Culver Reviews Asian Trip For Citizen Times Readers
Congressman John Culver, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shares impressions from his Southeast Asia tour. He argues the United States must oppose aggression, support Vietnam, and win both policy acceptance and the country’s will to endure. He portrays Viet Cong as foreign-backed aggression and notes Diem’s early successes followed by corruption and coups. The briefing stresses understanding the twenty year struggle and the need to back Vietnam with social and economic efforts to improve life and morale.