MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS REGARDING VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA, AUGUST 1970

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CROSS REFERENCE
All Congressional Record Clipping pertaining to Cambodia
and Foreign Military Sales Act filed in separate folder under
Legislation.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? SENATE
Mr. PMERIGHT. lvtr. President, un-
fortunately, the Secretary of State's rec-
ommendation, which contains the justi-
fication for the President's deeision, is
classified "Secret" and cannot be made
The handling by the executive branch
of the requirements of law which must
be met prior to furnishing military aid is
? practically a rerun of the earlier decision
to send arms to Cambodia, which in-
'volved a determination made retroactive
a month from the President's signature
In order to legalize arms shipments
which had been made a month before.
The Foreign Assistance Act, quite prop-
erly, contains a number of restrictions
which must be satisfied before arms aid
can be given to a country. These restric-
tions were designed both to insure the
Most effective use of our citizens' tax dol-
lars and to act as a restraining influence
On executive branch relations with arms
aid recipients. Here are the requirements
of the Foreign Assistance Act that have
been waived in the decision to give more
arms to Cambodia:
First, Section 505(a) requires that
military grant aid not be given unless
the country has agreed to comply with
a number of specific requirements, per-
taining to use, transfer, and U.S. access
to the equipment. Such an agreement
was proposed to the Cambodian Govern-
Ment on August 10, 4 months after aid
was first given, but apparently the agree-
ment has not yet been concluded.
Second, Section 505(b) (2) requires
that any defense articles totaling more
than $3,000,000 in a fiscal year cannot be
furnished unless the President deter-
mines that the arms will be used to main-
tain its own defensive strength and "the
defensive strength of the free world."
No such determination has been made
nor is one likely to be made in view of
Cambodia's claim of neutrality.
Third. Section 509 requires that be-
fore any defense article having a value
greater than $100,000 be given to another
country that the head of the appropriate
U.S. group in Cambodia certify 6 months
prior to delivery that the country "has
the capability to utilize effectively such
article."
No such assurance has been given and
We have no information on what type of
equipment we plan to give her that costs
more than $100,000. A $100,000-plus
weapon would hardly fit in the "small
arms" category, however.
Fourth. Section 620 Ct) requires that
in the case of a country that has broken
diplomatic relations with the United
States, diplomatic relations must be re-
stored and a new aid agreement nego-
tiated before military aid is provided.
We do not have an aid agreement with
Cambodia.
However, section 614 of the act gives
the PreMent general authority to waive
CI- 4%9n and any other requirements
of the act "when the President deter-
Mines that such authorization is im-
1)Ortant to the security of the United
States." The President used this au-
thority to waive the requirements I have
Itited, He is perfectly within his rights
fn exerciping that authority. And the
State Department is fully within its legal
rights in waiting 29 out of the 30 days
allowed by the statute to send the deter-
mination to the Congress.
But the issue involved is net so much
one of legal niceties as it is of comity
between the legislative and the executive
branches of Government. In recent years
there has been a great erosion of the
executive branch's credibility in the Con-
gress. Instead of mutual trust and con-
fidence there is now mutual distrust and
suspicion, not only on foreign policy but
across the board. I cannot believe that
the President is conscious of the erosive
effect on the relationship between the
two branches caused by actions of this
nature. In the handling of such a matter
he is, I believe, a captive of a bureaucracy
which, in large measure, seems to have
little respect for the legislative branch.
Credibility is a fragile thing and once
destroyed is very difficult?and often im-
possible?to restore, This most recent in-
cident is of little practical consequence
but it does, I think, illustrate the opera-
tion of a way of thinking now prevalent
in the bureaucracy of the executive
branch. It is an attitude which seems to
consider the Congress of little importance
in the running of this country's affairs?
foreign or domestic. There is a lesson
here for every Member of Congress.
LAC OF ADEQUATE INSPECTION
OF IMPORTED MEATS
Mr. OUNG of North Dakota. Mr.
