Defense Secretary James Schlesinger suggested today that in the wake of the Communist takeover of South Vietnam the U.S. should not make major changes in its foreign policy. “It is clear that the consequences of events in Southeast Asia has been to shake the confidence of many countries in American power and particularly in American steadfastness,” he said. “Under these conditions it is particularly inopportune to contemplate major changes in the U.S. posture abroad.”
Schlesinger, who made these remarks at a Pentagon news conference, mentioned treaties and other commitments in Europe, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines and U.S. interest in the “stability” in the Mideast but he did not mention Israel or any other Mideast country by name.
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