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M 'VJ i iii : 3 .iz- I NORTH VIETNAM DELEGATION, from left to rightg Nguyen Co Thach, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Xuan Thuy, chief of the delegation to the Paris talks, Nguyen Dinh Phuong, interpreter, Le Duc Tho, special adviser to the delegation in Paris, and Henry Kissinger. The attitude of the students at the University of Mass., Amherst, this past academic year was in keeping with the general trend expe- rienced throughout the country. A sense of frustration and fatigue pervades American life. The very legitimacy of our political insti- tutions have deepened the prevalent mood of confusion and self-doubt in the nation. Our attention was led away from crucial lo- cal events to world wide issues through many channels. The principal attention get- ter this past year was politics. President Nix- on made peacemaking trips to Russia in the fall and then to China during the winter. The President spoke to top leaders of the two countries under the premise that he was negotiating long term peace, environmen- tal, and trade contracts. Soon afterwards these trips were to give him added votes necessary for his re-election. During this campaign as in the one previous, tragedy struck when Governor George Wal- lace was shot down and paralyzed during a campaign speech. Many of us in this area did not agree that Nixon was the better man for the job how- ever, and placed our hopes and votes with George McGovern. We voted for him by one of the most outstanding margins in the country hoping that he would enact the so- cial, economic and military programs that were his platform. Massachusetts' voice, as typified by enthusiastic political rallies, was not that of the nation though, and Nixon became our president. After the election many of us checked the media daily hoping it would bring us news that the Vietnam war was at an end. On jan. 24, 1973 Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger initialed the Vietnam peace agree- ment in Paris. f7
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.sr Q o or aw . ill? E Eg E 3 :An ,,,, .. lyliz --,: 4 2-e gg. I M 44 fx lnlk 1 M 8 :M Mui ' ' 'M' Ft 'i ' On March 29, 1973 the American flag was furled in Saigon during cer- emonies marking the deactivation of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, after more than 11 years of operations. The chart shows how the US military commitment in Vietnam grew from 900 men by the end of 1960 to a peak of 543,000 on April 30, 1969 accord- ing to the Defense Department. 0.8. Troops In Vietnam PEAK 543,000 llpnl 19691 Buildup 535-'Q , 1 Pualltllut mm W 2 1 385,300o o334,B00 1000 1950 600 Advisois 23,300 lamuu G C9 156,800 15,300 24,200 Amo Q10 G'95 162634 'X 0 Q Q-ev qiosax ioooo o os oo oi oo oo io vi 12 73 13 1 A lim ll! 1Mir 201 Academic credit for R.O.T.C. was reinstated and hardly a word to the contrary was heard even though a year ago nearly violent demands by students caused a reverse decision by the UMass Trustees. 1 -X- Includes - 825 lIlBIlllI81S ol the US Delegation to the loin! Mililoiy Eomunssion llilSSf Q- ' 150 Mamie liiioirls oi the US iinhossy P 0 50 Military Attoolies ol the US Em h if pi Source Dept ol Uelonse O Vertical lines indicate the end of each year, except for 1973.
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