Thieu offers amnesty to deserters and draft dodgers
South Vietnam under President Thieu announces a blanket amnesty for deserters and draft dodgers who fled before January 1 1975. The move aims to bolster a million-man army as Communist forces press the defense. Officials say the number affected runs into thousands.
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Thieu
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Laos
Highlands
Bu Binh
Viet Cong
Maj
Phuong Nam
Vietnam Press
Viet Cong Opens Geneva Liaison Office with U.N. Agencies
The PRG the Viet Cong political arm received approval to establish a Geneva liaison office to work with United Nations aid agencies. Three Viet Cong officials were promised visas, aligning with a Waldheim pledge to aid governments in the region without discrimination.
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United Nations, N.Y
Provisional
Revolutionary Government of
South Vietnam
PRG
Geneva
U.N
United Nations
McCarthy Attacks New Federal Campaign Finance Law
Sen. Eugene McCarthy criticized the Campaign Finance Law as a major attack on the Bill of Rights and a political repression that freezes two parties in the process. He warned it precludes independent candidates from subsidies and biases elections, arguing it violates due process and the founders’ intent.
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Washington
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
George Washington University
Reagan urges Congress to empower Ford on Vietnam pact
Reagan urged Congress to authorize the President to enforce the Paris peace accords in Vietnam stating Americans should verify treaty terms. He noted no team has entered Communist areas to account for 1,300 missing servicemen and criticized Congress for blocking enforcement. He supported Ford's tax cut plan and critiqued Social Security as an unfunded liability. In Cambodia, rebels shelled Neak Luong as a Mekong town siege continued and a convoy withdrew under fire.
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Tex
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Ford
Reagan
Vietnam
U.S
Executive Branch
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Mekong River
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