U.S. Troops in Vietnam Now 16,500

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This explains ‘the rather prudent position of the Italian CP in eonnec~ tion with the proposal to call an international conference of Communist parties, Such a conference might be in Khrushchev's interests, but not Togliatti's, To call a conference under present circumstances in the Italian CP - would feed demands for a democratic discussion to determine what attitude the Italian ¢c”? should take when the conference convened, U. Se. TROOPS IN VIETNAM. NOW 16,500 -

"authoritative sources" in Washington admitted October 23 that the U.S. has 16, 500 .troops in Vietnam, .Gorrespondents had estimated the number last summer "to be between 12,000 and 14,000.

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