Nixo Announces 50,000-Man Pullout
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0~uinttuztnutTIDES 0IIZ41L~WATER CONDITION HIGH LOW Charlie V 2:41 a.m. 8:16 a.m. U. S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA STORAGE ASHORE 2:35 p.m. 9:10 p.m. 12.7 Million Gallons Phone 9-5247 Date TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1969 Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Nixo Announces 50,000-Man Pullout WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- President Nixon an- nounced last evening of 50,000 more American troops from South Vietnam by April 15 of next year. The President told a nation radio and tele- vision audience the pullout has been ordered "despite a substantial increase in enemy in- filtration." But Nixon said, "We must take risks for peace." The President added that North Vietnam also will be taking a risk "if infiltration and the level of enemy activity increases while we are reducing our forces. He described the with- drawal as "another orderly step in our plan for peace in Vietnam" and tied thefpullout to progress in training the-South Vietnamese Army to replace American forces. Nixon added that no progress has been made Mr. J. Milton Patrick, Commander of the amer- at the peace talks in Paris toward a negotiat- ican Legion, chats with a Marinettank crew near ed peace. the Base fenceline during his tour of the Naval The reduction follows an announced pullout Base yesterday. The Legion's senior man made a of 6,000 troops last June and September. The one-day visit to Guantanamo Bay as part of an White House says a total of 110,000 men will orientation tour of various military facilities have been removed by mid-April. throughout the world. This would drop the troop level to 434,000 men, the lowest since March of 1967. In Saigon, South Vietnamese President Thieu Bars Laos, Cambodia Combat Funds said the new withdrawal is in line with his WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- The Senate has voted country's policy of assuming the war burden to bar the use ofdefense funds for the "in- gradually. troduction of American ground combat troops in Thieu issued a statement announcing the cuts Laos or Thailand." The announcement came simultaneously with President Nixon's announce- after a rare and unexpected secret session. ment. He said he was in agreement with Presi- The restriction was attached to a $69 bil- dent Nixon on the cutback. lion defense appropriations bill by a vote of 73-17. The ial Publicity Hearing Set in My Lai Case amendment's sponsor, Democrat Pre-Tr, FT. BENNING, Ga. (M?/AFRTS)- 1968. The hearing will - A military judge has sched- place at Ft. Benning. ruled a hearing for tomorrow The Army questioned to determine if any witnesses Samuel Koster yesterday have violated his order not to the original investigation: discuss the court-martial case to the alleged massacre. of Armv Lt. William Callpv. investigation was cond Page 2 Guantanamo Gazette Tuesday, December 16, 1969 WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- Comedian Bob SAIGON (AP/AFRTS)-- Terrorists yesterday Hope took off on the road to everywhere blasted the influential Chinh Laun Daily news- yesterday, bound for U.S.bases around the paper office in Saigon and escaped under a world with his 19th annual Christmas show for volley of rifle fire. overseas servicemen. The terrorists hurled plastic explosives in- Hope and his 83-member cast and crew are to the front of the building, demolishing the acheduled for-19 performances in the 15- ground-floor office and sending flames through day, globe-citcling trip including a week all three stories. Preliminary reports indi- of base-hopping in Vietnam. cate at least three civilians were wounded. Putting on his first servicemen's show The terrorists also fired at Air Force de- at Washington's Andrews Air Force Base curity guards but none was hit by the shots. before the plane left the ground, In the war, allied troops clashed Hope with said he had only one regret about this North Vietnamese in heavy fighting near the longest-ever road Christmas road show: district headquarters at Bu Duc, 83 miles "I just hate to miss Tiny Tim's north of Saigon. wedding." He won't misp much else in the Military spokesmen said United States and 24,000- mile schedule of one-night stands: the South Vietnamese troops killed 51 enemy sol- company plays Berlin on Wednesday; a 6th diers and took two prisoners. N6 American Fleet aircraft carrier off Naples on Thurs- casualties were reportedbut two South Viet- day; and Air Force base namese were killed and nine were wounded. near Incerlik, ***** Turkey, on Friday. Then comes a week of flying in and out WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- Supreme Court Jus- of bases in Vietnam, while tice John Harlan has refused to order based in Bangkok, the Thailand. release of 12 Black Panthers while they await Appearances in Taipei on Dec. 28 