Word: guam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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GORDON ELLIOTT Agana, Guam...
Probably the President's most important signal, however, was sent from Guam, where he enunciated the Nixon Doctrine of gradual U.S. military disengagement from the mainland of Asia. He followed up his words by beginning withdrawals from South Viet Nam, scaling down the U.S. presence in South Korea, and ordering an end to the Seventh Fleet's patrols in the Taiwan Strait. In his 1970 "State of the World" report, Nixon referred to the Chinese as "a great and vital people who should not remain isolated...
...should we be discouraged by it. It is only the American people who can stop America's aggression against the people and land of Southeast Asia. No amount of courage and self-sacrifice by the Indochinese can stop raids by hundreds of B-52's based in Guam. No amount of resistance by Asian peasants can alter the decision to use napalm and fragmentation bombs against civilian targets. In the final analysis, it is we who must take responsibility for forcing the U. S. out of Southeast Asia...
...preparation for months by Presidential Assistant Henry Kissinger and his staff, the report is essentially an elaboration of the Nixon Doctrine, first announced on Guam 19 months ago and more formally enunciated in the President's first "State of the World" report last year. This year's report avoids the vagueness of last year's, and applies that doctrine more specifically to world trouble spots and to other powers, particularly the Soviet Union. It combines a tough-minded analysis with a flexibility in approach that should aid the quest for peace...
Sharp Knives. Nixon first proclaimed the doctrine on Guam during his 1969 Asian tour, and in last year's "State of the World" message to Congress he spelled it out more fully. The U.S. will continue to guarantee protection to its allies against nuclear attack and will "furnish military and economic assistance when requested and as appropriate" against other kinds of aggression, Nixon said. He added, however, "we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility for its [nonnuclear] defense...