Rickenbach was personally involved in is appended as exhibit F to these remarks. but involved small villages in Khammovane province near the North Vietnamese border in three cases. and civilian traffic on a bridge between Thakkek and Savannakhet provinces in a fourth. These areas are in central Laos. some distance away from the Plain of Jars area which is located in Xieng Khouang Province. Thus far. I have cited public press articles and official Government testimony before the Senate refugee committee from the spring of 1970. What additional evidence do we find from the hearings before the same committee in April of First of all. Senater KENNEDY commented on his concern as to why the State Department had refused to furnish his subcommittee with a report dated July 10. 1970.