HASC Pentagon Papers Part IV B2

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A number of" cont~ributory l'easoIlS can be cited for the failure of the stra~,egic Ecmlet Prot;ralll. o-v-€1'-(·Y.})~!))sio~~ OJ cOl!struction ru"Jd poor quality of' defenses forms one category. 'l'his r€'eso~ concentrates only 011 the iui tie.l phe~.:! of the pro~rE..1'.'1, ho'.-:eyer. 1':hile yalid, it does 1ittle to e>:plain ~:hy the cetire proere..'ll colla};'sed rat.her than onlY,sfIEle hamlets within ii.~. Rura.l antaconis~s vhich ident.ified the :program ld.th its sponsors in the ce!~t:rc.J. goycrnr..ent are more su,::gestive of' the besis for the cmplete colla!;~e as j:ic-:J. a~i :::hu departed the sCene. The reasons ,,;hy they de?erte:i a:te traceable irJ part to t:~e differeut el!;'lectations which combir..ed in the ap~rent. consensus at t.he prosr2-'Ill' s begin.'ling: to Die!n r s insist€j';.ce etl rr~C'.terial :issista1'!ce an1 ir~dc;E:n1ence, to U. S. yjD jnf;ness to provide assiste:!.ce only if its adV'Ice ~-;as h~€;icj, and to the failure to reselve t1"ds q,uest:io:l cit.h€:r by :persu~.sion or leverage •. HaV4-ng said. this, it Does ...-.ot a'O.to!!l::.ticall~" follo1': that the program ,,:o'dd h:i7e succEeded. c:ve:-i if' Di Em [,ad. met u. s. :iel:;!;~ds for chc:!!ge. To point to'the cal;.ses o~ !'aihu'e is one th:ir.;S; to a.s;.·~:~'}r; th.at chU1ges of style \:ould have le.:i t.o S'~tCCC:tE is <;:Ilite ancJ.:.hel'. It may "ell be that the :pro~rE-'Ii! i:as doc~:-'='J fro,:! U'.s out. set, r.ecau~e of peasant resist.ance to :measures \:hi(~h e~a:,~",d t.b: p:;.ttern of rill'al lii'e -- \:-l::ether a~ed at seclU'ii..y or cO?rU.·cl. It :::.iSl!t. ho:,iC tee!) :t;C:££i"01e, 0!1 the otter halli, "£or ,...,ro::,'1"':-..h':;, l-'!'''''e "'Ct.,1 "' ••• C' ....'··1~ ·v;~"S"''7'4> v... .... zo success • \,,;;..L J:c ..... ",,~·.,,· _ .. '-= . . _""''"t .... 11 __ "~- +0 v •• _\. C' j .... a i ··ell··e·:"cu,t.",-,) r;>he e~r'" d"'~"~ <'e o!' ;. .•.. .., -y."\:':'." ..... ;: "'-'s """.;. . ..,..."v;",""'·. '" Cl"\···c"'l""~~'le e ... .,.l"~+·J.·on -.... a. ... _ ...... \;. _ ... \...:c. ... " . . \ .. t-;: ....... '" .!::'_...._..Ll \".'. ___ ..... _. '~'l'e "f"e;-,H' ~+-l'~';'::"'~c '-:;""':let P-o"'"r:;~ ,,:as -t:.. .. u of' _ e'~-la.''''l'ce s'··:---r..<'-!--: ~'.l'<'+ +l,.=. w •• ..... vc...v_c:.•• .... £:.1. fatal::'y fla..'e..1 i!:l it.s CC~iC5)ti(l!: l)J t.~~e unin',;,e~·:ieS. cc'nse~uence of' aliene.ti~g mar.y of t:_~se '::-..OtS lC~l?:l~::· it £.i."':ci to -.:i!!. _~,--

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