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THE END OF VIETNAM

-Richard Nixon elected in 1969 -Vietnamization - policy for winding down the war -Troops withdrawn -Training equipment given to the south Vietnamese -By 1972 only 24,200 troops remained -Bombing raids increased, however -Hurt supply lines of north Vietnam -Bombing expanded to Laos and Cambodia -Nixon wants the enemy believe that he would do anything to win -U.S ground forces invaded Cambodia in spring 1970 -May 4, 1970 Kent State University shootings, 4 students killed. -Nixon loses support from the public and congress Gulf of Tonkin resolution repealed -The Pentagon Papers - Government stretching the truth. NY Times published after supreme court case with Nixon -Peace talks 1972, Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho. -