N. Y. TIMES MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 1973 WAR IS NOT PEACE BY BRONSON P. CLARK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-6-93-7
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 93
• Publication Date: December 10, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

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In LARRY EAGLEBURGER FOR SECRETARY KISSINGER
N.Y. TIMES moNDAY DECEMBER 10, 1973.,
WR IS NOT PEACE
BY BRONSON P. CLARK
THERE IS A TRULY ASTONISHING PROJECTION OF 1984 ABOUT THE No0Ei.
PEACE PRIZE IN 1973? ORWELL WARNED ps THAT THS-DREADFUI, .pAy W9LAIX
crIHE WHEN WAR WOULD BE CALLED PEACE AND FEAcEi' WAR. THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE COMMITTEE'S HOMAGE TO THE ,:'TALENTS AND GOODWILL"
rIF LE DUC TH0 AND HENRY KIsSINGEROR THEIR WILLFUL
NEGOTIATIONS LASTING MORE THAN THREE yEAKS Lfl) VS AT THE
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE CrimMITTEE TO WONDER IF IT sHauko AE
CALLED THE ',NOBEL NEGOTIATING PRTZEii!' BUT PEACE PRIZE?
THE MIND GOES BACK TO FORMER RECIPIENTS. RALPH BUNCHE,
ALBERT SCHWEITZER, PHILIP NOEL-BAKER, CHIEF LUTHULI, DAG
HAMMARSKJOLD, LINUS PAULING, DR. mARTIN LUTHER KING JR.. THE
NAMES LIFT OUR HEARTS. THESE WERE PEOPLE OF HIGH PRINCIPLE AND
POsTSTENT IDEALISM, DEDICATED TO PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF
CnNFLICT, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE WON THE PRIZE-THE
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, THE FRIENDS SERVICE COUNCIL OF
BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, THE OFFICE
OF THE U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, UNICEF-ARE DEEPLY
DEVOTED TO THE VALUE OF HUAN LIEF AND THE CRITICAL HUMAN NEED
FnR A WoRLD AT PEACE.
THE 1973 RECIPIENTS 'THEMSELVES SA THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE
PAST. LE DUC THO SAID HE WOULD NOT:ACCEPT BECAUSE THERE IS NO
PEACE IN VIETNAM. HENRY KISSINGER1 ALMOST AS IF PEACE HAD COME,
STATED THAT THE AWARD REPRESENTS KA RECOGNITION OF THE CEN1RA1
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PURPOSE OF TRE PRESIDENTS' FOREIGN POLICY." He GAVE THANKS TO
THE PRESIDENT: FDR THE CONDITIONS WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
BRING THE NEGOTIATIONS To A "SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION."
WHAT WERE THOSE: CONDITIONS THEY :INCLUDED THE MYTH THAT THE PRES"-
IDENT WAS SEEKING PEACE WITH HONOR. THEY INCLUDED THE UNLEASHING
OF ONE OF THE: MOST SAVAGE BOMBING RAIDS IN THE BLOODY HISTORY
OF WAR, ONLY LAST CHRISTMAS. THEY INCLUDED THE RELENTLESS BOMBING,
SECRETLY AND THEN BRAZENLY, OF LAOS AND CAMBODIA, THEY
INCLUDED THE HIDDEN INTENT, AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS., TO RECOGNIZE
THE THIEU GOVERNMENT AS THE SOLE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT IN
SOUTH VIETNAM., EVEN THOUGH THE ACCORDS, WHICH HENRY KISSINGER
HELPED WRITE AND THE UNITED STATES SIGNED, WERE TO RECOGNIZE TWO
GOVERNMENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
WHAT WAS THE "SUCCESSFUL CoNCLUSION" Of THE NEGOTIATIONS? EVEN
ToDAY1 ALTHOUGH UNITED STATES SOLOIERSAND AIRMEN ARE OUT OF
VIETNAM, AMERICAN TECHNICIANS, WORKINGFOR?AMERICAN
CORPORATIONS, PLANES p BOMBS, GUNS AND DOLLARS ARE STILL THERE,
FUELING A WAR THAT PRESIDENT THIEU WON'T STOP AND CANNOT 'WAGE
WITHOUT UNITED STATES WEAPONS AND MONEY:. AND LEAR.44EGLER
ARE PERFORMING TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS FOR THiEWS
AIR FORM. THE ACCORDS CALLED FOR FREEING THE CIVILIAN PAISONERS,
BUT IN THIEU4S JAILS AND PRISONS--AND IN EXILE--ARE THE THOUSANDS
OF BUDDHISTS, CATHOLICS AND NEUTRALISTS WHO WOULD HELP TO
RESTORE PEACE TO VIETNAM. THE ACCORDS CALLED FOR DEMOCRATIC
LIBERTIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND THE REPRESSION HAS NEVER BEEN 0
HARSH AS NOW. UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND ADVISERS HELP TO
MAINTAIN THE ODIOUS NATIONAL POLICE AND PRISON SYSTEM THAT HAS
IMPRISONED DEMOCRATIC HOPES. THE QUAKER CENTER THAT TREATS
CIVILIAN WAR VICTIMS IN SOUTH vIETNAm IS AS CROWDED AS EVER WITH
NEwLy MAIMED PEASANTS. NO END TO THE: TRAGEDY IS IN SIGHT.
IRONICALLY' PEACE CAN COME TO VIETNAM, HENRY KISSINGER CAN HELP
BRING IT. HE CAN WORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER II
OF THE: ACCORDS WHICH READS, "THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT CONTINUE
ITS MILITARY INVOLVEMENT OR INTERVENE' IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
OF SOUTH VIETNAM." HE CAN OPPOSE THE FLOW OF UNITED STATES DOLLARS
THAT FINANCE PRESIDENT.-THIEU;S WAR BUDGET. HE CAN DEMAND THAT THE
VIETNAMESE STOP SLUICING LOCAL FUNDS, :GENERATED By THE SALE
OF UNITED STATES FOOD FOR PEACE, TO THIEV1S MILITARY, HE CAN URGE
THAT OUR GOVERNMENT STOP PAYING FOR THIEu4S POLICE AND PRISONS.
HF CAN CALL FOR EVENHANDE0 RECOGNITION OF THE TWO SOUTH
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS THAT WERE PARTY TO THE ACCORDS THAT THE
UNITED STATES SIGNED. IF THE UNITED STATES HONORS THE WORDS,
HF CAN PRESS PRESIDENT THIEU TO HoNOR THEM AND INITIATE DEMO-
CRATIC LIBERTIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM,
IF THESE THINGS ARE LEFT UNDONE, HOW CAN PEACE COME TO VIETNAM?
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.:HOW CANINE NOBEL' PEACE PRIZE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTE0 TODAY,
BE GIVEN AND ACCEPTED IN GOOD CONSCIENCE UNLESS THEY ARE
DONE?.
BRONSON P. CLARK IS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS
SERVICE COMMITTEE.
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