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PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON'S NEWS CONFERENCE #13
Held in the Oval Office
At the White House
Washington, D.C.
February 17, 1971
At 4:03 P.M. EST (Wednesday)
Official White House Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: We will make this on the record
today.
The mike is for the purpose of a transcription
which will be available, I think, rather soon after we
complete the conference because it will be run simultaneously
by the stenographers.
Are there any questions which you want to ask?
QUESTION: Mr. President, the next logical step
in Southeast Asia would seem to be South Vietnamese
forces moving into the southern part of North Vietnam
for the same reasons that they moved into the Laotian
panhandle.
Would our policy rule out support for this type
of move, air support for it?
THE PRESIDENT: I won't speculate on what South
Vietnam may decide to do with regard to a possible incursion
into North Vietnam in order to defend their national security.
However, I will restate our policy. I stated that policy
on November 3rd and have restated it at least nine different
times publicly since that time.
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