In article <
26768-51...@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net>, Phil Ossofee says...
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>It was in The Stars And Stripes fall of '63 Kennedy was bringing the
>boys home.
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Lacking anything better A.Marsh makes use of this same Stars and Stripes
argument. The reference he uses shows the headlines but the details are too
small to read. This is as Marsh likes it because if you could read it in his
reference here is what you would read. If you have another Stars and Stripes
article in mind please post it. I will add that I have made extensive search
and didn't find any other article to fit your reference. Here it is;
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http://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com
Friday, October 04, 1963
White House Report; U.S. TROOPS SEEN OUT OF VIET BY �65
WASHINGTON (UPI) � The White House said Wednesday night after hearing a report
from a two-man inspection team that the U.S. military effort in the Republic of
Vietnam should he completed by the end of 1965. The White House said the
situation in the Southeast Asian country was "deeply serious." � ���
The statement came after President Kennedy met for nearly an hour with' the full
Security Council to hear a detailed report on the Vietnamese situation from
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. McNamara and Taylor returned to the U.S. early in
the day after an on-site survey.
Highlights of the White House statement:
1�The U.S. government will continue to support the people and government, of
south Vietnam in their battle against the aggression of the communist Viet Cong.
2�McNamara and Taylor conceded that improvements could be made in the current
military program that they thought progress had been made recently.
(Continued on Back Page, Col. 2)
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You will note that it says "should be completed by the end of 1965". It doesn't
say "we will withdraw in 1965". This is reflected in NSAM 263 and you should
study it for knowledge on Kennedy's Vietnam policy shortly before his
assassination.
Here is another article from Stars and Stripes you might find interesting. Note
the date.
I have yet to see anyone produce any credible evidence, much less proof, that
Kennedy was making a total withdrawal from Vietnam. Not within, I believe it
was, 75,000 miles.
Bill Clarke
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http://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com
Saturday, November 16, 1963
U.S. DROPS PLANS FOR BIG VIET CUT
WASHINGTON (UP!) � President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States has
abandoned plans to withdraw 1,000 U.S. troops from the Republic of Vietnam by
the end of the year.
He told a news conference, however, that "several hundred" would be withdrawn
but that the exact number would depend upon a decision reached Nov. 20 in a
high-level meeting of U.S. officials in Honolulu.
Kennedy was asked whether the United States, in view of the military coup in
South Vietnam, still intended to withdraw 1,000 men as had been reported by
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and General Maxwell D Taylor, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, after their Vietnam tour in September.
"No," Kennedy replied, "we are going to bring back several hundred before the
end of the year, but I think of the question of ' the exact number, I thought we
would wait until that meeting of Nov. 20 (of high ranking officials in Hawaii)."
Kennedy also expressed full confidence in General Paul D.
(Continued on Back Page, Col. 4)
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