue that tl)cy ktnve
'flo tufl.uelloe In Itanat?" .,_.._.....
19uhtirig llrien itcre nre iritL?zled at what seem
ttY I.re uttt,rta by CT.~. 'bo Tni,ke acre accoin-
hltfdation nft.Cl` nnotl)er With rho t~ovlESte--?
tipaco tCetttles, a.IT.liue pasta, eftorta to set up
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try ex:p+u,d ~n~+ -Wcgt traits while war guns oth.
'[n. 'Washhtgt4>rt, ~un,ttor FCatirl >;, Muudt,
(It,ep.), of. 5otrtli,[3nkota, t~stlci nn, :Itrnuary 18
he Mils apI)nl'icsa at the nutt,bar of: lcey U.S.
1'telris alroncty i>eltip tr:tcleci bcl+ind rho Irntt
4",it1~t~1n, I'Iu g.u1cL? We're doing bhls Yn the
faCa of the fr+et that every sophietlc:nt:ed
Waapnn being u++ed to kill nor boys in Vlei.-
nam 1s turtlishrd by Itussirt. '1'Ite 'tlcaths uf.
niar,y oP them could bo n,arkcd: "Nadu ht
Mt~t+nw.' ?
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Gtr, ?rn btnu4~nN ~7r:1;`+
after the, Ft,ussians , disconthlue their'
shipments of war supplies to our enemy
in Vietnam?
What will be the reaction of -our fight-
ing men iI1 Vietnam--and their mothers
and fathers beak home together with the'
many thousands soon to be called to the
colors-when they read that we suc-
ctzlnb to the pressures of men in high
planes in this administration and ratify
a treaty which will expand the catlacity
altd the ability of the R,usslan Com-
ruunists to do us irtisal)icf in this cotu~t~
t 1'.Y'?
If foedh)g Ind flght,ing the e~lemy at
the sanzo time--overlooking its war
moves against us while we-cozy up to it
in diplomatic a>ncessions never before
granted any cotultry---is sound national
policy why is it that no other wartime
adnlinlstra.tion in American history has
every engaged in such curious and
cotlnterproductivc actions?
C3tlpptted ~by Russia in- past 18 )1)ont:ht'; How shall we ever convince the Com-
6AM sutaco-to-air ntlssues, auelatrcraft bat- tnunists of Itussla that we frown on their.
ferias, 76 to Ion Ivbtr~. warplanes, onastnl ships, shipments of dcatll-dealing weapons to
ii,-~2g light l,ombers, field-art111ety places, our enemy in North Vietnam and how
henoopters, atdvancud radar defense system,
ltesvy-consWcuction uquiprner,t, briagu-build- shall we ever prevail upon them to stop
ing rctA,tcrials, military trttrks, rolled-steel it if we now ratify this consular treaty
products, Pr,rtllhnr, pyrites, drugs, surgical with. its unprecedented concessions to
lntsti'urnents, 300,000 in.etric tons of nn, cargo .them without- insisting on a change of
transports, heavy iutantry weapons. policy in their efforts to weaken us, to
I,t addition, Exrviets are trafuing hundreds defeat us, to bleed us to death, or to out-
--. t`iC Nnrth Vietnamese Allots 1tt soviet Union, lest. its in Vietliam?
