Pentagon Study of Viet War Finds U.S. Efforts Failed
A Pentagon history section on U S South Vietnamese political relations from 1963 to 1967 concludes that American leverage failed to stabilize Saigon. It criticizes U S policy, notes Westmoreland's latent diplomatic role, and cites reluctance to withhold aid as undermining pressure.
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Jets strike into North Vietnam as ally bases come under fire
U S fighter bombers conducted a fifth straight day of air strikes into North Vietnam while Communist rocket and mortar attacks hit multiple bases in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Phan Rang Bien Hoa and Da Nang bases were targeted with rockets. no casualties were reported.
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Ky Faces Opposition as Thieu Urges Calm Amid Protests
In Saigon Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky met opposition leaders at a party after a day of anti Thieu protests over the one man election. A 24 year old American veteran Raymond Crombie attempted self immolation but was stopped by police. Thieu urged calm on radio while planning counter measures. In Belfast British troops fired rubber bullets at Catholic youths after a hotel bombing during Catholic civil rights demonstrations.
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Expulsion of Russians in U K could prompt U S action
Diplomatic sources say a KGB defectors information that led to Britain expelling 105 Soviet officials may trigger similar moves in the United States. The data has been shared with NATO members including the United States and could aid cracking Soviet spy networks in the United Nations. Moscow denounced Britain's actions as unjustified warning of grave consequences as a Moscow bound Aeroflot plane filled with officials departed London.
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IMF chief urges swift currency realignment and tariff reversal
IMF managing director Pierre-Paul Schweitzer called for prompt realignment of world currencies and removal of Nixon’s 10 percent import surcharge. He urged U.S. contribution to any realignment and warned of growing restrictions in major exchange markets while maintaining the dollar’s central role and gold reserves. The remarks came ahead of the IMF World Bank meeting in Washington.
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Momentum favoring U S China UN seat compromise
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said momentum favors a U S plan to keep Nationalist China in the United Nations while admitting Communist China. He noted the General Assembly vote against delaying debate and called the outcome encouraging and larger than expected.
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Okinawans protest Hirohito visit to Nixon tour
Four Okinawan workers from the Okinawa Youth Committee breached the guards at Tokyo's palace gates. They hurled smoke cannisters and waved bamboo staves during Emperor Hirohito's meeting with President Nixon and European tour, are subdued by police inside the palace compound.
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