SENATE RESOLUTION 342--SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT NOT TO STRIKE DIKES IN NORTH VIETNAM
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-01601R000300350028-4
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 13, 2000
Sequence Number:
28
Case Number:
Publication Date:
August 4, 1972
Content Type:
OPEN
File:
Attachment | Size |
---|---|
![]() | 174.35 KB |
Body:
STATINTL
?A.u~~.cs~p~~r ~~~~ For Relea~~~~~~;/~~.~~~~'~-~Q"~~~'h~0030 ,~
of vaccinations incurred for protection
against Venezuelan equine enccpllato-
nlyelitis. ?
~. 3330
At the request of Mr? JacxsoN, the
Senator f.ron] Minnesota (ri'Ir. IIvr.I-
rllltrr) v.'as adclcd as a cosponsor of S.
3330, a bill i:o establish a na.lional policy
far the n]allag~ement, conservation, use,
and development. of the Nation's natural
resources, to provide for the est;ablish-
Incllt of a Board on 1~'atural resources
Planning anti Policy, and for giber ptu?-
1)OSCS.
A. 349.9
At the request of I`ir. Jnclcsora, the ,
SCnato}"from liansas (b11?. P>?:nrtsow) anti
the ? ?Senator from V6'ashizrgton (1=lr.
MnrzaTlsorai were added as cosponsors of
S. 39.9.9, a bill i~o authorize and direct
the 'tVai,er Resources Coul]cil to coordi-
nate a Ilatiozlal program to insure the
safety of da.lns and other t ater storage
anal control structures, to Provide tecl.]-
nical support to Stage pro(;rnn]s for the
licensing and inspection of ,such struc-
tures, to cncoul'agc adequate State
'safety laws and methods of implemen-
tation thereof. -
' S. 3841
At the request of A![r. IIANSI:N, the Sen-
. atox from 119:inn..sota (ri4r, fluntrxl;>;Y)
~vns added as a cosponsor of S: 3IIti1, to
amend flee Inter?]lal Revet]ue ? Cocle of
1954 to pz?ovide for an estate tax chari-
table deduction in the case of certain
charitable remainder trusts.
S. 3872
At the request of Mr. Jnvll~s, i;he Sen-
n.esota (14Ir. TIun:Plrr.I.r) were added as ~~ijjy ~z.ozn Indochina, I;ut there can tae
cosl)onsol:s of S. 3E72, a bill to Provide no clisagl?cenlclrt that 'every Moral and
for tht; use of ccrtaill funds to Pl?omate legal tc+uet eve hold clear proscribes any
scholarly, cultural, and artistic activi- support v; hatsoever for the bombing of
ties bctTVeen Japan ante the United North Vietnam's dikes.
F3tates, alid for other purposes, In fairr_ess, ri1r. President, another
--- ~?---- point must also i)e emphasized. I do not
SENATE RESOLUTION 342- SUBIt1IS-
SION OF A I2~ESOI~U'I'ION IN tiL'.P-
I'ORT OP POLICY OI' Ttil~ YRESI-
D1~NT NOT TO STRIDE DIKES IN
NOI-tTII VIETNAriS
(Referred to the Coaunittee on Armed
Services.)
P,4r. TUNNI.Y, Mr, President, on behalf
Of ,~ellatOl'S- GIrTIRC1I, 1AGr.1sTON, ITAP.Y,IS,
KF.NNF.T)Y, MAGl1USON, ri~Ic Govr:aN, PHCYX-
MI1tE, IZ3BICOFF, I3nv'II, alld 1t1y5elf, I,,a711
subnlittillg today asense-of-the-Sezlate
resolution which supports the policy set
forth by the President on Julle 29, 1972,
that the United States shall not bomb the
dikes hi NorCli Vietnam. I send the l?eso-
lution to the desk' for appropriate refer-
ral.
`['hc ACTING PR);SIDL:NT pro tem-
pore. The resolution will be received and
referred.
The resolution 'reads as follows: ?
Whereas the President has stated on June
29, 1x72, that: "The United States has used
great restnnat in its bontbing policies; and
T think properly so. We have ...had orclcrs
out not to het dikes hecnure the result in
telltts of civilian casualties $could be oxtrz-
ordinary. fts iar a.s any future activities arc
concerned tlzowe orclcrs arc still in force , . , ,", t11CSt', rep01't5 aS pOS5ib1C [`C1TCiny propa-?
anct gal]da" and did not treat them lvith a
Whcrazs it appezt?s that tnltlions of clvii- gr'Cat dCg1'CC Of Ser'ioUS11eSS,
ian lives are protected. by the complicated I pcisonaliy cannot bC1lCVe that altY
and anotent system of dints and dikes in
hTort.h Victnaut, now, iherciore he It `tttcnlpt ~t'ot1ld be Heide to bomb the
Pesolued, That: it is ttze sense of the Sezl- dikes. I a111 CotlfidGrlt; t.llat the policy
ate that, in accordance with the abat?c-st~ltea which had been a part of Americazl for-
polic.y of the 1'resklmtt, the united State, Clgll Policy for the past 10 years 1;=ill
sl;all not bomb or otherwise attack by air or 1'e111ai11 a pal't of t11at', policy altd th^t
Sea arty dams, dikes, or other hydraulic SyS- VS?C lvOtlld leave the Cl1kCS alone }`nOR'llls
terns in Nortll victnant' that the only t,lring that could be causcci
Mr. TUNN)/I', Mr. President, it is im- in the wcty of results froth bombin at-
portzlllt to reco;;nize that, since the Pres- tacks on the dikes tivould be massive civil-
ident announced that Policy, the,aclrnin- ion deaths through clrownillg ol? starva-
istration has v