Kennedy's Vietnam Role Detailed
The Boston Globe published excerpts from a Pentagon study on the Vietnam war. It reports a high level meeting where a top U.S. officer urged granting commanders freedom to use tactical options.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1971
Page
1
The Boston Globe published excerpts from a Pentagon study on the Vietnam war. It reports a high level meeting where a top U.S. officer urged granting commanders freedom to use tactical options.
Excerpts from the 47 volume Pentagon study reported by The Globe detail JCS in Honolulu meeting in June 1964. Adm Felt urged option to use nuclear weapons as planned while McNamara and Rusk discussed major ground action and congressional authorization.
A reflection on conscience described as a quiet inner prompt that urges others to choose right. The saying emphasizes moral self-restraint and duty over external judgment.
The Baltimore Sun cites South Vietnamese officials worried a Pentagon study on U.S. involvement could prompt a quicker American withdrawal. Sun correspondent Michael Parke says disclosures in The New York Times and The Washington Post threaten moderate support, risking anger toward Saigon.
Col. David H. Hackworth, wounded multiple times in Korea and Vietnam, condemned Vietnamization and South Vietnamese forces in a wide interview. He argued Saigon troops lack motivation beyond personal gain and dismissed U.S. exit plans as cosmetic PR.
General James Hackworth says he quits after 25 years due to disgust with Army leadership in Vietnam. He blasts amateurs running the force and urges real professionals to stay, noting his awards and plan to write a counterinsurgency text after leaving the service.
A small temperature shift is expected tomorrow with cloudy skies. Highs reach the low 80s after an overnight low near 60, following yesterday’s 82 and this morning’s 63 readings.
Retired tradesman Saul Greiman, 68, joined the Peace Corps after a televised call in Mexico led him to Honduras to teach plumbing at Valle de Angeles. By June 1 the corps listed 162 volunteers over 60, with 7,700 total workers, as older Americans bring experience across trades to aid foreign nations.
The Citizens Task Force on Environmental Protection presents Gov. Gilligan with 163 pages of Ohio pollution recommendations. It calls for a Department of Environmental Protection, a Council on Bodily Environmental Quality, an Environmental Trust Fund, stricter permits and fines, a pollution tax plan, land use planning, recycled material markets, soil conservation, siting controls for plants, severance taxes, and citizen legal action against polluters.
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