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Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird told a Pentagon news conference yesterday that he believes current U. S. troop withdrawal timetables will proceed on schedule...
...Laird also announced that he would fly to Vietnam next month to assess the military, situation there personally...
...Laird also stated that the United States is currently slightly ahead of its troop withdrawal schedule. Moreover, he predicted that by January 5, "we will be below...
When questioned about an apparent extension of the U. S.'s bombing policy, Laird insisted that "there's been no basic change...
...Laird said on December 10 that American planes would bomb the North if the North Vietnamese violated an "understanding" and fired on American "re-conaissance" planes which fly over the North. Two days later, Hanoi issued a strongly-worded statement denying that any such "understanding" existed and that any plane which violated their airspace would be attacked...