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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
3
Several hundred Vietnamese civilians looted Camp Alpha at Tan Son Nhut Air Base on the final day of the U S troop withdrawal. Guards stood by as the crowd broke fences and seized food, furniture, and supplies from the mess hall while American MPs had departed. Some soldiers lost belongings before boarding C-130 and C-141 transports bound for Travis Air Force Base.
SAIGON AP The last American forces pulled out of South Vietnam after more than a decade of military intervention that cost 46,000 US lives. The departing commander said the United States had accomplished its mission of stopping a Communist takeover. As 2,500 GIs flew home or to bases in Southeast Asia, remaining American air and naval forces stayed on Indochina’s edges to keep up the Cambodia war and deter renewed fighting in Vietnam and Laos. The 7th Fleet had four carriers with 200 strike planes within range. 202 B52 bombers at Guam and Thailand. and over 400 fighter bombers in Thailand. Departures left 1,034 uniformed Americans in Vietnam, including 825 on the U.S. delegation to the Joint Military Commission, 159 Marine guards at the Embassy, and 50 military attaches. The Joint Military Commission was replaced by a South Vietnamese Viet Cong–led body. The 825 U.S. delegation members were to leave Friday and Saturday. The United States failed to extend the four‑party group. At a 20‑minute ceremony closing MACV, Gen. Frederick C. Weyand said Vietnam’s people must shape their own destiny and provide for self‑defense. Order No. 1290 inactivated MACV. The colors were cashed. AC141 Starlifter carried last soldiers home. Weyand shook the color guard and called it a happy day. A cable from Adm. Moorer noted 20 million Americans served in Vietnam but lacked full public support.
Defense Secretary Richardson says U S bombing of Cambodian targets will continue until a cease fire is declared, arguing Nixon’s constitutional authority. He notes Cambodia’s failure to comply with Paris withdrawal provisions and cites State Department lawyers drafting a formal statement of authority. U S planes have bombed since three weeks, mostly from Thailand, to limit Communist gains amid dispute over Vietnam drawdown.
The defense secretary said Nixon's authority to continue bombing does not rely on any specific constitutional provision, but on the general power to make war and the president's role as commander in chief.
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