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PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON'S NEWS CONFERENCE #14
Held in the East Room
At the White House
Washington, D. C.
March 4, 1971
At 9:00 P.M. EST (Thursday)
Official White House Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: Will you be seated, please.
Mr. Cormier.
QUESTION: Are any of the difficulties that the South
Vietnamese Army has encountered in Laos in recent weeks going
to cause you to slow down the rate of American troop with-
drawals?
THE PRESIDENT: No. As a matter of fact, what has
already been accomplished in Laos at this time has insured
even more the plan for withdrawal of American troops. I will
make another announcement in April as I have previously in-
dicated. The disruption of the supply lines of the enemy
through Laos, which has now occurred for three weeks, has very
seriously damaged the enemy's ability to wage effective action
against our remaining forces in Vietnam and assures even more
the success of our troop withdrawal program.
There is one other point that has been assured.
I have just had a report from General Abrams today with
regard to the performance of the South Vietnamese. You ladies
and gentlemen will recall that at the time of Cambodia I
pointed out that the South Vietnamese Army had come of age.
But then they were fighting side by side with American ground
forces. Now in southern Laos and also in Cambodia, the South
Vietnamese on the ground by themselves are taking on the very
best units that the North Vietnamese can put in the field.
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