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… kept the memories I had that were so happy. Iwish tnis trip never happened." .. , 'Danang' reopens the hidden ; wounds of war -He1d1Bub I • ids ing to ort Documentary follows daughter's rJ~ bittersweet return to Vietnam ne 101 be ids 1at ith !C- nd 2002 Daughter From Danang Mother and daughter: Mai Thi Kim and Heidi Bub are reunited … clings tightly to Bub. Soon the young More than 2,000 children were flown woman feels "like I was the parent, and out of Vietnam on the US. "babylift" the parent is the child." just before Saigon fell in 1975, and only To her siblings, she seems …
… Nixon ,.,ent 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 …
… The Office of the Historian, Department of State, will hold a conference on September 29-30, 2010, on American policy and war in Southeast Asia, 1946-1975. The conference will take place in the George C. Marshall Conference Center at the … of the Department of State; a roundtable discussion by Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon-Ford Administration policy advisors on Vietnam; presentations by scholars from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and a panel of presentations by senior scholars of the War. The second day’s program will consist of a series of …
… September 4, 1974 / MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: ALHAIG ~ You may want to touch base with Bill Timmons on this. • "EDWARD M. KENNEDY MASSACHUSETN WASHINGTON. D.C. 201110 August 29, 1;174'Jv. ' f)AJ VY't The President The White House … cases where criminal charges have been filed. I believe that these cases can be reduced somewhat using the date of the Vietnam peace agreement to distinguish those whose refusal to comply with regulations of the Selective Service System related to the Vietnam War. Essentially, I would urge that for draft evaders -- where there is not another crime involved -- the balance of …
… COUNTY REPUBLICAN DINNER, CORNING, N. Y. President Johnson has proved himself guilty of an arrogance of power-arrogance toward the press and the American people. Mr. Johnson demonstrates this arrogance through his penchant for quickie news … his confidence, and countenances no criticism. The President of the United States tries to shut off all criticism of his Vietnam policies by implying that his critics are something less than patriotic. He does this despite the fact that most criticism of his basic policy in Vietnam has come from Democrats, not Republicans. It seems clear to me that Mr. Johnson is uneasy over mounting pressure by …
… 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 …
… The Office of the Historian, Department of State, will hold a conference on September 29-30, 2010, on American policy and war in Southeast Asia, 1946-1975. The conference will take place in the George C. Marshall Conference Center at the … of the Department of State; a roundtable discussion by Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon-Ford Administration policy advisors on Vietnam; presentations by scholars from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and a panel of presentations by senior scholars of the War. The second day’s program will consist of a series of …
… Growing out of his work with military, veterans, and ethnic groups, he had special responsibilities for such matters as the Vietnam War amnesty program, MIAs, Indochina refugees resettlement, and illegal aliens. Marrs' office was also in charge of … organizations took a strong interest in, or even strongly opposed, President Ford's proposal for an amnesty program for Vietnam War draft evaders, and Marrs became heavily involved in that issue. His files include correspondence with veterans …
… National Security Council Meeting Minutes for Meetings on the Vietnam War Meeting Date (click on date to open file) Topics Discussed Pages March 28, 1975 Middle East, Vietnam, Cambodia 21 April 9, 1975 Vietnam, Cambodia 30 April 24, 1975 Indochina Evacuation 7 April 28, 1975 Indochina …
… are primarily related to unfolding events in Indochina. These materials concern intelligence reports on the situation in Vietnam and Cambodia, the administration’s request of Congress for supplemental assistance, and contingency planning for the … After the fall of Saigon, the focus is on refugee resettlement, disposition of American military equipment left in Vietnam, and consideration of America’s policy interests and presence in the region under the new circumstances. Many significant foreign policy events are covered in these files. Among these are the wars and their aftermath in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; seizure of the Mayaguez and subsequent investigations into the …
