Might there not be some temptation to destroy the hundreds of villages around which that social and economic fabric is centered? The facts are fairly clear: First. Somewhere around 200.000 tons of bombs have been dropped in northern Laos in 1969 and 1970. Cluster bombs and white phosphorus have been used. Second. B52s have been used. Third. There are no major cities in the Pathet Lao areas--only perhaps 3.500 small villages. Fourth. Refugees from many of these villages confirm that the villages have been bombedin many cases despite the fact that no Pathet Lao soldiers were in the immediate area. Fifth. U.S.
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