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*4TMf SfAJtf AND SIMMFriday, Jgnua^ 21, 1H4 4War Through June 1967 Is ExpectedA%iCoa't**** from n* fjstrength would be creation of ■ new Marine division. the faurth. Of th* three present dithm, * beet cme and two-third# ere In Viet Nam.McNamara gave n point-by* puptf evpjanauun of bow thf tnooey would be urd and whyill i# ne^drij. Many of the detail# ;hnd been giver* earlier. In iddl' . tion to outright military expendl-lure#, Uw total Inriade* ItU mil* Lion for economic aid in Soullv feast A«ia.1 McNamara noted the t'fiited j S t a I e « hai sent about 1M.MQ I military per*onnel to South VietN'iim. not (nrhiding (he members of the 7ih Fleet operating off the ct*«i McNamara nave financial ««-ampieft of how the war ha* grown tn Wterwity,He estimated that U.K. ground force*, including the helicopter unit* that work with them, areusing ammunition at Hie rate of about I1M million worth a month.And we are now budgeting for a ctmiumplkMi rale ctmsld-erably higher, he added.After ihe hearing, Sen. RJrhard B. Ruurtt, D-Oa.. naid McNamara implied that bombing ofU Thant Asks V.C. Role in Talksfrom U nt non favorsbto for ft fettle-■lent Ohm ft wm fiat year, or ivtfl ft few Wowfc* ago. due chiefly to the U-S. beabfag Qtorttornim.In Independence. Mo^ Pttii-dent Johnson said IJmreday North Viet Mata to far ha# Mocked pvacw hope# tweeue* a mistafcofay hi Bom the Untied Stato win nrmder Its pcinci-Mec obaadM tt* alltoe or pi tired and Oftvt oat,4*Mhr. fatntag former Pm* limt Barry *. Tromsn to launch the Tramoa Carter for the Ad* flBcmdtot at fosca, aaid he was weof ooeMiur *Tha daor of peace mat! he hap wide^aS'CxJrafiXr*vMt lUfafei Plea to Miaow. the torto Untoo • mw MtoCpmmolatthat ft o* iti to* I North Vtot Nto Ufatha iM vwMwtvd to to-Androl■p aapamwa FOrrtgn KtotoaMoa NOtea lt;far-r two hoar talk. toM —(Mated later that OMfta wtod that ftiac* theSSpjflL 83, ftlo medial* the crisis, Gromyko toM Shite*.BlUlna'i report of hie meeting IndbaUd that, decile the US. peace offontw and month# of Urtnuivt Vfftffi) prftiurt on the Kremlin, Russia bat not changed iu altitude on Viet Nam.That attitude. basically. La that the Soviet* gar# the North Vtot* titmaae moral, economic and mil* ttary support while rebuffingWestern attempt# lo enlist them in move# toward pace talk*.Thant emphasized that the bombing lutf had Improved the poyrbologtcnl climate* for asettlement and both «id« In the war appeared in agreement oti certain general principle*. Throe, ha ftaW. were:—Both parts ot Vtot Nam should not enter Into military alliance# or seek military gffiib anc*.—Both wool unification of the country,—Both aide* mu»t be free to aettto Ihelr own affair*.Thanl aakt ho wondered whcih* er the time hud not com* to raio the question of what type « goveromenr ahould fake over In Vtot Nam to enable ita peopte to cKcrdae their right to decide their own affair*, lfc said he believed all panto# should be re presented In the government.Most Reds Are Observing Trucefrom Ptff# ifnlrt radio that the Reda pro* claimed the fad from midnight, Hanoi Unto, Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Tbit, they raid, waa II pjn. Saigon time.Th* Saigon eaase-fir* w** declared from noon Thursday until I p.m. Sunday a total of ft boors compared to Uva Vtot Cong's N* The gdvemmanl spokesmen amid Thursday, tovevcr, that midnight Harlot time I* I a.m la Saigon, aot U pA.Questioned about (he differ-toct, an American official aaid top took R tor panled that he had been Incorrect Uto first Ume ■’and certainly wa go along with tba version of the rovcranent1’ lU* mmt that between 1 *.», and noon Thursday Uw Vtot Cong war* embarked IheoreUcaUy anlbdr ceaoe-nre but the afltoa war* not *W» are not confartning to tbatr (the Vtot Com) poatufes. Ms i# nat a bUatoralaceord with them/* an American offl-cM estohasiaed.U.S. traotx ««n patroUlnfl dartn*. tb« roorsin* and BS1 bewbet® tnua(tc4 at tunnalt. temken *nd tortithd poattkns ta Taj Ntalt prwlnc, about It Bdlw northot Salipxi. «SfV 4t «N|tw» m% *mcss* » a«w «wsjd*. si e MVS to to* osm •»»to##*mr T«ftMH #•%In the early hours of tb* on nounced Cocnsnuniot truce, (be government