President Richard Nixon, at a briefing in Guam for the news media accompanying him on his trip to Asia, discusses at length the future role the United States should play in Asia and the Pacific region after the conclusion of the Vietnam War. Nixon said that while the United States would continue to have primary responsibility for the defense of its allies against nuclear attack, the noncommunist Asian nations would have to bear the burden of their own defense against conventional attack and assume responsibility for internal security. The president's remarks were nicknamed the "Nixon Doctrine."
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Nixon announces new doctrine
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This Week in History, Jul 25 - Jul 31
- Jul 25, 1964
- Joint Chiefs propose air strikes
- Jul 25, 1969
- Nixon announces new doctrine
- Jul 26, 1968
- South Vietnamese opposition leader tried and sentenced
- Jul 26, 1972
- South Vietnamese troops raise flag over Quang Tri
- Jul 27, 1964
- Pentagon announces 5,000 more troops to Vietnam
- Jul 27, 1965
- U.S. jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites
- Jul 28, 1965
- Johnson announces more troops to Vietnam
- Jul 28, 1972
- CIA reports minor damage done to North Vietnam's dikes
- Jul 29, 1965
- 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam
- Jul 29, 1967
- Fire ravages U.S. carrier off Vietnam
- Jul 29, 1972
- Former U.S. Attorney General visits North Vietnam
- Jul 30, 1964
- South Vietnamese boats raid islands in the Tonkin Gulf
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