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...Year cover story is quite unlike any other that appears in 52 weeks of TIME. It is essentially retrospective. While 22 reporters contributed to this week's citation of General William Westmoreland and the men he commands, the story is more than anything else an assessment of the events and policies that have revolved around the Viet Nam War in the past twelve months. This summation and judgment was the responsibility of writer and editor, who have watched the Viet Nam story with intense attention week after week. Writer Ronald Kriss has written many of our stories on Viet...
...hoped-for words went out to the troops from the staff headquarters of General William Westmoreland, commander of all U.S. forces in South Viet Nam. The order read: "In keeping with the spirit of Christmas and consistent with like instructions that have been issued by the Chief of Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces, Lieut. General Cao Van Vien, General Westmoreland has directed that U.S. forces in Viet Nam will not fire at or on the enemy except in self-defense during the hours of 1800, 24 December, and 2400, 25 December...
...have very often proved as bad as their word, Saigon last week wore a look of siege amidst the festoonery of Christmas. Police guards were doubled around the main hotels and military installations, and white wooden barriers blocked off many streets-including the one on which General William C. Westmoreland's house is situated...
...look underneath vehicles driven by Vietnamese. In the Caravelle Hotel, Vietnamese guests of Americans heading for the top-floor restaurant had to submit to searches in the lobby, and were required to leave their ID cards behind with the concierge. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed by Westmoreland on all U.S. military personnel in Saigon...
...Army General William Childs Westmoreland...