Preside t, I never could quite under-
stand y the people of the United
States a so concerned about the strict-
est kind if inspection of meats of all
kinds sla htered in the United States
and at th same time have very little or
no conce about the lack of adequate
inspection f vast amounts of imported
meats.
It is wron
imported me
like the caref
made of our d
Mr. Preside
this subject a
of the Wester
was written by
the publisher. It
would be of real
sumer public in t
unanimous consen
the RECORD.
There being no
was ordered to be p
as follows:
As I SEE
In this world and in
regulations and rules it
how the United States
culture and others can t
inspection of foreign meat.
The absolute whammy t
ting on the American pac
federal and state level is u
yet, they turn their back on
ness and the standards of ins
pOrted meat.
This particular item has bee
the last three weeks in Congr
thee-well. I don't know exactly
ing to come of it but there are
publicans and Democrats alike joi
in the fight to get something don
certainly needs to be done.
Dr. H. M. Steinmetz, Assistant De
to believe that much of this
t is subjected to anything
and strongent inspections
mestic meat products.
, an excellent article on
eared in a recent issue
Livestock Reporter, It
r. Patrick K. Goggins,
an article that I think
terest to the vast con-
e United States. I ask
that it be printed in
jection, the article
nted in the RECORD,
? "
s age of laws and
ertainly seems odd
artment of Agri-
n a blind eye on
t they are put-
both at the
believable and
he uncleanli-
ection of im-
fought out
to a fair-
hat is go-
ore Re-
ing arms a.
And it
ty Ad-
August 31
1970
inistrator of consumer protection of the
DA is one of the biggest fighters against
y passage of any kind of a meat import
I spection bill. He comes up with some pretty
k arguments in my estimation of why
shouldn't touch it.
course the State Department, the De-
p tment of Consumer Affairs and the USDA
all feel that if any kind of stringent, more
str t inspection law is put into effect, the
for gn countries will then counteract and
put quite a lot of pressure upon American
pro cts that they buy through similar acts.
Br ce E. Hackett from Overbrook, Kansas
testi d in a letter to Senator Robert Dole
(R. 11ms) that he and his family lived
and d a trucking business in Australia
from eptember 1963 to December of 1967
and t t his brother is still there running
that b iness.
He tifies that on in-plant handling the
meat w moved from building to building
in non- rigerated cars. They did not have
refrigera vans for in-plant and that most
of the m art is hauled in flat cars or flatbed
type tra rs with a canvas over the top of
it from e plant down to the docks where
It -waits 1 the hot sun for up to 8 to 10
hours wit ut refrigeration before it is loaded
into ships.
The few spectors we have over there who
are trying t get something done, can't begin
to. Here is paragraph for instance on page
20, paragra 53 of the Rules and Regula-
tions of th Commonwealth of Australia:
"When an o cer considers that vermin are
likely to corn in contact with meat at an
export establ ment?this is on processing
meat to be t out of the country?the
establishment, equire the occupier to cause
to be taken eft tive measures for the pur-
pose of destroyi the vermin."
In other word they can use poison to get
rid of the rats b nothing is done with the
meat. Here in the IS., if rats get into meat,
the whole lot is emned and goes in the
tank. When it gets ere to the U.S. approxi-
mately 180 pounds out of 32,000 pounds is
looked at and look at quite hastily. The
U.S. inspectors then ut USDA Inspected and
Passed on these crate'
Now rate
Now hear this' same meat can then
go into Interstate sh ment. It can go to
federal inspected plan
Now we have our - 'te packers who are
under state rules, who are under the same
regulations as our fed al packing houses.
They cannot ship meat i terstate. They have
to ship intra-state. 0 regulations won't
even let this state inspe ed meat even get
near a federal inspected ? king house. Why
should this imported, u leaned meat be
allowed to enter those cha ? ls without any
strings attached.
They kill horses in the me plant that
they kill cattle in Australia They kill rab-
bits for people in the same .lants as they
do cattle.
And the 14 roving inspector that we have
over there don't live in Aus alia or New
Zealand or Argentina, they live the United
States and maybe see the plant ?nce a year.
Then when they inspect, they i pect their
systems, but they don't inspect 1 estock.
