▁not ▁only ▁as ▁" a ▁cave - in ▁on ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁high ▁principle ", ▁according ▁to ▁author ▁John ▁R anel agh , ▁" but ▁also ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁s lap ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁from ▁his ▁director , ▁a ▁vote ▁of ▁no ▁confidence ▁in ▁his ▁work ." ▁Another ▁anal yst ▁at ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁State , ▁however , ▁had ▁re insert ed ▁the ▁" cont ested ▁paragraph " ▁into ▁the ▁intelligence ▁report . ▁When ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁SS - 9 ▁miss iles ▁became ▁better ▁understood , ▁the ▁anal yst s ▁at ▁C IA ▁and ▁at ▁State ▁were ▁v ind ic ated . ▁" The ▁cons ensus ▁among ▁ag ency ▁anal yst s ▁was ▁that ▁Dick ▁Hel ms ▁had ▁not ▁covered ▁himself ▁with ▁glory ▁this ▁time ." ▁ ▁Vietnam ization ▁N ixon ▁purs ued ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁" pe ace ▁with ▁honor ", ▁or ▁perhaps ▁an ▁el us ive ▁victory ▁by ▁another ▁name ; ▁yet ▁critics ▁called ▁its ▁aim ▁a ▁" de cent ▁interval ". ▁The ▁policy ▁was ▁called ▁Vietnam ization . ▁To ▁end ▁the ▁war ▁favor ably ▁he ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁peace ▁negoti ations ▁in ▁Paris . ▁There ▁Henry ▁K iss inger ▁played ▁the ▁major ▁role ▁in ▁b arg aining ▁with ▁the ▁North ▁Vietnam ese . ▁Ach ieving ▁peace ▁proved ▁difficult ; ▁in ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁cas ual ties ▁mounted . ▁Although ▁withdraw ing ▁great ▁numbers ▁of ▁American ▁troops , ▁N ixon ▁simultaneously ▁es cal ated ▁the ▁air ▁war . ▁He ▁increased ▁the ▁heavy