… Saxbe and I Schlesinger int-end to present to the President on amnestyiJ• I thought you might want to have some advance warning on ~ 11/J the current thinking in case you want to bring the Presiden up to speed before the meeting. lit'~ fr \. . … where some form of leniency or amnesty was given pro.yides an exact precedent for deserters or draft evaders from the Vietnam war period. The purpose of leniency in the case of Vietnam war resisters is to give those individuals. an opportunity to "earn their way back" into American society and …
… critical problems we immediately think of the economic crisis which the present Administration inherited as a result of the Vietnam War-and we think, of course, of the war itself. The Administration has wound down the war. We are getting out of it. We will be down to 184,000 men in Vietnam by Dec. 1, and the President will announce a new schedule of troop withdrawals in mid-November. We will end our …
… to get the facts across to the American people. We have got to get the facts across on three basic issues inflation, the Vietnam War, and misplaced priorities. The facts on these three issues favor the Republican Party. The facts favor the Republican … prosperity in the Sixties. ~td the facts They generated a false prosperity, an inflationary boom, by taking us into the Vietnam War. Now some Democrats are talking about the Vietnam War as though it is President Nixon's and not Lyndon Johnson's …
… on Jan. 20, 1969. After eight years with a Democrat in the White House, we were deeply involved in a seemingly endless war in Vietnam. There were nearly 535,000 Americans on that battleground, and our battle-related casualties were averaging more … The draft was placing an average of 25,000 young men a month into military uniform. Tod&\Y' the number of Americans in Vietnam has dropped to roughly 213,000 and that figure will drop to 184,000 by Dec. 1. ~ill The middle of next month the …
… on the strength of his record. Let us take a look at that record. It is a record of mismanagement in the handling of the Vietnam War and the domestic economy. President Johnson ' s favorite line is: "Let us continue." It is a meaningful phrase, for under Lyndon Johnson the Vietnam War continues, excessive federal spending continues, the threat of higher taxes continues, the problems of our …
… PEOPLE. THOSE WORDS -- A LITTLE HELP -•"•~ -ARE TERRIBLY IMPORTANTJ PARTICULARLY IF THE PROMISE IS A PLEDGE TO END THE VIETNAM WAR IN A WAY THAT WILL HELP TO AVOID FUTURE WARS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN END THE VIETNAM WAR -- BECAUSE IT TAKES BOTH SIDES TO MAKE PEACE M;- ~ t,,~"d- QUe. · BUT1 I DO BELIEVE WE CAN_S~ U. S. …
… NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (734) 205-0555 fax (734) 205-0571 (616) 254-0400 fax (616) 254-0386 CORE COLLECTIONS ON THE VIETNAM WAR This guide summarizes core holdings on: the war in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos especially during the Nixon and Ford administrations; the flight of refugees from Indochina …
… slow to take up Dick Nixon's reform legislation, some leading Democrats have been quick to make a political issue of the Vietnam War. I personally never thought I would live to see the day that two dozen congressional Democrats -- Senators and members … Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library , -2- themselves behind closed doors to plot how they could throw their weight behind Vietnam War protest demonstrations on Oct. 15. Every word that I have read about the Sept. 26 meeting indicates that some …
… Library r -2- One newsman had the temerity to ask about the statement Lyndon Johnson made during the 1964 campaign, the Vietnam War comment that "we don't want our American boys to do the fighting for Asian boys" and that we don't want to "get tied … who did not take Lyndon Johnson's 1964 campaign statement to mean that he would not send American boys to fight South Vietnam's War. For Mr. Johnson to say there was no such implication in his campaign statement is sheer hypocrisy. No wonder …
… AT 12 NOON FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1966 SPEECH EXCER.PTS--33rd ANNUAL MEETING, AMERICAN APPAREL MFRS. ASSN., DALLAS, TEXAS. The Vietnam War is the strangest conflict in which the United States has ever been engaged. :' tl is an undeclared war--and in that … because the President plays everything too close to the vest. He has an unhealthy passion for secrecy. Former Ambassador to Vietnam Maxwell D, Taylor has said the United States will have 400,000 men in Vietnam by the end of this year. Defense …