Thursday, August 10, 1961 THE UNC NEWS Paore 3 Nationalist Chinese: ((, Position Of Free World Ridiculous 99 (The following letter was ori ' ginally signed by more than one ' thousand Nationalist Chinese uni versity students in Taipei, and written to U. S. Vice-President ' Lyndon Johnson. The reason for the writing of the letter was to express to Johnson the Chinese student response to a speech he 'made in Taiwan during his May tour of the Pacific. The open ' letter was sent to Hank Patter son, acting president of the UNC student body with the request that it be printed in the university newspaper. We are happy to do so.Eds.) The Vice President of the Unit ed States of America, Washing ton, D. C, U. S. A. ttear Mr. Vice President, We, the under-signed, the uni versity students Of Free China, ,who have heard your remark able and inspiring speech, want - to write this letter to you to ex press our great admiration and thanks to you for the invaluable advice you gave us, so rich in deed, in the course of your speech. We want also to avail ourselves of this opportunity to express to you, Mr. Vice Presi dent, and through you to our young American friends, what we honestly think and believe. Mr. Vice President, your words will stir the mind of every one of us, kindling in every bosom a fire -which is destined to accomplish . something not to disappoint you when you should look back upon this visit which you have just so ably and satisfactorily concluded. You said: '. . . . everywhere I have gone, I have looked upon the future of Asia and the fu ture is the young people like you. You are the hope of tomorrow for Asia. You the light along the way , to the future of freedom for all men and women." Hearing these words we cannot but have a very mixed emotion, on the one hand greatly encouraged while on the other not without a sense of fear. But happily, you have again ad vised us with what President Roosevelt advised your country men "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Our faith is thus re inforced, and with your continued interest in us and your undying friendship and advice, we hope that we shal be able to live up to your expectations. "HIGH TIME" We want, however, to say a few words on our own behalf for which we wish to ask for your in dulgence. We, the young people of China, welcome you to visit our country with all our hearts. Be cause this is a high time for both of our countries. We have been the victim of world communist aggression and you are now be ing menaced in the first magni- tude by the same communist ag gressive force. It is this aggres sive force that brings us togeth er. So we are together determin ed to fight shoulder to shoulder to crush this enemy of mankind, our enemy as well as your. We think this fundamental fact and truth whoever wishes to promote the profoundest understanding bqf tween our two peoples should al ways keep in view, bear in mind and should in no circumstances allow to be obscured. We understand that you have come with the sole purpose of promoting a better understanding between your people and the peoples of this part of the globe. Therefore we want to do our part to let you correctly understand us. CHINESE COMMUNISTS 1. Mr. Vice President, in regard to the Chinese communists we want to point out to you one all important fact. The Chinese com munists need at the present mo mentthey are now in the depth of difficulties and engulfed by untold reverses a b o v e every thing else, a period of consolida tion, and consolidation means growth of power which in turn means ever greater menace not only to us, but also hj.no less de gree to America's security for the Chinese communists have re peated singled out America as their arch-enemy. Let us be ab solutely clear about this, no mis understanding whatsoever. T$t indulge ourselves in the delusive hope that the island of Taiwan could hold out permanently side by side, vis-a-vis, a growing com munist regime on the mainland is simply a wishful thinking. History forbids it! Therefore a change of mentality and policy is desperate ly called for. The mainland Chinese have . been waiting for ten long years and now have become increasing ly impatient for the signal to be . given. .As in the . past Chinese history, the despot,' however pow erful he may appear outwardly, will asuredly fall before the spon taneous uprising of the people. For everywhere are the people, in front of him, -behind him, around him, to bleed him white, to wear him out, to tear him to pieces. Our Government should seize the earliest suitable moment to launch such a liberation move ment against the mainland and the American government should be glad to see it launched and to be crowned with success. 2. We fight communist aggres sion, we must know where the strength of communism lies. Len in said: "To be lenient to your enemies is to be cruel to your comrades." This should account in no small measure for the solid arity of the communists and for their high morale against their enemies. How about ourselves? We lack this clear-cut attitude. While we are fighting our com mon communist enemies with all that we have, you seem to har bour accomodating them, hold ing interminable talks with them. This undermines our morale. This cripples the spirit and will of the entire free world. So, we ap peal to you to take a clear-cut "That's stand vis-a-vis our common ene mies. The Chinese communists need no more encouragement and you should not give them any more. RIDICULOUS POSITION 3. Mr. Vice President, lastly we wish to make manifest to you how ridiculous the position of the free world has been in the past. No one can refute that the com munist bloc is knit together with a well coordinated and highly ar ticulate program of aggression. But where on out side is to be found the same co-ordinated and articulate program of defense? Can division fight