OCR Text |
Show Trager, Walker Say U.S. Maintains Vietnam Position, Chinese Thrust The U.S. strategy and tactics in Vietnam and the military capabilities capabili-ties and political strategy of Red China were discussed at the American Ameri-can Foreign Policy in Crisis Conference Con-ference Thursday afternoon. "If the rate of infiltration into South Vietnam increases while negotiations ne-gotiations are proceeding, the United States should use her option to withdraw from the negotiations become a super power, a number of steps are involved. "It has to join a nuclear club, have a long time credibility of what it can do, be considered in a n y crisis around the world and have a formidible military establishment. Political Confusion "Ever since Mao Tse-Tung broke the Olympic swimming record, political po-litical confusion has weakened China," Chi-na," Walker said. "Relative freedom free-dom has come to individual peasants peas-ants and more crops have been produced, once they got rid of bureaucracy. bu-reaucracy. But they couldn't get the crops to the cities." Dr. Trager said these things would lead us to believe that mainland main-land China is not a threat, but added, add-ed, "it is." "China has a very cheap way of projecting power," according to Dr. Walker. "It wants a government to be unpopular. The government should be taxing the people, full of corruption, military drafting especially in areas where the government gov-ernment is unpopular, full of regionalism re-gionalism and localism and dependent depend-ent on outside powers." and begin to use full military power," pow-er," said Dr. Frank N. Trager, professor of International Affairs at New York University. "The United States should hold up a shield to Red China, let China's Chi-na's 'madness' burn out and then open the door," said Dr. Richard L. Walker, a specialist in history, politics and military history of the Far East. ' Dr. Trager said he doesn't think nuclear weapons are necessary, and he doesn't suggest they ever be used in Vietnam. If the bombing negotiations fail, he recommends simultaneous bomb-offensives bomb-offensives be carried on throughout North Vietnam. Endanger Position Dr. Trager said a United States withdrawal with a coalition government govern-ment in South Vietnam would endanger en-danger that country and the United States as well. Dr. Trager said the basic commitment com-mitment in the SEATO Treaty, that we would prevent communist aggression ag-gression in Southeast Asia, should be placed first as a reason for United States policy in Vietnam. The only three objectives of the United States in Vietnam are security, se-curity, stability and the improvement improve-ment of the standards of living of the people, he said. Limited Warfare Vietnam is only the second conflict con-flict where we have experienced limited war. The first time was Korea. Trager said the concept of a limited war is a failure in both theory and practice. On China, Dr. Walker said it has made its position clear. "China has made its position clear," he said, "It wants to be a super power." Dr. Walker pointed out that to |