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...behind the optimism there was concern. "Our relief," said Oanh, "is mixed with worries about what will happen to us in the future." There was the inevitable fear that a bombing halt might lead to a rapid pullout of U.S. troops, followed by capitulation to the foe. Some of the 200,000 Vietnamese civilians on American payrolls were beginning to worry about their jobs...
...suggested a pullout of 100,000 to 150,000 troops by the end of 1969, and a similar reduction during 1970. After that, Bundy said, further troop withdrawals would depend on the progress of the peace negotiations...
...destroying pride and incentive. Observed Evans: "The first priority of the U.S. is the resolution of our internal conflict?the recognition that if we cannot unite our own nation, then we cannot preserve the hope of others." But that, he added carefully, did not mean a pell-mell pullout from Viet Nam. "To have entered the war by the path of error does not mean that we can now leave through the door of default...
...Among them: Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who, in a letter to the Washington Post on March 22, asked for a pullout: "Khe Sanh has lost whatever military significance it may have had. It is highly vulnerable. Airpower will not save it. Let us not sacrifice our brave men to the folly of generals and the obstinacy of Presidents...
...linking these three issues into a plea to integrate the suburbs and get Negroes into the U.S. mainstream. Discussing Viet Nam, he reiterated his opposition to bombing north of the DMZ, but saw "no quick or easy steps" for settling the war. McCarthy rejected the notion of a precipitous pullout, observing that the U.S. should draw back to a somewhat vague point "where you can expect the South Viet Nam government to assume major responsibility...