FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY pAnv. ' i ,:. Y MY1,1..TE MIHG N AL ~fV'' r £HUG AEiil %I Soviet, U.S. Ships In New Collision Washington Sends Strong Protest Over Second Destroyer Scraping MAY NEED MORE TROOPS: U.S. Expands Military Role T0m WASHINGTON ()-The Unit- ed States announced yesterday that for the second day in a row Soviet destroyer sideswiped the U.S. destroyer Walker in the Sea of Japan. Washington delivered tough worded protests calling on the Kremlin to promptly "halt such harassments." The surprise news of the second Strain Seen In Relations IWith Russia By JOHN 1V. HIGHTOWER Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON ()-A second collision between warships in the *Par East aded new tensions Thursday to U.S. Soviet relations already strained by the war in Vietnam. U.S. officials said privately the second such incident in two days could hardly be considered ac- cidental. 4 Immediate blame was placed here on what appeared to be de- liberate harassment of a U.S. anti- submarine force by Soviet destroy- ers involved in the collisions. At the Capitol, Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, the Senate Republican leader, commented *that the administration must make clear that this country will take whatever action is necessary to protect its property. And the House Republican lead- er, Rep Gerald R. Ford of Michi- gan, said "I'm convinced that the 1eaders in the Soviet Union are seeking to challenge the United States." Two theories are being consider- ed to explain the meaning of this taffair and the slight collision Wednesday which occurred when a Soviet destroyer overtook the Walker and scraped it in the course of observing the antisub- marine task force on maneuvers. One theory is that the Soviets are upset by the fact that the task force is maneuvering in the Sea of Japan in the general area of the key Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. They could have or- dered dangerous harassing tactics to discourage this maneuvering in future U.S. naval exercises in the Sea of Japan. The second theory is that the Soviets have decided on using such action as those of the past two' days to show their disagreement with the U.S. policy in Vietnam and, in effect, to step up their warnings to the United States about the Vietnamese situation. Reports have been building up here for several weeks that U.S. Soviet relations were in worse con- *dition than they had been in for ' a long time due to differences over the Vietnam conflict. Naval incidents between the, world's two great nuclear powers are not new. The Soviets long complained about the U.S. planes harassing their ships on the high %eas by flying too close. The Unit- ed States has complained about the behavior of Soviet vessels sailing threateningly toward or around American vessels. ,~~~szego naval collision apparently shifted the matter from the status of ac- cident to serious incident marking further worsening of U.S. Soviet relations already strained over the Vietnam war. Although no formal response to the U.S. protests has yet come from Moscow, it was understood that the Soviets here rejected out of hand the U.S. accusation of de- liberate harassment. As of late yesterday, neither incident had been reported in Moscow newspapers. American diplomats wondered whether Moscow deliberately has stepped up its naval interference in retaliation for the expanded U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. The Pentagon gave out a brief U.S. version of Thursday's naval contact while the State Depart- ment hurriedly called in the top Soviet here to deliver what it termed a secondsevere complaint. The Pentagon reported: At 1:33 a.m. Washington time the Walker and a Soviet Krupnyi class destroyer "brushed together about 300 nautical miles 345 statue miles west southwest of Hokkaido Island, Japan." "There were no apparent casu- alties and only light damage was reported. The incident occurred when the Soviet destroyer turned into the Walker despite the latter's warnings."- A Pentagon spokesman said the American destroyer gave six short blasts on its horn as a danger signal before the collision. A state department spokesman said the U.S. vessel signaled: "Don't cross my bow!" Sources here said visibility was not a factor. The incident oc- curred in daylight hours and, al- though there was some haze, visi- bility was not appreciably re- stricted. -Associated Press BRITISH AMBASSADOR to the European Economic Community, Sir James Marjoribanks, right, presents his country's formal application to join the Common Market to Renaat Van Ilsiande of Belgium, chairman of the EEC's Council of Ministers, in Brussels yesterday. It is Britain's second attempt to join the Common Market. Common Mark et o Concl Kennedy Round Tariff Talks In Viet PF SAIGON (A")-The switch in American pacification efforts to; more military control left little. doubt among officers here yester-; day that U.S. troop- strength in Vietnam will have to be vastly3 expanded if the war is to be prose- cuted successfully. Some Saigon estimates of re- quirements ranged up to 700,0001 GIs even before U.S. Ambassador1 Ellsworth Bunker announced the3 transfer from civilian hands of the American phase of the allied pro- gram to win the hearts and minds of Vietnamese villagers. Actual operation of the revolu- tionary development teams pri- marily assigned to bring this about_ is in the hands of the Saigon gov- ernment, with American assist- ance in aid materials. Saigon's Responsibility j Up to now protection of these teams has been primarily the re- sponsibility of Saigon's own armed1 forces, although more than 15,000 U.S. troops have been involved to some degree in American pacifica- tion work headed up by the U.S. mission's Office of Civil Opera- tions. Some American military units have had their own pacification programs. It was not made clear how ex- tensively Americans would replace or reinforce government regulars and militiaman assigned to guard the pacification teams. 