A FOUR-BARRELED BLAST FOR LBJ

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 1999
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• Publication Date: July 26, 1965
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

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THE
Official Escalation
The fighting in Vietnam has now officially gone'
beyond guerrilla warfare. The Pentagon's work-.
ing definition of a guerrilla war limits it to one
fought by small units (up-to 4,000 teen). Now,
that the U.S. has moved in an entire Marine
division, the`,' operation technically becomes a
"limited conventional war."
,,Spy vs. Counterspy
It's back to the laboratory for Soviet spymasters.
Until recently, Western intelligence has been
l unable to process the film used by Russian.
agents for secret photographs. A Swedish chem-
ist, however, solved -the problem; and his
process helped develop captured film that led
to the espionage conviction of Swedish double'
agent Col. Stig Wennerstrom..
Vietnam Video
Unsolicited help for solving South Vietnam's
problems keeps coming in. "Amazed" to find no
TV on his recent tour of Saigon, Michigan's
GOP Rep. Charles Chamberlain wants the U.S.
Information Agency to give him "a comprehen
sive report on the estimated costs and the
arguments for and against creating television
communications". inVie.tnam.__:~.
Peking's "Bomb"
nese, they . say, probably used a . Tu-4, a'
Soviet-designed bomber similar to the U.S. B-29.
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AHEAD OF THE NEWS
A Four-Barreled Blast for LBJ
LBJ's worries over criticism of his handling of
Santo Domingo are just beginning. Four of his
sternest critics are writing books on the. subject.
One, by Tad Szulc of The New York Times, is
finished. The others, by Barnard Collier of The
New York Herald Tribune, Dan Kurzman of The
Washington Post, and Jules Dubois of The Chi-
cago Tribune, are in mid-draft.
The Dalai Lama Goes to War
Moscow has a new weapon for its propaganda
war, against Peking. The Soviets have compiled;
a list' of Tibetan treasures they say the Chinese
looted and plan to sell. The plunder includes'
a seven-century-old collection of gifts to the'
Dalai Lama, venerated by many Buddhists as a'
divinity. Novosti, a semi-official Soviet news,
agency, will circulate the list in India and other,
Asian-and Buddhist-countries.
Bipartisan Precedent
Here is Why the Administration is showing no
concern over Republican threats to abandon
support of LBJ's Vietnam policy if he tries to
negotiate with Hanoi. It is keeping a solid re-
buttal in reserve. Dwight Eisenhower, Demo-
cratic leaders point out, settled the Korean War,
by dealing with the Communists. With a prece-
dent like that, Administration strategists doubt
that the GOP can gain any political ground by
attacking negotiations with North Vietnam.
U.S.-Intelligence experts now feel "reasonably"
sure" that Red China's second atomic test "de-
:.vice" was dropped from an airplane. The Chi?