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including planning and maintenance matters. They are proud and sensitive to criticism. They need help. A step in the right direction has been made in removing obstacles standing in the way of furnishing necessary supplies; in establishing closer liaison with Navarre and in supporting the maintenance effort by sending additional U.S. maintenance personnel to Indochina. I believe that with careful handling, we can implement many of our ideas as to the conduct of the war strategically and in training matters. The machinery is in motion and my desire is to follow through in every way possible. Navarre stated that he intended to follow his plan in the conduct of the war by continuing the recovery of battalions, forming regiments and divisions, and by launching an all-out offensive in the Fall. The Vietnamese army is making progress mainly the sound action of Secretary Defense Quat.

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