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The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14
BY MRS. MABEL BRYANT

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| Miss Julia Faye Tucker OF
| Memphis is spending a few
i days with Mrs R. E. Aldridge
and attending the revival at
Mt, Vernon Baptist Church.
Mr.. G. L. Brock, Mrs. Bob
/ Motsinger and Mr.. George
Brock are in Jackson with
DR.. w. G.. Brock who had sur
| gerry in st. Dominic Hospital
Thursday morning. We all
wish him a speedy recovery.
Mr.. Ray Autry of Durant
visited his sister, Mrs. j. M.
Self Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Victor Dunn of Green
wood spent several days with
her mother, Mrs. Mable Tue
ker.
Mr.. Louie Depra.er o t
Greenwood visited the James
F. fuckers Tuesday.
| Mrs. Margaret Ellard of
Jackson visited Mrs. Ben
| Nabers. Wednesday.
Miss Jo Browning IS spend
ing few days in Durant as
guest of her sister, Mrs. Har-
vey Ray.
Mr.. B. C. McCreary was
honored with a dinner party
by his family on his eighty
sixth birthday, Tuesday eve
ming, June 5th. Those attend
ing the celebration were Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. McCreary and
son Joe Ellis and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. McCreary, Henry,
Herbert and joyce.
Miss Mary Browning visited
relatives in Goodman Satur-
day night and Sunday before
leaving for her home in Jack
son.
Mrs. w. D. Brock attended
Miss Brookhaven Junior Pa
gean' in Brookhaver Friday
night. Her neice, Miss Sara
Harmon was participant.
Mrs. j. M. Self and daugh-
ter, Marjorie and Mrs. Mabel
Bryant shopped in Kosciusko
Friday. While there Mrs. Bry-
snt visited her neice, Mrs.
Verena o. Mcbride.
Miss Elizabeth Thornton of
Meridian spent the weekend
with CMr. and Mrs. G.. D.
Thorn on.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Bicker
returned home Friday night
after a visit with relatives In
Pensacola, Florida.
Miss Alice Murff and Miss
Lallie McCreary visited Miss
Minnie Armstrong of Car
mack Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Helen Rhyme Of Jack
son visited her sister Mrs.
Boyd Holmes Thursday after
noon.
Miss Ann C.lnubell of Jack
son spent Wednesday and
Thursday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Camp
bell.
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Miss Pauline Garter of Jack
son visited the r. L. Jack
sons recently.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Brock
and children Susan and Cindy
Of Forrest City, Arkansas are
spending their vacation with
MIR. and Mrs. G.. l.. Brock.
George is with DR.. Brock who
is a patient in st. Dominic
Hospital in Jackson.
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Mrs. w. D. Brock attended
Miss Brookhaven Junior Pa
gean. in Brookhaven Friday
night. Her neice, Miss Sara
Harmon was a participant.
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Miss Julia Faye Tucker of
Memphis is spending a few
days with Mrs R. E. Aldridge
and attending the revival at
Mt, Vernon Baptist Church.
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Mr.. G.. D. Thornton visited
his DR.. in Lexington Monday,
his friends are proud he is
'mp'(ving and able to be up
again.
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Mrs. Edwards VINO has been
with her brother for a month
while he was i'll, Mr.. G.. D.
Thornton returned to Mobile,
Alabama Saturday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Self
and daughter, Rose were Lex
ington visitors Saturday.
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Miss Jo Browning Is spend
ing a few days in Durant as
guest of her sister, Mrs. Har-
vey Ray.
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Mrs. Nellie Rogers went to
Jackson Thursday to attend
the graduation of her grand
daughter.
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Mrs. Victor Dunn of Green
wood spent several days with
her mother, Mrs. Mable Tue
ker.
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Mrs. Msude Holmes is
spending the summer with
her sister, Mrs. Pearle How
ard in Biloxi.
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Mr.. Louie Depra.er OF
Greenwood visited the James
F. fuckers Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14

Mrs. j. M. Self and daugh-
ter, Marjorie and Mrs. Mabel
Bryant shopped in Kosciusko
Friday. While there Mrs. Bry-
snt visited her neice, Mrs.
Verena o. Mcbride.
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Mrs. Margaret Ellard Of
Jackson visited Mrs. Ben
Nabers Wednesday.
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Mr.. Ray Autry of Durant
visited his sister, Mrs. j. M.
