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Unqualified Success. Nixon announced a small increase of the troops to be withdrawn between May 1 and Dec. 1: from 12,500 to 14,300 each month. The timing will allow him to assess the stability of the Thieu government in the October elections and the capability of the Communists to renew offensives in the autumn-winter dry season. If extended, that rate would reduce U.S. involvement to 25,000 troops by Election Day and sharply reduce the cost of the war, though there would still be considerable expenditures (see following story). Nixon's reminder that he had campaigned...
...subsequent visits, $3 for a gram of the drug. He says that Laetrile is just "another chemotherapeutic agent against cancer," though it seems clear that many of his patients feel otherwise. They claim complete cures or remissions after only months on the drug. Their contentions are difficult to assess, since few have submitted themselves for examinations at recognized medical facilities...
...largely ceremonial function. The rulers of a dictatorship need an apparatus that seems to confirm their legitimacy, a formal link to the party rank and file, and a sounding board, however limited, for their pronouncements. For the leadership, a Party Congress is an occasion to defend its record, assess the country's condition and chart the course ahead...
...believed, 19,715 Communist dead v. 2,208 ARVN dead. U.S. casualties have been 40 killed and 34 wounded. Casualty rates aside, was ARVN stalled? No, said Vogt. The weeklong halt on Route 9 was a deliberate "pause" to give commanders a chance to watch and assess enemy movements. Said Laird: "The operation is going according to plan...
...however, had its limitations. Unlike in North Vietnam, reconnaissance missions were not flown after each strike. Rather, a given target would be photographed by jets of the 432nd tactical reconnaissance squadron once over a period of from two weeks to three months. Thus it was often most difficult to assess when a given strike had occurred, or who had been responsible for it. In addition, reconnaissance was rarely done on areas which had not been approved as targets...