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Retnblicans don 1t want to see the United States drawn into a hugebm lam
war in Asia. But that is What threatens us :i:f we keep on sending more and more
men to Vietnano At the same time we must persevere in our effort to tlaDal. tlnlart
Communist Q:t ag§l'e s:;ion there.
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!illxbpwta\ti:&Ji answer is that we shmld not send aqy more of our boys to
Vietnan without first seeing whether the Republicsn alternative will work.
Under current at rategy'jl the Vi•tnam war looks like a war without end.
And that 1s what tl'B Comnnnists want. They figure eventually we 111 get tired and
frustrated and just give up.
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Republicans offer their alternative-re air md sea power instead of more
v 'men--in the hope of endlng the ietnam war and achieving an !Jmlrairlu honorable and
lasting peace.
I slso urge that the Johnson-Humphrey Administration move more quickly and
effectively on the DBtra•DlUI social and economic front in Vietnam. because liiiX the
Viet Gong wUl never be destroyed until the Vietnamese peasant wants it destroyed.
We must win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese 1m peasant if we are
to gain a meaningf'ul peace in his unfortunate lando
The pro~am of pacification set up by Mr. Johnson at the Honolulu xx:
confereme was splendid, but I doubt it can JDIIIJf be carried out as long as tm
VietCong~ control so maru of the Vietnam. Villages by night.
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It s difficult to see how our 4o,ooo technicians can ax accomplish much
if they must :tx retreat to milita:cy compounds at night while tm Viet Gong take
over poss6ssion of tm villages.
n,spite all obstacles, we must be firm in the right--determined to stop
Communist aggre EBion in Vietnam. If we do not falter, we can achieve peace thsr.eo