Self Thursday afternoon.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl May and
children Of Jackson visited
Mrs. Mays parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Siddon Sunday af-
ternoor.
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Mrs. Delma Burns of Cleve-
land visited in the home of
her cousin, Mrs. Ben Nabers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Morgan
and daughter, Katie 10 OF
Brownstown, Illinois spent
several days with relatives.
Mr.. R. f. Houge of Jackson
visited friends Tuesday.
Mr.. Ike Musslewhite Of
Natchez and Mr.. Lacy Mussle
white Of Jackson visited their
granddaddy Mr.. S. c. Camp
bell recently.
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Mr.. G. L. Brock, Mrs. Bob
Motsinger and Mr.. George
Brock are in Jackson with
DR.. w. c.. Brock who had sur
gerry in st. Dominic Hospital
Thursday morning. We all
wish him speedy recovery.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14

OF Canton a n d Rev. l.. c
Thompson of Pickett wer
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Ar hur Self Monday night.
Mrs Fannye Montgomery
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Montgo-
merry Mr.. and Mrs. j. d,
Montgomery and SON visited
MIR. and Mrs. Orlan Winstead
of Jackson Sunday. Mrs. Mont
gcnery stayed over with her
children for weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Hagir
shopped in Greenwood Mon
day.
Miss Mary Louise Bowie
entered Holmes Junior Col
lege Monday to attend sum-
mer school.
Mr.. W. II. Jackson n c
grand children Ann and Bob
Jackson visited Colonel and
Mrs. Horace Jackson of Cam
den Monday. Mr.. Jackson will
spend several days with his
children b e ore returning
home.
Ann and Bob Jackson ac-
companied by their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Jackson
to Mississippi State Wednes-
day. Ann and Bob will be
sone five weeks for q study
course.
Miss Pauline Carter of Jack
son visited the R. L. jack
sons recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brock
ard children Susan and Cindy
Of Forrest City, Arkansas are
spending their vacation with
MIR. and Mrs. G.. L. Brock.
George is with DR.. Brock who
is a patient in st. Dominic
Hospital in Jackson.
Mrs. Nellie Rogers went to
Jackson Thursday to attend
the graduation of her grand
daughter.
Mrs. Maude Holmes is
spending the summer with
her sister, Mrs. Pearle How
ard in Biloxi.
Mr. JEFF Browning OF Good
man visited Miss Lena Brown
ing Thursday.
Mr.. Paul Oliver of Walden
spent short while with his
uncle, Mr.. L. B. Tucker, Sr.
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Percy Joyce of Durant
visi ed Mrs. w. G.. Brock
Thurday morning. Mrs. Brock
is improving and her many
friends will be glad when
she can walk again.
Mrs. A. c. Autry was a.
visitor to Walden Thursday.
Miss Mary Browning of
Jackson, house guest of Mrs.
Irene Autry visited relatives
in Durant Thursday.
Mrs. Wilma Brock made a
business trip to Lexington
Wednesday morning.
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Mr.. Jeff Browning of Good
man visited Miss Lena Brown
ing Thursday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Cobb
and family of Tupelo visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. jim
Siddoh over the weekend.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14

Miss Elizabeth Thornton Of
Meridian spent the weekend
with CMr. n d Mrs. G. D.
Thorn on.
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Mrs. @. L. Brock an d
daughter, Mrs. Bob Motsinger
visited Dr. w. C. Brock in st.
Dominic Hospital at Jackson
Saturday.
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Miss Sara Tate who is work
ing for Mississippi College
Library at Mississippi College
came home over the week
end for visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. M. Tate and Lynn.
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Mr.. Paul Oliver of Walden
spent a short while with his
uncle, Mr.. L.. B. Tucker, Sr.
Thursday morning.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Carl c. Ar
mold and daughter, Teresa
visited Mrs. Nina Holmes and
Mrs. Carl Arnold over the
weekend.
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Be sure and attend chUrcl
this Sunday!
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-06-14

Miss Nancy Pilgrim of
ClArksdale spen. the weekend
with Miss Sara Tate in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Tate. Miss Pilgrum was a
visitor at the Baptist Church
Sunday.
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easy living. Money for lavish en-
tertainmentS in the West End
and for seats at theatrical first
nights. Money to pay for Persian
rugs and antiques for his flat that
cost much more to run than his
official salary at the Admiralty.
He was even able to join high
officers at the exclusive Bath
Club, and to mix with the select
crowd in the Royal enclosure at
Ascot. He had % custom tailored
suits and 200 silk ties.
