FISCAL YEAR 1966-VIETNAM HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2793 TO AMEND FURTHER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT 58-320 PART 1 JANUARY 28; FEBRUARY 4, 8, 10, 17, AND 18, 1966 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS J. W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa CARL MARCY, Chief of Staff Statements of- CONTENTS 1 Bell, Hon. David E., Administrator, AID; accompanied by Hon. Page 226 Kennan, Hon. George F... 331 Rusk, Hon. Dean, Secretary of State; accompanied by Hon. David E. Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D. (retired).. Insertions for the record- 2, 563 S. 2793, text of... 1 Estimated amount of U.S. military and economic expenditures in Excerpts from Congressional Record regarding Senate debate on 1964 Free world assistance to Vietnam as of January 15, 1966. U.S. military assistance to India during 1962 border incidents with "Sixty Percent of Delta People Seen as Red Adherents," article by South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress, excerpt from book by Robert AID-funded and U.S. voluntary agency-funded personnel working in Statement of Hon. David E. Bell, Administrator, AID_ Letter from Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, to Senator Vietnamese governmental control of markup in exchange trans- 104 "A Fresh Look at Vietnam," article by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 109 Vietnam budget revenues derived from import duties and AID- U.S. assistance commitments to the Dominican Republic, calendar 115 120 Distribution of rice imported under AID financing.. 121 Estimated Vietcong assassinations and kidnapping of civilians, 1962- 128 District capitals now controlled by Vietcong. 140 "The People's War," series of articles by Richard Critchfield, in the 142 Tax structure in Vietnam, internal taxes. 168 173 "Viet Medical Aid to Increase-U.S. General Cites Civilian Casualties," 175 |