"Vietnamization" meaning in English

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        "The process of becoming more Vietnamese."
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          "ref": "1969 August 17, James P. Sterba, “Most Materiel in Vietnam To Go With U.S. Forces”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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          "text": "Actually, the President went along with Laird's idea of \"Vietnamization.\" By this was meant the gradual building up and training of South Vietnamese forces until they would be able to carry the combat responsibility without our troop involvement. That made a lot of sense, but it also required us to carry on a strong war effort until the South Vietnamese could take over. Vietnamization should have begun the moment President Kennedy put our first American soldier into Vietnam.",
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