In any case. we should bear in mind President Nixons own estimate of only 140.000 North Vietnamese troops in Laos and Cambodia combined. as against a Cambodian army which now numbers over 200.000 and a Laotian army of indeterminate size. Let those nations defend themselves for better or for worse. All that our help and that of Saigon has brought them is unimaginable suffering for their own people. Nearly onefourth of Cambodias total population are now refugees as are 1 out of every 9 Laotians. Civilian casualties in each country number in the tens of thousands. If there is a worse fate for those tormented people. than American military help.
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