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...Larsen and his colleagues-both in Indochina and Washington -even an eyedropper's worth of information would have been greeted with heartfelt cheers during much of last week. Seeking to report a cover story on General Creighton Abrams and the biggest allied operation since the thrust into Cambodia, TIME'S correspondents ran up against a news blackout so complete that it seemed almost laughable. As Dewey Canyon II got under way, Saigon newsmen were briefed (in the truest sense of the word), told that all news was embargoed and then informed that even word of the embargo...
Nixon's surrogate in this enterprise ?and the man who must actually wield the guns on the way out of the bar?is General Creighton W. ("Abe") Abrams, 56, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam. A veteran tank commander with a jut-jawed, no-nonsense air, Abrams is pursuing a strategy of withdrawal that would be familiar to any student of cavalry operations: give way gradually but strike continually at the enemy, harass his troops, destroy his supplies and keep him off balance. Moreover, Abrams is trying to replace U.S. ground forces with U.S. planes and South Vietnamese soldiers...
From Saigon word came that General Creighton Abrams Jr., 56, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam who previously indicated no religious preference, has joined the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, back at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird dedicated a small room in the Aring as a place for meditation and prayer. "In a sense, this ceremony marks the completion of the Pentagon," said Secretary Laird. "Peace is the business of this building...
...purpose of his trip to Vietnam will be to "assess the progress of the Vietnamization program; to assess the military assistance programs; and also to confer with Gen. Creighton W. Albrams on what lies ahead as far as further troop reductions" are concerned, he said...
...Robert Creighton, principal of Quincy High School, agreed with DyLimpio. "Four years ago," he said, "all high school superintendents received notice that the Air Force had an authorization to establish ROTC units in high schools." It was this notice, he said, that the Quincy school department had acted upon...