Richard Nixon actually said...

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to respond to requests of the Postmaster General for assis...

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of Defense to call into the active military service of the United States, as he may deem appropr...

And I am asking for the understanding and support of every American in this decision that I have made in behalf of our country.

This indicates the escalating manner in which Africa and the nations of Africa have come upon the American as well as the international scen...