Word: trooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...division, an experiment in relating the uses of the helicopter, as refined in Viet Nam, to the Army of the '70s and '80s. Should TRICAP prove out over the next three years, it will employ tanks for shock on the ground, Hueys and CH-47 Chinooks for troop transport, and either Cobra gunships, or the new Lockheed Cheyenne missile platforms for air support. The modernized division will be assigned as part of the U.S. commitment to NATO defensive units in Western Europe...
Israel, which has never been allowed to send a ship through the canal, was wary. For one thing, the Israelis consider the waterway an ideal tank ditch against any Egyptian cross-canal movements. The farthest that Israeli troops would probably withdraw from the Bar-Lev Line would be to an area from which they could see or hear Egyptian or Russian troops crossing the canal in strength. Israel indicated last week that it would also oppose the rebuilding of bridges over the canal. Moreover, Israel insisted that it would consider a Suez settlement as a separate agreement...
...children venture beyond the village perimeters only by day, and then with care. "When the Americans were still here, the government cadre could go all the way to the river," the chief recalled. "Now they can go only halfway." Future security, he said, would depend on regular government-troop operations. "If they have enough troops to make those operations, we will be safe. If they do not, we will be in trouble...
...Israel did offer, in return for an end of belligerency, to pull back its troops from the Bar-Lev line on the canal's east bank. The Israelis did not specify how far back they were prepared to withdraw, but one unofficial suggestion was to a point, about ten miles from Suez, that would allow observation and artillery coverage of the canal to thwart any troop crossing. Under these conditions, the Israelis could easily cope with an Egyptian landing, but they would face a far more dangerous situation if a Soviet contingent crossed the canal. Direct Soviet intervention...
...policy- not because he is against it in substance but because he would like withdrawal to proceed even faster. From the Administration's viewpoint, he has been too far out in front of his boss on a withdrawal timetable. For example, Laird predicted a lowering of the troop level to 50,000 by the end of 1972 weeks in advance of Nixon's televised speech two weeks ago announcing a similar reduction. Since January, he has spoken about terminating the U.S. presence in Viet Nam, while the President refused to speak of a date for total withdrawal. Leaks...