Ford UFO Files

~ . -~ifth District Radio Script
- -- - For Taping April 13, 1966
}tr .friends of the Fifth Congressional District, this is your congressman,
Jerry Ford, speaking to you .from the nation 1 s capital. I 1m going to talk with
you today about the subject that's on everyboey 1s mind and everyboey 1s tongue-the
street demonstrations in Vietnam and the political trouble there.
It's difficult for sny o.f us to know exactly what's D}r:q!l happening in
a situation like that, of course. But one thing seems clear to me .from the
news reports out of Saigon.
All of the current tr01.1ble dates back to last February in Honolulu when
President Johnson staged a big conference with :tK Southvietna.Il'l'3se Premier KY (pronounced
KEY)o
When Mr. Johnson made such a fuss over Ky, l):bx this triggered all sorts
of political rivalr,y in V~amo
The demonstrations started when Ky got rid of t:.tp:filllli:E the general 1.vho xux
was the 1st 6orps COlTn'llander in De.nango That gave the Buddhists an excuse to
step in and make trouble for Premier Kyo
WI can on~ hope that the K~ political situation in Vietnamtx
improves as a result of all the civil turmoUo But there is danger, of course,
that just the opposite will ha:fPEmo
The most deplorable fact about all of this political trouble in Vietnam
is that it interferes with the objective of stopping CoDD'llUnist aggre~ion thereo
As the Vietnam war no'GK shaJ;es up, there are two a1 ternatives if we are
to force a halt in the fighting and bring about a permanent peace settlemento
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We must •e more effective use of oo.r air and sea power or we
find the Johnson-Humphrey Administration increasing our troop strength in
m.,be doubling ito