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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1983 PAGE A18
The CIA Again ism rather than transportation technology, the
result of the re-examination will be, we must hope,
The United States has been understandably a compromise calculated to show that-the White
-embarrassed by the disclosure that the CIA has House supports both the full expressway system
and the entire subway network. Perhaps the
been secretly aiding the south Viet-Nam Special bridge could be shifted upstream or downstream
Forces that conducted the- raids on Buddhist to remove the extraneous issue of the Invasion
pagodas. Yet this is, unfortunately, not the first of park land.
time the Government has been made to look Unless the Administration makes up its mind
foolish by the misnamed Central Intelligence on these two expressway projects within the next
Agency. And the trouble is precisely that the several weeks, there will be no further congres-
CIA does not confine Itself to gathering intelli- sional action this year on the subway bill. And
gene but has been given operational responsi. if the bill progresses no farther this year, it will
bility for tasks for which It has debatable be much less likely to attain passage next year.
competence. Failure of this Congress to pass the bill, and to
One might have supposed that the 13ay of Pigs begin construction of the urgently needed transit
debacle would have alerted the White House to system on schedule, would constitute an unmiti-
gated misfortune to this city.
gated
risks of allowing an intelligence agency to
Bit in judgment on its own operational missions.
The temptation is strong to tailor intelligence to Gomulka Announces
support preconceived opinion. Moreover, when
Prayer and Patriotism
the CIA invests its prestige in supporting a given launched on Communist China over the weekend
course, there is an all-too-human tendency to seek
vindication for a commitment of money and by Wladyslaw Gomulka, leader of Poland. Mr.
judgment. Gomulka had not previously lent his name and
This seems to lie behind the present muddle still-considerable prestige to Warsaw's clear hos-
over CIA misadventures in Saigon. The agency's tility to the policies of Peking. That he has now
mission chief in that country had established close done this is a tribute to the depth of the dispute
and cordial relations with Ngo Dinh Nhu, Presi- between China and the Soviet Union.
dent Diem's brother and sponsor of the Special It was less than seven. years ago, at the time of
Forces. Some $3 million a year was earmarked Poland's own peaceful revolution against Moscow,
for helping the Special Forces. But reportedly that Warsaw reached out to Peking for sympathy
the CIA had no advance warning that the Forces and support. Mr. Gomulka very much wanted
would invade the pagodas and the initial intelli- to sanctify the concept of national diversity within
gene reaction was confused-contributing to the the socialist camp as a kind of symbolic protec-
confusion in Washington over what transpired tion from the wrath of Russia. China obliged-in
that fateful day. the mediation journey of Chou En lai through
Nevertheless, the payments evidently continued Eastern Europe and In the famous "Let a Hun-
in the face of Government policy to the contrary, dred Flowers Bloom" speech of Mao Tse-tung.
and the Administration has been reduced to a One part of this speech blessed the idea of non-
,stutter in trying to explain what has happened. antagonistic contradictions between Communist
,Ironically, notwithstanding the, CIA subsidy, the countries. To Mr. Gomulka this meant maneuver-
pro-Diem press in Saigon has been bitterly attack ability and he gave it -a happy hearing. The
ing the American agency for allegedly taking Kremlin, Irked by a doctrine which justified dif-
part in an attempted coup against the regime. ferences between It and its wards, soon rebutted
Let it be said that the CIA contains men of Mao's speech, as Mao did too for other reasons.
undoubted skill and patriotism. Let it also be But, to Poland's satisfaction, the damage had
said that much of the American problem in Saigon been done.
springs out of. circumstances that not even the Now the tables are turned and it is China,
wisest of men could easily meet. But some self- not Poland, which is on the outskirts of Musco-
inflicted wounds form part of the heartbreaking vite orthodoxy. To be consistent with 1956, Mr.
calamity. In the past, there has been a distress- Gomulka' might have to justify China's differences
+in.g tendency to subordinate political to military, with Moscow, but the time for this has passed.
considerations and to avert the- eyes from un- The Sino-Soviet dispute has gone beyond the point
pleasant rties. The CIA, while not alone in where Poland could seek to maneuver inside of
this failing, was unable, to provide a detached it. Further silence on Mr. GGomulka's part might
intelligence horrectve because its own agents , be confused with backsliding on the most vital
were enmeshed in the operations of the regime. issue in the Marxist world. So, surely with real-
There are msily ruiful lessons in the South ism and -perhaps with regret, Mr. Gomulka has
Vietnamese tragedy, and not the least of them -laid aside the formal fiction of a single socialist
Is that it makes sense in every respect to divorce camp engaged in a family quarrel and has moved
inteNence from operations that belong in the publicly to put his person where his policy has
military sphere. It would ber heartening if the, been all along-in Moscow.
