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...conference, when he said that he "would expect" Saigon's troops to withdraw at the same time U.S. forces do, the President had also said: "When we come out, our logistical and air support will also come out." However, there are reports that the next installment of the Cambodian venture will be sustained combat by South Vietnamese forces, supported by Thailand and the U.S. (see THE WORLD...
Shared Responsibility. The change in wording was supposed to make the preamble less of a challenge to presidential authority. However, the operative provisions that follow remain the same, barring funds for a number of specific military purposes in Cambodian territory and airspace. Scott said that the modification did not satisfy the White House. Warned Church: "There can be no retreat on substance...
...convinced that the Government's Viet Nam policy was a disaster. Eventually he persuaded the President to stop the bombing of North Viet Nam and start deescalation. To many, resignation is simply unrealistic. Responding to students who wanted him to resign as a protest against Nixon's Cambodian foray, Dr. Roger Egeberg, HEW's Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, was totally matter-of-fact: "What on earth good do you think a resignation does?" he asked. "It would be like a moth in a flame, hardly remembered the next...
ONCE the Communists and their supplies have been rooted out of their Cambodian sanctuaries, Richard Nixon said four weeks ago, "we will withdraw." The 14,000 American G.I.s now in Cambodia will come out by June 30, as advertised. But what about the South Vietnamese, who have repeatedly boasted that they have "no deadline"? By last week it seemed clear not only that thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers would remain on Cambodian soil, but also that the whole Cambodian venture was evolving into what amounts to a war by proxy...
...were already ranging far and wide in Cambodia, where its total strength jumped last week from 21,000 troops to more than 40,000, the equivalent of 31 divisions. One ARVN (Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) marine unit was actually within three miles of Phnom-Penh, the Cambodian capital, while tank units sped across the Cambodian countryside, seizing Communist-held towns. Acting more like conquerors than allies, ARVN soldiers often treated Phnom-Penh's troops with condescension and even contempt. "I'm thinking of disarming the Cambodians," joked Lieut. General Do Cao Tri, the ARVN boss...