Then you look at the U.S. p ker. He's
forced to pay U.S. inspectors over me any-
time he works over 8 hours and w n there
is an inspector on the line, the wh e pack-
ing house stops, because they want to look
at every carcass and do.
The packing industry in the Unit States
has paid in excess of $15 million doll s last
year alone in over-time to USDA m t in-
spectors to keep their plants running This
was just to the inspectors themselves, t to
mention all the man-hours and loss of ime
waiting for these inspectors while the ole
process stopped and employee pay ale
went on.
Then in Australia they allow wild ra ts
that are destroyed on ranches to be brou t
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SENATE
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.331' SENATOR MUSKIE
RgpfgATIONS FOR THE
Ng TRANSPORT
MUSKIE. Mr. President, I ask
animous consent to have printed
RECORD a statement made by me
day, August 28, 1970, before the
ortation Subcommittee of the
Committee on Appropriations,
g appropriations for the super-
nsport.
being no objection, the state-
ordered to be printed in the
s follows:
STATEMEN
BEFORE
TEE OF T
warms 0
AUGUST 2
SY SENATOR EDMUND S. MUSKIE
TRANSPORTATION SUBCOIKNIIT-
E SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COAL-
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SST,
1970
Mr. n, in 1963 Presdent Kennedy
announced t at the Federal Government
would ember on a program to develop a
supersonic tra port. He pledged a $750 mil-
lion limit On F eral support of the project.
We have now ? eat almost $700 million on
this project and e beng asked to appropri-
ate $290 million ore. It is now likely that
the prototype cos to the Government will
rise to at least $1. billion. Many people sus-
pect that the Gove eat will even be asked
to finance producti of these aircraft.
It is now time, Mr. hairman, to take a sec-
ond look at the SS . . . to re-evaluate it
. . . and to ask wb, her we can afford to
continue the program
This is an approp ate time to take a
second look . . .
For this year Oongr passed the National
Environmental Policy A We said that ma-
jor Federal programs mu be carefully exam-
ined in light of their pot'tial impact on the
environment.
This year we are cons ering significant
Changes in our national t nsportation pol-
icies. We recognize the n d to spend our
money more carefully and ore wisely . .
On programs that do the m t good for the
most people.
And this year we are face ? with substan-
tial unemployment in one- h of our ma-
jor labor markets, We Dana eal with this
problem effectively and quickl
So we should ask what th SST means
to us . . . with respect to our vironment,
our priorities and our people.
To many Americans, the SST s a symbol
of man's lack of concern for his lanet.
I am aware that proposed rules ould pro-
hibit SST's from flying over pop ated land
areas. But this does not answer th questions
of?
What effects sonic booms woul have on
ships at sea, and on fish and an al life;
What effects sideline takeoff noi four or
five times that of the 747 would ave on
people who work in the airports o live in
neighboring communities;
What effects jet vapors would have
upper atmosphere, on world clima
on radiation levels.
Even the Chairman of the Pres
Ceuneil on Elavircalrae,ntal Quality has
that t/ai? jest question "has not receive
attention It deserves," The MIT Study of
leg Environmental Problems concluded
oehtly that "the projected SST's can ha
clearly naeasurable Affect on the wor
Natierial Academy of Sciences h
rekAngoli kinallar conclusion.
g xaQw that proponents of the SST hay
prOinised that these problems will be studie
a? man as the prototypes are built and before
ths production phase.
hC90 Zat increasing financial corn-
.114111 1,11.4 104t,W0 not weaken that resolve. But
Col2P01244 tbat this research would oe-
envIrennlental research resources that
sre being stretched thin as We seek to 0013,0
on the
and
'eat's
? ated
the
rit-
re-
a
ld
th problems of air and water pollution that
we Save already created.
should ask whether new research on the
envi ?nmental effects of the SST?research
that ould be admittedly necessary before
prod P tion?is the wisest use we can make
of ou limited capacity.
also concerned, Mr. Chairman, with
the qu stion of whether the FAA has com-
plied h the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act.
