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...could only understand its own strength-see the numbers in its ranks-it would overcome that sense of impotence. It would bring its weight to bear-through the electoral process, if necessary, in 1968-to alter the direction of our present policy. Instead of continuing escalation, increasing bombing and troop commitments, it would call for de-escalation, leading to negotiations and eventoal disengagement. The thrust of its criticism would be that the Administration now appears to place higher priority on military victory than on political solution and that our present policy may involve us in a broader war which...
...intensifying, with mounting casualties on both sides. Aided by a sudden infusion of mortars and fresh weapons, and often impelled by a growing sense of desperation, the Viet Cong have turned more aggressive in the hope of scoring some badly needed victories. With the increase in the U.S. troop levels-which last week reached 427,000-more Americans are ranging through the countryside than ever before, spoiling for a fight. The war's vicious turn was reflected last week in two sets of statistics...
...Gutsy Duck. To replace Lodge, who saw U.S. troop strength in Viet Nam rise from 16,000 to 420,000 during his current 19-month tour, Johnson tapped Ambassador-at-Large Ellsworth Bunker, 72. A courtly, starched-collar Vermonter who in 1951 left the sugar industry for diplomatic duty, Bunker is a tall, spare man who is known as a deft negotiator. As Ambassador to Argentina, he dealt with Dictator Juan Peron during a period of rabid Argentine anti-Americanism, had the satisfaction of seeing him exiled. In other troubleshooting assignments, he served as a mediator between Indonesia...
...captains and lieutenants of 16 or so, pitch camp for two weeks on the Isle of Wight. They leave half their supplies behind on the boat, neglect to put the kettle on for tea; on the second morning, all that is left to feed the whole Brownie troop is eight slices of toast. In the brief pauses between muddled meals, the Guides manage to lose each other, usually during a hilarious drill called "stalking," in which they are all over the heath like big-rumped, slightly spastic tiger kittens. Author Glyn is a connoisseur of chaos...
...letter, the President offered to end all U.S. raids on the north and to put a freeze on U.S. troop levels in the south "as soon as I am assured that infiltration into South Vietnam by land and by sea has been stopped...