WORLD ee @)OMMROLO)Z@ On Workers Control
Vol. 6, No. 4 February 2, 1968
Hector Bejar:
On Guerrilla Tactics
in Latin America
Kenya: Not Yet Uhuru
—a Review of Oginga Odinga’s Book
But Why Clifford?
OGINGA ODINGA
Four H-Bombs in Greenland and One Spy Ship in North Korea
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JOHNSON DEFIES HIS CONGRESSIONAL CRITICS
By George Novack
Johnson's appointment of Clark Clifford to replace Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense substantiates the prevailing view that the president is set on pushing ahead with intensified military operations in Southeast Asia.
Clifford is a Washington lawyer and high-priced lobbyist for the biggest U.S. corporations and military contractors. He has been a confidential adviser to the last three Democratic presidents on both domestic and foreign affairs. Two years ago he opposed the 37-day bombing pause in Vietnam. The New York Times writes that "he is ranked by knowledgeable observers as even more hawkish than Secretary of State Dean Rusk and is said to be firmly convinced that President Johnson's strong stand in Vietnam is right and will be so judged by history. "
Clifford's assumption of the second most important cabinet post makes the roster of intransigents complete among the top decision makers on foreign policy. The two principal proponents of deescalation, McNamara and former Under- Secretary of State George Ball, have been eased out. Now every one of the "fearsome foursome" which meets every Thursday for luncheon at the White House -- the president, Secretary of State Rusk, Clifford and W.W.Rostow -- is committed to the most belligerent course in Asia. That makes the quartet more fearsome than ever.