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What We Are Doing to Innocent Villagers in Vietnam and Cambodia Ordinarily the Asscciated Preys will sell photos like the ope on this page te nun-subseribers Jar $45. We ean into a fox of double-taik when we tried to buy this one from the AP fast week. Permission was refused, though for ne clear reason. We obtained a plossy print through channcls of our nwa, We think it tells a story every decent American should beed. This is what we arc doing w the innccent in South Vietnam ant Cambodia. The AP, carly in our negotiations, wanted to be surc that we would nol change the caption uncer the picture. Tts caplitun sad: INNOCENT VICTIM—A Vietnamese child, bady completely covered with burns from a napalm bomb, is held by father after rexeve from ¥ietnamexe village near the Cambodian borders. Child wax feund in a plain uf reeds after Vietnamese Air Farce bombers strafed a village, where Communist Viel Cang jruerrilins sought te hide Amang inamsat cit The Right of Pursuit Vhe New Yor! Tins, in prading the picture, March 20 felt nut the reference ty napalm bunths and said it was se injured Viciaamese child hea comforted: by its Sather after ain air assault on at siihige near the Cumboditn burder. We suspod his was the CoaAadsar vilkige which the Vietnamese with the aid of ear “spollers” bombed on March iy. The U.S. how says this was a mistake. But our Vietnamese alises have foog insisted {AP from Suon, Bultaverc Sav, March 21} thal they shaald be “peemiatcd to pursue Communist gucreildis at reusenable distance aud Camberlian tcrriler” and there, presimably, deowhar they ducal home pure nt any village in which they suspect gucrritlas may he hidine. Vor this putpese, in akditien to napalm, we supply “a phosphorous explosive, fired from aetillery: aad alse from Inuhter bombers” whith “oripts ina white ud. berg through everything it douches” CAP Irian Saison. A" toa Stee March 22}. “With explosives sich as these,” dhe same dispatch went on apolagetiqdly, “eivelians tre hound to et hart” We hepe the vitlasers. loo will sce thin as a kind of inulilary Lrallig mishap. The spocticde of children dying half afive will papal bombs across dhyir bodied” this AP Ieper added, “was revolting le bedi Viele imagse and Amerieins entering & Cambodian village alter it had been under ais allavk hy goverment plunes Tharsday. "That was Masch 19, the date of thes prcture. We bepy you tind it revelting, tin.
Q. Ex it your view thal we are succeeding in Vietnam? A. Em not aptimis Ii Hu Chi Mink, the lender of
h Vietnam, is regarded by most Vietnamese people, Narth and South, us the authentic urchifect of independence from the French, ax the George Washington of Vietnam, it wilt be hard. Wars against George Washingions are not aasily won. Q. De you think the way aul in Vielnam may be tn cerry the wur inde Novth Vietaum,. or even Red Chinat A. That is certainly not the way out. As £ look at the nap, that ix the way in. 1] would hope Lhat we don't make South Vietnam a launching pad for another Korean War. _Q. Uke you it i vaulle's suggestion of a neutral utheast Asia? A.W the whole of the archilcpage could be neutralized, including Nocth ¥ietnam, then [ should think that this
Sen, Church: “Wars Against George Washingtons Not Easily Won”
would be positively in the American iaterest, as well aa in
the genera) interest nf all the people concerned.
Q. Duo you think we can achieve the neutralization of
South Vietnam so long as we are or appear to be lostng?
A. Vt happened in Laos. It cock] kappen in Vietnam.
Q. You don’t agree with the official position that neuitrali-
zation would mean giving Yietnam to the Communisia?
A. Beverai neutral countries iw that region are not Com-
munisl. Laos and Cambodia are examples. I thought we
had gotten over regarding neutralism x6 anti-American.
Q. Then would you say the Geneva accords of 1962 an a
ncutral Laos are working?
A. tt became obsious from the course of the fighting
Prereding that agreement that without it the whole of the
country would soon have fatlen under Communist control,
—Sen. Church (2, fa, Waah, Sun. Star Mar, 15 abridged,