lxaipii0ng, at Isaacs factories, supervise-con- lion in their daily mail, and which show d [From the Ltbrary of Congress, Washington;
etrttetiott oP new plants. be carefully considered before we take p,c., Ivtay r9, I9soi ,
' ~Intr?drt mttttary n.td to North V{ettratla a diplomatic ttction which can have most Ananx,Ap9[ LrNCOLN nxa Tx~ Io POINTS
tnirwlle crows, soviet exports help run tvortn ~?=W?u^~?~~ -,...._---- - ----
Vietnam's mining, power, engineering and might well ask and answer, which their orandum was ordered to be l;rin rl
technical ittdustriea, serve at the port of constitucllts now bring to their atten- the RECORD,. as follows:
1
I~'nbr?{c~'t"~~ fl, 1~~7~
a,nd, thus, earned rile dubious 1'iollor ox
slaving #lrst associated Mr. Llncolu with
.from the maxims, -The Il,epublicanNa-,
tional Comalitt,ee has warned- that the
"10 maxims are not Lincoln's: Do nat
VThe-phony Liaicolil quotes are. never- '
fMolnr~ nlf?r.,tlnted by some-`State~.Re-_
example, and are used by oftlclals of lead-
in l~o.ver companies. I'resi.dent?Ge.rald
1. , Attdt us, now head of Middle South
t)tilitir ~,, rand former Iresident of New
C)rleans Public Service--one of I,kte utility
contributors. to the Committee for Con-
stituti+>ltal Government---closed his 1962
Junior Achievement banquet address in
i~c~v Or',eans with the 10 Lincoln maxims.
'The Sci~tember 19GG issue of Edison Elec-
tric Ins*,itute Bulletin, house organ of the
1(~U-Investor Owned Utilities-trade
association, carried- the teat of a sperch
by I''. J. Funari, -vice .president . of West
Penn Power, wile documented one of his
statements with a .phony Lincoln quote.
Mr, President, the Library of Congress
has for years been distributing ~ mem-
orandum, "Abraham Lincoln and- the
Ten Points," which deals with the fabri-
cated sayings attributed to a gl?eat Pres- ? '
ideal. I ask unanimous consent that
the Library memorandum be inserted ~;t
' [lu ntiluons ~ serious repercussions an the length and Tr,e Ten Points, which have-been the sub:
1036,to 1904 (yearly average, soviet flg- the success of our continuing War in sect of .numerous inquiries, have :been er-
mna [n~t?om T.n4 iin? lank 1-~ehind t11P, teXt .-a 4.. ehroham 4.inrnlu_
1900 {estimated)=--------------------- 700 potential consequences from every angle willfully or unwittingly ascribed them to
,1.987 {eaglet Iirnmiso)-- -------------- s00 ~ before. yielding to the pressures .being. Lincoln has not been discovered,
Mr. IVZI'INi~"T. Mr, President, may I mounted by this administration to -pass The text of the Ten Points most frequerxtly
catlclUde w(t,kl a `ew direct, anti simple this treaty ratitlcation quickly, to ask no uslaYou cunnot~brtng about prosperttq by
b 1 uestians and to play a
n
iBOt (soviet nrureK}_____..._____.__.__ 560' pf the proposed treaty and consider t e but the identity oP the person .who Rrst
queiiEinns which somebody high in this em alrass
g q aiscouragtng thrift.
adhllhlstration should answer to the Scn- game of make believe that our actions 2. you cannot strengthen too weak by
ate [tncltt> the caunl'a?y-?including the will have no impact on our major re- weakening the strong,
friothcrs and fathers of our 500,000 troops sponsibihty as Senators to try to help 8 you cannot help small men up Uy tear-
irow. Ill the Vi.etnaln war theater--before britlg this war to the earliest possible ing big men gown. '
w~ are- called upon to vote on a consular conclusion and to bring out a peace 4. You cannot help the poor by destroying
treaty which many informed and knows- whioh will not come as a defeat and the rtcn.
ed~'eakjle Americans sincerely believe which will decrease rather than increase 5. You cannot lift the wage-earner. up by
wottid prolong -the war and increase our the likelihaad of a greater and a bloodier pulling the wage-payer down.
War', fi, Yott cannot keep .out Of .trouble- by ,
AYYIOriCan casualties and Which- nano spending' more than your income.
1taVt' as yet been ab1C t0 derri011strate 'T. You cannot further the brotherhood of
.would step the Russians front tkleti' con- ABItAIIAM LINCOLN AND THE man by-inciting class hotrod. ? '
tifudng efforts to bring vit;tury to COm- 10 POINTS e. You oannot establish sound soctal se-
curit on borrowed money.
