Laos. Cambodia. and South Vietnam. Sixth. he refers to 700.000 refugees which he implies occurred in the last 2 years but which the Laotian Government itself states were estimates and involved relocating people under North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao attacks since 1945. some 26 years of hostile action. Seventh. he makes the unequivocal statement that the military has misinformed Congress and the public when in fact the previous Secretary of Defense. Secretary McNamara. pointed out specifically at a White House briefing in 1967 or 1968. which I attended. the areas of Laos which were under aerial attack to curtail movement of enemy supplies and logistics through Laos to reinforce their attacks on all three countries. Eighth. although he admitted in "Face the Nation" that he had only been in Laos for 2 days. he gave the impression that he had interviewed all the refugees. when in fact I believe he talked to some eight refugees through an interpreter. Father Mengert. who stated that were it not for the American aerial support the villages involved would have been overrun by the North Vietnamese. My point.
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