Page 193 - Stand Down Vietnam

Richard M. Nixon
37 President of the United States
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1969 - 1974

In his first term as president, Richard Nixon assured
the American public that he would decrease U.S. troop
levels in Vietnam.

“I believe that one of the reasons for the deep
division about Vietnam is that many Americans have lost

confidence in what their Government has told them about
our policy. The American people cannot and should not
be asked to support a policy that involves the
overriding issues of war and peace unless they know the
truth about that policy.

And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my
fellow Americans, I ask for your support.”

President Richard Nixon
November 3, 1969