Question

Nixon's administration would have preferred

Answer 1

1: negotiation rather than Vietnamization.

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Answer 2

The administration prefers Vietnamization rather than negotiation.
The vietnamization refers to the tactics for reducing American involvement in the vietnam war by gradually trasnfering all responsibilities to the South Vietnam.
Nixon is determined to make this move because the war in the vietnam keep becaming unpopular/unacceptable among potential voters.