Sectio 102 (2) (c) of the act requires a
"detailed tatement" from the agency on the
environm ? tal impact of any major pro-
posal?wh ther or not work on the project
had begu before passage of the act. The
FAA has n ? submitted a detailed statement.
Section 1 (2) (c) of the act requires each
agency to "s udy, develop and prescribe ap-
propriate alt natives to recommend courses
of action." T FAA has not submitted those
alternatives.
The Approp ations Committee should not
report the app priations bill to the floor un-
til the require eats of section 102 of the
Environmental olicy Act have been met.
Then the Sen te can make its own deci-
sion on the me ts. At this time too many
environmental q estions have not been an-
swered.
We should also k whether we need the
SST ... as much as e need new mass transit
systems for our cit ?s, new airport facilities
for the planes a.lrea flying, or new schools,
homes and a clean ? virorunent.
These programs als cost money?as much
or more than the SS And the funds must
come from the same ty . resources that
are limited.
This year's budget f air pollution con-
trol is $106 million. ? restore our air to
a breathable, healthy vel will cast the
Government almost $400 ? illion a year. Ap-
propriations bills for medi 1 caret Education
and Housing have been ye oed . . . yet these
needs are not being met.
We cannot afford everythi g under the sun.
We must face the reali es of difficult
choices . . . and say "no" to me things we
should like but do not need.
Those are the questions we ust ask about
our priorities.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, we k what the
SST means to our people.
The levels of unemployment n the State
of Washington is unacceptable . . as unac-
ceptable as in thirty other majo labor mar-
kets across the nation.
We cannot ignore the fact th the prob-
lem in Washington may get won- if the SST
prograln is halted. But we kno that the
program will not reverse the ri ng levels
across the nation . . . and this m St be our
first concern . . . with first call our re-
sources.
We must meet the challenge of u employ-
ment nationwide. It will take new ?grams,
more imaginative ideas and perh more
expensive efforts. It is a problem th affects
all our States . . . and that deman reme-
dies for all our States.
The SST program is not without me t, Mr.
Chairman?
It would provide job opportunities;
It would be a technological victory;
And it would be an exciting advanc in
air travel.
But at this time, Mr. Chairman, it is t
the best use of our resources ... the enviro
mental, social and human costs are too hig
And at this time, with the kinds of nee
that have gone unmet, dropping the SST i
the kind of difficult decision we must make.
1"MILITARY AID FOR CAMBODIA
Mr. FLTLBRIGHT. Mr. President, on
July 23 tile President signed a detenni-
S 14687
nation, required by law, which authorizes
up to $40 million in military aid for
Cambodia in fiscal year 1971. This will be
In addition to the $8.9 million already
given Cambodia in fiscal year 1970.
The last sentence of the determination,
which was in the form of a memorandum
from the President to the Secretary of
State, stated:
You are requested on my behalf to report
this determination and authorization
promptly to the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives.
This is in accord with the requirement
in the Foreign Assistance Act that the
Congress be notified promptly of such
decisions. Webster's defines "prompt" as
"Done or rendered readily; given without
delay or hesitation." The determination,
transmitted by a letter from the Depart-
ment of State dated August 21, was re-
ceived by the Committee on Foreign
Relations on August 24. Another report-
ing requirement, contained in the Foreign
Assistance Appropriation Act, requires
that determinations of this nature be
reported to the Congress "within 30 days
after each such determination." It was
29 days from the date of the President's
signature to the date of the Depart-
ment's transmittal letter. I note, how-
ever, that the basic information had been
leaked to the press well before the com-
mittee received any official notice of the
decision. I ask unanmous consent that
the President's determination be printed
at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the memo-
randum was ordered to be printed in
the RECORD, as follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 23,1970.
