Funds are needed now to meet these threats by increasing nonmilitary security" activities financed by AID and intensifying rural development projects in vulnerable areas. In Thailand additional funds are required now to assist the Government of Thailand in its major expansion of the civil police program. To improve the effectiveness of the border patrol and provincial police in combating Communist infiltration. additional helicopter. radio communications and weapons support is needed. Steps are also being taken to meet increasingly the needs of the rural populace. especially in the threatened northeast area of Thailand. by. for example. bringing potable water facilities to the villages there. This surely is the way to build the foundations of resistance to Communist intrusions. In Laos new moneys are needed to attend to a variety of unanticipated needs. Refugee relief must be accelerated. airlift operations stepped up. and airport fdcilities improved. Additional funds for this year are needed to help the Government of Laos stabilize its influence and control in contested areas. especially through work with rural peoples. In the Dominican Republic the United States has a vital interest in the realization of the elections which are now planned for June.
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