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...enemy-yet still promises withdrawal. Once again he fell into ambiguity. His plan, Nixon said, was "to end American involvement just as soon as the South Vietnamese have developed the capacity to defend their country against Communist aggression." Then he cited the damage inflicted on the Communists in the Cambodian incursion and claimed to have hurt the enemy even more in the Laos operation. That led Nixon to conclude without qualification that "Vietnamization has succeeded," a statement reminiscent of Republican Senator George Aiken's wry advice five years ago: that the U.S. unilaterally declare victory and leave. Why, then...
...earlier had condemned their father to death in absentia. At the end of each day's session, scores of the curious spectators who filled the drab, stifling courtroom would nervously make their way to the two defendants, many prayerfully clasping their hands before their faces in the traditional Cambodian gesture of respect...
...Cambodian troops retreated for ten miles up Highway 4 under North Vietnamese attack. The highway is the only route connecting the deep water port of Kompong Som to Phnom Penh...
...instances in which a Faculty group has publicly broached the issue of the war with Kissinger. Aside from one White House meeting last May at whicha group of critical senior Faculty members held an "on-the-record" meeting with him to express their dismay at the Cambodian invasion, other meetings and contacts have been mostly individual and always private...
...Richard Nixon's own top advisers described Lam Son-and the parallel thrust by 20,000 ARVN troops into Cambodia-mainly as an opportunity to reap some short-term gains. One important objective was to shore up the embattled regime in Cambodia by taking further pressure off the Cambodian army to the south. Another was to blunt Communist capability to wage offensives in South Viet Nam, particularly any attack that might upset two approaching presidential elections: Nguyen Van Thieu's in October and Richard Nixon's in November...