"STUBBORN DISREGARD OF PLAIN FACTS?"

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"STUBBORN DISREGARD OF
PLAIN FACTS"?
If American actions in Vietnam are defensible,
Administration attempts to defend? them should
square with the "plain facts." Self-deception
about American intervention can be a greater
peril than discriminating protest. Only by recog-
nizing the ambiguities of the situation can we
reach accord with the deepest levels of the Ameri-
can conscience and with the common conscience
of mankind. The Administration may have con-
trived the discreet silence or the grudging lip-
service of some foreign governments and of some
United States Senators, but the hazards and incon-
sistencies of the present policy are widely recog-
nized both at home and abroad.
The situation in Vietnam raises serious moral
questions, not merely diplomatic and tactical
ones. As a nation we hold immense power. To perb
mit it to be used in reckless and barbarous ways
is to imperil the entire basis of American lead-
ership.
Let us make known to the government and to
our compatriots that we oppose the disastrous
policy of continued bombardment of North Viet-
nam. Continuation of the present policy. makes
it impossible for Americans and Russians to talk
further about 'peaceful co-existence and encour-
-ages all Communist nations to close ranks in op-
' linSitiOn to the'Vnited States.
cont'd. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
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5n Joseph Altman, Psychology
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Donald Appleyard, City Planning
Michael Artin, Mathematics
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David Botstein, Biology
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World opinion clod/ not support United States
military operations in Vietnam... Throughout the
world these operations appear increasingly to
be a campaign in the self-interest of a Western
power rather than in the interest of that stricken
Asian nation. Indochina has been macerated by
twenty years of anti-colonial, nationalist and
communist warfare. The United States has the
military might to defeat the Viet Cong. But unless
we show immediate restraint, and show humane
imagination in bringing interested parties to the
peace table, we risk the loss of the respect and
sympathy of men and nations far beyond the
present theater of war.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Citizens must speak out on issues of national
policy. We will not be intimidated by charges of
gullibility or disloyalty.
We demand that the Administration return to
the "plain facts" and make an earnest attempt to
obtain a negotiated peace. Reiteration of the
phrase "unconditional discussions" is not enough,
especially because the condition is attached to it
that the rebel forces in the civil war are not to
appear at the conference table. Peaceful intentions
can be made plainer than this. We must arrange
for an immediate cease-fire and offer to negoti-
ate with the principal combatants, including the
Viet Cong; we must cease our air raids on North
Vietnam; we should use the good offices of the
United Nations in bringing about these ends;
and we must assure the world that we will not
use nuclear weapons in the pursuit of victory or
in the "pursuit of peace."'
SMITH COLLEGE
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Bruce Hawkins, Physics
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Paul Lauter, English
Alice Lazerovitz, Philosophy
Bert Mendelson, Mathematics
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Ramon Eduardo Ruin, History
J. Diedrick Snoek, Psychology
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Mary Jane Cramer, Sociology
Dorothea J. Crook, Psychology
Morris A. Cynkin, Medical School
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Barry E. Collins, Psychology
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Sheila Counce-Nicklas, Biology
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