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From the Offices of: Robert F. Ellsworth, 3rd, Kansas
Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 5th, New Jersey
FOR RELEASE THURSDAY A.M.'s
MAY 13, 1965 PAGE TWO
The Honorable Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Jerry:
We take great pride in the unanimous Republican vote in both Houses of
the Congress in support of the President's request for $700 million for
U.S. policy in Vietnam. The message should be crystal clear:
-- To President Johnson, Republican unanimity spoke of our
Party's continuing dedication to its uninterrupted history
of bipartisan support for United States policy in times of
crisis.
To all those abroad who may hope that internal differences
will sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous
Republican support of the President should make clear just
how wrong they are.
And to those few here at home who demonstrate against the
American presence in Vietnam the Republican Party has made
clear that, whatever our differences with President Johnson,
we stand together in the determination to preserve the integrity
of South Vietnam and the right of her people to be free.
Republicans of course will jealously guard our right to disagree with the
President and to criticize him publicly when he is wrong. We do not for
one moment suggest that we agree fully*with all phases of American policy
or its implementation, even in Vietnam. But all people everywhere should
have no doubt where we stand on the fundamental precepts of American policy
in Southeast Asia:
1. We believe that the United States forces should remain in
South Vietnam as long as the Communist aggression continues.
2. We believe that the United States cannot in good conscience
abandon the Asian continent to Communist imperialist domination
and that an American withdrawal from Vietnam in the present
circumstances would undermine confidence in American leadership
and encourage further tests of our will.
3. We believe that the limited air attacks against North Vietnam
are justified because they require the North Vietnamese regime
to pay a heavy price for the aggression it is waging, because
they may impel the North Vietnamese to seek a negotiated settle-
ment, and because they may limit the effectiveness of the Viet
Cong in South Vietnam.
We believe that the surest road to peace and to constructive negotiations,
in Vietnam and around the world, must inevitably begin with the willingness
to meet agression whenever and wherever it occurs.
The only purpose of force is to secure a just peace. We share the
President's reluctance to use forces in Vietnam, but we share also his
determination to persevere in the search for a just peace.
Sincerely,
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