DEFENSE Secretary Melvin Laird visited South Viet Nam last week for a first-hand look at the effectiveness of the Nixon Administration's policies. Laird went into the field togged out in fatigues and a baseball cap, and announced on departure that "Vietnamization is working." It is "on schedule in some places and ahead of schedule in others," he reported. "We face formidable but manageable problems ahead."
Back in Washington, the 76-member Democratic Policy Council recommended that the U.S. announce a firm timetable for withdrawing all troops within 18 months, a course that the Administration...
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