Yet security men who saw him
leaving the Admiralty daily with
his brief case never questioned
him. If they had done so they
might have found any time in the
last six years that he was taking
home secret papers to photograph
for the Russians At times he
even stopped at his flat with the
diplomatic bag which he opened
with duplicate keys to photograph
the contents.
He was only detected in the end
because when the Portland naval
spies were rounded up last year,
among the strips of microfilm
that was discovered, was one
that obviously came from inside
the Admiralty. That fact was
never disclosed, but the Russians
obviously suspicious, told Vassall
to suspend operations for a year
Not until last March did the Brit
ish agents in Moscow report that
the flow of secret information
had started again. After that in
vestigatorS began to mingle with
the staff at the Admiralty. How
ever, it was not until the end of
August that suspicion fell on
Vassall after 80 others had been
watched.
Then Vassall's two private tele-
phones were tapped, his visitors
were photographed, and he was
Swallowed "a hours a day. When it
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the situation remains a national
scandal"
United States correspondents in
South Wet Nam repeatedly make
the point that Mr.. Diem permits
absolutely no political opposition
from any source, even from middle
class, non-Communist groups.
Jail Without Trial
In September, more than 100
anti-Diem, anti Communist Ma
tional Union front members were
Jailed and are still being held
without trial.
On the island Of Poulo Condore
in the South China Sea are lit
orally hundreds of anti-Diem
Wet Namese, few of whom were
ever tried.
Despite widespread arrests, how
ever. there remains a core of anti
Diem oppositionists. Their clan
destine literature charges that
Diem's very attitude SoWs the seeds
of communism.
To help suppress the Commu-
mist Veg Cong, the United States
had committed - unofficially -
10000 soldiers, Marines and air.
men to South Wet Nam as mil
itary advisers"
Since mid-1960, the United
States has poured - unofficially
some So billion worth of mill
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been stoned repeatedly by anti
American Wet Namese soldiers.
He himself was once a target
while riding with United States
officers.
Stoning Is Common
Yet a check produced no one
in Washington who would say he
ever heard Of such a thing even
though a colonel in intelligence
with whom Mr.. Browne was rid
ing at the time admitted 1t was
fairly common.
The impression one gets at the
Pentagon is that many Of the
10000 servicemen in Wet Nam are
working in the jungles, leading a
life of danger and hardship.
Some do, especially the dedi-
Gated, professional Rangers.
United States correspondents
report, however, that many are
shuffling papers in Saigon, while
other are Scattered through the
provincial capitals, or in large
villeges where they have private
rooms, soft beds, mess halls and
recreational facilities.
The State Department in
Washington asserts that Diem is
making a real effort to bring
democracy to the villagers.
A background briefing officer
said. For the first time in history
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Wet Nam: A War With Two Sets Of Explanation:

fights in which a showdown never
comes.
e. there is no doubt that the
Wet Cong are losing much more
heavily than in the past. Ger
tainly, the Wet Cong do not have
the freedom of movement they
have had in the past. Further,
when the Wet Cong shows its
head, they are in for longer pc
RODS of pursuit than in the past.
There is a tried and true
method of defeating guerrillas:
make them move. There are OPP
erationS in Wet Nam which have
no hope of finding them, but
which make them pull out, and
they have to take their entire To-
CYSTIC system with them on their
backs. The idea is to make it so
miserable for the guerrillas that
they will get out-or quit"
No Claim Of Victory
The two generals entered no
claim that victory was in sight
and hazarded no opinion on how
long the war could be expected
to last.
Here are excerpts from a report
on actual application of some of
these concepts by correspondent
in the field:
Intelligence is improving to
some extent, but it remains a
forte of the Wet Cong. The Wet
Cong seems to know exactly
which trains to blow up, which
to leave alone. 1t knows when
large columns are moving over
the roads long enough in advance
to prepare huge ambusheS.
1T is interesting to study one
single district over a period Of
time. Chu Chi district, 20 miles
northwest of Saigon, has been Of
particular interest because Of
government efforts there.
"In the center of the Chu Chi
district is a Ranger training camp.
This year that camp has been
in constant operation and the
crack Rangers haraSsed the Wet
Cong without letup. Countless
clear and hold operations have
been conducted there by the gov
eminent :.
"All this should add up to solid
government progress. In Novem-
Der, 1861, nearly all the roads in
the district were reasonably safe.
