European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse 1 4 the stars and strips december 1964 Johnson Taylor review conclusions political threat overrides military danger in Vietnam by Donald May Washington conclusions of the Johnson administrations review last week of the Vietnam situation arc beginning to until ambassador Maxwell Taylor has discussed with the South vietnamese government the proposals resulting from the responsible officials re fuse to talk about what Meas ures might be these cover questions of political Security from guerrilla inf Ultra and the continuing nature of the they can be summarized is follows still is believed that the two biggest factors Are Stabil Ity of the government and Security in the if the War is to be won at All it still must be fought and won basically inside South major immediate threat is political More than the Mont hold government of Premier Tran Van Huong is the militant Buddhist movement appears to be gear ing up for a major political the government May face a major lest of strength Over this in the next few if it passes the Bow there is reason to Hope South Vietnam might slowly More into a period of having More of a functioning Central government than ii has had for several resulting improvement of operations in the Good students have problems a to Days College student is generally More inde pendent and better behaved than his but these attributes Are creating prob As Well As for the that is the consensus reached by a panel of College educators in a discussion before the new York slate teachers association conference on higher sister Thomas a professor of English at Naz Banks pushed Washington Money in the Bank is no longer so important to the average fam the labor department though the typical Urban family is Laving twice As much As in instead of putting Cash in the most families Are saving in different putting their this is a finding of the departments first detailed study of consumer habits in 19 the study aug show that most americans Are giving More Money in the form of gifts and charitable contrib the average family is less impelled to accumulate Cash Areth told the educators that despite the earlier sophistication of today College orientation programs should include adjust ments for academic life in Stead of the Gay she said Many students reaching College Are unable to Cope with the keen academic group living and making new one she would be to Hove the very Best people assigned to teaching David Dean of Stu dents at the state University of new said that College students As compared with 30 years arc More open in their Lan Guage and actions with teach ers and at the same he the students want rules and definite they Are not afraid to Auk nor do they ask Why just to hear them selves talk they Are eager to do their own sister Thomas Marlon said that sometimes tension devel Ops Between academic stand Ards and the notions of she said this attitude leads to hostility Between students and parents and that hostility develops the parents feel unconsciously in Huings personal determination has impressed offi his ministers Are consid ered More competent than the country has had in the the new regime is probably As close As the country can come now to a system of broadly based terrorism has in the space of a year More than important local officials throughout the country have been since summer there has been a slow deterioration of Security in the Northern prov which previously had been among the most Viet Cong earlier driven into the have been turning to these sacking villages and controlling substantial areas by at the same the situation la key provinces around Saigon has not been improved by the placing of More government troops the Viet Cong has been step Ping up actions against Railroad and Road communications Nec Essary to the eco nomic effects of this alone have not been but the added effect of floods and typhoons has hampered Commerce and it is possible the Viet Cong May be beginning an Effort to interfere by Iso lating areas or Cut the country in v some other Are currency Mains South vietnamese army recruiting is air Force capability and morale in the armed generally rates of deeper lion Are military of inv dais expect further increases to strength in the next few of communists from North through Laos and to a lesser extent fir has definitely risen during the past x does not that the communists half changed the Basic nature of Thi guerrilla the number or Large scale attacks has not beat increasing the via Cong received some better including a steady increase in antiaircraft Wear but there Lias been major St Pup in these general conclusions 00 not answer the question As to what the United states and South Vietnam will Tiey have part of the basis for decision despite nato termed never stronger by Joseph Grigg Paris up this is the greatest example of nations working together the world has Ever a British Briga Dier an american colonel us 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Allied nuclear or with the surface Fleet Cut from k to it ships and with the addition of Britain the Council can lie c6untrd on to reiterate the warning it Al ways gives Univich occasions that there is no diminution of the menace of world communism and that nato must not let its guard nato com 24 divisions on the Central his forces and the a unlit forces each total about one million though the 30division goal i has not been met and is by to be the manpower i shortage has been More than Manders say the Alliance never compensated for in the past i has been stronger two or three years by Enory Mously increased firepower to j the form of tactical weapon like All military lera nit Zyrs officers complain they need still More nuclear planes Ana manpower but they also admit natos military lineup never was yet at nato Headquarters in part and in 19 nato capitals the talk is of problems facing Allied nuclear policy and mixed manned caused ment has constituted a growing by French president 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