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...Robert H. Pell, professor of Military Science, presented the following memorandum...
Uneasiness about the CEP proposal increased in January with the revelation of Colonel Pell's now-infamous memorandum to the CEP. On the day that the CEP has heard testimony from ROTC cadets, Pell had also given CEP members a long memorandum describing the national effect that removal of academic credit here would have. The reasoning Pell used was, ironically, the same that many ROTC opponents relied on: Harvard's national prestige made its decision vastly important, Pell said. Removing credit here might deal a widespread blow to ROTC programs across the country...
...concretely 1) that ROTC is a significant issue, one that must be fought and won; and 2) that the response of the Administration to the Dec, 12 "sit-in" at Paine Hall is the direct result of this importance. Most of the information in this leaflet comes from a memorandum sent by Army ROTC to the Committee on Educational Policy(CEP) including the quotation above. Copies of this memorandum, entitled "I formation to Illuminate the Harvard Anti-ROTC Debate," are now in our possession--suffice it to say that it is interesting in the context of the CEP resolution, that...
...consider not only "The Case for ROTC at Harvard" but the entire ROTC memorandum to be worth the careful scrutiny of the Harvard community, and hope that the CRIMSON will reprint other sections and give opponents of ROTC space to reply. We are not disinterested parties, but opponents of ROTC who feel that the fullest and most informed discussion of the issues can only help our cause. To quote a paragraph from Col. Pell's covering letter...
Most important of all, this memorandum will challenge the Harvard Faculty to take a bold position in support of an unpopular but totally logical and just issue now confronting the academic community, nation-wide. It will call upon Harvard to demonstrate, positively, its traditional role of national leadership...