unity? Since A merica's responsibility is world wide and America's Interests are not to be limited In any region, so we venture to suggest to you, Mr. Vice President, that American Urgent Last month, in a new aerial show at the Tushino Airport near Moscow, Russia displayed its latest bomber the Bounder, a supersonic four-jet aircraft. A snapshot, appearing in "News week" for July 24, shows a delta-wing craft with engines built close in to the airframe, the nose tapering sharply. Though not de scribed as a heavy bomber, it seems larger, heavier, and more streamlined than the USAF B-58 Hustler, pictured opposite. Commented Senator Syminton: "Those who took the picture nam ed it Beauty. I prefer another code name Danger." He charged that the United States had been "hoodwinked" into cutting down on the B-70, designated successor to the 5-52. The blueprints for this bomber were furnished by North America Aviation in 1938. Ever since then, with plans for a prototype to fly in 19C2, the B-70 advocates have fought a seesaw ing battle with the Pentagon. The Story Of My diplomacy should find it expedient and imperative to bring about an over-all anti-aggression past ' to be brought under art. 51 of the U. N. Charter, to unify the free nations, to co-ordinate their de fensive efforts, with the purpose of making them at least equally, if not more .articulate than that of "our communist enemies. Such a step entails no additional respon sibilities to America, but greatly enhances America's prestige throughout the world. ' Moreover, the II. N. is no long er -united, but hopelessly divid ed with ho prospect of repair. What is worse, It fs fast becoming a gangster's body to blackmail America, to insult America, to make mockery at America, and yet America is still to bear the major portion of the -organiza Wade Wellman Need" For B-70 Their arguments, weighted again st . those who say that manned warplanes are now per se obso lete, seem impressive: The six-jet B-70 wil do 2,000 mph at a cruising altitude of 75,. 000 feet, attainable in a three minute climb. If . ordered into production, it will probably be our No. 1 strategic deterrent dur ing the years 1965-75. Looking like a giant pterodactyl, its fuselage protrudes from a triangular del tawing platform which could fire missies at the target from a dis tance of $1,500 miles. Its sup porters want a fleet of 250 planes, which would cost over six billion dollars, but SAC figures that Rus sia would have to spend the equi valent of 40 billion to make an adequate defense surely a jus tifiable swap. Adovcates of this "manned mis sile" pointed out that it would be far more dependable for pre cise marksmanship, when an in stallation is hidden. A ballistic Lifo tion's financial burden and to of fer a piece of her precious terri tory for the convenience of such gangsters. Could we find a more ridiculous case in all the an nals of human history? Our above proposal could also be made to serve as a preparatory step to ef fect a reorganization of the U. N to make it become truly a United Free Nations. Here, we believe, lies the real salvation of the free world, but where comes the lead ership? Never will America, v.e believe, fail to answer this his toric cell. God Wess China! God Bles A merica! Wish you every success, Mr. Tice "President. Respectfully yours, (Signed by more than on thousand college students in Taipei) missile cannot be used against targets where precise geographi cal information is lacking; the guidance computer c a n n n o t search out a target, as a pilot can on the basis of general area. Whether these arguments will knock down the opposition is hard to decide, but there's some ground for optimism. Air Force Chief cf Staff Curtis LeMay fs persua sive and influential, and if he has his way the USAF will get the green light on the B-70. The fight for the B-70 reminds one powerfully of the struggle for its earliest predecessor, the B-36. Plans for this aerial be hemoth were drawn up in 194J, when war with Germany seem ed imminent, but squabbles over the design gravely retarded its development. Finally in August, 1946, the prototype B-36 trundled out cf Consolidated Vultee. Its enormous dimensions looked clumsy, but the test flighfs brought good results: six Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major piston en gines gave a top speed around 300 mph, the range was calculated at 10,000 miles, and early flight took it to 46.000 ft. Altitudes, com fortably above Soviet radar range. In 1948, after two years cf top-level bickering, the Berlla blockade forced a rapid decisica the B-36 program won full ard belated priority. The relatively slow speed re mained as a drawback, end m 1949 a more advanced model, the B-36D, made appearance, with, four auxiliary J-46 jets to reach 450 mph or more. Army with 15 heavy cannos, the new mot-el seemed invulnerable. But the need for all-jet bombers, wi'Ji greater speed and mobility, bed already supplanted it, and in August of 1954, eigbt years aftc t the first test flight, the last cf 384 B-36 superbombers ro"ed off the lines at Consolidated Vul tee. SAC had not been idle while its so-called "Flying Cigar" went ca the ropes. To penetrate Russia's defenses in this pre-missile era, the USAF needs bombers with higher speed, superior armament, better navigational equipment, and tremendous shock-absorpfion. All these qualities are merged i.i the B-52 Stratofortress, Ameri ca's rine-million-doRar Sundcy punch, which first flew in 1&52. Here all caviling must cease the B-52 has met every perform ances requirement. Deliveries be gan in l!?.35. and now in I9C1. with tthe B 36 completely rhafed cut, the Stra'ofortre5s is the only heavy bomber we have in prod .ac tion. Although ro exact figure has boon jriven. the current isue cf "Air Progress" states that mere than 500 were f-ervtofcbJe Lst (CcE'Jnued cn Pr.re E)