PRESIDENT/AL DETERMINATION NO. 71-2
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Subject: Determination and Authorization
Under Section 614(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act, and Under the Foreign
Assistance and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act, Permitting the Furnishing
of Defense Articles and Services to Cam-
bodia up to $40 Million
In accordance with the recommendation
in your memorandum of June 27, 1970,
hereby:
(a) Determine pursuant to Section 614(a)
of the Act that the authorization of the
use of up to $40 million of funds available
for the grant of defense articles and serv-
ices to Cambodia, without regard to the lim-
itations of Section 505(a), 505(b) (2), sec-
ond clause, 509, 620(t) , or any other provi-
sion of the Act limiting the furnishing of
military assistance to Cambodia, is impor-
tant to the security of the United States;
(b) Authorize pursuant to Section 614(a)
of the Act such use of up to $40 million for
the grant of defense articles and services to
Cambodia without regard to the limitations
of the Sections of the Act referred to in (a)
above:
(c) Deterinine pursuant to the third pro-
viso of the military assistance paragraph
of Title I of the Foreign Assistance Act,
1970, _that military assistance to Cambodia
for FY 1971 in an amount of up to $40 mil-
lion is essential to the national interest of
the United States.
You are requested on my behalf to report
this determination and authorization
promptly to the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives.
RICHARD NIECoN.
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NEW YORK TIMES DATE zorn.)
AGNEW SEES PgR
TO MIN VIET A
speculate about the p,75/. to
' ' . ? or the United State'. ItY/
icombat units to Cat"t `
again as it did last se
a two-month assault wi
South Vietnamese on Ct
nist border sanctuaries.
He stressed the Admin
tion view that It was conct
chiefly with the threat p
to - the safety of withdral
American forces by a Com
nist take-over of Cambodia.
-But Mr. Agnew hay( that theme c
By JAMES M. IkTALTdiaToN - ' ettried...i
Ariinis step be/gnu previous Wh
GANA, -Guam, Aug.' 3.:-.,... House assirriont, linking ts
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secigity of the Cambodian Gov-
ernment with the security of
the Americans.
He said that members of the
United States Senate who have
expressed fears that the Nixon
Administration was becomin
increasingly committed to th
preservation of the Government
of Premier Lon Nol failed to
realize that "we have no com-
mitment to Cambodia, but we
do have a commitment to South
Vietnam, and we have a tre-
mendous moral obligation to
'our own forces fighting in
South Vietnam not to leave
them in such a vulnerable and
weakened position that they
would be unable to extricate
themselves."
' On his nine-day tourney, the
Vice President will discuss
Cambodia and other issues with
?leaders ilLS..011tlx, KM& ..1110-
land, South Vietnam and Tai-
wan. His mission consists
largely of reassuring the allies
that antiwar sentiment in the
nee'egarf to senet
Says an Plane th Route to
Asia That WO III
appeared
_
Vice President AgileV 'Warned
today that it would be impos-
'ale for United' States combat
-
troops to pull out of South
Vietnam" if the Communists
overtivew the Government of
Premier ton Nolana,tonli over
Cambodia, -
?"We're going to do every-
thing we can to help the Lon
Nol Government," the Vice
President told newsmen aboard
his Air Force lape as he
headed toward Aka on his Sec:
and diplomatic mission there
this year.
lA dozen hours after he con-
ferred at the -Western -White
House in San Clemente, Calit,
with President 1112C0114 geere-
tary of State 'CM-am P.
Rogers and-Henry A. /tissingcr,
Mr. Nixon's adviser fOrnationa
security affairs, the Vice Presi-
dent underlined the 141PO'rtsir-ice
of a non-Communist Calnhodia
to the Nixon Administration.
He restated the Administra-
tion's desire to withdraw
United States V troops from
Southeast Asia, but added thaf
"the whole subject matter of.
Cambodia is related to the
security of our troops in Viet-
nani.?
Peril to Pullout Seen
Noting_ that Cambodia and
South Vietnam StlAted a border,
600.,_4411.ea loig, .41.7. Agnew 'aaid,
tbattlits'wW d7malte it impos-
Able, for the Vietuamization
program and the (twit ----ement
take
place la a s.
Approved
United States, particularly in
the Senate, will not diminish
the Administration's ability to
replace United States combat
troops with other forms of aid.
