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363-07333 to 363-07339
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Title
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Dominican Republic Vs. Domino Theory
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Description
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First of a seven article series called "Why Vietnam" analyzing the importance of the Vietnam War in world politics. This article focuses on Domino Theory, for the New York Herald Tribune
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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beios-article 1 of 7-articlo serios
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May 19, 1965
totalling
Thy aftor a decade of economic and military aid,
to the Republic of Vietman have American
policymakers and Saigon government officials boon unable to
counter politically, the Communist ideology?" This question
vas posed to Wooton ambassadors and military experts,
American technicians and economic aid planners, to Vietnamoso
ex-ministers, generals, colonola, najono economists and
provincial officials. Two Westorn diplomato said they had
acized themselves the same question and pulled out files of
thoir roporto to read colections from them; one Vietnamese
major submitted a ten-page report which he and his associates
urote in response to the question. Almost all intorvioved
oxpressed in one form or another the view that "all wars are
foulod up-but this one tools real talent and ingenuity to
nelso a moss of things, "--an one American explained. This is
a gynthesis of their thinking, written by a correspondent
who has worked in Vietnam for more than three years, and prior
that visited briofly Bast Berlin, Sovit Union, Poland,
Coockoslovakid.
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series-article 1 of 7 article series
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS. DOMINO THEORY
SAIGON
America is in engulfed in World War III.
The Dominican Republic was the Pearl Harbor.
The var is invisible; yet it is nonetheless war, and
nonetheless global. For the Dominican Republic affair refuted
the basic American fundamental of the domino theory--that
if Viet Nam is lout, the Communists would conquer all of
South East Asia. In fact, the Communist subversives are
already at work clowhere U.S. victory in Vietnam will not
necessarily stop them. For if North Viet Nam is the
"secret base" for South Viet Nam, then Cuba is the secret
base for the max Carribean and South American and.
Algeria is the secret base for the Congo and Africa as
a whole.
The second Bandung Conference of Afoo-Asian powers
in Algeria in late June this year is expected to be a
major turning point for the Communists in their subversive
warfare campaigns. Nest Next January, a slim el similarly but larger
Afro-Asian-Latin American conference is she scheduled to be held in
Cuba.
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sorios--articlo 1 of 7 article series
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This invisible political var--called the var of sub-
vorcion--was described by a Vietnamese journalist as "a var
of choots and goblins--of silhouetten and shadows. You
strike at the man, but hit only his silhouette. The enemy
is everywhere, yet nowhere." In this sonso, the Dominican
Republic is far more subtle and sophisticated than the var
in Viet Nam, for the subversion is virtually without the
quorrillas. Instead of years of jungle guerrilla fighting
as in Viet Nam, the subversives have attempted to soiso povor
with only voels of street fighting.
"The whole post-war world is a battle," one Westorn
diplomat explained, "and the emerging nations are the
battlefield. It's a race to ooo whothor tho Communists or
the Americans will fill the vacuum of povor, wealth and
leadership created when the colonial nations withdrow.
Those nations are ripe for Communion--the doctrine of anti-
imporialism and nationalion, their doctrino of taking from
the haven and giving to the have-nots, their doctrino of
refuting Vosatorn capitalism because those nations have
no capital.
"This is no longer a question of victory in Vietnam,
it's a question of the position of American heroelf. Once
Vietnam io loot America is on her way to becoming a second-
rate power."
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deopo
sorios-article 1 of 7 article corios
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So the world, Communist-directed subversive warfare
appears to be an ideological confrontation with Communion.
In Vietnam, it clearly is not.
For the Communist subversives operate bohind a
socrot mack;--the mask of the "liberation Front"--thoir
appeal hypnotizes uneducated peasants with a magic wand.
If the subversives appealed for the establishment of an
international conspiracy, it could easily be defeated;
instood it preys upon nationalien and anti-foreign-dom.
