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Bitter Harvest AGA The Register: August 12 1973
AGA The Register reports on the winding down of U S involvement in Indochina after 12 years of war. It notes congressional and presidential hesitations, the August 4 deadline for bombing halt in Cambodia, and the shifting dynamics in Cambodia Laos and South Vietnam. The piece reflects on costs casualties refugees and the uncertain future for Southeast Asia as North Vietnam and its allies gain leverage while U S influence diminishes.
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AGA the Register
Danville, Va
William L. Ryan
United States
Indochina
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
Congress
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
William Rogers
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Dienbienphu
France
Washington
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Asia
Soviet Union
Red China
Moscow
Peking
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Quangtri
Lon Nol
William P. Rogers
Senate
Norodom Sihanouk
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong