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Military Men Decry Kennedy International Piecemeal Approach
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Orrjoo
KcdseMUy. Junr 26, 1963
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By COL. HAY CKOMLEY iferuig sell of emergencies and I iLary man whow responiibiiity it. including this one. mammoth without an over-a!! National Se
Netrapaprr totrrprue Military (lied aggretMons. Tuese papers is to plan for such tiungs. jquantiUe. ol ei ciivaoiiiu'Hy foucy Pian . tiw Qaw
Analyst jserved as guidelines ior the mill- Tliee military mm beliave thatl'yP a5 equipment can-!in tne i!!-laled Bay of Pia IB-
WASHINGTON i.VEA HighlUiry men wmae job it was to make ti, pre.idwil and McNamara ot. Ponderous rganua- vaswa of Cuba. It was. at the
linked States military officers"' practical working plans fur .nuke some of these crucial de
feel that tiie Kennedy Adminis-Klense. Icisiom on a day-to-day basis in
tration top civilians in national I Tlie Kennedy Administration has I order to keep maneuverability
security affairs have been o busy not prepared audi n overall Na-ior ' options." n Mc.Namara's fav
dealing in day-to-day details of
military policy that they haven't
been making the broad mate
gic policy decisions civilians are
supposed to make.
The criticism is leveled at both
the President's advisers in the
White House and Uefensc Secre
tary Mc.Namara's aides in the
Pentagon.
The uniformed officers say that
ttic Kennedy - McNamara team
works on each international crisis
; as it comes up. This they call
1 "the flexible approach " But mi!
Rary men say fliey can't ofierate
that way. They like to plan ahead.
" realizing it takes years to develop;
weapons systems, train officers,
: develop effective doctrines.
As a result, the military men
say tliey are floundering. Tliey
don't know what to prepare for.
Tliey have no firm basis on which
to develop new tyis of weapons.
. Tiicy have no answer wlien Mc
; Namara's advisers say a weapon
; system is not needed. They have
; a feeling Hie defense of use U.S
is "drifting."
- Doth the Truman and Euen
' hower Administration prepared
. National Security Policy Papers
. wnich set out tiie over-all aims,
principles and proposed reactions
. of U.S. defense, Tliese top papers
were accompanied by a host of
subsidiary (Mkts defining U.S.,
objectives and actions under dif-
Utmsl (security Policy Paper and orite word. "But it certainly
associated papers. Tins failureimakes it difficult to program
is proving a severe handicap to ahead," one officer says wearily
the generals and admirals whose
job it is to make practical plans
for whatever wars and defense
emergencies that may arise
One high - placed Pentagon
general with just such rcsponsi
bility told me:
"1 feel we are drifting. I don't
feel 1 know what Uie policies
arc. How can we plan
A source close to McNamara
counters:
"Tliey can read MaNamara's
speeches, his budget statements
and his classilied memoran
dums." These top military men do study
tliese documents carefully in an
attempt to figure out what the
U.S. strategic policy is and how
tlte U.S. plans to react under dif
ferent circumstances.
"But we still can only guess
at our strategy." says one high
Because tiie State Department
would have an important role in
formulating a National Security
Policy Paper, 1 talked U a high
placed Slate Department official
about the problem
iie also doesn't understand why
(here is no such -paper. He said
tiie delay in formulating such a
document and its associated pa
pers was not a result of State De
partment objections. He said he
could understand tiie problem tiie
generals and admirals faced. I
In answer, a McNamara civil-1
lan axle said there
lions like tne Army. Navy. Air i same time, uie method of opera
Korce and Marines can't piay bj ;t;on in tne laier Cuban blockade.
ear- . ' Otner very practical reasons
Take the war plans for the de-i exist fur a National
fense of Europe. If tiie Russians Policy Paper now.
sharp difierences are between the
military men and the civilians in
Lite Pentagon and at tne White
House.
