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Nixon's latest troop "replacement" was first forecast as imminent, then held up, then linked with an obviously futile short halt of B-52 bombings in South Viet Nam. When the announcement finally came, it turned out to involve only a modest 35,000 men to be returned to the U.S. by Dec. 15. That was about 10,000 more than the reluctant Joint Chiefs of Staff had conceded would be acceptable, but far fewer than many war critics think possible. It will bring to 60,000 the number of troops pulled out since the Administration outlined its gradual...
...draft suspension seemed only slightly more convincing. Nixon said that because of the troop cutback no new quotas would be required of local draft boards in November and December, during which 50,000 men had been scheduled to be called. The 29,000 men already set for October induction will be spaced out instead over the final three months of this year. At the same time, Nixon announced that if Congress does not act promptly on proposals for draft reform that he submitted last May, he will institute most of them by executive decree (see box, opposite page...
...fatal Chappaquiddick Island accident on his credibility in raising a moral issue, Senator Edward Kennedy converted a routine dinner speech in Boston into a chance to resume-with even more sting than before-his attack on the Administration's war policy. "We have made only token troop withdrawals on the battlefield, an exercise in politics and improvisation," he charged. He called Viet Nam "difficult to justify, impossible to win-a war not worthy of our lives and efforts, a conflict that has made us ill as a people." There will be no peace, he predicted, so long...
...people, each bearing the name of a war fatality. The organizers say that 400 colleges will participate in the Moratorium Day, with students boycotting classes to hold mass teach-ins, distribute antiwar leaflets in neighborhoods, turn in their draft cards. One peace leader, Dr. Benjamin Spock, dismissed the troop-withdrawals as "frauds, sops to the American people and attempts to deceive us." It was standard protest rhetoric, but the outspoken Spock touched a deep worry in the Administration when he declared that "the peace movement helped oust Johnson -now a new President must be taught again...
...Soviet Union, in their major speeches, offered much promise that the current session would be more dynamic or productive than its predecessors. President Nixon, in his first appearance before the General Assembly, emphasized that U.S. steps toward peace in Viet Nam, including the bombing halt and troop withdrawals, have been "responsive to views expressed in this room." Accordingly, he asked delegates of all nations to turn their "best diplomatic efforts" to persuading Hanoi to make a few concessions too. The delegates, apparently disappointed that the President had failed to unveil new plans for peace in his speech, applauded perfunctorily...