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7 <* MW oe eee oe eee fia: =z i o@iodtd wots wa hee ond weald beep Ser wiry . deoprecied, erpicited pee they will errive of @ sel! design. wed wert, Thst they ficht ead werk # Mo eefertcrorely Uhris peve..sten mast be ef rhe viclcat tepe becacce the “hey. retese fe shc-e wilt the “heve-nct:” by any ¢ me)ths¢, et feos! wihct they get will be their ewe, cad cot the Amaricer aries which they dort wort ecd above af ces't went c: Gow: their threats Ey Amerleces” wote: ot these Estos: She &. <5 . Tre wotlness of these sotioss ‘si LT, Gx tote CATEE BF A Testifying before the CS. Senate Comaniticc on Forcign Reletis wns, 2] Febensry ne”. "... bemblsy checks Intended to czhiewe prycholeglee! import thresgh the kilirg ef soncerborcet: is enquestoncbly wrerg. 1 the attack of fergets seer arees highly pepvicted by civitinas, where civilians cre likely te be cacusitios, is aise millrarity as well os by wreag ... aise "1 believe thot we con negotiate with Meno! and with the Nations! Liberation Frest confident that & free, peered and lade; Vieteem con be estcblished, wits georcotees of stobiliry from an Internationa! body.” r reo . . . . wt, BRIG GEIERAL WILEIATH VTELLEGS BERD rriting to the Editor of the New York Times, 27 Apr 2067 (published 3 Me, - ” REER ADIIIRAL ARCGED E, TRUE srriting wine Editor of the Pole Alte (Calif.) Times, 3 March, 1966. ‘Neseatal Wertmoreload’s statement that Americee fighting mee ln Vietnam hove been 'dismoyed,' end he Likewise, by "recent amp wets ai heme,’ Cetcrves rejolizer, “Getrciaty the country bb proud af Genero’ Viestmorciand, aad proud of the salendi¢ forces which ke commands. It does tot felt, the conatry bs obliged re send them, anc iseli, te destruction. “The cove cgcins! escatetion hes been perfectly presented by Senater MeGovera, and f shcit net try te improve wpen bt. “The time has come, heweve:, te afrike dows the implication thet wherver Coes mo? feliow bSicdty and ancomplalniagly Ir the “expansion ef this wer ty samchow eepetristic. Stelwert heros of the Army ond ef West Point, whe #lso leerned well the’ "Duty, Honer, Country, have cewnselcd cgcinst « land wer In Asic. One thinks of MacArthur, af Ridgeway, of Gavia. There ore “t volunteered la World War | end served every day le thet wer, every ¢oy In Werld War Il, aed every day dering the Koreg ' MW setled, | am qtite ready te serve accia. This dees net release me from the duty, ner deny me the right, af trying +. mr Seeatry a 6 previdest and eniighiensd Estria. “I beseught my newly elected Represerictive fn 1744 te try te keep ez from further lavelvemest in Vietnam. | veted is 1944 : Presidential coaciccte whe expzose€ escaletion ef the cexfilet, | ace efit trying. f censider It the highest potrietism.” “We con aad the Vietnom flasce without dishonor by (1) decting with the Vietcoug oc o majer forty te the war, (2) implame Geneva Accords, (2) withdrawing ovr tresps and (4) letting the Vietnamese settle their own problems... "Genere! Ky bs maturelly willing te fight to the jas? Amarisen seldiee end the lest American dellor. ir is shent tine that Ac sheuld mete shel ews detisiens acd stip blebileg abext ‘semmiimeats' ond scylzg "it is cp te Henel.” eels GEUIAAL HELU EB oeien Writing to Veterans for Peace in Vietnant, 8 Moy, 1967, . i ' Nae. _ ry "1 eppesed U.S. bevelvecient ta Indo-Ctins in 1954, as did General Ridgeway, then Chief of Steff of the U5, Army tose bi. Seldiac; Merroirn of Matthew B, Kidgrwey], Both of es feared this would tavelve U.S. greend forces in the fangles and rwemps . egeinst the oles? limitless: Asice masexs. 1 heve eppesed avery increcie fs teet lavolvemest since. | oppasa the Vietnamese Wer acw, net oaly because t hb belag we wielavion of the US. Cecatiruticn end U.S. presty obligations ender the U.K. Charter, bat alte becarse bt is te vinietion of the Sot ast of the Amerisca peepis, The Vietnam Wer ix act @ war ef self-defense or even of general self-jeterest. I) ea wer ln the’ Materests of only «4 very fae. “1 therefore scppert these vateranc of previous wars whe ore plcasiag protests end demonstrations la Washlagten, B.C., « merisl Day, egainst the Johnsen Administration wer af aggression aqolzit the Vietnemese pesple. Tals is an Wiegal, iemer ‘awbolly euxecessory wer. "Aad! kepe thst these vetercas mew workieg fare scene Americas fetore will teke this eppartunity te set up on ettective ergcal perkcps clsng « beose confederation fine, te werk fer @ prompe and te @ wor which i betreyleg our grest traditicns @t @ free, fi pecce-loring peesie. =T knew of pe wore fitting or preper task fer man who hava demonstrated their devotion and feyaity te the American peapie by © het: tives la combct, then by protestirg geist the feribly dcigerous and anneceatary wer the Jekrson Administration is imposia * the people of Viersern. Their action, { believe, in doing these things, comstitutes the exerciis of patriotism In its very highest fern "Sponsored by: _VETERANS FOR PEA ACE 8. VIETNAM 0. 20 1 A A. Rayner, dr. 7)” Sholembeboviiz, <<’ _ Commender De - " . ” Treesurer OR DG al EC ARE RY nee A VA Ie. Ces a J | aporenter: |