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On 1 July 1973, however, the U. S. Congress passed legislation that all but prohibited any U. S. combat activities over or in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

On 7 November, the legislative branch overrode Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act.

In 1973-74, U. S. funding was slashed to $ 965 million, a reduction of more than 50 %.

Despite Nixon's growing political difficulties and an increasingly hostile working relationship with the legislature over Vietnam, Thiệu, and most of the Saigon leadership, remained optimistic about ongoing aid.

According to Vietnamese Air Force General Đổng Văn Khuyên, “ Our leaders continued to believe in U. S. air intervention even after the U. S. Congress had expressly forbidden it ... hey deluded themselves .”