European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              4 the stars and stripes december 1964 How to hold on till Hie War Gens away for the its just a matter of survival by Malcolm Browne Saigon a two Young vietnamese sat in a code shop on Saigon be lot Boulevard comparing notes on How they had evaded the horrors of both Are 21 Yean both come from Good both wore the tight fitting tapered Slacks that Are the rage Here now and both sported Duck Tail they almost got one i got As far As the Quang Trung induction but i never made it through the a Friend had told me How you can rub Metal pow Der into your Chest und it shows up in the it looks just like i Wysnt so the youths companion i was worn in and but last month they were grabbing so Many people there just want room for All of us Quang after a couple of Days of starvation they sent me Home and told me to ill wait All 50 i figure i can hide out in Dalai or some at an office in a big military another War Fulle Ike military against the vow is life operating under the medical civic Icloa make a constant round of vol met emf to treat Ike and Here Cape Carl of Baa examines a Little girl As for elder Wilts All United Prew International photo compound in another part of town a 38yearold Captain stared listlessly out his win Dow at the Sun scorched Street How much i would give to get out of he i suppose in Lucky i dont have to and in the last year i have been promoted but in sick of it All the for the enlisted men its Only three if there but for the officers its once they in you As on officer you never get out until the end of the War or until youre too old to As for the my children will be fighting it und their children the Sun also was beating Down on a Grimy yellow stucco building about 30 Miles South of the Concrete supports under the building left u space of about three feet Between the floor beams and Hie ground and about 40 troops were camped in this it afforded Protection from the Sun and rain if not from the the building had been taken Over u Headquarters for one of the units involved in pacify ing the Mekong River it waft siesta time and Ham mocks were Strung under the in the building and from Trees All in a cubicle in the a Young vietnamese artillery officer was dozing on a a Cloud of mosquitoes droning Over his a advisor strode his face hard with i realize you need your Beauly the american but we have some fire missions coming up this afle Nonn and those guns need to be huh talks had hidden value editors note the talks Between president Johnson and British prime minister Harold Wisbon about the proposed a to nuclear Force resulted in nothing but a plan for More in this dispatch Stewart up diplomatic Cor explains Why this outcome was acclaimed by Bolh by Stewart Hensley Washington up the agreement Between president Johnson and British prime min ister Harold Wilson to Combine their concerning a nato nuclear Force took the United Stales off an increasingly uncomfortable at the lame it offered i1 Opportunity for Wilson to fulfil a reelection pledge by his labor parly to rid Britain of ill expensive Independent nuclear the immediate Benefit for Washington in the idea Wilson Falk Crel u Laal it transfers to the line at main Harden in Toto Ebata Allied agree ment Lor a More comprehensive the United Stales Hud dug itself in deeper and deeper by insisting that eventually it would go ahead without Britain if it obtained italian or dutch along Wilh that of the problem was that Milf Hud ballooned into a Symbol of the Brouder and deeper struggle Between France und washing ton concerning future nato strategy und the United sluts could nut afford to Buck Down on the Issue lest us Retreat be interpreted us a surrender to president it was not too difficult for Guion to persuade Johnson to postpone for a while the controversial plan for a it vessel nato nuclear to be manned by Crews of mixed nationalities the multilateral nuclear Force the project was in deep Only West Germany firmly supported while France bitterly opposed it and the rest of the allies were Luke warm at Charles de Gaulle of France on All the French Leader wants an Independent eur clustered around his fledgling nuclear to Deal with Washington and Moscow on a basis of Wilsons did in conservative predecessor saw Little Merit in the plan As an isolated it would irritate the who saw it As a device to give Germany a Finger on the nuclear despite the veto Power Over firing the Kwing elements in Wilsons purty look the same in Milf alone would do nothing to divest Britain of her nuclear which she feels unnecessary in View of americas overwhelming Wilson Johnson an Effort should be Mude to broaden the Coope Rullie nuclear arrange Mentlo include land used and airborne us Well us seaborne Britain would add to the Pool its considerable Force of nuclear bombers us Well us the three or four Polaris sub marines ii the one thing on which Wil son is extremely firm is that if any agreement comes Inlo Force it must contain u guarantee that the United states will have u permanent veto Over firing the Wilson believes thin should quiet russian fears about German he that the Milf project must be included be cause that is the Only Way in who re nonnuclear members of the Alliance cub the French will oppose the Wilson formula m strongly us they have the Amer ican plan but by divesting itself of her Independent nuclear leaves France As the Only Western nation trying to build an atomic striking Force of its own and refusing to Trust the american the United sales proposed the Milf because it thought the plan would be welcomed by other allies who wanted a voice in nuclear through a combination of Washington found it self espousing tin unpopular unacceptable to even its major the vietnamese in sorry but i go my Tho this Captain Thanh said of i i know Many pretty girls in my Tho but we Golta War to cant you go tomorrow the american the lieutenant smiled and shrugged and the american knew he would have to find someone else to take care of the War in soul Vietnam is like War is also a mob of sol die with fire in their eyes storming a line of Viet Cong fighting and dying with courage thut would be a credit to any but ii is a Long War and the times for courage Are the main thing is just to last ii without getting ii is hard to measure the morale of the vietnamese fighting forces and the fighting spirit of the people who support morale never seems to be so Low that soldiers just Slop fight but morale never seems to be High enough to satisfy american standards of what is necessary to since maj Gen Nguyen Khanh seized Power As Premier last 10 a lot of things have been done to boost the welfare of the fighting men under his the draft was stepped up to gel replacements for exhausted line lust year the draft practically last month new recruits were hauled into induction salaries were increased for All ranks of All now a private with two children earns the equivalent of nearly no a month and a major general around promotion and decoration policies were Liberal life was also Mude a Little easier for the Quarter million men in the paramilitary regional mall Lamun who have been currying the Brunt of the War und the rus a unties against the Viet Cong for the past four vietnamese soldiers Are not issued food and they must buy or steal and prepare every thing they the Money is sued for buying food became a Little Freer this Bui despite these in Ellis the War has not been going Uny the armed forces wreck one Viet Cong unit after an other but the enemy growing in strength and con tines to sap the blood and Energy of the and in a continuous under tone the enemy keeps preach ing peace to the for a group of weeping old women walk into a Saigon Hospital to talk to wounded i telling them How us National liberation front pm Cong Only seeks peace for the nation and an end of 20 years of some of the nun listen before the old women Art such things seep Inlo the vietnamese undermining fighting it is a frustrating drat Lotu from the regular army average Aboul per men per police currently Are looking for about in deserters but punishment or desertion is Only a few months in jail and then reinstatement in the Viet Cong forces of All whose numerical strength hat been rocketing during the put four years despite heavy Bat the now number up 0 this gives the government Slot one numerical but experts on guerrilla warfare from Mulatu and elsewhere maintain the government mull have an Edge of 10 or is regular troops for every enemy guerrilla to Start american officials who accept these figures hold that the vietnamese armed would have to be at least Dou bled to Start holding the line and prospects of any such increase in armed Force strength arc very for one much of the nations dra Tahle youth lives in Viet Cong controlled for the fighting spirit of the nation does not seem High enough to tolerate a mobilization going much beyond 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