reported only one kignincant incident. This occurred shortly after 1 a.m. when Reds attacked (be Phu Huu out-Kit four miles southeast of Igon. A platoon of mifjfCa, abaut R men. beat off the attack after a half-hour. A Vtot Gmgtampan was sunk by an airstrike.4 Another small assault In Long An province, IS miles to (be southeast, and on a village near Hue. ISO mile# to the north, were such borderline coses on the tlmetabte (hat the Vietnamese finally derided they were not violation#. a spokesman said.Hungarian CrackdownOn Protesters ReportedVIENNA, Jan. » (API - Him-£ry‘s Communis! regime Thura-y was reported to have cracked dawn lt;* dUoident worker* and students In the wake of protest demonstrations against uwroaseo lo food Men scheduled to go Into effect nett month.Wptomapc report* from Buds* Mat said Huagaiian socurtty poke* were Meted to have arrested 141 workers of ibe giant Carpel ocs*J otiUs south of Baida-pert after a protest docnacutra-Uon staged Jan. f.Western missions In tho Hon-garUn capital also received on-cMftrmed taformsllon that about UN vmti were made In oOm parte of the country.Soma Western obaerrent In Budapest bsttovo that public sentiment blames Uio Soviet Union, rather Uun tho Hungarian government* far the price measures.According to reports the price reforms were initiated upon requests from the Soviet govern-mem In line with the reorganlza-I ton of the entire economy..Party Chief Janos Kadar, who visited Moscow Dec. 11-14, to dlvvts the reform*, waa said to hare opposed the Idea of higher food prices at a measure to ■top up production, But be even-IttaDy followed the Soviet advice.The Hungarian new# agency MTI termed the reporta completely unfounded mod pure fabrication.0The price Increase! were an-notmcsd last month as part of a ■wwtol economic reform. The official explanation was that the government has found It men swy to pay higher price* to collective farmers as a Way of boosting food production.To offset Uw impact of price in*masts on Jow-tmwm* families, the government earlier ihU month announced rizeabto Increases in wages, salaries, old age pen*tons and family allowance*.i North Viet Num would be n* -(turned toon if there 1* m prog* ret* toward peace talks,With regard lo air muitRtoot, McNamara told the commit* tee*: 11 We are now coostntiag ax a rate of ntenit Slid itfP per month; and we arep».creased lo frflN and by DaeMMg.M.io u*maprrrfiirtaasupport a much hlghw rate?* In March of 1N». ho said, VJL; a net flew M attack aovr ^ y June the number bad■I■A‘Mif ,,«V.yt*'■4ber to more than McNamara said lb* addUtmgf funds he wa* asking would art 45,5ft men lo ibo Mmfit sireftifih. *.•» to I he Na^/fL* m t* ih* Marine# and *Jm Mt, the Air Force, 'V%New Tstib The *rrvtoes’ strength 1 rise by the end of the fiscal to these figures;Army, IJKU 575: Marines,Force, ttl.m Pentagon sources that the Bppfoxlmatety uui total Increase to manpoMf hi nothing to do with sedAM force* to Viet Nam M mm* samed only fucmuM far .tertrt^g forces of the Defense D*WK'£i or me nscat yaaf' W«; -.j ■**'«(ITI.IM, snd MrJ^’Isi I.ment.Adtfiitoaal Ferm AddUlonal force* far VM Nam wltl be determined aw Wtof 4 basis of requests from (M UA J high command there and mat i what the CetnmunUte may ,«a»r .ffithe source# said. ^They emphartted again Uud m [4 withdrawal of forces from tern..K« rope Is contemptoted^^TkMh ^forces will remain at present rtmnth. Only fit* si* request* far trantffr of wdlf O out of Europe haw# boon ceited ami all of thaaa eoto corned only smalt, mlwar pfaj Additional fund*Thursday had nothing to any callini up of rssifvaThe Pentagon as MdVamara had sald ^ ly. there la no plan far op reserve* now.Gamhaf AircraftThe new supplemental would provide for PTOCaj M« fixed-wing pianos,-them combat oTrcrsft, and SJ helicopters.The monthly production wrt •r helicopter* Is aimed rate of IN for the HU1for helicopter* _____ _— IN for the HUl hiffeowi ter and IS for the H47 CHmmhelicopter.Feidagon aonrcea said fhat new training bases will bay* be opened to meet the in military manpowertraining base*, with____provement* In existing We*, are expected to be quale.
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