Evening star. [volume], August 30, 1963, Page A-5, Image 5

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INTERPRETATION——
De Gaulle Statement
Seen as Slap at U. S.
By PATRICK McNULTY
Associated Press Staff Writer
PARIS, Aug. 30.—Diplomats believe President de Gaulle
Is trying to use the Viet Namese crisis to re-establish French
prestige in Southeast Asia at the expense of the United States.
Oen. de Gaulle told his cabinet yesterday that Viet Nam-
North and South—would be better off free from “foreign
influence.”
The statement was interpreted as a slap at the United
States role in South Viet Nam
and Gen. de Gaulle’s belief he
could do a better job in an
area France occupied for a
century.
The statement was made at
a closed-door meeting but,
surprisingly, Gen. de Gaulle
authorized its release to news
men.
Neutral Status Hinted
There was speculation also
that Gen. de Gaulle had in
mind a neutral status for Viet
Nam', similar to that of Laos,
and was casting a straw to get
United States and Communist
reaction to a troop withdrawal
by both sides.
The conservative newspaper
Aurora pursued this line of
reasoning but said such a plan
would serve “in the end the
interests of the adversary.”
The independent newspaper
Combat said the De Gaulle
statement may foreshadow “an
accentuation of the French
policy of disengagement from
the Atlantic alliance and closer
association with nonengaged
countries.”
Figaro, which often backs
Gen. de Gaulle, predicted Wash
ington would see unfriendly
motives in his statement, com
ing "while the United States is
trying in Saigon to stabilize a
situation which is already
highly compromised.”
Washington had no immedi
ate comment.
Seen as Balm
Some observers believed the
statement was intended as be
lated balm to French prestige,
shattered in Southeast Asia
by France’s humiliating defeat
in Indo-China. France pulled
out of her former colony after
the fall of Dien Bien Phu in
1954 and the Communists took
over North Viet Nam.
United States military power
then moved into the vacuum
to keep the Communists from
overrunning the entire penin
sula
Many Frenchmen, presum
ably Gen. de Gaulle included,
found that a bitter pill.
Gen. de Gaulle’s rap at for
eign influence in Viet Nam also
was seen as another maneuver
for a more important voice in
international affairs, not only
within the Atlantic Alliance
but in nuclear war councils in
Washington.
Uprising Ignored
Gen. de Gaulle’s ramarks at
the cabinet meeting stressed
the friendship of France for its
former colony. However, he
didn’t mention the Viet Minh
uprising in 1946 that developed
into the eight-year Indo-China
war.
Gen. de Gaulle also did not
mention the massive aid the
United States gave France dur
ing that ill-fated Indo-China
war, which many Western mili
tary leaders thought could have
been won by better French
strategy.
Absent, too, in Gen. de
Gaulle’s remarks was any hint
of concrete French action. The
general spoke in abstract terms.
He said France has a special
affinity for Viet Nam and
offered to “organize a cordial
co-operation” if the Viet!
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terms of France's co-operation.
Namese undertook to shake off
foreign influence and establish
internal peace and unity in all
of Viet Nam. He made no dis
tinction between Communist
north and the United States
supported south.
And he failed to spell out the
He said only France was ready
to help “within the extent of
her own possibilities.”
Informed sources point out
that France is not in any posi
tion to contribute significant
aid to South Viet Nam.
Gen. de Gaulle’s remarks
seemed to be predicated on the
notion that the Communists
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MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (AP).—
A, rabbi has been convicted by
a Soviet court of currency
speculation and ordered shot,
it was announced today.
The official newspaper
Sovetskaya Rossia (Soviet Rus
sia) Identified the accused as
B. Gavrilov, of Piatigorsk.
Two other defendants, A.
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were also ordered shot. Six
others were sentenced to prison
terms of undisclosed length.
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identified as Jewish.
Western Jewish organizations
have been protesting that the
Soviet government is making
a point of charging Jews with
economic offenses. Many have
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Asian country.
As usual, Gen. de Gaulle
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