and trial in New York City for an alleged bombing conspiracy. Guan Dec. 29 complete the tour 0*9*** The 12 Panthers and a former member of the JERUSALEM (AP/AFRTS)-- Prime Minister militant organization claim their bail has Golda Meir won a massive parliamentary been set high because they are considered vote of confidence yesterday for her new "political undesirables." Harlan also re- cabinet after saying the Soviet fused to reduce the bail. Union was the chief obstacle to Arab-Israeli peace. The formation of an unofficial commission The Knesset, or parliament, voted has been announced to investigate allegations 90 to 10 in approval, climaxing a five-hour of a national extermination plot against the debate touched off by Mrs. Meir's recent Panthers. Former United Nations Ambassador peace proposals which included international Arthur Goldberg and the NAACP's made the guarantees, U.S. observers, a United Nations announcement. They cited recent clashes between the Panthers and police in Chicago emergency force and the Armistice Agreements. and Los Angeles. Summing up the military situation in the ***** past year, the priihe minister said that despite Egypt's so-called war of WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)- The House has ap- attrition, Israel's position along the cease-fire proved a 15 per cent increase in Social Se- line was stronger than before and its curity benefits. The vote was 397-0. air force was in full The Senate has voted a similar over-all ciqzol of the air. hike, plus some other increases in Social 0 Security benefits. But Chairman Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee says that in a Senate-House conference he will back only the blanket increase. *** WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- An appeal to all Americans to send Christmas cards to the Pres- ident of North Vietnam has come from the Amer- ican Red Cross. It wants those cards to plead for release of United States prisoners of war. Red Cross official Ramone Eaton noted in Washington that such critics of the Vietnam war Senator J.W. Fulbright of Arkansas neverthe- less support the Christmas card effort. ***** TAI PEI (AP/AFRTS)-- A United States Air Force plane crashed in Soutuhern Taiwan v _ Tuesday, December 16, 1969 Guantanamo Gazette Page 3 New Trend Set in Asian Policy Dubcek Named Envoy to Turkey WASHINGTON (AP/AFRTS)-- The State Department's top PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP/AFRTS)-- Former Party Chief specialist on Asia says 1969 brought development of Alexander Dubcek, whose reform movement was stopped by four major and encouraging new U.S. policies in the Soviet tanks last year, was appointed Czechoslovak Am- Far East under the direction of President Nixon. bassador to Turkey yesterday in a move that indicated Calling the policy changes the most striking in many growing strength of moderate forces in the new Communist years, Marshal Green, Assistant Secretary of State in leadership. charge of Asian Affairs, listed them in an interview The appointment came after a protracted and see-saw in this chronological order: battle at the talks between extreme left-wingers and --Vietnamization. Thinking started dn this shortly moderate conservatives led by Gustav Husak, Dubcek's after the new administration came to power. It was successor. announced in June. In effect, the appointment by President Ludvig Svoboda --New approaches to Communist China, announced in amounted to an official clean bill of political health early July. for Dubcek, who had steadfastly refused to engage in --The Guam Doctrine, announced July 25. self-criticism. --The Nov. 21 communique of President Nixon and Just 12 days ago, a sharp left-wing attack tried to Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in which the set the stage of Dubcek's final political ouster. United States agreed to return Okinawa to Japan in Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Antonin Krouzil had 1972. stated that the foreign diplomatic service would be rid . Green said the change of U.S. style and approach to of "all people who failed and people who are politically Asian questions involves a lower posture, and a more unstable." sharing of responsibilities with other nations in aid News of his appointment was reported to have reached giving. Dubcek at his home in BratislaVa, where he has been liv- Green said that underlying the policy changes are a ing in virtual seclusion for most of the time since he number of more basic developments including the in- -lost his last high post-- Chairman of the Federal Assem- creased education and technical training of Asians, new bly-- last October. leadership by men who understand the need for develop- Conflicting forecasts about the future of the 48-year- ment and the desire of Asians to solve their own pro- old politician had been circulating for weeks. He was blems and get away from outside direction and influence.