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...recruits in all services to $124.50 a month; Laird proposed that by next January it be jumped again to $149.40. Kelley suggested that added pay of $30 to $150 a month be given to soldiers and Marines who volunteer for the least desirable duties with infantry, artillery or armor units, which normally come under fire in combat. This would be on top of present hostile fire...
...routing of the guerrillas; a smashing fedayeen victory and Hussein's fall; a prolonged stalemate. They outlined U.S. options to deal with each eventuality. Far more ominous, however, was another possibility: that the Iraqis and Syrians, long sympathetic to the commandos, might intervene. That could tempt Israeli troops, armor and airpower to plunge in too. Then Egypt might respond?and Soviet pilots and technicians have become an integral part of Gamal Abdel Nasser's military forces. The first aim of U.S. strategy had to be to confine the fighting to the initial parties. The U.S. also hoped that Hussein would...
...news grew worse last Monday morning as Syrian armor continued to roll. Kissinger got Nixon out of bed again at 3 a.m. to keep him advised. The President asked for a new reading on what should be done, called Kissinger back in just three minutes to get a report. Next day, Nixon created a new crisis group, dubbed &#quot;the principals&#quot; consisting of Kissinger, Laird, Rogers, Moorer and Packard. They worked over each recommendation of the Action Group for Nixon's benefit...
Publicly, however, the Administration continued to sound belligerent and to apply diplomatic pressure as the Syrian armor found the Jordanian resistance brutally tough but did not pull back. At the U.N., the U.S. shunned a British and French effort to seek a four-power declaration urging an end to the fighting, fearing that it would only lead to fruitless wrangling...
...Syrian tank column was challenged near Ramtha junction by a smaller force of Jordanian armor whose vehicles carried the black, white, green and red Hashemite flag along with pictures of the King. Hussein's order to his troops, the best in the Arab world, was to "stand fast and teach the heretic leaders of Syria a lesson in heroism." His 40th and 60th armored brigades did just that. First they blunted the Syrian invasion by knocking out 40 tanks. In an armored tactic known as "the loop," the 40th hit the Syrians head-on while the 60th rolled around...