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...things are getting worse and worse. They are, that is, in the angry eyes of those who disapprove of U.S. policy in Viet Nam. As they see it, the very expression of their dissent is getting more dangerous. So it was that to Senator J. William Fulbright, General Westmoreland's report to Congress signaled nothing less than an onslaught of official repression that might silence dissenters altogether by branding them traitors. Said he on the Senate floor: "This, I fear, is one of the last times that anybody will have the courage to say anything else about...
With a cease-fire currently under consideration in honor of the May 23 birthday of Buddha, Westmoreland confessed that he is averse to such pauses because Hanoi has consistently exploited them to accelerate its "resupply and infiltration activity." To defeat this enemy, said Westmoreland deliberately, "the only strategy is one of unrelenting -but discriminating-military, political and psychological pressure on his whole structure, and at all levels." Westmoreland has applied this strategy of unrelenting pressure to the allies' own performance as well, and the results have been dramatic...
Incongruous Interlude. His speech over, Westmoreland returned to the White House for a luncheon in the East Room with 26 Governors (among the missing: the three Republican Rs-Rockefeller, Romney and Reagan), 77 House members, 38 Senators, eleven Cabinet officers, the Joint Chiefs, the secretaries of the individual services and Presidential assistants...
After a somewhat incongruous interlude-Martha Raye sang two songs from Hello, Dolly!-Westmoreland briefed the guests and alluded once more to antiwar protest back home. He quoted North Vietnamese Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap's comment that the home-front controversy reflected widespread lack of support for the war in the U.S., then told the audience: "I defer to your judgment in this regard. It is the central consideration...
...Last Mile. The results of Westmoreland's eight-day visit may prove even more far-reaching. For now, as they have not been in the past, the cards are out on the table. The outcome should not be to stifle responsible debate, but rather to make it more relevant to realpolitik...