The allies no ?doubt will ask
?
said the Vice President..
about an amendment ado t
the Senate last week to prohibit
United States financing o
South Vietnamese, Thai or other
allied troops who come to the
aid of Cambodia or neighboring
Laos.
Mr. Agnew expressed confi-
dence that the-House would not
go along with the amendment
to the pending military procure-
ment appropriations bill.
But even should the amend-
ent become law, he said,
'There are many ways to bring
bout financial assistance to a
riendly nation." He implied
hat rather than subsidize the
llied troops directly, the United
tates could perform a book-
eeping shift that would give
ome other form of "financial
elief" and enable the ally to
ay for dispatch of the troops
ut of its own treasury.
The Vice President toned down
considerably his criticism of
Senate doves at home. Only last
Monday he charged that sup-
porters of the plan offered by
Senators Mark 0. Hatfield., Re-
publican of Oregon, and George
S. McGovern, Democrat of South
Dakota, for a fixed deadline to
withdraw all American troops
from South Vietnam were back-
ing a "blueprint for the first
defeat in the history of the
United States."
Today, as he sat on the arm
of a chair and took questions
from reporters as Air Force
Tw_o flew_45 000 feet above the
acific for -overnight stop
re Mr. A ew said Asian
1.k.-4.1L-o'
leaders might well be concerned
about Senate attitudes. But he
said there were encouraging
signs?among them the defeat
of three attempts to block ex-
pansion of the Administration's
Safeguard antiballistic missile
program?that showed a "weak-
ening of this isolationist sent.
ment"
Will Be Frank With Allies
However, the Vice President
also stated that he planned to
be "very candid" with the Asian
leaders and tell them that the
United States was reordering
its priorities ? cutting back on
defense spending and increas-
ing domestic budgets. He was
unequivocal, for instance, in
stating that the decision "will
be carried out" to withdraw
20,000 of the American troops
stationed in South Korea. The
authorized strength for Amer-
ican troops in South Korea is
64,000.
The issue of United States
troop reduction is particularly
troublesome to the Government
of President Chung Hee Park
of South Korea, whom Mr. Ag-
new will meet tomorrow on the
first stop of his four-nation
tour.
"Steps are being taken to
provide increased material as-
sistance" to South Korea in re-
turn for the troop pullout, said
the Vice President, but he de-
clined to be specific about the
aid.
U.S. Denies Policy Shift
iiSN CLEIYIENTE, Calif.., Aug.
23 (UPI)?The White House said
today that Vice President Ag-
new's remarks linking United
States interests in Asia to the
stability of the Cambodian Gov-
ernment represented no change
in the Nixon Administration's
policy.
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THE WASHINGTON
Seen i
To Pullout
POST
on Monday to Seoul, South
Korea, the first of four sched-
4 44stops.
ew and his party arrived
5
in Seoul at about 1 a.m., Wash-
ington time. He made no state-
ment at the airport.
His talks with President
Chung Hee Park will revolve
around U.S. plans to help with
the modernization of Korean
military forces in view of the
scheduled withdrawal by June?
1971 of 20,000 of the 63,000
American troops there.
Asked about specific U.S.
aid plans for Korea, Agnew
saw "little likelihood that as a
result of my conversation any
ipeeific action will be -pro-
?ta,,Sjr.guags4,1!
lAWW- Thar That
..a`cticz ItJ.S. financial support for Thai
r South Vietnamese efforts
an behalf of the governments
of Laos and Cambodia is "a
debilitating factor that could
Indirectly hurt the security of
U.S. foreas ill Vietnam.
0,
qquig. very strongly
whether the House will go
along "witli it, he said.
The Vice President indi-
ated the Nixon administra-
tion might find some other
ay, to underwrite the pro-
osed dispatch of 5,000 Thai
oops to help the hard-
ressed Lon Nol government,
hich has been fighting off
onnnuniat attacks on the cap-
al of Phnom Penh.
"I don't think,? he said,
'that necessarily troop financ-
ng is critical if alternative
eans of financial relief can
e found for the country
hich would allow it to fi-
ance its own troops.