present embarrassment were.. turn$ to useful
purpose by effecting a real reorganization of the
CIA. The opportunity should have been grasped
after the Cuban' invasion; if nothing is done now,
both the country and the agency may be need-
$@esly humiliated again.
erness Ways
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The Diem Goverl
Letter
Violence in Rights Move,
Many citizens who whole
heartedly believe in the ne-'
cessity of civil rights legisla
tion and the opening of em
ployment opportunities for;
Negro Americans are never-'
theless dismayed by the'
activities now being conduct
ed by many pickets and dem
onstrators. These sympathizers!
are mindful of the fact that
unjustly and unfairly the,
Negro American has been de
prived of his economic, edu-
ea k legal and human:
rights for over a century.
Some demonstrators and;
olenc
have become so over
It is hard to see how a prayer prescribed for, is
that they resort to violence,.'
resulting in injury to persons:
the opening of school by an individual classroom
teacher is any less offensive to the Constitution and destruction to private
sted s
m
thin a prayer prescribed by a Board of Education
or a Board of Regents. A teacher acts with -au?
thority conferred on her, by the state. When she
uses that- authority to lead a class in prayer, she
violates "the command of the First Amendment,"
as Mr. Justice Clark put It in his opinlop for the
Supreme . Court, "that the Government maintain
strict neutrality, neither siding with nor,opposing
rel it is "reported, nevertheless, that as -schools
opened all over the country last week, pupils
in thousands of classrooms began the day with
Bible reading or a prayer.
y
pa
property. intere
t izers condemn these prat
tires because-' they believe
they are self-defeating and
that, the end would be better,
achieved with more modern
tion.
However, American history!
ia illustrative of the fact that
there are grievances and con
ditions so serious that efforts,
for redress and change are!
often accompanied only by,
strong methods. Today all law!
abiding Americans applaud
and celebrate the Boston Tea
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transportation technology, the
amination will be, we must hope,
culated to show that- the White
both the full expressway system
subway network. Perhaps the
shifted upstream or downstream
xtraneous issue of the invasion
ministration makes up Its mind
ressway projects within the next
ere will be no further congres-
year on the subway bill. And
~sses no farther this year, it will
ely to attain passage next year.
ongress to pass the bill, and to
n of the urgently needed transit
Fule, would constitute an unmiti-
to this city.
nnounces
f irony will appreciate the attack
munist China over the weekend
omulka, leader of Poland. Mr.
previously lent his name and
prestige to Warsaw's clear hos-
les of Peking. That he has now
bute to the depth of the dispute
nd the Soviet Union.
seven years ago, at the time of
ceful revolution against Moscow,
hed out to Peking for sympathy
r. Gomulka very much wanted
wept of national diversity within
as a kind of symbolic protec-
th of Russia. China obliged-in
urney of Chou En-lai through
nd in the famous "Let a Hun-
oom" speech of Mao Tselung.
speech blessed the Idea of non-
adictions between Communist
Gomulka this meant maneuver-
ave it a happy hearing. The
a doctrine which justified dif-
it and its wards, soon rebutted
Mao did too for other reasons.
satisfaction, the damage had
are turned and it is China,
is on the outskirts of Musco-
o be consistent with 1958, Mr.
ve to justify China's differences
the time for this has passed.
~spute has gone beyond the point
kid seek to maneuver inside of
e on Mr. Gomulka's part might
backsliding on the most vital
1st world. So, surely with real-
with regret, Mr. Gomulka has
al fiction of a single socialist
a family quarrel and has moved
person where his policy has
Moscow.
I Patriotism
No Guilt, No Sorrow
A. V. Krebs Jr., in his
letter of Aug. 19, states that
we should now "express our
sorrow, if not guilt, for our
actions" Insofar as our use of
the atomic bomb during World
War II is concerned.
My father was on a hospital
ship that was part of a convoy
on its way to invade and de-
"Basically There Are Three Governments Involved -- Schuman's Drew
The Diem Government, The U.S.A., And The C.I.A."
