TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1960 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 196U THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE ThREE Congress Backs Presi Moscow, Peking Hlit.A dent;) _.. MILITARY APPRAISAL: Johnson Avoids Broadening War Scope, Limits Targets World Views U .S* Policy In Viet Nan Britain Gives Support; Russia Terms Raids Escalated Aggression LONDON VP)-Moscow and Pe- king reacted angrily yesterday to the renewed U.S. air raids on North Viet Nam. But in the West. Britain gave full support to Wash- ington's decision, saying Hanoi 9 had laid down an impossible con- dition Sunday for peace talks. The Soviet government issued a statement saying resumption of bombing of the North "shows that the United States actually does not want the war in Viet Nam to end." It called the U.S. peace of- fensive "a diplomatic move aimed at misleading worldpublic opinion and preparing the ground for further escalation of aggression." Tass The Soviet news agency Tass said President Johnson's decision means he has "followed the advice of the most warlike and militarist quarters in the United States. Said Radio Peking: "U.S. im- perialism, after, the utter failure of its peace hoax, recklessly re- sumed its bombings." 1k North Viet Nam declared: "The resumption of the air strikes once again divulged the Johnson peace offensive was a fraud." A Vatican source said Pope Paul VI expressed disappointment that the bombings were resumed after his appeal last week for UN arbitration in Viet Nam but still hopes his request "may lead to the establishment of permanent peace in Southeast Asia." Canada In Ottawa, Prime Minister Les- ter B. Pearson of Canada said his government had hoped the bombing pause might be continued on the possibility there might be some softening of North Viet Nam's position. He told the House of Commons he was informed of the U.S. decision Sunday. The British government, in a strong Foreign Office statement, said President Ho Chi Minh of North Viet Nam had laid down an unacceptable condition that the Viet Cong should be "the 'sole genuine representative" of the South Vietnamese people at any peace conference. The statement said a message relayed from Ho through Moscow to Queen Eliza- beth Monday said: "If the United States really wants peace it must recognize the South Vietnamese Front for Lib- eration (political arm of the Viet Cong) as the sole genuine repre- sentative of the people of South Viet Nam." Previously the Communists had held .out merely for Liberation Front representation at the peace table. . WASHINGTON OP)-Resumption of the bombing of North Viet Nam i yesterday had a this-is-where-we- came-in air about it as President Johnson carefully avoided any Sdramaticbroadening of the air " " war's scope. nThetargets hit by Air Force: and Navy fighter-bombers were in the same general areas and of the same nature as those at- Tn Congress tacked by the first raiders nearly 12 months ago. Those targets were bridges, R e warehouses, storage facilities, and truck convoys in the Vihn and Dong Hoi regions just above the UN Move Praised demilitarized zone s e p a r a t i n g North Viet Nam and South Viet But Little Chance Nam. Seen forSuPentagon sources described the een for Success kickoff attack Monday as light, WASHINGTON (A')-The re- Iprobably because of adverse wea- sumption of bombing of North ther conditions. Viet Nam Monday brought a call The loss of a Navy plane to by the senior Republican senator ground fire indicated the enemy for the United States to shift to had concentrated antiaircraft bat- a full wartime footing-with a teries there during the 37-day lull. universal draft, higher taxes and "We're easing in gently," said economic controls. one military official. Sen. George D. Aiken of Ver- Another knowledgeable Penta- mont told the Senate that unless gon source suggested the pattern the danger is far less than it now of attacks in the immediate fu- appears there is no sense in Presi- ture at least may involve a lower dent Johnson "waiting until after level of target than just before the election to recommend the the lull began, but heavier strikes inevitable." Waiting, he declared, at these targets in terms of more "is just another attempt to lull planes and bombs. the people." During the lull which began Johnson's order resuming the Dec. 24, some members of Con- bombings touched off a lengthy gress and others urged that when Senate debate. It indicated solid the air strikes were renewed the support for the President's move target areas be broadened to in- but there were some expressions clude ports, power plants ,and of regret that he felt he had to take this step. I No Choice Generally the sentiment was * TH that the President had no other *OF T choice in view of the negative Communist response to his peace efforts and the need to protect American troops from a Red buildup under sanctuary. The President's decision to ask help of the United Nations to bring the Viet Nam conflict to the negotiating table also got solid support in Congress. Among those who praised this action were most of the 16 senators who had sent him a letter urging a continuation of the bombing lull. factories-and perhaps even the capital, Hanoi. But President Johnson indicated in his broadcast report to the na- tion that the target objectives probably will continue to be limit- ed mainly to the infiltration routes. He stressed, too, that "Our air strikes in North Viet Nam from the beginning, have been aimed at! military targets and have been controlled with the greatest of care." There was speculation that the President would keep the targets at a relatively low level-and that he is underscoring the tight con- trol-in a bid to encourage the North Vietnamese to have second thoughts about negotiating Secretary