!To carry out the Nixon doc-
trine," Agnew replied to a fol-
low-up question, "the Presi-
dent is going to find whatever
means he has to make certain
that the concept of the doc-
trii2.e0 is
Under the doctrine first
enunciated by President
Nixon here 13 months ago, the
United States plans to reduce
its Far East forces while reaf-
firming its treaty commit-
ments and helping those allies
?willing to help themselves.
4r1Inre1ated to Campaign
'TTeF SaId I really don't
"11.!ritreterhat this trip will have
"IffirlTrNtion to my campaign
In Vietnam
GUAM, Aug. 23 (AP) --
Vice President Spiro T. Ag-
new, heading for Asia, said
today that "we're going to
do everything we can to
help the Lon Nol govern-
ment" in Cambodia because
"the whole matter o'f Cam-
bodia is related to the secu-
rity of our troops in Viet-
nam."
At another point, however,
Agnew insisted we-have no '
cominitment to Cambodia but
view events in that Southeast
Asian nation only in terms of ,
how they affect conditions in
neighboring South Vietnam.
His statement about helping
Lon Nol was the strongest by
any U.S. official so far for the
embattled Cambodian regime.
[In San Clemente, however,
a White House spokesman said,
that Agnew 's statement rep-
resented no change in U.S.
policy of supporting an inde-
pendent and neutral Cam-
botlia.]
There is no Way that any
judgment that I make about
Carribo_dia could be made with-
out it being attached in sub-
stantial measure to the secu-
rity, of our troops in South
1Tietnai Agnew-aaid
Asked if the Only way'Ainer-
lean troops would be sent back
to Cambodia would be to pro-
tect U.S. forces in Vietnam, he
replied: "That is exactly
right."
"There is a 600 mile border
that would make it impossible
for the Vietnamization?ro-
gram and the disengagement
of American' troops if Cam-
bodia falls," the Vice Press
dent told reporters aboard Air
Force Two as he flew across
the international date lineto
this mid-Pacific isle aflejj
7
fueling stop in Hawaii.
Military leaders a?d?Cov:`
Carlos Carpacho _
Anew at Anderson 'I! ?rce
ease here is he arriv
overnight stop before ying
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out agreed with a questioner
that the trip would perthit biro
to speak more knowledgeably
about foreign affairs. _
-Agnew said there was "no
plan for me to go into Cam-
bodia" during the trip. On his
previous trip he said there
were no plans to go to Viet-
nam, where he eventually
went for 24 hours. This time,
it is on his schedule although
no date has yet been an-
nounced.
Both President Nixon and
Adm. John S. McCain Jr., the
ton U.S. commander in the Pa-
cific with whom he met in Ha-
waii, are very much encour-
aged by the cdurse of events
in Vietnam, the Vice President
said, especially the Vie6ami-
zation program and the
strengthened status of the
government of President Ngu-
yen Van Thieu.
In stating U.S. determina-
tion to prevent the Cambodian
government of Lon Nol from
/Ealing, Agnew said, "we can-
not predict in advance, based
on the multiple contingencies
that one could imagine, ex-
actly what we would do in any
given situation.
"That kind 9f digiallaCY i$
very dangerous, and I
wouldn't undertake it," he
went on.
Refuses to Speculate
Asked if the support the
United States might provide
included sending in U.S.
troops if Lon Nol asks for
them,. Agnew replied: "No, I
think I made it perfectly clear
that I wouldn't attempt to an-
ticipate the contingent situa-
tions that may arise.
The Vice President was then
asked if this meant he was not
ruling out possible use of U.S.
troops if the situation deterio-
rated. Agnew said it depended
upon what was meant by dete-
riorated.
"If you meant that if the
Communist Chinese suddenly
attacked Cambodia in force
would I commit that we
wouldn't do anything about
It?" he asked. "I couldn't make
that commitment obviously."
But he noted that the Presi-
dent "has no intention of re-
committing" U.S. troops into
Cambodia and said any South
Vietnamese decision about ac-
tion in that country "has to be
left to their diagnosis of
what's vital for their own se-
curity.
"We will not encourage it or
discourage it, only insofar as
It affects the security of Amer-
ican troops," Agnew said.
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Senate Votes Curb on Funds
To Allies of Cambodia, Laos
By DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer
The Senate has called for a
ban on use of U.S. funds for
military operations by Vietnam-
ese and other forces in support
of the governmOnt of Cambodia
and Laos.
By a voice vote, the Senate
yesterday approved a proposal
by Sen. J. William Fulbright,
D-Ark., intended to head off
broader military operations that
could involve the United States
in a war to support the govern-
ment of either country.
"If they want to do it on their
own, we cannot stop them. But
we don't have to pay the bills,"
Fulbright said.
Stennis Backs Curb
Sen. John C. Stennis, D-Miss.,
chairman of the Armed Services
Committee, agreed that U.S.
funds should not be used to back
military operations by other
Southeast Asian nations in sup-
port of the Cambodian or Lao-
tian governments.
The provision, approved by
the Senate as an amendment to
the $19.2 billion military pro-
cure m ent authorization bill,
however, was phrased to allow
U.S.-supported operations in bor-
der sanctuary areas of Cambo-
dia and to interdict the Ho Chi
Minh trail in Laos.
In other action, Fulbright as-
serted a $50 million arms aid
Agreement with Cambodia ap-
pears to be "a very substantial
step" toward creation of a U.S.
1gnent to that nation.
FuJ.bright, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee,
istration spokesmen who ap-
peared before the unit asserted
that the arms aid agreement did
not constitute a commitment to
Cambodia.
Supporting Fulbright's assess-
ment, Sen. Frank Chur c h,
D-Idaho, said after a closed-door
briefing before the Senate com-
mittee that American involve-
ment in Cambodia is "clearly
. . . grorwing." Church said it
raised questions about whether
this country is assuming respon-
sibility to defend the Lon Nol
government.
At the committee briefing, it
was understood that administra-
tion spokesmen indicated every
effort would be made ? to avoid
direct U.S. involvement such as
in Vietnam.
In floor debate preceding ap-
proval of the amendment to bar
funds for operations by other
Southeast Asian nations in sup-
port of Cambodia and Laos,
Fulbright said it would be "in-
tolerable" for this country to fi-
nance such activity.
A 4.
tary operations by other nations
in support of either Cambodia or
Laos.
In another development, Sen.
George McGovern, D-S.D., said
in a Senate speech that activities
of senators supporting a propos-
alto cut off funds for the war
have not violated any law or
"jeopardized" ethics and pro-
priety.
Responding to a proposal by
Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., Mc-
Govern said "every penny" re-
ceived or spent in connection
with the amendment "to end the
war" has been publicly dis-
closed.
Bipartisanship Noted
Sen. Barry M. Goldwater,
R-Ariz., said: "We are not say-
ing to South Vietnam, 'You can-
not attack Laos.' We are saying,
'You cannot expect any help
from us if you do it.'"
Stennis joined in supporting
the Fulbright amendment, stat-
ing it conformed to the inten-
tions of the armed services com-
mittee.
The Senate's action made it
plain that both critics and back-
ers of the Nixon administration's
policies on the war do not sup-
port use of U.S. funds to broaden
sid,1iov?t, tha Nixon admin- the conflict by financing mill-
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McGovern said sponsors of the
amendment were asking the In-
ternal Revenue Service for a rul-
ing on any tax responsibilities.
But, he said, he did not intend tc
be "diverted" from the questior
of whether Congress should set r
limit on the Vietnam war.
Senators also approved, b3
voice vote, a proposal by Sen.
Charles H. Percy, R-Ill., to re
duce permanent change of sta
tion assignments for militar3
personnel as an economy mov(
and a proposal by Sen. Bird
Bayh, D-Ind., to require Con
gress to set military manpowei
levels on an annual basis.
Sen. Fred R. Harris, D-Okla.
urged approval of an amend
ment to the military procure
ment authorization bill to set z
maximum level for military per
sonnel that only Congress cull(
increase.
Harris asserted that thi:
should be part of any move to
ward creation of a volunteei
army.
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