'
noel disaster to uuI" Conulton Cause, We I refer to t e p OnY ,i a strong rosemblancc to Points 2, 3; 4 and
now grlttit" theta t,rctttY ri?,'hts Which hoiirts" which sprang from the imagina- 10; hss open Lr~CCer ~to Fath.er Charles E.
. ,. ,._ ,...__ ,.e o..,. ~nrat;~.,. S TT Rnatchrr ~- .. ,._ ,.,_,_ .,.. ,r..+,,~ n?t, nn- t.nasl
1
oul' efforts to brief; .peace t,o that un- to assist Lincoln Republicans, a dw n" po. You cannot itetp men permanently by
frli'tunate area t,f the world iniCyht well dlhtg breed-for whom I have hitch regard, doing 1'nr them what they could and should
sttcreecl. in correcting a persistent myth which is ao for themselves..
What would rJe the impact on the too- rel;ulariy .perpetrated by rightwing ex- The earnest dated appearances of any of .
role atld the detcrnlined cnolaeration of trernist organizations and their close as- the Ten Yoants that have carne to our no-
ow? allies in Vietniurl--the Koreans and sociates among t-he leadership of the in- tree ors in publications of tae 'Reverend
Itte k'111tfitias for example, whose rnrn are vector-owned utilities. 1Zecent repub- William John Henry I3oetexer (b, 18731?
iinhtiirg sidtl by side with our American lieation of fictitious quotes suggests amq Gotd Neggct,sitakeenJrtom the t3oe~ker
trurit~s-?-lvhen they Icaa~n that, despite tYic that it is again time to straighten the Lcct,ares (wiiicinsburg, Pa., Ins+ae Pub. Co.,
eil'ol'ts of the .itur:>slans to bI'infa death record. h h "I ?ttcoln's 10 1'J1G) contains several maxims .which bear
-in'U,llists itl Viett'lEtn1 thl'OUgh- flloW111g
dn'wn or shiltt,irlt oif the Tt,us:iian ship- Mr. METCALF. Mr. President, with 9. You cannot build character and courage
irit'hts at aupplics of war' without which Lincoln Day approaching, I am pleased by taking away a man's initiative and In-_:
do cadence
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4v, ti4'LJl Y 1VbA l.l4r e? wv w.? +----- r
nr,ith(Fr b(rntbed key itidutatrios, : nor..da.n-e, nor
portza, 'ritey Nava linritccl tiiamablvea to thD attomxrt ,
of inaprrlu:g nr paralyzing the transportation qf.'
war sttpl-lics ?rotn t.hc l~tot?th to the :loath ley bantb~ ".
..9 a.. ~.. bt,vvr'
hoping to Doritriha:te to tho afl?orts of bringing
Tl'anai to the point o? atcgotiation, In na doing tbav
ht>;vo coat five bandrerl or more plants, ,.end thrs , .
prinaipalty perhnl-a beonusa they have altvays`;trtgcl >'
to eenta as rlaeo aw possible to their tnrgats, ixr epsro"
tho oiviliau population and to .make . a til"irbct htt ;
It ie n? tvar itt wbieh tiro North tvante(l, and Httll.'
tv'anta, to canvot?t tlia'a'outh to Gomtnttnirrtn, tvhercata
the CJnited ;3tatos iaa willuig to lot` the Nor~thrr,,?na-lin,
Na- otro wilt daaty l.to t;l-1 Aiinlt oral 1tiH i'ollawa-a~t
sotno gr~adgirig rers3-cet, It takes a gi?eat , deal to
pttt up a {fight in th a ttstrna of national irulepan(lenDo
tfgalnst the ?1apa.nea+ ~, tlirt T't?(:nalt, i,he intcrrtail. foi?rts
of apposition and t>-o 1~mat?iraits. Itu.t :['Ia (;lrz ~litth
~~tnd his adhe?entrr were---nee,llesa to nay-~-tpgoged in
wagitia not; only tttt anti-colonial war 'o? irxlepcnd?
ena*o,,whicli. ended in ~Or4, bnt Hlso a Contmtiniat.