of State Dean Rusk, at a news conference following the President's report, said the bomb- ing level is "approximately where we were in December" when the lull began. Military sources disputed this, noting that by degrees as the air war progressed last year U.S. warplanes were ranging far to the north and hitting such targets as power plants. It also was noted that some of the raids came very close to China's borders and within 17 miles of Haiphong, North Viet Nam's chief port. Haiphong and Hanoi have been exempt from U.S. bombing so far' and there is no indication that this will change in the immediate future. Military sources reported a sig- These sources said that the line of communication has been rebuilt to a considerable extent, with railroads and bridges and highways repaired; the pipeline of men and equipment had been reconstituted to a large extent, as shown by reconnaissance pic- tures of heavy truck convoys mov- ing southward in broad daylight during the pause. The Vinh and Dong Hoi areas, which were worked over repeat- edly starting in the early months of the air war last year, are con- sidered vital supply and stock- piling points along the line of communication leading south. Another reason for hitting in this area, it was said, could be to knock out once agai nradar in- stallations which have been used to warn areas further north that American parties are on the way. Most of this radar had been reported destroyed before the lull. Johnson said he gave "proper weight to the judgment" of all responsible advisers, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Although they undoubtedly went along with the resumption at a relatively low level of targeting, there is strong reason to believe that from a military standpoint they would prefer an escalation of targets to include port facilities, oil supplies, power plants,. air fields and railroad yards in the Hanoi-Haiphong area and else- where. nificant reconstruction up in North Viet Nam lull. and build- during the -Associated Press THE U.S. AIR FORCE released this photo in Saigon yesterday. It shows a bombing raid by'U.S. planes over North Viet Nam immediately prior to the cessation of the air strikes Dec. 24. The United States yesterday announced the resumption of round-the-clock bombing runs. NOT PEACE MOVE: Lull in Viet Cong Attacks Assessed as Regular Event SAIGON (MP)-The recent lull in Viet Cong attacks is considered a regular occurrence, not a reac- tion to the American peace of- fensive or international pressure for peace. Knowledgeable observers here and American and Vietnamese intelligence operatives point out that a similar lull occurred last January, and also in January 1964. The pattern of Viet Cong war- fare has not changed since the, Viet Nam war moved into full gear early in 1963. The Viet Cong slash out at vulnerable targets for a couple of months and then pull back into the jungles. During 1964 there were several lulls in the fighting. The Viet Cong always came back with greater intensity. Intelligence in- formation indicates that the Viet Cong, backed by increasing num- World News Roundup By The Associated Press LONDON-Britain's opposition Conservatives charged yesterday that Prime Minister Harold Wil- son is blocking an "honorable settlement in Rhodesia." Wilson immediately challenged the Conservatives to present a motion of censure on the Labor, government's policy designed to end rebellion in the central Afri- can colony. The bitter exchange between Wilson and Conservative leader Edward Heath came during the prime minister's announcement in the House of Commons of a total embargo on trade with Rhodesia.. It threatened gravely the bi- partisan approach to efforts at ending the rebellion which has been in existence since Rhodesia seized independence. The total trade embargo was made public in a Board of Trade announcement Sunday. CHICAGO - The government's effort to prove fraud and con- spiracy in promotion of Krebiozen collapsed entirely yesterday when' a jury repeated its acquittal ver- dicts for the final two defendants. Dr. Stevan Durovic, developer of the drug, and the Krebiozen Research 'Foundation he heads were found not guilty. The seven women and five men jurors had listened to nine months of testi- mony and deliberated 47 hours and 50 minutes in reaching the final verdict. The jury Saturday had freed Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, 72, phsiologist who was chief medical backer of the drug; Marko Durovic, 65, law- yer and brother of the doctor acquitted Monday, and Dr. William bers of North Vietnamese troops are preparing for a new series of attacks against isolated district towns, Vietnamese battalions and regiments and maybe some Ameri- can base areas. There appears to be no good reason for North Vietnamese Pres- ident Ho Chi Minh to have called off his troops to gain some ad- vantage in world politics. Ho could be expected to follow up any deliberate scaledown in the war with a hint to some third party of what he was doing. There has been no word or sign that' the North Vietnamese leader has any intention of altering the mo- mentum of the war. Recent intelligence information indicates that the scale of Com- munist infiltration into South Viet Nam is continuing as before, with more than 3,000 North Viet- namese troops coming across the border each month. Observers see no reason why these North Vietnamese units should immediately plunge into battle. The strategy of "hit when the enemy is weak, disperse when he is strong," has been applied almost unvaryingly over the years by the Viet Cong. There seems little doubt that the big American buildup in Viet Nam, with the possibility of many more new troops arriving, has given the Viet Cong and Ho Chi Minh plenty of food for thought. 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