I think it is about time that we read into the RECORD something which is different thanthe allegation that this is a U.S. war against the Pathet Lao. One of the authorities quoted by the gentleman from California is Ronald J. Rickenbach. former refugee and relief officer for the Agency for International Development. I shall read parts of his testimony. but I am not going to take them out of contextI can assure you of that. This appears at page 23 of the report entitled "Refugee and Civilian War Casualty Problems in Laos and Cambodia." In speaking of the Meo tribesmen. he says: From conception. the Meo "cause" has simply been an effort on their part to protect their homeland from outside incursion. Their intended purpose: merely selfpreservation. The Communist North Vietnamese moved into Laos. and in force.
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