' tdhr of conrlttcet, in ~vhieh thry a]aaa haarly Httevaaded '
in I~GG, 'hay aro r~prcaenttLtaves of a system tvl-irh
is inevitaibly ruled by compulsion ` end iu which', "
htxnian dignity is a~t iirfinitcly ler>R impartatieo tliun '
in tits ?rc.o evarld. No `Veytrin ra?resl-ondant,`tvill
fro obis to a.~rcrrrtaiat within a few clays` tin~-o linty
ntuah tiro I~Tottlt Vi+~tna.rrt nfrpcitp~ t~nclahnw n~teh
fir{ lrase(1 on voluntary p
drrivice Prnm the ?ect that the'oniy tvay t.o mtrviva'
.under (~ammntaist rttlD 'ia tq engptrrate. SinDa t~JS?l
a tnilliott paoplo, rc?tiniti~ to auriport the regime'$ny'-;
longer, havo "votDal tvitlt .their (cot," that fie,, havq
' 'The ?act4 rrlayed by `tYestern nawa aleettrics ditP.er
cpttairlerably ftotn. tho repart+a. written by th(i '1Vrnt-
+ , ,-. - _ G....r. L.???.nl;varc 4.t1Y`hi1 Cr11'
ern carrcnl,.r,,....:.,;., ......... - _
a' few. ,r`,at'rtully rlitzurc of_ Ch,,r 4lovernmrnt, b'orce commander, bmar 17hani,
and, approved ~}f the final exe- , who hrxs since been trfcd and
Gutiotr of the plan, Li; said ha ? convicted as a traitor:
Mr. Sukarno tailed to act as
had. an "ariligatian to account,-
indicated by the law in h1s
'far c~v~^rytiYrtng he knows, fare pasitign ss hmd of state and
his attitude toward and for Cho ` Supreme Commander at then
' action ho taolt in regard to taxi Armed Services," th.a court Raid.'
'coui>." "1 "1'he cane]uRian is that ]Prcei~
' In ii:;t=ataternerxt, 'tltt9 caurt~a` dent Sukarn?wilfully:gava,pz?a.
2b Janus rY :~ ~~7
.~~. ~~
..South Vietnam's! 'rime Minister .carne. here,
with the avowed i.ntentton at` thanking Y~i'ew
7ealitnd for its support bf his'~caunt~r and. ae~':~ `
'tins. the.. record'straight on th"a ilt~ture of tho'
'war irl which botla cauntrios are izivulved. Duari,ng
his hecti;: nine 'ixazxr? it- Wetlingtdn.he dlncharged
this. m:ssian ~c?Ji4.lx dignity and" aplomb. At a :'
State lu:chealx and later at a press conference
he npakc: wit`ri gi'ea.t conviction about the airn,~ ;:
and the aga1~3F of-South Vietnatn?--`yia p~eapla
;look fox?~varcl x,xare than the Vietriamege to peace":X
--?and answered complex questions in a rnanizer
which wan the: admiration- of interviewers. ~'
It is too much to e~cpeet that his, brief -visit
will.. have. mollified Chase who are totally opposed '
to New 7ealand's involvement in;Vietnam But _ :.
able to evaluate dispassionately.what they read
"and what they are told,-his visit will undaubtedly~:
:have made a deep impression. ? '
' ;Air Vice-Marshal Ky mass nonsense of tlte~, s
?notion still clang to by~ people who naively accept. ~,
`~Hanoi'.1 version of `the iconflict that it is ski, civil f
vrar. "Haw can this ba a civil war," he asked,
"when "all'the weapons tend munitioxis are c4nt~-
ins-from Red China and. otter Con~mtinlst cc-u'11?;
.
p tries---when ~ all the orders, .all the instructions,
Hanoi, ha added, no' longer made any secret
et' its run173ng of the war. A North Vietnam~;se ?
