Word: draft
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HANDED a final draft of the radio address summarizing President Nixon's 180-page report to the Congress on "U.S. Foreign Policy for the 1970s," Presidential Special Assistant William Safire read it through, pronounced it "fine," but predicted that it "would not set the world on fire." The President smiled and replied: "The whole point of our foreign policy is not to set the world on fire." Indeed, the full report is a refreshingly cool and realistic appraisal of the current state of world politics. A sweeping outline of the evolving Nixon foreign policy, it is the most detailed...
Kissinger began to solicit suggestions for the report last October from the Department of State, the Defense Department and the CIA. On the day after Christmas he took five of his 49 aides to San Clemente to begin drafting the document. He discussed its outlines in detail with Nixon in January. A rough draft was then circulated to the key agencies for their comments, and the National Security Council reviewed both the draft and the comments. The final policy decisions were made last month by Nixon, Kissinger and Secretary of State William Rogers at Key Biscayne...
...drafting and the final polishing continued, Kissinger drove his staff with all the harshness of a plantation overseer. It was easy to detect which members of his staff had worked on the final drafts, Kissinger says. "They had maniacal expressions on their faces." As the deadline for the final draft approached, Kissinger kept telephoning his men with last-minute thoughts. Exasperated, they finally stopped taking his calls so that they could complete their work...
Plagued by a doctor shortage as acute as that faced by many communities, the Pentagon last week asked the Selective Service System to reinstate the doctor draft that has been suspended for the past two years. Volunteer M.D.s have decreased by 40%, and despite the Viet Nam withdrawal, the armed forces need doctors to care for 2,900,000 men. Dr. Louis M. Rousselot, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health and Environment, has twice warned the U.S. medical community that it must provide volunteers or face conscription...
...rally, which was held on the Boston Common, started at 4:15 p. m. Speeches were given by Paul Coumings, a draft resister and anti-war activist; Ruth Lettvin of the Cambridge office of the Panther Defense Committee; and Kim Holland of the New Bedford Panthers...