If it presented itself as an atheistic codless society,
it would be easy; instead it exploits superstitution and
makes a mockery of religion. If it presented itself as a
totalitarian dictatorship, it would be easy; instead it
cloaks its appeald under the guise of freedom and ammontancy.
donocracy.
The purpose of the subversive is to hacton the rot
of rotten roginos; to broal dictotozships and erode
government authority; to incite the social-economic-roligious
upheavals which cause a collapse of law and ordor. Once
they soise pover, the mask is removed and the "secret face"
of Communion is exposed; the cloak becomes a shroud, tho
magic wand becomes a sword, But then it is too late.
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cortos--article 1 of 7 article sorios
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Honco, the appeal of the Communist subversivo-
guerrilla is not Communion at all. One American official
omplained that of more than 200 Viet Cong prisoners and
returnoos bo porsonally interviewed, not one mentioned
anything about Marian-Loninion, about athoion, about
collective farms or Communist ideology. In the rico-rich
Mekong Delta, civilians are shot for calling the Viet Cong
Communists. In the northern city of Da Nang uhoro Amorican
Marino unito have landed, the population refuses to call
the Viet Cong Communist-instead has labelled him as
"Nistor Laborator."
"Chozo's a clash between American idoals and Amorican
national interest," one Wostorn diplomat oxplained. "Tho
Communists use their idealion as a vehicle for their national
interests. But thooo ideals are the same as yours--in fact,
they have ovipod your idealo. The Communists are promising
the peasants a lov, Fair, Square Dea 1-land reform,
democratic eloctions, land courts for justice. None of this
10 unacceptable to the Americano."
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sorios-article 1 of 7-article serios
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While American troops, holicoptors and airplanes,
in conjunction with the Vietnamese armed forces, attempt
to counter the armed guerrillas in the provinces, the
invisible Communist subversives have formented political
turmoil in the a major cities of the country, including
Saigon. The pro-noutralist forcos honoo have become a
champion of the free press, by coercing the government to
lift consorship bone; they have become a champion of
"froodon and democracy" by forcing the government to reduce
the curfew hours in Saigon, which are necessary for security
purposes; they have forced the government to decrco city
and provincial council elections, in which oven tho Communisto
would be givon the right to voto. All this has the offect
of weakening the security in Saigon and giving the Saigon
Government loco control--at a tino when it moedo it most.
"Ilow the Catholics won't work with the Buddhists;
the Buddhists won't work with the Catholics," one Western
diplomat explained. "The generals von't work with the
civilians and the civilians won't work with the gonoralo;
the generals won't site work with oach other and the civilians
won't work with each other. Everyono is played off one
against another. Every night there's not a coup d'etat,
you got down on your little knoon and pray.
Communist subversivion."
This is
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cozies article 1 of 7 articlo corioc
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As the generals fight amongst themselves in the
army, and the ministers among themselves in the government,
nombora of the national police administration face the prospect
of being called into the military draft. The other offective
anti-subversive organization, the Viothamoso Contral Intelligence
Organisation (equivalent of American GIA), has boon requested
by pro-noutralist Buddhist politico-priests to bo disbanded.
Three months following the last coni-coup d'etat, the CIO
otill has not a permanent chief; the most important province
in the country--Gia Dinh, the doughnut around Saigon--still
has not a permanent province chief, the curront government
of Prine Miniator Phan Huy Qunt is condidored to have a numbor
of pro-noutraliot olomont to in it.
The livliest speculation in the diplomatic corps in
Saigon is whether or not the Vietnamese government and armed
forces will totally collapse--in Chiang Kai Shek style. The
Pronch oponly predict that it will. America's "friendly
allics" have "not excluded that possibility."
Now in Viotllan, there's no Chiang Kai Shok.
There's no Buoningtong. But then there's no Formosa,oither.
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Date
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1965, May 19
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Strategy; Anti-communist movements; Cold War
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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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B5, F8
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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
