Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 19, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1979 authors base on declassified do i g critics wrong on role in Book says Washington a a new study on the Vietnam War says that despite the disaster that befell the United states in an american policy of containment succeeded for 25 years in preventing a communist takeover of South Viet says the the pro Cess by which president Lyndon Johnson and his aides reached Deci Sions on the War in the 1960s was a showcase example of democracy in marked by much less Blunder self delusion and deception than critics have these which the authors concede Are Likely to startle Are contained in the Book the irony of Vietnam the system to be published today by the Brood nos a Washington in writing the 387page authors Leslie Gelb and Richard Betts Drew on recently declassified White House and defence department documents on the commitment to South Vietnam during the demo cratic administrations of John Ken Nedy and now director of Politico Mili tary affairs in the state was chief of the defence depart ment project that produced the Pentagon the first comprehensive official account of the american role in Betts is a former Harvard University faculty member China still on Viet territory continued Hanoi a Tichina propaganda blast came one Day after it announced it was ready to open negotiations with China next it was unclear whether in the nhan Dan commentary Vietnam was accusing China of leaving troops in disputed areas on the vietnamese Side of the Border or in areas both sides recognize As chinese foreign minister Huang Hua was quoted then As saying Chi Nese troops did not withdraw to what Vietnam considers the Boundary but to the Boundary agreed to by chivas Ching which ended in and by the French when France ruled China has said the disputed area involves Only a few Square kilo despite the apparent end of fight Vietnam said sunday it is continuing its general mobilization order and that millions of Young men Are volunteering for the a photo a Young boy proudly holds his plastic machine pistol while two iranian revolutionary guerrillas with real weapons stand behind for the the troubles in Iran have Only been a game so the iranian government has ordered two feminists see Story on Page the nine month withdrawal As published in Al the body of the treaty is virtually identical to a text made Public by the state department last november this despite bitter haggling and new demands made by both Middle East sides in the intervening another Issue that was a major obstacle in the 16month quest for agreement the question of whether the document will override Egypt treaties with other Arab states is continued dealt with in ambiguous the text was published just hours before presidential envoy zbig Niew Brzezinski arrived to Brief egyptian president Anwar Sadat on his talks with the leaders of saudi Arabia and Jordan during the week Brzezinski apparently failed to Carter betrayed Palestine for Arafat charges Blunt those countries opposition to the the israeli parliament is expected to vote on the treaty later this Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin Are expected to sign it As Early As next most Likely in egyptian prime minister Mustafa Khalil told the 312member parliamentary organization of the ruling National democratic party on Satur Day night that the treaty gives Egypt and the palestinians All they de fire guts a office new York Reuter Palestine liberation organization Plo Leader Yasser Arafat said in an interview broadcast sunday night that president Carter betrayed the pales Tinian people in the latest egyptian israeli peace moves in order to acquire jewish we will fight for our ind Epen Arafat said in the conducted at Plo Headquarters in Beirut and broadcast on he added that the United states is insisting to play this role of colonial ism of Arafat said your president used to speak a lot about human where is this human rights when he is betraying the palestinians regarding his statements that Carters latest Middle East moves Are politically Arafat said i am sorry to say that what he is doing is Only for some votes for the new elections mainly it is jewish fire shortly after Midnight caused a total of to an alcoholics Anonymous office at 625 marys Road and damaged two adjacent a faulty heating system May have caused the Blaze reported at today which gutted the alcoholics Anonymous a sporting goods shop and Beauty Salon sharing the same Structure suffered smoke and water no injuries were Mideast initiative helps Salt chances the Washington Post Washington Secretary of state Cyrus Vance said sunday that the United states and the so Viet Union Are so close to completing framework for a new strategic arms limitation treaty Salt that the next several Days May deter mine the timing of a Summit meet ing to sign the we have not completed but we really Are now at what i would Call the bitter end were very close to completing Vance said on the television program face the nation at another Point he said the negotiations Are now Down to one or two and a research associate at Brook they say contrary to the i Del accepted Johnson did not use the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident with communist North Vietnam As an excuse to escalate involvement in although the incident was used As a rationale for congressional approval of a far reaching War Powers Johnson for months kept Ding ing to the possibility that direct and sustained use of american Force might be the authors throughout that period and the two Republican administrations that Fol they Leaden car ried out policies that reflected pressures from Public opinion and the news in the Early years when the was generally United on the they the policy always sought to contain communism and prevent a communist Victory in South but never to achieve a military after the tet lunar new year offensive of Early 1968 and the Strong shift in sentiment on the they policy such As withdrawal and continued to reflect that thus the image of american Lead ers As Overly optimistic cold warriors operating in ignorance of Viet Nam and looking Tor an impossible Victory is a false say the a Winnipeg symphony bankruptcy report Shock to musicians continued paper prints Mideast treaty he thinks things will work out and that the funding necessary to keep the symphony going will be made funding is always a problem but i have no doubt it will be we knew there was a deficit but we didst know How serious it its not a very pleasant feeling to read in the paper that you might not have a but i think things will work symphony conductor Piero Gamba said sunday night he could not comment on the symphony situation and that the official statement would be made at the press acting mayor Bill Norrie said i Haven heard any thing about a the symphony report said the City finance committee has been holding Back an Grant pending a submission stating How the orchestra plans to Deal with its Abe