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...Command yesterday claimed that the number of American troops in South Vietnam has reached 317,300. the lowest point since October 1966. U.S. headquarters has explained that the drop is a direct result of Nixon's plans for troop withdrawals in South Vietnam...
...first reports of public opinion were disturbing. George Gallup reported that public approval of Richard Nixon's presidency had fallen to 51%, the lowest point so far: only 19% agreed with Nixon that the Laos drive would shorten the war. Louis Harris discovered that 46% felt that U.S. troop withdrawals from Viet Nam were "too slow." No wonder, then, that when the President returned to Washington, he decided to hold a televised press conference and confine the questions to matters of foreign policy...
Nixon made his major point on the very first question. For much of the day, he said, he had been in trans-Pacific consultation with his Viet Nam commander, General Creighton Abrams, who had told him that the South Vietnamese troops had proved in Laos that they could "hack it" against "the very best units that the North Vietnamese can put into the field." Moreover, Nixon claimed, the disruption of enemy supply lines already "assures even more the success of our troop-withdrawal program." Nixon hinted that in April he may announce an acceleration of the present withdrawal pace...
...former Democratic Presidential contender said yesterday in a phone interview from Washington that he endorsed the treaty because "I agree with what it proposes: a negotiated settlement, a coalition government, and immediate troop withdrawal...
...President added that he would have another troop withdrawal announcement in April, but predicted that there will be "hard fighting" ahead...