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Public pressure drives restraint on Vietnam casualties
Washington confirms field commanders were told to intensify efforts to minimize American deaths as part of a broader plan to withdraw troops. Officials foresee 25,000 to 100,000 further reductions amid Vietnamization, with Gen. Wheeler and Gen. Abrams shaping tactics to sustain low losses while pressuring North Vietnam.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Fense
Melvin RB. Laird
Mayle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Wheeler
Pacific
Southeast Asia
India
Pakistan
Rumania
Britain
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Viet Nam
Abrams
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Edward M. Kennedy
Lamburger Hill
Senate
Laird
Johnson