YANKS PREPARED TO SAVE LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100280022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 19, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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g'et the upper hand in Laos, "the only response we would have would be"'to put our own-
forces in there."
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-'are going' to drive the Commu-
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VIET NAM
costs out of South
let i am Bundy saki the neutralist and
even if that eventually involves a ! right wine forces of the Laotian
choice of "attacking the countries government could probably de-
to the nor'th." . -feat the Communist Pathet Lao
Bundy, who handles Par East-' themselves.
ern' affairs and is a brother of : But the problem is that "the
Presidential advisor McGeorge North Viet Namese can send in
Bundy, spoke in a May 4 closed reinforcements . . . and quickly
session before the House A p- get military ascendancy," he said.
propriations subcommittee con- "The only response we would
sidering President Johnson's $3.5 have would he to put, our own
billion foreign aid request. The forces in there." ,
subcommittee made the testimony As for South Viet Nam, Bundy
public today. - said there should be no doubt
Plain of Jars Inv anion about U.S. determination to drive
Soon after Bundy testified, out the Communists.; He predicted
success
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reinforcement: (A) c o u l d
'Spark-move of . U.S. trgops (B)
Jars of Central Lads. The United ` ".., ?`' "'6 `" "" """ "' "
out attaching the countries to
States _ then started escorted the north with all the problems
reconnaisance flights over Laos that involves. If it comes to that,
to keep tabs on the Red and to we will have to face that choice,"
show its determination to stem he said. -
the, Communist tide. Bundy said Red China is sup-
At present the fighting has plying only a limited amount of
slackened and Washington is `equipment to North Viet ',yam.
looking for diplomatic means of., He reported that North Nam's
pressuring the Communists to basic equipment is arms captured
roll back to their earlier positions.-: from the French during the Indo-
U.S. officials also disclosed that", china war which ended 10 years
some Thia pilots are flying T-28
ln:t.tack planes for Laos. The
'State Department denied a pub
lished report, however, that the
f Thai pilots had bombed Com-
munist headquarters at Khang
He stated also that the Soviets
havo' continued to send military.'
aid to Communist North Korea,
whereas the Chinese have not.
Khay. And it said no Americans I Key Support Point
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'rre flying the propeller-driven The head of the State Depart-
J.T728s in Laos. - i ment's task force on Viet Nani,
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North Viet Nam as the prime
support for-the Reds in neigh-
'boring countries. He said the
Hanoi regime is out to bring the
former Indochina states under
its rule.
In a Cleveland speech, Sulli-
? van estimated some 30,000 hard-
! core guerrillas in South Viet I
Nam were trained in the north.
He said an. additional 60,000 to .
80,000 local recruits help them
; in their terror campaign. i
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