Right now . because key polio
decisions haven't been made for
mally, there has been no resolu-
Security jtion of these ciflereoces. They
he buried.
invaded Western Europe it is not
clear to key military planners
at what point the I.S. and NATO
would shift from conventional igy and tactics under different
weapons to nuclear weapons, butj circumstances. Some of these
if Uus decision isn't made in ad-j
vance, then military men say the
deiense of 'W estern Europe could
end in a debacle. .
Getting an in-the-middle-of-bat-.
tie decision by Use U.S. President i
and of the other NATO heads ol i
state might delay tiie shift in'
weapons for those crucial hours i
or minutes that would insure de
feat.
Thai is. it would if that de-
Tnere are within tiie Pemacon If tiie Wnile House oecioes on
sharp difierences on the military i a National Security Policy Paper
practicability of different strati- and associated papers, then tliese
(CuUbumI On Pate Id
Scientist Finds Means
To Speed Cobalt Cure
officer. Oilier military men con lof waiting can go on and on lor-
cur, saying that what tliey are lever
able to glean from speeches and
classified papers leaves them in
tiie dark about such basic ques
tions as how and under what cir
cumstances nuclear weapons will
be used.
CHICAGO UPli A leadinEiDenetratin; gamma rays, hence
scientilic institution said today is . potent cancer-fighter,"
ouic, n uiai oe- . ., ,.,.. h ,'.. , ..
axle said there is a needless, had not been formulated -' " .,1'eng saio. aiso is a K,i.,s
to wait until Administration stra-in advance by a long series of , . r . rJ.H inactive I"1 10 """y for sudl applica-
tegic policy concepts are beuerjhardheaded policy meetings tnat , , treatment andirons as radiography in the in-
He Oiont know wbeoiwouk) m essence, tormuiate a Na- . malprial!. !oI,a,.ri
ittooal Security Policy Paper and . to threei..- y., .,.;..
tunable to reach," he said.
T,u, 9nnmmnmvnt u'ac maAf hv ; i. 1 nH . n- ..r
ways wait until your ideas are ... " Fnimrial,nnl," Zl JTZ Z
beUer develoueH hul liia! kind UKUtKS nin - -.- .- "e - P.wu vuua.i
developed
that w ould be
Another high government offi-l'ts associated papers. j months
cial said. "Oi course vou can al-' noux-oy-nour jkbmi -
Al'STLY Tex. (UPI- Teias 'Aitr ol uie Illinois institute oii tiie few high-powered reactors
law require? that drivers record ilechnoiogy. iavailable in the United Slates.
Militarv men emr-iasiio whatllheir hair cowr on then- etnvingi Tne ARK wouid not say whatlCanada. some European nations.
thev cun'sKier a sirrsie fact ifjiicense. aiong with live oliier UJ;signilicance the discovery wouldiand the Communist bloc. The
vou are going to prepare for oil-1 statistics. 'nave in connection with the so-yield begins 20 times sooner in
ferent kinds af wars and crises.! If the law were interpreted called "cooall bomb." jthe new process, Feng said,
you have to make your piansjstrictiy. fashion - minded Texas' , , pgjj jj, aj The new technique will also
vears m advaoce bevause nub'- women wouid have to apply f"r,uaiun2 list for high specific ac-:permit the economical production
f don't even know when we'd Uirv hardware and pianoinc Ukesiand get a new hcense every time, rooah sair rjr paul Y.lof cobalt 60 in tile manv low-
shift from conventional to nuclear i years to conceive and oeveiop ltiwy changed their hair color or jn Armour physicist w-ho;powered nuclear reactors in the
weapons m tiie deiense ol tu- Because oi tne bjG2rt ceiungsput on one Oi me currmuy ir oeveioped the new technique un-iworld. including those in under-!
rope, says one high-placed mil-! urifused by a.i aommirtrations.iular wigs. oer a contract with the divisionideveioped nations, he said. It has
the I been -economically impractical to
cobalt 60 in these
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