AUGUST 31, 2017 - UNFINISHED VIETNAM WAR - NIXON-KISSINGER VIETNAM TREASON
On August 31, 2017 I remind my readers about 'Unfinished Vietnam War' that illustrates Nixon-Kissinger Vietnam Treason. Nixon-Kissinger began reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam without obtaining guarantees that the North Vietnamese troops would be withdrawn from the South.
The Cold War in Asia began with the Communist takeover of mainland China in 1949. Vietnam War is mere symptom of spread of Communism in Asia. This threat is yet to be neutralized.
Rudranarasimham Rebbapragada
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AUGUST 31, 1972 - THIS DAY IN HISTORY - US WEEKLY CASUALTY FIGURES HIT NEW LOW
U.S. weekly casualty figures of five dead and three wounded are the lowest recorded since record keeping began in January 1965. These numbers reflected the fact that there were less than 40,000 American troops left in South Vietnam by this time and very few of these were involved in actual combat. U.S. troop withdrawals had begun in the fall of 1969 following President Richard Nixon's announcement at the Midway conference on June 8, 1972, that he would begin reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam as the war was turned over to the South Vietnamese as part of his "Vietnamization" policy. Once the troop withdrawals began, they continued on a fairly regular basis, steadily reducing the troop level from the 1969 high of 543,400.
Vietnam War
1955
Dulles supports Diem's decision not to hold national election
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles supports South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's position regarding his refusal to hold "national and general elections" to reunify the two Vietnam states. Although these elections were called for by the Geneva Accords of July 1954, Diem and his supporters in the United...
1965
Ky refuses to negotiate with the Communists
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announces that South Vietnam would not negotiate with the Communists without guarantees that North Vietnamese troops would be withdrawn from the South. He also said that his government would institute major reforms to correct economic and social injustices. Also on this day: In the...
1967
Senate Committee calls for stepped-up bombing
Senate Preparedness Investigating Committee issues a call to step up bombing against the North, declaring that McNamara had "shackled" the air war against Hanoi, and calling for "closure, neutralization, or isolation of Haiphong." President Johnson, attempting to placate Congressional "hawks" and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expanded the approved...
1970
Thieu government maintains control of Senate
In South Vietnam, antigovernment Buddhist candidates appear to win 10 of 30 Senate seats contested in the previous day's election. However, the Senate as a whole remained in the firm control of conservative, pro-government supporters. Catholics still held 50 percent of the Senate seats, even though they constituted only…
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