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Digital Object Identifier
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363-07808 to 363-07810
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Title
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Article about Maj. Gen. Moore's comments on Chinese aircraft
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Description
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Original title: "moore", Article draft about Maj. General Joseph H. Moore's comments on the capabilities of Chinese aircrafts, for the New York Herald Tribune
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Transcript
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Beverly deepe
101 Cong Ly: Saigon
moore--1
Angrip.
13.
SAI GON The Chinese Communist aircraft that could fly as far south as
Saigon would have had a limited bombing capacity, according to a high-ranking
United States Air Force officer.
"The Chinese (Communists) have aircraft that can fly as far south as
Saigon," said Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Moore, "but it would be a real serious
question whether they would undertake it or not. "
Gen. Moore said that the bombing capacity of Chinese Cojm Communist
if aircraft would be reduced because of the flying distance between Saigon
a nd North Vietnamese or Chinese bases. Saigon isabout eight hundred
SEVEN HundRED
and
miles south of Hanoi, capital of North Viet Nam,
MAJOR
MRBASE
miles from the
Chinese Communist airfield on Hainan Island. He said no aircraft.
vers limital to frameports & trains.
The fifty-year-old Air Force general, as commander of 2nd Air Division
based in Saigon, commands all U. S. Air Force aircraft in both South
Viet Nam and Thailand. This includes older propeller-driven aircraft
used in Vietnams counterinsurgency war, F-100 photo reconnaissance jets,
and F-102 and jet interceptors and B-57 jet fighter-bombers brought in last
week to provide air defense against Communist aircraft which might have
retaliated against American bombings of North Viet Nam. The Naval air
U. S. Navy aircraft used in defending U. S. destroyers against attack and used
in bombing North Viet Nam w are under the command of 7th Fleet.
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Gen. Moore said he did not know how long the
RUSHED
American jet interceptors
and jet fighter-bombers introduced here last week would remain in South Viet Nam.
"I don't know when they'll (higher headquarters) i consider the crisis
past," Gen. Moore salg said. "But the commander in the field has to be
ready for any contingency,"
He said that
jats-have-y
The NEWLY ARRIVED
regently frequently
the frequent "scrambling" of /American jet interceptors and fighter-bombers have
And
been routine preetiee to keep pilots in practice to check aircraft.
He said
the t unknown tracts on radar screens have appeared, but et American
airone?t gent to check it
bat "each time we get up there, we find only
friendly aircraft. "
The unspecified number of F-102 Delta Dagger jet interceptors and
B-57 jet fighter-bombers were sent to Viet Nam 1 South Viet Nam last week
to provide aerial defense in case of North Vietnamese or Chinese Communist
counterattack. The 1954 Geneva Agreements ending the French-Indo-China
War prohibits the station basing of jet aircraft im either North or South
JETS
Viet Nam, but for the past year jet American at photo reconnaissance planes
have been "transited" in Saigon and northern airports in northern cities of
the Vietnamese republic.
Gen. Moore said that the Geneva Agreements would rule out use of the
newly arrived jets in the counterinsurgency war im South Viet Nam. But he said
the jets, if necessary,
would be useful in case the Viet Cong guerrillas
increased the pace and is intensity of their counterinsurgency war to the
point of entering the conventional warfare state
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Gen. Moore said.
"It's nonsense to say that jets are too fast (for counterguerrilla war),"
"Jets can be flown as slow as prop planes and can deliver
er their ordinance more accurately it's a firmer platform. But And jets
ut
can work at greater speeds when they encounter heavier groundfire.
"But as long as we have no air opposition (in South Viet Nam), we can
fly anything-prop planes and reconnaissance planes, which are most useful
here. They fly from short fields and do not need alot of installations."
Gen. Moore said that buildup of grense American defensive jet aircraft
was fast and succesful not only in Viet Nam, but also in Thailand.
He said there are good communications links and inter-locking radar nets
between Viet Nam and Thailand.
said.
"Everytime we have an exercise, we learn ear lessons,"
Far
Gen. Moore
"But there's nothing to indicate a change in our procedures. Movements
om like this are second nature to the units involved. They
are used to making long moves on short notice."
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Date
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1964, Aug. 13
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Moore, Joseph H.; Jet planes; Aeronautics, Military--Equipment and supplies; China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B3, F7
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
