Mr. President. bring up a few of the erroneous allegations which the Congressman made. First. he pointed out that most of the refugees left their villages because of bombings in 1968 and 1969. President Nixon did not assume office until January 21. 1969. and Ambassador Godley did not assume his ambassadorship in Laos until Second. he stated that Ambassador Sullivan had observed very closely rules of engagement which would prevent such bombings. and yet Ambassador Sullivan. who in my opinion did a fantastic job in that very difficult area of the world. was in fact in charge as Ambassador during all of 1968 and the first half of 1969. Third. the Congressman wholly omitted from his remarks the fact that he had a lengthy Interview with the Laotian governmental officials who endorsed the American assistance and who stated that their country might have been overrun by the Communist Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese. were it not for American help. Fourth. he wholly omitted the compliments given by his congressional colleague at a press conference in Vietnam and shortly after their visits to the refugee camp. pointing out that the refugee program was extremely well organized and run and that the fatalities and casualties were remarkably low.
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