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Show August 2, 1973 me UlAn independent Page The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand m ' Continued from page and fellow members of the Foreign Service reported that Manhard was extremely critical of the State Department's own office of Security in their 7 Communist North Vietnamese. Philip W. Manhard of McLean, Virginia, highest ranking civilian POW, stepped off a jet liner at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, March 20, 1973 after being a captive of the Vietcong for 5 years. He was greeted by a group of State Department officials and in a press interview endeavors to take action against John Carter Vincent, John Patton Davies and others, efforts which were unsuccessful since the officers recommendations were Security overruled by higher authority. advocated generosity and Manhard toward the Vietcong forgiveness North Vietnamese friends in important places in the State of the promoted, given more strategically important and Department and was repeatedly Communists. The Newark Star Ledger, March 17, 1973 stated: "One healthiest-lookin- g assignments and was supplied with t0P secret security clearances. There have been allegations that ManharcT has been a secret employee of the men to arrive today was Philip W. Manhard, of McLean, 51, Virginia, highest ranking civilian POW. Manhard, who was senior province adviser in Hue when he was captured-i1968, carried himself erect and had a slight C.I.A. n rePort to the disclosures made by returning POW s of mistreatment and torture. North n a sunburn." His appearance and attitude was quite different from the Vietnamese Vietcong American fprmer POW s threaten to interfere with the return of bodies of POW s who captivity and t h esea rch for MIAs. American officials them Philip W. Manhard was born in in 1921, and spokenmen stated on April 4, 73 that these charges by military prisoners who, one after the other, have been outlining the horrible tortures which the Communists had inflicted upon November, had Massachusetts, and educated at the University of Southern California. He went into the State Department in February of 1948 and has served in embassies and in consulates Peiping and Tiensin, China; in Seoul and Pusan, Korea; and in Saigon. Manhard was one of the serious security risks reported to the Secretary of State by the late Scott McLeod when he was in charge of the State Department's office. Intellignece security received by the Office of reports State Security, Department, disclosed that in 1947 Manhard was a friend and contact of Ignace Witczak, a known Soviet agent. Manhard was close to and supported a number of security this believe Communist In In the meantime, acting under instructions of the secret plans issued prior to the cease fire. Communists in South Vietnam have continued the guerilla warfare. A ranger camp at Tong Le Chan has been under Communist attack, surrounded by a regiment of North Vietnamese 9th Division of 2,900 men equipped with heavy artillery. The heaviest fighting since the January 28 ceasefire was reported as Communist forces attacked four widely scattered government positions. t Other heavy action was reported in the Mekong Delta, source said the Military Communists may be testing South Vietnamese defenses in i for preparation a major offensive, but Pentagon officials had no reason to believe an offensive is planned. One military source said the Communists never wanted the ceasefire. Now they are using the Joint Military Commission, the International Commission for Control and Supervision and the talks in Paris as a shield to gain more time to move supplies into South Vietnam, send in reinforcements and prepare.for an attack," the source said. Attempts by Canada and Indonesia, as members of the said they statement was made more for the record than as an indication of their plans. The Communist Control warnings on the return of bodies International of prisoners came at the first Commission, to end the fighting formal meeting of the military bogged down in procedural .eam charged with accounting wrangles with Poland and the commission's or hundreds of missing jt Hungary, Americans and with recovery of other two members. In a plea to Congress and the bodies ofthose killed in action or American people not to give the died n Prson. w billion reparation money to North Vietnam pas given the $2.5 escalates its the Communists 'United States a list of 55 condition the to it says died in 'maneuvering Americans people to accept secretly made captivity. The Defense deals. Department, however, has listed "The aid to North Vietnam 1,100 servicemen who were persists as the killed in action in Indochina syndrome its administration escalates whose bodies have never been recovered and further lists 1,328 maneuvering to condition the in people to accept secretly made missing risks who favored the servicemen as deals. Communists in China and action, some of whom may Time was when Americans be prisoners still held by downgraded the Nationalist actually felt that government was a government. Security . . SAND BOX FOR THE KIDDIES (For Mom. Too) SILVER AND GOLD -- SECURITY Silver Bars Silver Coins Silver Constitutional Medallions Gold Dust Gold Nuggets ,eBof2ll94 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 1 Phone (801 ) 278-66- 1 Professional inquiries invited from sales people. 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"If the American people sit by and watch this international rape of national integrity, we all deserve the reputation we are rapidly achieving around the world, that is, the most gullible fools on earth." Thousands mouthpieces continue to tell the American people that the President has pledged aid to Hanoi so American dollars must the people and go to Hanoi this Congress be damned. The price of "peace with honor must be paid. "As for me, hell would have to freeze over before I would vote one penny for North Vietnam, and if hell froze over, still would not. "I am still waiting to hear any ripples that our new found allies, the Russians and the Red Chinese, feel obligated to give I the throughout country, demanding that no reparations be paid to Communist North Vietnam. In the meantime, the Presidential Nixon Yet let ers, of telegrams and telephone calls to members of Congress poured in from concerned Americans Administration, anticipating trouble getting the money through Congress because of the sentiment of the American people, decided to circumvent a new appropriation by utilizing funds already appropriated for the Defense and State Departments. However, on April 5, 1973 the Senate voted 88-- 3 to bar American aid for reconstruction of North Vietnam unless Congress approves it. The voting, which provided new evidence that Nixons plan to assist in' the rebuilding of Continued on page 13 2 reasons why the price of silver may rise steeply forces are at work today which make a steep rise in the price of silver seem inevitable. First, the demand for silver surpassed new production for each of the last 20 years. And for each of the last 11 years the demand for silver surpassed new production by more than 100 million ounces. 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