September 3, 1963 President Kennedy told a television interviewer that South Vietnams Government could not win its war against the Communists unless it recovered popular support. While the President indicated that the Government had time to regain popular support, he said it could be done only if there were changes in policy and perhaps in personnel. International diplomats feel that United States prestige in Asia will be profoundly affected by the outcome of the impasse between Saigon and Washington. In Moscow, a visiting vice president of the West German Bundestag was told by Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko that the wall should be made a border between sovereign states. He suggested that the wall be sanctioned by a German peace treaty. Apparently referring to China and Rumania, Premier Khrushchev frowned on Communist countries that follow independent economic policies. Syria and Iraq announced an agreement to establish full economic unity and to form joint military committees to strengthen their defenses. State troopers sealed off Tuskegee High School, halting the admission of 13 Negro students and thus preventing the start of public school desegregation in Alabama. The troopers acted under orders from Gov. George C. Wallace, who said the schools opening was being postponed for a week to preserve the peace. In a 3,000-word statement sharply critical of President Kennedys economic policies, Governor Rockefeller called for an immediate tax cut, more realistic monetary policies, marked reduction in the overseas dollar drain, and the development of a vigorous export drive. The President, in his television interview, agreed at least in part with the Governor, staging that a tax cut was the most important of all the measures he had proposed to reduce unemployment. He said an $11,000,000,000 tax cut and other economic stimulation might reduce unemployment significantly in two and a half-years. Indonesian admits training Borneo rebels. Peking aides precede Bail to Pakistan. Soviet accuses Albania of attempted theft. Japan is urged to oppose isolation of China.
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