Word: reischauers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam. For its part, the U.S. wants an end to all armed aggression against the government of South Viet Nam and assurances that the South Vietnamese can go their own way in freedom. These goals are so far apart that many would agree with the judgment of Edwin Reischauer, Asian scholar and diplomat, who says in Beyond Vietnam: "It is hard to envisage at this stage a negotiated settlement that is not virtually a surrender by one side or the other...
...also to "redirect" the commitment to Viet Nam, he suggested that the President should then appoint a commission for the purpose of proposing a new policy. Kennedy's suggested members for the group included himself and such men as Yale President Kingman Brewster, former Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Generals Lauris Norstad and Matthew Ridgway...
...Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor and former American Ambassador to Japan, voiced the majority opinion when he said. "We pay a price for our present China policy. People think we're silly all around the world...
...final panel discussion yesterday, Reischauer said that admission to the U.N. "would be a good, educational experience" for the Chinese. He said the isolation of Red China is at least partly responsible for her dreams of world revolution...
...Reischauer, contacted at his home yesterday, said that the point of the current debate in Washington was "whether to go ahead with escalation or put a ceiling on our involvment in Vietnam." "The statement," he added, "was intended to discourage such plans...