JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL MONDAY - 25 JANUARY 1965

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00446R000600200011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 25, 1965
• Content Type: NOTES

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Allen-Scout Report,
J ' ' CIA's McCune
On S. Vietnam''.,
y ROBERT S. ALLEN
AND PAUL SCOTt Mr. Allen
WASHINGTON -- Central in- ! Following are publishable Sarding other areas and deve4-
telligence Director John Me.; highlights of this CIA compila- opments, McCone told the. sen-
lion: ; "ators:
Cone ` is. flatly contradicting the' In 1969, U. S. casualties were Russia Is going to great
J o h n son ,administration's pet";-136 killed; 1,022-wounded; 11.', .lengths to perfect " a giant mIs-
thesis regarding the grittily 'dc- missing in action; 3 captured; ' silo capable of carrying 50 to
terlorating situation in Sputiy 1,172 weapons lost. 60 megaton (equivalent to 60 or
Another foreboding develop- 60 million tons of TNT)' 'nu-
Viet Nam. ment stressed by the Central ' clear warheads. Also Soviet
The most pressing problem` Intelligence director is that the missile testing has greatly in
there, ' McC~ine holds, Is mill Communist aggressors now creased since the signing of the
tary and not political. have better weapons and are ;'. nuclear test ban in 19663. '
Primary attention and effort operating in large': organized No secret Russian been
should " be concentrated on , units. detect ncclear tests Dave been
, detected, but the Reds are cod-
quickly achieving greater com- Total Tted forces in .,South
bat effectiveness against the -,",;'Viet Nam and" enemy-held ?terrI. ,stanly conducting underground
Increasingly more txwwerful and tort' In adjoining Labs and tests,
successful Communist, aggress Cambodia are estimated at: The CIA Is still uncertain
sors, rather. than' laboriously ,,,':more than 150,000. who the real new rulers of the
trying to bring about a "stable "There is also incrraain evi?' Kremlin are. No determination
government",, among : he , feud- !' '-'Bence, M c C o n e reported, that exxhas act~troles been premier Kosysln
ing elements In. Sa.ii;on. North Vietnamese officers and and First Communist Party
These blunt , views were,.1' non - coma are now functioning Set'tetary gKZ-mcv.
voiced by the CIA :head, due to ;:. with the Viet Cong, both In
be replaced soon, In his closed- training camps and combat.
,.door testimony before the Sen- While the Reds use all types of
ate Armed Services Committee,'Ii,'weapons, most of them are'
..which, is conducting an exten- a Russian-made. '
sive study of the ominous South McCune flatly 'opposed ` ',U.S.
.Viet Nam dilemma. withdrawal from South Viet
While not directly chaileng- ;:;,;Nam when questioned by Sen.
Ing the administration's "sta- 1; ator Strom Thurmond, R.S.C.,
bility" policy, McCone left no,'?who strongly favors expanding
doubt of his emphatic disagree- '::;the war to North Viet Nam.
ment with it. "What would be the .effect In
"As long as the battle for Southeast Asia If we should call
South Viet Nam is treated as It a day and get out of South. a political rather than a mili- Viet Nam?" asked Thurmond.
tary problem," he told 'the sen- "It would be a major' disas-
ators, "there. is little prospect ter," replied McCune. "That is
of establishing a stable govern- also the opinion of Ambassador.'
ment in Saigon. That Is putting Maxvuell Taylor." ,
the cart before the Corse. The'.:' "In What way?" continued
key problem Is military and not Thurmond.
political, and the sooner that is "Once our forces were with-
realized and acted on, the bet- drawn," said McCone, "South
ter it will be." jet Nam would go Communist.,,,
Graphically under;:,?aring his almost ' at once. After that, it
contention, McCune presented a -.,:would only be a short time be-
detailed report on battle cas- fore the .remainder of. South-
ualties and weapons losses In east Asia would ;o neutralist
the past three years. ' and then Communist. ' ,.India,
The , grim figures revealed 'Thailand, the Philipr:nes, Bur-
mounting South Viet Nam loss- ma, would all go in quiclF suc-
es in both men and arms. Last cession.
1 year approximately twice' as "We would soon be pushed
many troops were - killed,` out of the Western Pacific back
wounded and missing as in ?;to Honolulu. That would be the
1962, and nearly thre3 times as short ' - term effect. The long.:"
many weapons were lost. . term effect would be- even
In striking contrast, the Viet "Worse.".
'Cong made gains every year. ';' ' In response ' to
questions
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test ban in 1963.
WASHINGTON --'Central In Graphical]yunderscoring hi, There is olsr) increasing cvid-
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