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...coincidence, it was fatigue in France in the wake of Dienbienphu that finally propelled French arms out of Indo-China 13 years ago. Would Con Thien induce the same mood in the American public? "The enemy is fighting for American public opinion," says U.S. Commander General William C. Westmoreland, "and he is willing to pay a dear price to influence it. This is the way he expects to win the war-it is the only conceivable way he could...
...level, is the most commanding point all the way to the DMZ. It is supported not only by Marine and Army artillery but also by B-52 Stratofortresses, each packing 60,000 lbs. of bombs, U.S. warships bristling with 5-and 8-in. guns, and clouds of fighter planes. Westmoreland described the bombardment of suspected Red gun positions as the heaviest concentration of firepower "on any single piece of real estate in the history of warfare...
...officers believe that the difficulty of supplying tons of munitions for their great guns has already limited the Communist artillery buildup. "Were it not for our air strikes on the lines of communication in North Viet Nam," says Westmoreland, "the number of artillery pieces north of Con Thien would be several-fold and the number
...themselves of excess bile at Rusk's expense. An American Nazi Party captain in El Monte, Calif., declared: "I'd probably kill any of my children before I'd let them do such a thing." His reaction was echoed by a respectable businessman lunching at the Westmoreland Country Club in Glenview, Ill.: "If I were Rusk, I'd be inclined to shoot the guy." A grande dame at the Orlando Country Club in Florida gloated: "It will serve the old goat right to have nigger grandbabies...
...relief services have not escaped criticism. Some American Catholic critics of the war were shocked to discover that CRS has for two years been helping distribute U.S. surplus food to families of South Viet Nam's 700,000-member local militia, at the request of General William Westmoreland. Defending the arrangement, CRS officials pointed out that the low-paid militiamen are often away on duty and unable to provide sufficiently for their families. Because of the well-established Roman Catholic structure in Viet Nam, CRS is able to ensure that the food reaches the villages far more effectively than...