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THE PRESIDENT'S READING COPY VIETNAM PROGRESS REPORT April 20, 1970 (San Clemente, California) Good evening, my fellow Americans I have requested this television time to give you a progress report on our plan to bring a just peace to Vietnam. When I first outlined our program last June, I stated that the rate of American withdrawals from Vietnam would depend on three criteria -- progress in the training of the South Vietnamese, progress in the Paris negotiations, and the level of enemy activity. 1. Tonight, I am pleased to report that progress in training and equipping South Vietnamese forces has substantially exceeded our original expectations last June. 2. Very significant advances have also been made in pacification. (1) The percentage of the rural population in secure areas under the Government of South Vietnam has grown steadily while that under Wiet Cong control has dropped sharply.