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WASHINGTON President
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toward a settlement of the war.
Nixon is shown posing
photographers after
nationwide broadcast.
President Nixon Mum
On Withdrawal Plan
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Senior Editor
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres
ident Nixon told the nation
Monday night he has worked
out a plan with Saigon for “the
complete withdrawal of all U.S.
ground forces” from Vietnam.
He gave no timetable for
withdrawal. But he said it will
be a gradual process which can
be speeded as South Vietnam is
able to take over more and
more of its own defense.
He rejected demands for a
total immediate American pull
out as a course that would lead
to “massacres” in South
Vietnam and lead to Commu
nist aggression in other areas.
He specifically mentioned Ber
lin, the Middle East and
“eventually even in the Western
Hemisphere.”
“For the future of peace,
precipitate withdrawal would be
a disaster of immense magni
tude,” he said in a broadcast
from the White House. The
speech had arroused great
public expectations because it
was announced three weeks in
advance.
Time For National Support
Supporters said the “Nixon
Law Test Planned
CLARKSVILLE, Ga. (UPI)-
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Harold Porter, the accused,
filed an action in federal court
charging that the Georgia law
relating to criminal defamation
is too vague to be constitu
tional.
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doctrine” set forth the Vietnam
situation honestly and in as
much detail as possible—and
now it was .time for the
President to get the national
support he sought. But critics
said Nixon offered little new,
and leaders of the Nov. 13-15
antiwar demonstrations called
his speech “a clear impetus to
our efforts to bring large
numbers of people to Washing
ton.”
The President himself
solemnly warned Hanoi that
U.S. withdrawal plans are
contingent on a continuing lull
in military activity. He said the
enemy “could make no greater
mistake” than to step up the
fighting while the United States
is carrying out the delicate
maneuver of gradual disengage
ment.
“If I conclude that increased
enemy action jeopardizes our
remaining forces in Vietnam, I
shall not hesitate to take strong
and effective measures to deal
with that situation,” he said.
Nixon’s 33-minute address
appealed to “the great silent
majority” of Americans for
support of his policy of
“orderly, scheduled” withdra-
A three-judge federal panel is
scheduled to hear Porter’s plea
Dec. 22 at Gainesville. The trial
originally was set to begin Mon
day.
Porter was dismissed and
charged with defamation after
accusing other personnel of mis
treating inmates. His accusa
tions touched off an investiga
tion and charges were brought
by four employes of the institu
tion.
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wal. But it also was a clear
notice to the Saigon govern
ment that it cannot count on
American troops indefinitely.
Nixon revealed that during
his July visit to Vietnam he
gave the American commander,
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams,
new orders superseding the
previous strategy of maintain
ing maximum military pressure
on the Communists.
Primary Mission
“Under the new orders,”
Nixon said, “the primary
mission of our troops is to
enable the South Vietnamese
forces to assume the full
responsibility for the security of
South Vietnam.”
He said the South Vietnamese
are gaining in strength even
more rapidly than he had
anticipated.
The President indicated he
held little hope for a negotiated
agreement. He said “no pro
gress whatever has been made
except agreement on the shape
of the bargaining table” despite
the Paris talks and a series of
“secret initiatives,” including a
summer exchange of letters
between Nixon and the late Ho
Chi Minh.
The other side, he said, has
not shown “the least willingness
to join us in seeking a just
peace.”
Aides said Nixon wrote the
speech himself. Saigon was
informed in advance what
Nixon would say and expressed
full agreement, U.S. officials
said.
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Hijacker Says
He’s ‘Sorry’
ROME (UPI)-Lance Cpl.
Raffaele Minichiello has told an
Italian prosecutor he is “sorry”
he hijacked a Trans World
Airlines jetliner from California
to Rome.
Rome Assistant Prosecutor
Mssimo Carli said the 20-year
old U.S. Marine made the
statement in answer to a
question during their 90-minute
meeting Monday night at
Rome’s Queen of Heaven Jail.
In reporting on the meeting
to newsmen, the official also
said there was “no doubt”
Minichiello would be tried in
Italy, where he faces eight
charges in connection with the
hijacking. The United States is
seeking immediate extradition.
The prosecutor said the
Naples-born Marine, who could
receive up to 30 years in jail if
convicted of the Italian char
ges, gave this reply when asked
if he regretted his actions:
“Yes, I am sorry. But I am
happy that I made it to Italy.”
Minichiello could get a death
sentence in the United States if
convicted on air piracy char
ges.
Carli said the youth would be
allowed to see a lawyer for the
first time Wednesday. Mini
chiello’s 80-year-old father, who
lives in southern Italy, indicat
ed he has hired two lawyers.
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World Reaction
Nixon Talk Arouses
Little Enthusiasm
By United Press International
President Nixon’s Vietnam
speech aroused little enthu
siasm today among foreign
friends and foes of the United
States, except in Saigon.
President Nguyen Van Thieu
called it “one of the most
important and greatest addres
ses of a President of the United
States.”
“I believe the policy to end
the war and restore a genuine
peace in Vietnam which Pres
ident Nixon had recalled in his
address, is the right policy
which conforms with our just
position,” the South Vietnamese
leader said in an official
communique.
Thieu said he and Nixon were
fully agreed on U.S. Vietnam
policy. In his speech Nixon
rejected “precipitous withdra
wal” from Vietnam and said
the pullout time table would
remain his secret.
The Soviet news agency Tass
t described the address as “pure
i propaganda” geared to stop
t public protest of the U.S.
. government’s “dirty war.”
. In Paris, the Hanoi delegation
I to the Vietnam peace talks
listened to the talk on the radio
and planned to comment later
today.
Statements from Hanoi and
the Viet Cong were expected to
pursue the tone set by a
statement Monday by North
Vietnamese President Ton Due
Thang. He said he will devote
all his energies to the fight
against the United States until
total victory.
In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign
Minister Kiichi Aichi told a
news conference “there was
nothing substantial (in the
President’s .speech) on a
peaceful settlement of the
Vietnam War.”
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