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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000600100001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 31, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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WHITE HOUSE HAS REQUESTED' PREPARE SURVEY ASeFSSMEN~.,OF
ATTITUDES OF APPROPRIATE PACIFIC COUNTRIES INCLUDING TCC" REGA DING
LAM SON 719 (THE LAOS INCURSION). SURVEY TO COVER LOCAL ATTITUDES IN
EACH COUNTRY INCLUDING, WHERE THEY EXIST, VARIATIONS IN VIEWS AND
IDENTIFICATION OF PORTION OF. SOCIAL, PROFESSIONAL, POLITICAL OR MILITARY
SPECTRUMS GENERALLY HOLDING PARTICULAR VIEWS (FOR POLITICIANS OR GOVT
OFFICIALS PLS NOTE ANY VARIATION BETWEEN PRIVATE VIEWS AND THOSE
PUBLICLY EXPRESSED),. SURVEY IS ALSO.-TO COVER LOCAL OPINIONS REGARDING
OPERATIONS EFFECTIVENESS AND ITS PROBABLE IMPACT, ESPECIALLY LONGER
TERM IMPACT ON REGIONAL SITUATIONS OR BALANCE OF POLITICAL AND MILITARY
FORCES.
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