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… 1966 SPEECH EXCERPTS-·MOBU.E COUNTY, ALA., GOP PUND·RAUING DUfNER AT II:IBILE. Our soldiers are performing brilliantly in Vietnam. But it is tragic that more add more of our young men are being sent to fight and perhaps to die there. It is … wrong in their views, but they have every right under our Constitution to speak out in protest against u.s. policy in Vietnam. They have every right to demonstrate and to picket peacefully to dramatize ·their diaaent from majority opinion. … But it is absolutely contemptible-~aDd worae••for any American to interfere with vigorous prosecution of the Vietnam War and to seek to impede the movement of u.s. troups and material to Vietnam. The ruckus created by the jumpers and the …
… Sld foreign Affairs. I say we can't afford it, and I feel certain the Amer~can people agree. 2. The chief issues are Vietnam, tntlation, taKes, loss or coQtidence in the " 1~1 dollar,rand the problems or the cities including civil disorder. 3. There are those who say President Johnson's peace initiative has removed Vietnam as an issue. His peace moves may have eliminated Vietnam as an issue for the two Democratic senators who are after his job but not for the people. , .. -2- , • A. The war is far fro• over ••• despite all the optimism touched off by tm President 1 s banbing cutback and attempt to gwt peace …
… that kind of money on something that can wait. After all, we're pouring billions upon bil• lions of dollars into the Vietnam war• and inflation is threatening the economy. Well, all but six Republicans voted to hold up the ''Vee Pee's teepee, 11 as … R. PORD WASHINGTON--My mail indicates that many people in the Fifth Congressional District are losing patience with the Vietnam War because the South Vietnamese have been fighting among themselves for weeks. I cannot belp but feel there is a …
… 1977 Dear Jane: Since our recent conversation, I have thought a great deal about your request that I grant amnesty to all. Vietnam war era draft evaders and deserters. I have carefully reviewed my clemency program which enabled individuals to earn … When I established the program, I did so in the belief that it was very important for the country that the post-Vietnam reconciliation take place in an atmosphere that restored unity and at the same time maintained a respect for the law …
… The original documents are located in Box D9, folder “Ford Press Releases - Vietnam, 1969-1973” of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential … Leader, u.s. House of Representatives, on the floor of the House, Thursday, May 15, 1969. Mr. Speaker: President Nixon's Vietnam speech will stimulate progress toward a peace settlement. It should convince North Vietnam's leaders that they have nothing to gain by delay or by new …
… expensive new programs like rent subsidies and the teachers corps while this nation is fighting a billion-dollar-a-month war in Vietnam, If the spendets don't get the message now, they'll surely get it on Nov. 8. *** The upcoming congressional … close to having one-man government. We have a president who tries to gull the people into blissful apathy by sticking the Vietnam War into his pocket and saying, in effect: '~ow don't you all worry about the war; I'll take care of it." And he …
… because each passing day strengthens my conviction that President Nixon has set a proper course, the right course, both in Vietnam and in our domestic affairs. On Nov. 3 President Nixon addressed the Nation on the subject of Vietnam. That evening he made one of the greatest speeches ever delivered by an American President. The impact of that … clear. Those choices are capitulation or, in the absence of a negotiated political settlement, Vietnamization of the war. Once the President had explained the consequences of capitulation -- otherwise known as immediate withdrawal -- it was …
… The original documents are located in Box D21, folder “New Jersey Building Contractors Association, Newark, NJ, February 22, 1967” of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford … a canyon,you know, and for good reason. A short time ago Defense Department officials admitted that our plane losses in Vietnam are actually double what they had been reporting----because they had been giving out figures only on those planes … of $14 billion in expenditures, and this gross underestimate of expenditures was not all related to increased costs in Vietnam. All last year Republicans said the administration was handing out fake figures on the cost of the Vietnam War. …
… The original documents are located in Box D29, folder “Commencement Address, National War College, Ft. Lesley J. McNair, June 5, 1970” of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the … THAT THE PURPOSE OF WAR IS NOT THE PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY BUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY'S WILL TO RESIST. THE VIETNAM WAR IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL WAR -- NOTa AS THE UNITED • a-.-.... Sill~S HAS FOY¥!t!~-:!J:. WE HAVE NEVER FOUGHT THE VIETNAM WAR IN THE CLASSICAL CLAUSEWITZ SENSE. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY OF GRADUALISM CERTAINLY WAS NOT …
… Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Ford said Nixon's reform proposals were aimed at five major objectives-ending the Vietnam War, making the streets safe again for the American people, curbing inflation, reforming and ultimately ending the draft, … said, this Congress's "mark on history will be one of the finest." Discussing the five objectives, Ford noted that Nixon's Vietnamization policy designed to extricate the United States from the Vietnam War with honor is succeeding. He also said …
… HANGS ON WHAT WE DO OR DO NOT DO AS A PEOPLE./ IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. I COULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE -3THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR. I gQ N~T QQ. ~I ALTHOUGH THE DANGER IS REAL ENOUGH. I AM TALKING ABOUT THAT COMPLEX OF PROBLEMS KNOWN AS THE URBAN … RESOLUTION. THERE ARE 1 OF COURSE 1 A HOST OF OBJECTIVES WHICH THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION MUST SET OUT TO ACHIEVE: TO END THE VIETNAM WARJ/TO AVOID FUTURE VI ETNArJS AND TO AVERT A NUCLEAR WAR,jTo RESTORE BALANCE TO THE ECONO!v1Y WH ILE ~v1A INT AIN … TO OUR RIOT-TORN LAND. IN A SENSE, MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE INTER-RELATED AND IMPINGE UPON EACH OTHER. AN END TO THE VIETNAM WAR WOULD HELP US SOLVE OUR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. A VICTORY OVER INFLATION, ALTHOUGH SLOW-BY-SLOW~ WOULD EASE THE …
… outbreak of convulsive violence in the Nation's ghettoes and on its college campuses. The Sixties also brought the agony of Vietnam, when an America victimized by violence at home crept uncomprehendingly into the quicksand of a jungle war halfway 'round the world. And as we lived through the decade of the Sixties, it became apparent that the era of the New … are related to the objectives I have just outlined and to others as well. The top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. President Nixon is moving vigorously to end the American role in Vietnam and, hopefully, to end the war. He is …
… Nixon \vent on nationwide radio and television to reveal the vigorous private negotiations he had been pursuing to end the war in Vietnam. Certain truths then became immediately evident to all reasonable persons: It is not the United States which is continuing the Vietnam War but the North Vietnamese. We offered as long ago as last May 31 to withdraw all U.S. troops from Vietnam within …
… way of a peace plan. The only new development was the time element in the pledge that all foreign forces would get out of Vietnam within six months after the Communists begin pulling out of the war. This is not necessarily a ~olid basis for building peace in Vietnam. It appears to be more nearly an effort to give the Vietnam War back to the Vietnamese. It traces to a speech made …
… sent compact disks containing copies of materials relating to the recapture of the S.S. Mayaguez and other aspects of the Vietnam War to former President Gerald R. Ford. He donated them to the Ford Library. The CDs contain two sets of material. The first … concern the Mayaguez, the bulk of them date from 1965 to 1970 and concern these units’ involvement in other aspects of the Vietnam War. For the convenience of researchers, the Ford Library staff has printed to paper all operational records dating …
… a long and distinguished career in the Foreign Service, but this collection focuses narrowly on the time he spent in South Vietnam (1973-1975), especially the closing months of the Vietnam War and the evacuation from Saigon in April 1975. During his last year in South Vietnam, Lehmann served as the deputy to …
… (and which candidate) do the people have the most confidence in? Which party (and which candidate) can best handle the Vietnam War and the overall problems of war and peace; which can do the best job of promoting prosperity and price stability? --All … are interrelated and will affect the final outcome. If the people lack confidence in the present Administration on Vietnam, they may vote for a change in administrations. If the people become convinced~ would be better off economically …
… 3. What would be the effect of these recommendations upon our Nation's future ability to raise an .f1.rmy in time of war? I I LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Department of Defense Secretary James Schlesinger General Counsel Martin Hoffman Department of … to serve his country in time of need is a national necessity. A national reconciliation of differences arising from the Vietnam war is also desirable. The program outlined in the attached memorandum attempts to meet those divergent objectives. … THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON. D. C. 20301 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: I. A Program for the Return of Vietnam Era Draft Evaders and Military Deserters The Nature and Scope of the Problem A. Introduction The program outlined in …
… Nixon went on nationwide radio and television to reveal the vigorous private negotiations he had been pursuing to end the war in Vietnam. Certain truths then became immediately evident to all reasonable persons: It is not the United States which is continuing the Vietnau War but the North Vietnamese. We offered as long ago as last May 31 to withdraw all u.s. troops from Vietnam within six months in exchange for …
… Nixon \-Tent on nationwide radio and television to reveal the vigorous private negotiations he had been pursuing to end the war in Vietnam. Certain truths then became immediately evident to all reasonable persons: It is not the United States which is continuing the Vietnam War but the North Vietnamese. We offered as long ago as last May 31 to withdra\-7 all U.S. troops from Vietnam …