It is this provision which apparently is the justification for the presence of the CIA in Laosnot to gather intelligence but to train. finance. and lead tribal guerrillas and even the Royal Laotian Army as a covert adjunct to U.S. combat operations in Vietnam. It is reliably reported that the CIA has more than 300 men in Laos. supplying and training Government guerrillas and leading commando and reconnaissance teams. In addition. the CIA is mainly responsible for planning of the massive air bombardment of Laos. which has made a wasteland of this tiny nation and turned its people into refugees in their own land. By its use of the CIA in this manner. our Government has developed a new and cynical formula for running a war. out of sight of the Congress and the American people. I fear that unless legislation such as the bill I offer today is enacted. we will find the CIA running military operations in Indochina long after other American combat forces have been brought home.
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