Q: Do you feel that President Johnson is in any way following the “Goldwater position” in Vietnam?
A: I wouldn’t call it the Goldwater position, but it is the position I advocated in my campaign, and he is following it almost to the letter. The only thing he’s not doing, which we advocated then and still advocate, is destroying the piles of supplies lining the port of Haiphong. I don’t think we should necessarily destroy the port; mind you, that was done several times in World War II. And I don’t believe a blockade is necessary right now. But when I was over there last year I was shown recornnaissance photos of the supplies and was told at that time that these supplies would prove to be a very decisive factor against us, as now they are. These are the rockets that are being used against Da Nang and other bases. They have been stored dockside at the port of Haiphong. I would destroy those supplies, just by strategic and tactical attacks.
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