'Tragic Error' Gov. George Romney, comment- ing in Lansing, Mich., said he be- lieves the United States may be on the brink of a "tragic error of getting too deeply involved in the nonmilitary side of the war." The governor, frequently men- tioned as a possible Republican cification Effort candidate for president, said the shooting war already has been Americanized despite earlier as- surances by U.S. military person- nel that their role was only to give advice and some support to troops of South Vietnam's govern- ment. South Vietnam's 20,000 pacifica- tion workers operate in 59 man teams. Sometimes the security has been lax. The Viet Cong have killed more than 220 of the work- ers this year. The aim of the pacification pro- gram, sponsored jointly by South Vietnam and the United States, is to supplant Viet Cong influence. and win over peasants in fringe areas of the country side. Bolster Security In announcing the transfer of control of the American operations from civil to military hands Bun- ker said this step was taken to bolster security for the revolu- tionary. development teams and because the greater part of Amer- ican advisory and logistic assets in South Vietnam belong to the military. Some sources said disruption was risked in the change, with various key civilians taking it hard. One well placed source said resignations, refusal to extend tours and recruiting problems were almost certain to develop. Preserved Bunker said the present Office of Civilian Operations and the U.S. Agency for International De- velopment will be preserved in Vietnam and that only the pacifi- cation ,program is affected. The main thrust of both, however, has been toward the pacification pro- gram. The new setup puts an Office of Civilian Operations adviser in each of South Vietnam's four corps areas under the senior mili- tary adviser so far as pacification goes. Thus the ultimate decision on priorities and practice apparently now pass to the corps' senior American military man. He will have to deal with such things as fertilizer, pesticides, education, health and propaganda as well as his regular war duties. BRUSSELS, Belgium (W) - The European Common Market Coun- cil completed yesterday its stand for the final phase of the Kennedy Round of talks on lowering cus- toms duties and eliminating other barriers to world trade. Prospects for success looked good. The positions of the United States and the Common Market, the two main adversaries, were not far apart. This was also the day on which Renaat Van Elslande, the council chairman, received the formal ap- plications of Britain and Ireland to join the organization. It was Britain's second try. The first was vetoed by President Charles de Gaule of France in January 1963. World News Roundup Prospects for success now are uncertain. Jean Rey, the chief Common- Market negotiator, was returning to Geneva to resume the Kennedy Round negotiations, in which 53 nations are taking part. Sunday has been set as the deadline. This is to give enough time for detailed agreements to be prepared before President Johnson's authority to cut American tariffs in half ex- pires on June 30. Rey, a 65-year-old Belgian, is the outstanding candidate to head a combined executive for the three Common Market organizations: the European Economic Commun- ity and the European Coal and Steel Community. An attempt is being made to get this fusion by July. All three organizations have the same membership: France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Acceptance of Britain would also bring in Ire- land, Denmark and probably Nor- way. Yesterday brought the end of a two day meeting of the Common Market Council, which includes a ,foreign minister or his repre- sentative from each member coun- try. The meetings were secret, but information leakingrfrom behind the closed doors of the meeting indicated these positions on the major issues: * GRAIN-Support for the U.S. plan to raise the world minimum wheat price. Agreement with the United States that there is no further use in trying to develop a system that would guarantee fixed amounts of imports and determine farm price supports by interna- tional treaty. " CHEMICALS-Insistence on an effort by President Johnson to have Congress repeal the "American Selling Price" (ASP) system. This is the rule under which American tariffs on many dyes, drugs and other chemicals are figured on American prices rather than on foreign exporters' prices. If the United States and the Comon Market can agree, it seem- ed likely the other .46 nations will fall into line. 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Secretary General U Thant expressed the view yesterday that a direct confrontation between the United States and Communist China is inevitable if the Vietnam war continues its present trend. The United States quickly disputed his view. Thant told a luncheon given to him by the U.N. Correspondents Association that he feared "we are witnessing today the initial phases of World War III." U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Gold- berg, in a statement issued short- ly after Thant's remarks, declared, "We do not share his current as- sessment of the situation in Viet- nam." Goldberg's statement was prepared in consultation with of- ficials in Washington. OTTAWA-Prime Minister Les- ter B. Pearson repeated in the House of Commons yesterday de- nials that any Canadian members of tht International Control Com- mission in Vietnam have acted as spies for the United States. But Conservative Leader John D. Diefenbaker insisted Pearson was sidestepping a direct answer to the question of whether Cana- dian members of the commission suplied copies of their reports to the United States. * ,** ROME-The Italian ambassador to the United States, Sergio Fe- noaltea, has resigned his post in disagreement with the position of Foreign Minister Amintore Fan- fani on Vietnam, it was announced here yesterday. Fenoaltea offered his resignation April 29 two days after a state- ment made in Parliament by Fan- fani who called for suspension of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam to clear the way for peace nego- tiations with Hanoi. 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