○  英语演讲稿：the great silent majority  ○

ed since this administration took office.  enemy infiltration, infiltration which is essential if they are to launch a major attack over the last three months, is less than 20 percent of what it was over the same period last year.

and most important, united states casualties have declined during the last two months to the lowest point in three years.

let me now turn to our program for the future.  we have adopted a plan which we have worked out in cooperation with the south vietnamese for the complete withdrawal of all united states combat ground forces and their replacement by south vietnamese forces on an orderly scheduled timetable.

this withdrawal will be made from strength and not from weakness.  as south vietnamese forces become stronger, the rate of american withdrawal can become greater.

i have not, and do not, intend to announce the timetable for our program, and there are obvious reasons for this decision which i’m sure you will understand. as i’ve indicated on several occasions, the rate of withdrawal will depend on developments on three fronts.  one of these is the progress which can be, or might be, made in the paris talks.

an announcement of a fixed timetable for our withdrawal would completely remove any incentive for the enemy to

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