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Pentagon plan projects 150000 troops in Vietnam in 1972
Defense officials circulated a budget guidance estimating more than 150,000 U S troops in Vietnam in the summer of 1972 with about 50,000 the following summer. The figure is not a firm withdrawal schedule though past guidance has aligned with actual force levels. Some planners say rapid reductions could follow a successful Laos operation. Details cover May 1 1971 to June 30 1972 and list remaining divisions and brigades attempting to outline a gradual drawdown.
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William Beecher
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Defense Department
United States
Vietnam
Defense
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Congress
Nixon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos