FULBRIGHT OPPOSES GI USE IN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000400340002-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 2, 1998
• Content Type: NSPR

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rFulbright OpposesGi Use in Laos
;nan-man a. wuUlam Kul.
bright ('l)-Ark.) of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
yesterday firmly opposed send-
tag American troops Into Laos
to stem the Comanunlst drive
there.
",t'$ut he, said hit would favor
further American military ac-
tion in South Viet-Nam, That-
toad or Burma if those nations
"request it.
'.America faces a serious loss
of prestige if Laos falls to the
Communist-led Pathet Lao
rebels, Fulbright acknowl-
edged.
"But T don't think the ter-
for sending In our troops," he
said. "We must seek another
solution and we are."
Fulbright spoke out before
a NBC television neon panel
(WRC--Meet the 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, present Admin-
istration had been Its failure
to inform the. Amezicaq ?peoa
pie of tIte crisls.they teas.
"I would hone the President
would give some special at-
tention to Informing us over
television," Fulbright said.
.. He should have some ed-
ucational interviews to Inform
all of -us, of the nature of,ths
conditions We confront and
what should be done about
them *
nibrigt t said he was eop-
fident the American people
are, "eager: to . do whatever
needs to be-done If It Is clear-
ly outlined." . ?He. said this in-
cluded paying higher taxe3` If
necessary. ~t
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