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Skeptical Congressmen suspect that low troop morale is the real problem. "It seems to me the situation is deteriorating, and we are losing the war," declared Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston, "perhaps because of the death squads and the lack of human rights in El Salvador." Replied Shultz: "I would have to just flatly disagree.' ' Some lawmakers hinted they might want to wait for the election results. If far-right Candidate Roberto d'Aubuisson wins, they say, he may scuttle efforts to extend land reforms and to crack down on the semiofficial death squads...
...FILM BIDS farewell to a fading epoch, it also offers a glimpse of what lies ahead. The snooping newsreel journalist heralds the advent of the mass media, a trademark of the age. In one of the movie's most intriguing scenes, upon request, passengers perform arias for a troop of sweaty, soot-besodden stokers in the ship's bow, auguring the workingman's increasing visibility. And, of course, there...
...seven-hour stay in El Salvador, the Secretary emphasized the Administration's firm support for the March 25 presidential election, which Washington views as a crucial step in ending the country's civil war. Helicoptering with his entourage into the capital of San Salvador (in unmarked troop carriers seconded from the U.S. forces on maneuvers in neighboring Honduras), Shultz was the guest of Provisional President Alvaro Magaña at a lunch attended by the six candidates in the presidential race. Among them were the two front runners: former President José Napoleón Duarte, a Christian...
...documentary in effect accused the former U.S. military commander in South Viet Nam of joining in "a conspiracy at the highest levels of military intelligence" to underreport enemy troop strength in the months before the 1968 Tet offensive, in order to persuade other officials, and the public, that victory was in sight. Westmoreland says there was no conspiracy but a debate within Government over whether to count sympathizers as part of enemy forces. To support his position, Westmoreland last week submitted the 5 Ibs. of documents as evidence in a New York federal court. Sworn statements from Viet...
...introduced in court. Subordinate officials of the CIA and the Pentagon asserted that they had indeed lowered pre-Tet estimates of enemy strength, under explicit or implied orders from Westmoreland's command team. Retired Army Major General Joseph McChristian suggested that Westmoreland may have sidetracked a cable about troop strength after saying it could be a "political bombshell." Said McChristian: "Although I usually sent my reports directly to Washington, General Westmoreland told me to leave it with him. I do not know what happened to the cable...