Ford UFO Files

-2-
STR DISTRICT RADIO TAPE--MAY 25, 1966
because we are fighting a war in which victory does not seem to be our aim, a
war in which our objective is a stalemate and even this seems elusive.
Our avowed purpose in Vietnam is to help the South Vietnamese halt Communist
aggression.
We provi.ed the South Vietnamese with the finest American weapons. They were
to use them to fight the Communist aggressor. In recent weeks they have been
shooting at each other--and at some Americans, too.
This has been terribly disturbina to Americans back home.
It has been disturbing to them, too, that for the third week this year
American casualties as a result of contact with the enemy have exceeded those of
the South Vietnamese.
When the South Vietnamese fight among themselves and our casualty list
becomes longer than theirs, their war in a sense becomes our war.
This is wrong. It is wrong not only because their ground forces are nearly
three times as large as ours, but because we are in Vietn.. simply to help the
South Vietnamese and not to take over all the fighting.
I want desperately to see a ~ government •••••..•••~~,-.~ in Vietnam,
a government which has the support of the people. 'tfnless thh eeaee te pau, tbe
fishtin& :l:n 'Jieenaa uUl ~ ... as mea 1 gtass cud lbe great sacrifices the United
~~w
States has made there wtll all se-for naught. ·
have heeR she~ in uatn.
It is not enough to speak about the American commitment in Vietnam.
(More)