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...must express my surprise at being branded, by implication, a defeatist [ in "Waiting for Dienbienphu," TIME, March 29]. I am no more a defeatist when I wish a cease-fire in Indo-China than President Eisenhower was when he decided in favor of a cease-fire in Korea...
...basic position of the three Western powers (see FOREIGN NEWS). But the trip left him no time to brief Congress, which felt that the U.S. position on the Far East was unclear. Capitol Hill wanted more information. The uneasiness was intensified by the course of the war in Indo-China. If the French position continued to get worse, what was the U.S. going to do about...
Once again the Administration has demonstrated that the best way to make policy is to make it off the cuff. Vice President Nixon, speaking to a meeting of newspaper editors, first advocated the use of American troops in Indo-China, then said that on the basis of existing evidence, he considered physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer "a loyal American." Only a short time before, Secretary of Defense Wilson announced, in effect, that even if Oppenheimer's name were cleared, he still should not be allowed back in Government employ...
These statements continue a tradition started last Fall by Attorney General Brownell in the case of Harry Dexter White and furthered by Secretary of State Dulles in his initial announcement of the "New Look" defense policy. When the president must say, as he did about Nixon's stand on Indo-China, that he has "no comment," the affect can only be weakening...
Some of the blame for poor coverage in Indo-China lies with the press itself, which until recently has shown a marked indifference to the struggle there, sent few correspondents to cover it. But French officialdom consistently blocks reporters who are on the ground. Correspondents are well aware that in war, special security precautions must be taken. What irritates them is that the French have made little effort to develop a system to suit the circumstances. The public-information officers, selected from the army, usually know little about how reporters and newspapers work. Stories submitted to censorship are often lost...