Chairman. I recently sent two of my staff members. one of whom was a military adviser to the Royal Lao Army in the early 1960s and the other a regional director of the U.S. AID refugee program. on a 10day inspection trip to Loas. They* reported back to me that at least half of the Air Forces 48.000 men now stationed in Thailand are directly involved in air strikes over Laos. and that an unknown number of U.S. military personnel are assigned to Laos on "temporary duty" from military base in Southeast Asia. Air America carries personnel and arms throughout Laos.