Word: wheeler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Overseers approved both appointments at their four and one-half hour meeting yesterday, along with the appointment of William Liller '48, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, as new Master of Adams House...
...anguish in the pleas of U.S. officers for more men, that is due to the dangerously exposed situation of U.S. troops as a result of Hanoi's new thrust. "I see no easy end to this war," admitted Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler last week after conferring with General William C. Westmoreland on troop requirements. "We must expect hard fighting to continue. The enemy retains substantial uncommitted resources...
...emphasis is very much on the war which is at hand. General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, flew to Saigon for his eleventh visit-and his first in seven months-"to gain firsthand information on the situation." Wheeler went out of his way to blunt the growing criticism of the way that General William C. Westmore land, the U.S. commander, is conducting the war, and to slap down speculation that he might soon be relieved of his command. "A corollary purpose" of the tour, said Wheeler, "is to convey to General Westmoreland the great confidence placed...
...approved by President Johnson, and so far he has given no hint that he would approve. Johnson has reportedly assured Russia's Premier Kosygin that the United States won't use nuclear weapons, but the White House has been deliberately cryptic in publicly quelling the rumors that followed Wheeler's statement. When asked about nukes at a press conference, the President would only say that he "was not aware" of any Pentagon request for them...
...worldwide reaction indicates that the plan may be backfiring. Many European nations have taken up the cry of Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, who begged the U.S. to "save the world from holocaust" by holding back on the nukes. China has taken a more disturbing step: a week after Wheeler's testimony, Chou En-lai promised to send some of China's new nuclear weapons to Hanoi if necessary...