American Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia – Key Information and Trends: 1970-1973

December 31, 1973

The momentum of political and social pressures described in previous Presidential Briefing Papers has continued to gather more anti-war sentiment amongst people and politicians alike. The events at Kent State University in Ohio and Jackson State College in Mississippi resulted in the deaths of six students in a confrontation with National Guardsmen tasked to provide order during the anti-war protests in May 1970.