Now even the most heavily armed
conveys are attacked with sue
cess. The Wet Cong continues to
operate training camp Of its
own just few kilometers away.
"A few weeks ago a graduating
airborne class was flown over a
drop zone in the Chu Chi district
for a ceremonial jump to be wit
messed by high officials. Two Of
the paratroopers drifted a little
away from the drop zone and
both were Immediately captured
by the Wet Cong 49,.
"Chu Chi has received every con-
ceivable kind of military support.
Despite this, the situation has de-
Perforated -.
ITO sum up: I have a fear that
there are military policymakers
in Wet Nam and Washington
whose attitude is that certain
things must work, therefore they
are working"
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lin attended the Ernst Reuter-
School. All but a few, who es-
capped at the last minute, were
caught behind the wall and are
now imprisoned in East Berlin.
They are now either working in
the provinces or attending schools
in East Berlin. This is typical Of
other schools along the wall.
Furtive Contacts
The students at the Ernst
Reuter- School keep contact with
the unlucky alumni" in East
Berlin by writing letters. Occa-
sionally, they arrange a time and
place to wave to each other. Or
they flash greetings with mirrors
from the windows of the chemis-
try laboratory or the school gym
nasium which overlook the wall.
While the Communists were
frantically building the wall, the
students were so stunned they
didn't say much. Most of them
have relations in East Berlin.
Then, they became indignant.
And now, they have learned to
live within the shadow of the
sinister barricade. This means liv-
ing with bloodshed and cruelty.
1t also means living with provo
cation from Red border guards
perched, like characters in Alice
in Wonderland" on platforms
elevated to the height of tree
tops. To amuse themselves, the
guards sometimes whistle or call
to passers. They also like to take
wild shots in the dark. At night,
they often aim at the big gym
nasium window. Twice, they have
broken it. The school replaces
the costly window and waits for
the next attack
DR.. Ellen Simon, a distin-
guished Berlin social worker,
talked to this reporter on a re-
cent visit to Berlin about the di-
vision of families. "One of the
stories that hasn't been written
about Berlin is the story Of the
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The Human Side Of Berlin Wall

baby sitters," she said. The former
director of Pestalozzi House, one
of the oldest schools of social
work in Europe, pointed out that
East Berlin is a city of old peo-
pie. Before the wall ended normal
family intercourse, many young
mothers in West Berlin would
leave their children with grand
mother in East Berlin while they
went out to work. Or, grandmoth-
err would come over and baby-Sit
in West Berlin.
There are several reasons why
so many grandparents stayed in
East Berlin. If they had known the
wall was coming, many old peo-
pie would have left. But they were
caught unprepared and are now
trapped. Many young couples left
their parents behind when they
decided to start life anew in the
West. 1t was easier for them to
say: 1--WE had it. Let's start life
over somewhere else" They had
time to build a new life; they
were earning more money and
their prospects were better.
Roots Grow Deep
Older people had deeper roots
In East Berlin. Dreadful as it
is, East Berlin was still home. We
sometimes forget that all of his
toric old Berlin lies within the
Communist sector. Housing was
also easier in East Berlin because
of the mass exodus. The refugees,
on the other hand, crowded the
already inadequate housing in
West Berlin. Social security bene-
fits for retired people are about
the same in East and West Ber-
lin, so elderly couples could live
in a large apartment in East Der.
lin for the same rent they would
have to pay for a tiny fat in
West Berlin. While theys could
come an go freely in West Ber-
lin to make purchases and see
their friends and relatives, the
situation was tolerable.
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villagers are free to elect their
own officials by secret ballot. This
is probably the greatest political
reform ever carried out in south
east Asia nation and it was
done with a war on"
The State Department version
does not always jibe with that of
correspondents on the scene, one
of whom wrote:
"A village has five officials. All
but one - the village informa-
ton officer are appointed. This
year the government created
something called the village coun-
Gil, which is elected, or, rather, is
to be elected when the idea catches
on. For the moment, the councils
are also appointed. The village
council is simply a consultative
body which may offer advice"
"Viet Nam is administered di-
rectly from the palace in Saigon
through the Interior Ministry to
the Al province chiefs, all but
six of whom are army officers"
Stroteeic HomIet System
Reporters in Wet Nam and the
Pentagon and State Department
briefing officials do agree in gen.
eral on one thing: the success
Of the strategic hamlet system.
