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THE PRESIDENT: We have this just as close to May 1
as we possibly could. This was the best date that the
Soviet Union and we could agree upon, and it will come, as
I said, in the latter part of May.
We both deliberately agreed that it should not
come -- which would generally have been their first choice,
because June or July is a better time to go to Moscow than
May, I understand --- we agreed for the reasons that we have
mentioned, that it should be in May.
QUESTION: Mr. President, you said that it is
your goal to end the American involvement in South Vietnam,
or at least make significant progress toward that by the time
you meet in Moscow.
Is it your goal that you can end at least the
American ground combat involvement by that time?
THE PRESIDENT: I will have another announcement
on Vietnam in November. That announcement will speak
to that question, and other announcements after that will also
speak to that question. I will not speculate further on that.
The American presence in Vietnam, both in terms of
our residual forces, the ground combat forces to which you
refer, and the use of our air power, will be maintained to
meet the objectives that I have oftentimes spelled out,
including, among others, the return of our POW's, and the
ability of the South Vietnamese to take over the responsibility
themselves. But I would strongly urge the members of the
press not to speculate as to what I am going to say in
November.
QUESTION: Mr. President, a question on Phase 2,
sir. Are you prepared to give the Tripartite Pay Board complete
autonomy in order to gain labor's cooperation?
THE PRESIDENT: A meeting is taking place at this
moment, and perhaps may be nearing conclusion, in which the
AFL-CIO Council is discussing their participation in the
Tripartite Board, and the question as to the extent of their
cooperation with our efforts to control inflation.
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