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M. A. Jones to DeLoach RE: "JUST FRIENDS AND BRAVE ENEMIES" BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY real enthusiasm about anything he said in his prepared remarks, the question and answer session which followed was far more stimulating and provoked a genuine response. Their main question, of course, concerned the United States position on West New Guinaand they also had other questions--about our racial difficulties, about our political history and even about the Mexican war. St hat eee CHAPTER 7:' "CAPITALISM™ IS THE DIRTY WORD OF THE ORIENT" In Jagjakarta the Attorney General spoke at Gadjah Mada University. Again, most of the questions concerned West New Guinea. One young man asked "Is it true that the United States of America is a capitalistic monopolistic country and that monopolistic capitalism competes with our form of socialism?" Kennedy asked him what he meant by the term monopolistic and capitalistic. Neither he nor any cf the other students would answer. Once again Kennedy pointed out that ours was not the same country as that of 100 years ago. The following day Kennedy spoke at the University of Bandung where he again ran into the word "capitalisr2" ] In much of Asia the word "capitalism, "' because of the system used to exploit the people, is an evil word, and the communists have spared no effort in reminding | people of this fact. They also remind them that the United States has a capitalistic system and, therefore, if given the opportunity, would renew this system of exploitation. We on the other hand have not faced up to the fact that we have to convince people that what they understand as capitalism is not in any way the kind, [fom or system of government existing in the United States or indeed most of the western nations today. CHAPTER 8: "SOMETHI? AT ION VE A WALL...” Mr. Kennedy states that heart-warming as their reception in Japan had been, the crowds in West Berlin were unlike any he had ever seen. It was below freezing when they arrived and snow was falling yet a 100 thousand people lined the streets as they drove from the airport. In his speeches to the people of Berlin, Kenned; made the point again and again that the Berlin wall was constructed not to keep people out but to keep the East Germans in. He laid wreaths honoring the victims who leaned to their death to escape the communists. Kennedy's main purpose in visiting Berlin was to deliver the Ernst Reuter lecture at the Free University of Berlin. His speech is reprinted. He indicated that the workers of Berlin are staunch friends of the United t States and dedicated anticommunists. He was struck most by the sight of pecple on the j other sice2 of the wall who waved to him surreptitiously. -5-