The system amounts to crea-
ton of series of fortified viii
lagos in which the villagers are
trained to defend themselves
against the Wet Cong, who often
carry out raids to obtain re-
cruits, food, money and intelli-
gence information.
Without this help from the viii
lagos, the theory is, the Wet Cong
operation would wither and die.
While there is no figure avail
able on the number of villages
classed as strategic hamlets, there
is no doubt that they work to
the detriment of the Communists.
Mr.. Diem told the opening ses-
sion of his Parliament this fall
that victory over the Communists
was in sight. He is far more OPP
timistic than any United States
military man of stature who has
granted an interview. Most just
say it is going to be long fight.
To date the United States has
distributed nearly 1000 tWo-way
transistor radios in South Wet
Namese villages, thus allowing vii
layers to yell for help when
needed.
Foster Reaction
Intelligence is improving and
the communications network is
becoming so widespread that re-
action time between a Wet Cong
attack and a Wet Nam counter
attack is being shortened, par
ticularly with the aid of some
$50 helicopters.
Two Pentagon generals, we'll in
formed on South Wet Nam, re-
port great success in training
civil guards and village defense
guards, thus permitting wider en-
ployment of regular army forces
in sweeps against the Wet Cong.
Said one: THE situation at best
is going to change slowly. 1t is
not the kind of war in which
opposing forces become locked in
critical battle, but a series Of little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-11
By ARTHUR WEBB
Contributing Writer

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have be-
gun into the private lives of hun
dreds of British civil servants.
The records of diplomats in the
Fc- eign Office as we'll as high
office holders in the three armed
services are being re-examined.
The small security staff of inves-
tigators in MIS- are paying spe-
cial attention to suspected homo
sexuals and those who apparently
are living more extravagantly
than their official salaries justify.
This is the immediate result of
the scandal surrounding convic-
ton of a 38-year-old Admiralty
filing clerk for espionage. The
British public was shocked that
William j. VaSSall, now serving
an 10 year prison sentence, could
rent a luxury flat, travel to New
York, Washington, and the Con-
tinent, spend $4,000 a year on a
salary of less than $4,000 a year
and yet not be the subject of a
special security check.
The Prime Minister promptly
set up committee of three top
Civil Servants to "see what
breaches of security arrange
ments, if any, took place" Both
press and public are scornfully
undermining the "if any" in the
terms of reference and more
drastic action is being demanded.
Vassall, entrusted with diploma
tic dispatches, sold British, Amer
lean and NATO secrets to the
Russians. Nobody in the Admi-
rally seemed to worry that he
could open filing cabinets and
desks with his own private keys.
A Diplomatic Courier
Not only did he take diplomatic
bags from the Admiralty to Scot
land to the home of Thomas GAL
braith, then Civil Lord of the Ad-
niralty but he got temporary
appointment as Personal Assist
ant to the Deputy General of the
Military Division. Mr.. Galbraith,
caught in the controversy, re-
signed his office as Joint Under
Secretary in Scotland in the Mac
milan government after a series
of letters he had written to Vas
sail was published. Vassall had
served under him.
Although Vassall had access to
"most vital information" nobody
seemed aware of his private
life or troubled to examine his
activities in Moscow where he was
attached to the British Embassy
. from 1854 to 1856. 1t was there
he was enlisted into the Russian
spy network after, he says, being
threatened with exposure for acts
of indecency while under the in
fluence Of drink. He was led into
the trap by Pole alone employed
by the British Embassy and
photographed at a drunken orgy
with Russians of the underworld.
Back in London Vassall found
the Russians at his elbow again
and there was easy money for
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tary and economic aid into South
Wet Nam.
For Washington reporters in
terested in what goes on in South
Wet Nam, there are background
briefings by Pentagon and State
Department officials. none of
whom will permit quotation by
name.
Then there are reports by
United States correspondents in
South Wet Nam.
The two accounts of what goes
on contrast so greatly that some
times it is difficult to determine
whether they refer to the same
war.
Self DeIuding Reports
The State Department often &C.
cuses reporters in Saigon of Gin
experience" The government
controlled press Of South Wet
Nam goes farther, accusing West
ern newsmen of being either liars
or in the pay of Communists.
The newsmen reply that Ameri-
tary and diplomatic officials are
filing self-deluding reports to
Washington, that they are pictur-
ing what ought to be, not what
is.
For example, Malcolm Browne
of the Associated Press reported
that American military men had