Nixon orders troop withdrawal
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI)
—President Nixon Monday night ordered a 150,000-man pullout of U.S. troops from South Vietnam in the next year and promised "with confidence" that all American troops would be withdrawn at an unspecified date.
"We finally have in sight the just peace we are seeking." Nixon said in a nationwide report on Vietnam.
"We can now say with confidence that pacification is succeeding. We can say with confidence that the South Vietnamese can develop the capability for their own defense. We can say with confidence that all American combat forces can and will be withdrawn," Nixon said.
"I again remind the leaders of North Vietnam that while we are taking these risks for peace they will be taking grave risks should they attempt to use the occasion to jeopardize the security of our remaining forces in Vietnam by increased military action in Vietnam, in Cambodia or in Laos."
The 150,000man reduction would reduce U.S. troop levels in South Vietnam to 284,000 by May, 1971. The timing of the additional withdrawals was purposefully left vague and will be determined by continual reassessments of the military and diplomatic situation.
According to White House officials familiar with the President's thinking, the rate of U.S. troop withdrawals would remain virtually the same as it has been since last December—approximately 12,000 men per month. The officials said the advantage of announcing the larger withdrawal figure over a longer period of time was that it put the government of President Nguyen Van Thieu on notice of America's intentions.
The officials said the American pullback possibly would be accompanied by minor reductions in the troop commitments of the five U.S. and South Vietnamese allies in Vietnam. This announcement means that by May, 1971, a total of 265,000 U.S. troops will have been pulled out of South Vietnam since President Nixon ordered the initial cutback on June 8, 1969, during his meeting with President Thieu on Midway Island.
The charges were made April 10 by Spearman. Police officials and the department of public safety officials have completed a check of its records regarding the charges and have found nothing.
Spearman says police failed to act
At that time Spearman said he was urging all blacks in the University community to carry weapons. He cited increasing numbers of threats of violence and attempts at violence as the reason for the urging.
Spearman declined any more comment on the charges and last week planned a BSU news conference for Monday. No conference took place, however.
John Spearman Jr., Lawrence sophomore and president of the BSU, charged last week that the Lawrence Police Department failed to investigate a bombing attempt in Lawrence and that it failed to provide police protection after promising to do so for those who were threatened.
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Nixon said his decision to reduce the American commitment has been based entirely on the progress made by South Vietnamese armed forces in taking on a greater portion of the war which "has substantially exceeded our original expectations."
He called on Hanoi to enter into meaningful negotiations that would produce fairly apportioned political power in South Vietnam. The President disclosed that he had sent letters April 7 to the 14 signatory powers of the 1962 Geneva Accords urging consultations to restore peace in Indochina. He also made mention of the recent statement by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob Malik that hinted possible Soviet agreement to such a conference.
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Nixon said he did not yet know the full implication of Malik's suggestion and White House sources said the President had decided to take this opportunity to make clear the U.S. desire for the conference. In March Nixon wrote Soviet Prime Minister Aleksei Kosygin suggesting a similar conference and was rebuffed. The Soviet Union, along with Britian, are co-chairman of the 1962 Geneva Accords.
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Despite the new enemy activity, he said, there has been an overall decline in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troop levels in South Vietnam and a consequent reduction in American casualties.
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