LETTER TO MR. GEORGE A. CARVER, JR. FROM SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON

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• Publication Date: March 30, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON 6 DIVINITY AVENUE
Professor of Government CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
March 30, 1967
Mr. George A. Carver, Jr.
4405 Starr Jordan Drive
Annandale, Virginia 22003
I was delighted to learn from George Tanhamtthat you might be
interested in preparing a paper on the role of the military in Vietnamese
politics for the Conference on Political Development in Vietnam. The con-
ference will take place on May 14th and 15th at the Wingspread conference
center of the Johnson Foundation-at Racine, Wisconsin. It is sponsored by
the Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group*in conjunction with the
Johnson Foundation. The participants will include approximately twenty-five
people expert in Vietnam and/or political development coming primarily from
universities and the government.
It is our hope that in your paper you could analyze the patterns
of change within the Vietnamese military with some attention to the social-
economic background of the officers, the factional cleavages and their
.political ideologies and purposes. It would also be extremely useful, I
think, if you could touch on the relations between the various military
groups and principal civilian actors on the Vietnamese political scene.
Obviously, however, you are the best judge of what should be in the paper,
and I would hope that you would feel free to develop whatever lines you
think to be important. If you should wish to discuss it with me, please
give me a ring (617-868-7600, Ext. 4432).
George said that you might only be able to make it out for
Sunday, and if this is the case, we can certainly schedule your paper for
that day.
Among the other papers which will be presented at the conference
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John Bennett S "Political Implications of Economic Change"; John Donnell,
"Revolutionary development and Its Impact on Political Infrastructure";
Edward Mitchell, "Land Tenure and Rebellion in'South Vietnam"; Ithi_gl de
Sole Pool, "Political Alternatives to the Viet Cong"; Milton Sacks, Con-
stitution Building in Vietnam: Prospects for Civilian Government". We
are also in the process of negotiating with other scholars for additional
papers on relevant topics.
I very much hope that you will be joining us and that you will
be able to do this paper.
Siineerely yours,
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