Word: laird
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Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said yesterday that he will recommend use of U. S. airpower in Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam to reduce American casualties. Laird said he hoped to continue this policy "as long as I am serving in this...
...that the U.S. will "reduce our presence while maintaining our commitment." Already the American troop level in Asia has been reduced by nearly a quarter of a million men. Last week, en route to Saigon for a personal inspection of the Viet Nam war zone, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that by midsummer U.S. fighting men will no longer seek ground combat in Viet Nam. Because they will still provide air, artillery, logistic and security support for South Viet Nam's army, American G.I.s will still face some combat. But Laird's announcement heralds...
Thailand recently contracted with West Germany's Heckler & Koch to build a plant to produce rifles. Last week Secretary Laird promised increased military aid to Bangkok during the 1970s. He has apparently already delivered on part of it: two new secret bases, one reportedly a communications center near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand and the other a possible assault base on the Cambodian border, are currently under construction with U.S. assistance. Japan is under strong pressure to spend more on self-defense than the minuscule .8% of its annual gross national product (or $1.6 billion) that it currently allocates...
...SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MELVIN LAIRD...
American forces in South Vietnam will be cut from a ceiling figure of 549,500 in January 1969 to less than 284,000 May 1, Laird said. He did not give a timetable for further reductions...