Word: pauker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some argue that Vietnamization is already a proven success. In a paper currently making the rounds in Washington, Guy Pauker, the Rand Corp's leading Southeast Asia specialist, maintains that the treasure the U.S. has pumped into South Viet Nam over the past five years has quietly accomplished a "feat of political alchemy" by transforming a weak Saigon government into a strong regime with a clear chance of surviving. Pauker says that this chance can become a certainty if the U.S. will pick up the bills for at least a decade-not only for the regime's army...