chairman of the finance was out of town and unavailable for comment Norrie if the conditions set Down by the finance committee Are too onerous wed certainly take a second look at the Grant will go to City Council for approval wednes the report said that if the Grant is the symphony could meet its March 23 holding off bankruptcy until april Norrie said the symphony is a tremendous asset to the City and i just cant believe the symphony would go i dont think the City would allow by that i mean the businesses and private elements of the the report says corporate donations As of March 7 totalled Only it says the Premium donors 31 major corporations projection was but Only has been received from 12 such it is realistic to expect at most an additional for a of the report says donations of can realistically be expected from smaller of which 675 have been a total corporate contribution of can be expected versus a projected Norrie also said i dont think they would let the symphony go Down the i cant think of Winnipeg without the if it Means a major fund drive then i think that would be for these he he hesitate to put City Money into the Norma provincial minister of tourism and cultural affairs said her department Hast been told the symphony is in she said the report seems to be one mans blown the report was written by Robert symphony operations i suspect that be very accurate if they didst discuss it with the province if the symphony is in Price wed have to look at the we let something of this magnitude go Down without serious the symphony is the finest in the she Mcgifford said sunday night he had no Joe administrative officer and Secretary Treasury or of the Winnipeg musicians Union i dont know How True it the newspaper report is or anything about it until i can verify this with the Ort something like this Ive no he said the report could a Mcgifford own opinion the report said the City Grant is the first step to solving the symphony one alternative to a longer term solution is More funding from the Manitoba arts which is providing this or five per cent of orchestra total Julian chairman of the arts Council and irame Diate past president of the Winnipeg symphony said sunday night he haunt read the newspaper report and had no comment the councils executive Ernie Sti said sunday the Council has had considerable discussion with the symphony and will be working with them to pull them out of it the Stegant confirmed that the arts Council made ments about three weeks ago with a Bank to guarantee up to in Loans for the on top of the sync phones Normal line of he said the deficit incurred by the symphony three years ago was As serious As this one but that this situation is possibly a Little More difficult because of the cites delay in awarding its if that situation is rectified at this weeks Council Stegant the orchestras Cash flow problems would be solved for a Short the position of the arts Council has been that the boards of directors of the arts organizations Are directly responsible for the arts Council will work with them to work toward elimination of the Tanker Salvage Choice today remaining and if we can make Progress on then i think we can move promptly on to sche Duling a soviet ambassador Anatoliy do Brynin met with Vance to discuss Salt last Friday for the second time in As Many Halifax up a decision will be made today on where and How to attempt the Salvage of the Stern Sec Tion of the stricken British Oil Tanker Eastern Canada towing the company which holds Salvage rights Over the is scheduled to make a final presentation today on How it will dispose of the wreck without threatening the Environ senior coast guard official Michael a member of the emergency team formed to handle the prob lems raised by the said in an interview late sunday night that the Hulk is under 24hour the Kurdistan broke in two thurs Day night in the Cabot Strait and during a series of weekend meetings Here officials from the environment and transport among decided to haul the Small Bow Section out to sea and sink it the larger Stern containing an estimated tons of the Kur Distant tons of Bunker c has been under Tow since Friday awaiting a decision whether to Sal Vage or sink also to be decided today is How much Money the Salvage company will be required to Post As a Bond against third party liability in Case its Salvage operation fails and the Kurdistan remaining Oil cargoes capes and washes the maritime pollution claims a fund financed through levies against Oil shippers using Canadian is currently valued at about that Money is for unsatisfied judgments and would not normally be used to compensate for damages resulting from any Oil that could escape from the Kur it is for that reason that Eastern Canada towing is being asked to indicate exactly How much Money can guarantee if damage claims suit from its Salvage we have prepared a list of option ports of Refuge and option courses of action ranging All the Way to scuttling at sea to taking it into various Turner he refused to say which ports Are being As the Salvage its a fairly Short he 20 tons of hash seized in Reuter at least 20 tons of valued at million in Street were seized aboard a freighter off the new Jersey coast in the largest drug in a Federal official said assistant attorney Stephen Mills said customs and drug enforce ment officials made the seizure and arrested eight seamen five Ameri cans and three West germans on saturday following a search by coast guard authorities boarded the vessel at about 48 Kilometres Southwest of new and made the arrests after discovering 480 Burlap each containing a tire tube filled with about 91 pounds of the ships master told authorities the vessel is of liberian bars Likely to boost liquor prices continued a photo a spokesman for the Curtis hotel said he said although the hotel would try and maintain the current Price other costs including which increased 20 cents each during the last and wages Are also on the Nick manager of Luigi motor hotel agreed adding that running a hotel beverage room is a real people think its a Gold but its Dabramo ten years ago it was a lucrative business but with the keen its a hell of a while Dabramo said he would sit Back and study the situation be fore deciding on a he agreed with other spokesmen that the Overall picture is most hotels will increase if not i Media Hanahiah Calzad from the freighter Plaug was Worth Jwon on tha who Toafala then in the near i cant see anything else happen he Margaret assistant Man Ager of the Marion i think Well try it just As it is but we May raise it in a month Anderson said there were Sev eral ways to handle the including boosting the cheaper Day time Price you dont want to go up too High during the evening because then you Are going to lose your Busi but she didst discount an across the Board noting that with the bands and the liquor going its enough to kill Walter manager of the Montcalm said he will have to wait until he knows the exact amount of the increase before setting any new i ;