July 12, 1973 (vol. 83, iss. 38) • Page Image 5
…Thursday, July 12, 1973 THE-SUMMER DAILY Page Five Defense chief warns against troop withdrawals in Europe WASHINGTON (M) - Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger said yesterday that a cutback of ,50,000 to 150,000 U.S. troops in Europe would risk forcing "an early recourse to the use of nuclear weapons" in an attack. "Such a reduction would de- stroy the hopes we have for a stalwart defense," he told the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee....…