And a New Era
Letters to the
Violence in Rights Move
Many citizens who whole-
heartedly believe in the ne-
cessity of civil rights legisla-
tion and the opening of em-
ployment opportunities for
Negro Americans are never-
theless dismayed by the
activities now being conduct-
ed by many pickets and dem-
onstrators. These sympathizers
are mindful of the fact that
unjustly and unfairly the
Negro American has been de-
prived of his economic, edu-
cational, legal and human
rights for over a century.
Some demonstrators and
agitators In this good cause
how a prayer prescribed for have become so over-zealous
ort t
i
l
t th
G
ey res
o v
o
ence,
'a
khool by an individual classroom
resulting in injury to persons
ss offensive to the Constitution and destruction to private
scribed by a Board of Education property. Interested sympa-
'nts. A teacher acts with our thizers condemn these prac-
r by the state. When she ticea because - they believe
Ioa,a they are self-defeating and
Editor
it nor comparable to the head
of a pin set aside in the Com-
munist world for inspection.
It is probably precisely be-
cause of the Antarctic Treaty
that the Soviets have felt con.
fident they could avoid any
firm on-site inspection agree-
ment with the West. They
must have reasoned: "If the
West thinks the Antarctic
Pact provides for mutual in-
spection when there is no Com-
munist area involved, proba-
bly the. West Will be satisfied
with just about anything and
we don't need to lift the Iron
Curtain an inch."
E. 'A. KENDALL.
Washington.
After the March
Now that the day of the
Great Demonstration is al-
most over, I wonder just what
has been accomplished.
Negroes marched for jobs,
schools, housing, etc. They
stroy the Japanese empire.
We were prepared to accept a
million Allied casualties; one
million Allied soldiers were
doomed to die or be wounded
By Robert H. Estabrook
LONDON-The death at 77 of Rc
Schuman, the remarkable Alsr
Frenchman who became a prin
architect of European unity, was
another reminder of the passing c
era. Next month Chancellor KO
Adenauer will retire at 87 from a
leadership of a still-plastic Gern
The tenure of British Prime Min
Harold Macmillan, nearing 70, ca
be long. French President Charle
Gaulle; soon 73, is still vigorous b
visibly aging.
Schuman saw only part of his d:
become reality. The Schuman
evolved when he was French Fos
Minister, produced the European
and Steel Community. With the
of Jean Monnet and Paul-Henri SI
this led 'to the European Econ
Community, or Common Market.
more recently British tardiness an(
Internal fissions stimulated by
Gaulle's veto brought political i
to a rude halt.
Some of Schuman's associates re!
more active. Jean Monnet, the prat
Idealist who saw EEC as a vehicle
transatlantic partnership, is 75. Be]
Foreign Minister Spaak is 64.
President Walter Hallstein, the ads
strator-technician at Brussels, Is 8:
But basically these are men i
generation which came to responsil
before World War II. A few you
leaders, notably EEC vice presid
Robert Majolin and Sicco Mans
share the vision. But many of
contemporaries have not demonsti
the evangelical power to transmit 1
ideas. The new generation of Euro,
who surmount nationalism is not
in control.
evs
IF THERE is a tide that brings
and opportunity together, the ch
for, this particular version of unity
have receded for some years. Me4
ically EEC continues to function,
the spirit that galvanized hopes
last January Is sadly dampened.
One evidence of loss of dynamic
the American poultry dispute with
The Kennedy Administration, v
was willing to pay a price for par
ship with a unified Europe (per
without knowing either the full co
the adjustments partnership wotih
quire) has begun to look criticall
European protectionism.
It Is easy to blame frustration o
grand design on de Gaulle,
deeply antithetical to American p,
his prescriptions sometimes seem
pounded principally of a superb
deuce In French grandeur. His off,
help toward unity of a unified ne
Viet-Nam, though perhaps miau
stood, appears the act of a acav,
-even as the United States may
seemed a scavenger after Freneb
in that invasion. The Jap- Yet, dubious as are sornw of
anese wanted to win the war
too. They had some fantastic
weapons ready to use in their
attempt to ward off the inva-
sion. Most of them were Kam.
ikaze weapons. We warned
the Japanese several times
that we had a terrible new
weapon we would be forced to
The nature of the chat nie iron
Communist world is changing. l
Khrushchev, almost 70 and In p
10 years, also has made adjustu
A decade ago few would have pred
the growing autonomy in Es
Europe. Even six months ago few
saw the nuclear test ban, cape
after his foolhardiness over Cuba.
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