We can and should mitigate the effects of our military operations by contributing to the relief of warravaged areas in Southeast Asia. I think. therefore. that we should take special care to assure that no action taken by the Senate may be interpreted as prohibiting the use of funds for this humane purpose. Although there are as yet no reliable statistics relating to the impact of our Cambodian operations on neutral civilians and noncombatants. it is clear from press reports that Snuol and several other villages have been destroyed and U.S. military officials in South Vietnam report arrival of some 60.000 refugees from Cambodia. The Department of Defense has advised that specific plans were made in advance of the Cambodian expedition by U.S. troops to provide for the problems of rcfugees and noncombatant casualties. I was glad to know that the system in use in Vietnam for several years. providing for prompt payments to persons apparently wounded by U.S. action and the families of persons apparently killed by U.S. action. is being followed in the areas in which our troops have been involved in Cambodia.
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