KHRUSHCHEV VISIT BLAMED IN LAOS FIGHT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200940172-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 172
• Publication Date: August 24, 1959
• Content Type: NSPR

BRA NEW AUG 2 i 959
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mowed For Release 1999/09/17: CIA-RDP
. Visit Blamed
In Laos Fight .,
Sen. Fulbright Secs
Red Chinese Piqu d.
By Victor Vilteon
The current Communist. assault`.
KhrusheZiev'i for seo dnt IAdt _ ?
Ae.lf x'w
to Washington, den. J. wuuaw
Pulbrlght, D. Ark., said today,
The Senator. ebalpast of the
senate's Foreign Relations
Committee, said he was c rtaln
the Red Chinese were far from
pleased by Mr. Khrugiche0's
acceptance of President Elsen-
hower's Invitation, and that
their own exclusiopn added fuel
to the fire.
The attack in Laos, by infil-
trating Communist forces from
bordering North Viet Nam, Is
Peiping's way of showing that
it still has a freedom of choice,
and is not immobilized by Rus-
sian Policy, Sen. Fulbrlght
declared.... .~
e added that the devaroping
StAnigth of Communist chinA
must "glue pause" to liiiiw
And be added that this growth
might well inspire Mr. Khru-
shchev and his itearlln aids
not to "alienate". the United
States too far.'
The reason for this, Sen.
F dbright said, would be that
Russia would want a stable
start Sept. 15, with * r$uta.
time, Sen. Fulbright said, the
chief danger he could see.was
an expectation of too great re-
sults by the American public.
The beat he hope, for, the
Arkahas nsaid, was a "rational
discussion" by the two leaders
of problems between the two
nations, and the potsibilltg that
he said.
Dttontt Bargatoing $eea
den. Puibright said
saw acme difllcul0
In Parts during his for
trip to that capital: Londdon
Bonn, as a prelude to the Khru-
world. in the not-too-distant
future when a showdown might
come along the long Russian-
Communist China frontier..
Was there a way the United
States ? Could "exploit" the
possible .course.
On tti&.Khrudho ut' rlsit, due
Nations ml?ht t,~t F the bests
Senator said he would oppose
,it, since' the 'Laotians seem to
be holding their own. He saki
he would oppose any idea of an
American "expeditionary" force
and he suggested that a
.'Copnmwtiat glantsY I sen. Pul-
bright was asked an the CBS
program.- "Face the Natlof."
"Not very soon," he. .replied,
"but it could be very eetul In
the long run."
Asked if American Inter-
veation In Iaos was likely, the
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