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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 11, 1967
McNamara testifies in Senate
'More bombing won't help'
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said in testimony released Tuesday that an expanded bombing campaign against North Vietnam, proposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would not significantly shorten the war or curb Communist infiltration.
In a censored transcript of his Aug. 25 appearance before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee, McNamara challenged the Senators to review each of the 57 targets on the Joint Chiefs' list for bombing, which at that time were not approved.
Only a small number could be considered very important, he said, and "a substantial number of them would be considered very unimportant."
"I submit to you that there is no evidence whatsoever that their destruction would significantly shorten the war or significantly reduce the volume of men and materiel flowing south," McNamara said.
Since McNamara's testimony, a number of the 57 targets have been struck, including warehouses, bridges and a rail yard in the immediate area of Halphong, North Vietnam's major port. Another taken off the list
was a MIG base at Cat Bi near Haiphong, which was struck for the first time this week.
The Haiphong harbor itself and the Phuc Yen air base still have not been bombed.
On Aug. 25, McNamara said Phuc Yen had only 11 planes and that not all could be destroyed immediately. He said it was not worth the risk to U.S. pilots' lives.
Haiphong, among other port areas, entails "very high risks of
direct confrontation with the Soviet Union," he said. One of the others, Cam Pha, was struck after McNamara testified.
Closing these ports would not materially interfere with the Communist effort in South Vietnam, he said. Although the Pentagon is trying to make the air war more effective, he added, there probably would not be much of a slowdown in North Vietnam's support of fighting in the south.
Soviet Union announces record high peace budget
MOSCOW—(UPI)—The Soviet Union Tuesday announced a record peacetime military budget of more than $18 billion for 1968. At the same time the Kremlin disclosed plans for improving the Russian standard of living and increasing factory production.
The moves were seen as an effort to match the American war effort in Vietnam with Russian aid to the North Vietnamese, and an attempt to close the gap with the United States in production of consumer goods.
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defenses "at the highest possible level."
Planned growth in consumer goods will outstrip that of heavy industry for the first time in the Communist government history. Soviet economists saw an increase in the use of profit motives to make production more efficient. They include incentive payments for quality work and penalties for production which does not sell.
Large chunks of the military budget were reported earmarked to bolster the war capabilities of North Vietnam and the Arab countries. Arms allocations were also aimed at maintaining home
The new budget includes a raft of wage and fringe benefit increases for the Russian workers.
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