FULBRIGHT OPPOSES GI USE IN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200940068-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: May 1, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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Chairman J. William Ful-,
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bright (D-Ark.) of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
yesterday firmly opposed send-
ing American troops Into Laos
to stem the Communist drive
there,
But he said he would favor
further' American military ac-
tion In South Viet-Nam, Thai-
land gr Burma if those nations
request It.
'America faces a serious loss
of prestige if Laos falls' to the
Communist-led Pathet Lao
rebels, Fuibright acknowl.-
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he
for sending In our troops,
said. - "We must saek another
solution and we are."
Fulbright spoke out before
a NBC television news panel
(WRC-Meet thee Press) against
a background of Communist
success In Laos, Cuba, and
South Viet-Nam, where gueril-
las are threatening the pro-
Western government.
He said one of'the greatest
failures of the prssent,Admin-
istration had been Its failuie
to inform the. American Poo-
edged. pie of the crisis they fdee.
"But I don't ttink the ter?, '?4 would hope the President
weftiid, give some special at-
teftidfl. to' informing us over
televtdgn," Fuibright said.
He should 'have some ed-
ucational interviews to Inform
aU '6f us. of the nature of the
conditions ive confront and
what should be done about
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