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Show THE LAVELLE AFFAIR PAGE 6 The Independent 1c Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Vol. 6, No. 17 S3T g? J t APR April 24, 1975 25C Salt Lake Citv. Utah 84115 g 3 1975 SSflALS ORDER DJV. THIS WEEKS NEWS FROM Exclusive Interview Reprinted from authority and was reducing aid in such a way as to make South Vietnam increasingly vulnerable and su-- r sceptible to a Communist offensive. And the fall of South Vietnam through a lack of will on the part of Human Events Sir Robert Thompson Assesses U. S. Viet Stand While South Vietnam was collapsing last week, Human Events conducted a telephone interview with Englands Sir Robert Thompson, the y expert who headed the British Advisory Mission to Vietnam and engineered the victory over Communist guerrillas in Malaya. Sir Robert frequently advised President Nixon on Vietnam and in February of this year reported on Hanois buildup in the South. The words of Sir Robert, who takes Congress to task for the turn of events in Vietnam and warns of the disintegration of American power around the globe, should carry special weight. Not only is he an expert on Communist strategy, but Sir Robert warned of the possibility of the catastrophic events now unfolding in Indochina in a book published in trans-Atlant- ic counter-insurgenc- May of last year, months before President Nixons resignation. In his volume. Peace Is Not At Hand , he echoed what he had said at the time of the Paris peace accords in January 1973: that the agreements furnished Hanoi the strategic advantage, which it would never voluntarily relinquish. Moreover, he stressed that the restrictions we placed on South Vietnam had put them in a terribly dangerous position. While Hanoi could still be deterred at that time by potential U.S. air strikes and continued American economic and military aid, Sir Robert was extremely concerned about Americas will to keep Southeast Asia free of Communist control. President Nixon worried Hanoi because he had, stung them several times throifgh the bombings and the invasions of Cambodia and Laos. But the Congress, he noted, had finally cut off the bombing KISSINGER JEOPARDIZING INTERNATIONAL INTEGRITY? Secretary of States Activities in Crisis Situations Reviewed by George Christopher The following article, written by George Christopher, a native of Greece, who served two terms as mayor of San Francisco, Calif, is reprinted from the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER. In 1947 President Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall launched their historic Marshall Plan. In 1975 we find that what Truman-Marsha- joined together ll with quiet effectiveness, Ford-Kis-sing- er have torn asunder, our international enfeebling integrity. UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Kissingers debut at Harvard, where he cavorted with Bulent Ecevit, later prime minister of Pddat Turkey. They were drawn together by DdtUfcaCItv, l' 2 M i : f- -. 1 O n n This phenomenon begins with ,. o, a fi c.j r.--: .JJ k their mutual feelings, both being schooled in the litany of Kissingers idol, the notorious Metternich, who in 1821 amassed arms to suppress Greeces fight for liberation from the Turks. Metternich conspired in the hanging of the Greek Patriarch and his bishops in their own cathedral. Other patriots were burned at the stake. This is the man Kissinger holds in blind adulation and refers to as "The Prime Minister of All Europe. The 1821 atrocities of Metternich were repeated in Cyprus by the tacit approval of his disciple Kissinger. And it wasnt all that tacit! In two world wars, Greeces army was on the American side, while Turkey either abstained or fought against America. Whether America required a port for the Sixth Fleet, or missile bases in Greek Islands, the request was granted. anti-Gree- In 1964 Turkey attempted to invade Cyprus. President Johnson, invoking the 1961 Act provisions, Assistance Foreign stopped this attempted invasion. Again in 1967 Turkey made the same move, and again President Johnson followed the law, saving innocent lives from wanton slaughter. By comparison, we come to our current one-ma- n Kissinger actions. Now, Turkey was confronting a new President generally conceded to be dominated by a prejudiced secretary of state. The invasion took place with the cooperative for knowledge of Mr. Kissinger. The 1961 Foreign Assistance law was ignored. Over 250,000 Cypriots were left homeless. Young girls were raped in their parish churches; 170 Orthodix churches converted into Mosques. Brutal barbarism ran rampant all because Kissinger had suddenly become the sole administrator of his personal prejudicial policy, which he palms off as official Americna policy. acHe explains his one-ma- n tions by stating: "The President doesnt know what its all about T Kissingerism prevailed as bombs labeled "Made in America were rained on the helpless people of Cyprus, and congressional resolutions to stop gun shipments to Turkey were vetoed by a dominated, supine President at Kissingers insistence. Kissinger wanted 60 days to Continued on page 10 would undermine U. S. manlanc credibility around the world. The obligation and continung commitment of the United States is inherent to the cease-fir-e agreement said Sir that The Robert. terms of itself, agreement were made by the United States with North Vietnam over the Souths misgivings and its understanding of Hanois intentions. President Thieu had no alternative but to accent those terms, but on the understanding that they would be enforced and that the replacement of military equipment and American economic aid, as allowed under the agreement, would continue. one-for-o- ne But while North Vietnam systematically violated this agreement, said Sir Robert, the United States, primarily because of Congress, was not implementing its solemn pledges. Continued on page 7 The Scrtt Report by Paul Scott An attempt to Washington: overthrow the government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco could come before the end of the month. This is the explosive report now circulating at the highest levels of the government here and in Madrid. An alert of this danger was sounded in Madrid last week after U.S. supporters of the Franco regime sent word that they had uncovered a plot to oust the present Spanish government and replace it with a coalition of Communists, Socialists, and Democrats. Involved in the plot, according to the report sent to Madrid, is Rafael Calvo Serer, former publisher of the newspaper Madrid and a maverick on the Spanish political scene for the past 10 years. Now living in exile in Paris, the Calvo spent several days here earlier this month trying Continued on page 10 anti-Fran- co 58-ycar-- LAND USE from Legislative Bulletin National Society of Professional Engineers Last years land use bill, killed in the House, would have given states S 100 million per year over an eight year period to encourage local planning programs following federal guidelines. Opponents argued at that time that Washington's rules (failure to observe which would result in funds loss) would replace state and local zoning with federal control of land and confiscate property A new without compensation. land use bill is back in this Congress this oneauthorizingthe Interior Department's Land Use Office to offer 5500 million over six years in grants to' states which develop comprehensive land use Hearings on this programs. by legislation H. R. 35 10 Representative Udall of Arizona and H.R.634 by Representative Meeds of Washington began last month. EDITORS REMARKS: It is apparent that the federal government wants complete control of all land in the United States. H.R.3510 is another effort to buy that control by giving to each state, over a period, 510 million to gain control of all private property. It is to be noted that last years Utah Land Use fight defeated land use f)lannng overwhelmingly via the voting booth in November 6-y- ear 1974. . Now is the time to stop this new bill by writing to your congressman and advising him we do not want it. Do it now. Freedom may be a gift, but it can onlv be kept by continual to all efforts to Opposition God-given diminish our rights. |