general directed aperatibns. in th+ South- There':
-;~ were ~gev~n divisions ~f North :;Vietnamese 'ra- >
~ulars in the South and the rate of Cammtiriist ~ '
ini'iltratian was estimated at~ 8b00 a month. `' ,
Ae for South Vetnam'ly prog't~ess toward-;
representative government, its prime 112inistt'r ~
said "that it, would have A new constitution next
:,month anti by the -end of the"yeah-would ~hald,
;~natianwide presidential- '. elections-Wthaugh :'''it '
'would be s>< mistake tb expect`rapid evolution ~f
`;sil Westeim~style da~rlocraCy. ,. ~~,
`.That is a fair sari ?rt?a:~tirihhlp nhtarvix.l:inn~"
:~ His country, 'a,s ha .pointed out, has'` yet to' be ~~
"
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'brought laity, Cho .twentieth century, :But
it
is,`
tvlear-that the present regirne~is 'petit on secu~ipg
" social jostles ,and ' fighting- tgnarance, disuse ~{ ~:
all "the policies carne from Hanoi 7"
'..:and poverty' in addition to prbsetutiaig'the rvs~r. ;a
tectlan to leirl9ers of the=CCUpk
against Icgal artiair," fE sill ,
"Ills etetiolrs in soivin~ the Trrob~
~uve4VH ~rArttal to Cho CJanrlmuxttst'
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Re~-ark~: Attached is .what loak.s like a fairly lame
~cb to be responsive to Senator Mundy.` As you will:
note, the Director simply bucked ~,t on tame for
aC?tion and I assume he wishes to be forthcoming
s~ :kris resprnse.
if these appear necessary. The...
Ccingres~ generally is a~zt of business .until 15
February, p~esibly completicn date by l~+th would
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._L.~ ,.,~.~,,,~.? wee en7rF+r1 if sr+> coul_d have a response b
this try :'tuesarsy ~~Y ~~~? ~.:...., , , ._. _.. ..
d this morning
thi
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I wotiil.d like a reading 4n
~t as
it
r_;~plrj.ined
he
wants the answers put in praPc z' c.a.Z~i.~.:
..concerned that if we answer F, ~~ car the qucstiane ~.s given, it -may not
I wish you would tell Paul to 25X1
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P~tnc
clarify the situation for `x:r,~ :.,,
m inclin~:d ra agree with you that
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this problem a7 L
look .out for
Mundt has probably pux'posel~' r .,o;~t a1' ~ x~'se quf:stians the, way he
d~,c~ e.o that he can hit the ltct.~, .,,.~ 1 rc~ta.~~n over the head. .Incidentally, .
I will` call0on this prof.;.;.- ~ ~~~d will ;_et you know his answer.
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Febxurzry 7, 1967
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. Richard Halms
.Director of Central Intellif;encc
Ccrztral Intelligence Agency
Washin~~?tan, D.C. 20505
In rcac3.ru; t~ze ~an.ur~xy ~0 issue of U. S. Newry ~
World Report, Z was disturbed wl~e~,l I .rca11 the article entitled~Russia: The
Eneza~' in VietnEUn?"
2. Is it true thr~' "'tile Russians now are investing e].ose to 1 bil-
lion dollars a year in the war." Ir; this a correct figure or is it?more or is
it less?
any comments you care to make ~,r~t;r, regard to this statement.
furnishing the real sinews for ?.?.,?;or. and prolonged war." I would like to have
I can setting forth below.
l Ts it true as ~ : ~~~teil th~st "It is the Russians, however, who are
Ir1 t}: ~ .^ ~,rt-i.ctc, which was evidentally written by
an editor of U.S. News ~ World '.~~:Y`,oz~t ,tata.oned in Saigon, there and state-
ments mane to the effect that i~ i~; t;hc ~tussians who axe furnishing the needed
materials to the North Vietnames;c~ which makes it possible for them to continue
their war effort. Therefore, I ~~m etzclosin~ tz copy of the article with this
letter ,and, would sppreciate hav ` ;four carzments on it and the questions .which
3. Is it true than.. "+!'ast of the trucks that move the needed sup-
plies from North to South Vietz~:.;zr,, far example, come from Russia or her satel-
lites." If it is true, I would.