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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Nov. 14, 1963
Officer Says Intelligence Key to Guerrilla Defeat
The key to the defeat of the Communist guerrillas in Malaya was intelligence operations, and this could be another answer toward winning the war in South Viet Nam.
This comment was made by Col. Richard L. Clutterbuck, liaison officer at the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, speaking last night in the Kansas Union.
Col Clutterbuck described British and Malayan intelligence operations against the Communist guerrillas, who were fighting in the jungles from 1948 to 1958.
COL. CLUTTERBUCK spoke of the bases for the British actions when he quoted Gen. Templer, who was leading the British forces at the time:
"The answer lies not in pouring more forces into the area, but in the minds and hearts of the people."
Col. Clutterbuck outlined two basic similarities in the guerrilla warfare of Malaya and South Viet Nam.
"The area north of Saigon is basically similar to that encountered in Malaya," he said. "The country is basically tropical while south of Saigon it is marshy. This area is hard to control, because the villages are one mile wide and about five miles long."
"ANOTHER SIMILARITY," he continued, "is the advantage we enjoy in the use of the helicopter. In Viet Nam it is used as a tactical weapon, but in Malaya it was used primarily for transport."
Col. Clutterbuck found two primary differences in the guerrilla war of Viet Nam as compared to that of Malava.
"In Malaya the people asked that many of us stay on after independence. We were on very frinely terms with them. We were employed not by the British, but by the Malayan government."
Col. Clutterbuck said the troops in Viet Nam are better trained than the Communist forces in Malaya. The jungle fighting in Malaya would not allow the Reds to train their troops for fear of wasting ammunition, and because they could easily give their positions away. This is not the case in Viet Nam where the troops are not under the same mobile restrictions. Clutterbuck said.
Clutterbuck said the key in Malaya was the people. Thirty-eight per cent of them are Chinese and they dominate the village population throughout the country, he said.
The Communist forces recruited from the villages. Many of the Chinese families would have friends and family members in the guerrilla forces. This would enable the Reds to use the villages for supplies and information.
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The key to the British success was in stopping this line of supply, and to have the contacts do counter intelligence work, he said.
"There was always the danger that these informers would still inform the Communists on what we were doing so they had to be paid well, and afterwards they had to be given enough money to enable them to go away and find a new life for themselves," Col. Clutterbuck maintained.
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He emphasized the fact that the people did not want anything to do with either the Communists or the British. They only wanted to be left alone, but the Communists would either threaten them or they would have relations in the guerilla forces.
By the use of police out-posts and extensive intelligence systems, the British found they were winning the war. Col. Clutterbuck said. The next step was wiping the Communists out, for they are dedicated people and they will never let up, he said.
The British began the drive by concentrating on the weaker Communist areas first. Once these areas were riddled of the guerrillas, they began on the heavily Communist areas.
"Today, there are about 400 guerriillas left," he said. "They are hiding in the mountain areas under the leadership of Chin Peng. However, it is not possible that Peng will be another Mao Tse-Tung.
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"Because, if he should ever come out of the mountains and ask for support, the people will laugh at him. The Malavans and the British have helped the mountain people by setting up villages, clinics, schools, and giving them medical aid.
Some living groups try study halls, others try tutoring, but it appears the Sigma Chi fraternity has an unusual method of emphasizing scholarship.
Fraternity Tries New Approach to Downslips
The Sigma Chis added a new twist to their scholarship dinner last night. The men receiving down-slips were served hot dogs while the men who survived the onslaught were treated with steak dinners.
According to Rod Rogers, Garden City senior and Sigma Chi president, the idea for the dinner was gotten 'from the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
"I THOUGHT it sounded like a good idea so I told the guys we were going to try it," said Rogers.
Rogers said he did not feel the dinner was going to have any immediate effect on the house grades, but, he said, he hopes that the dinner would remind the men of the importance of scholarship.
"Naturally, all the guys that received downs thought it was a stupid idea but the rest approved."
There were many men who expressed hard feelings toward the dinner.
"I THINK THE whole thing is communist-inspired," said Dick Morris, Wichita sophomore. "I am going to see if there isn't someone who can do something about this obvious discrimination. Maybe the
IFC, or the ASC, or even the CRS." In Russia it is 'no work—no food'," said Roy Rawlings, Kansas City sophomore, "but around here it is no grades—no food."
During the meal, one hot-dog eater, said his group was going to repay the waiters in full for the meal.
"If we could count on natural snow we'd clear the hill and put up a rope tow, but that's an impossibility in Kansas." he said.
"Sit down and have another hot dog," was the only reply.
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He added that nothing has been done at the site as yet, but the developers are ready to start on a moment's notice as soon as their technical problems are cleared up.
ARLO ROEERTS, FATHER OF Jay Roberts, KU'S starting right end, is a noted volleyball and handball player in the Midwest. The elder Roberts is now in the vending business in Dallas.
JACK MITCHELL'S FIRST coaching job was at Blackwell, Okla., High School in 1949. Picked for last place, Mitchell's team finished with a 9-1-1 record
Plans for a ski slope to open in the Lawrence area this winter have run ground.
"It doesn't look like the slope will open this winter," William Triplett, one of the slope's developers, said. "If it does, it will be on a very limited basis."
He said that the developers have acquired a 25 year lease on Blue Mound, about five miles southwest of the KU campus.
Triplett said that the developers have run into technical difficulties. "We're having trouble getting the proper equipment," he said.
"There will definitely be a ski area," he said, but could not verify whether it would be this year or next.
"It was unfortunate that word leaked out at such an early date. It usually takes about two years to develop such an area." Trippelt said.
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