They have simply shifted their targets into Laos and Cambodia. The bombing has continued at 100 tons an hour. 2.400 tons a day. The rate of civilian casualties and refugee generation. indicative of the overall level of violence. has if anything increased during the last 2 years. Recent hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Refugees reveal that since the invasion of Cambodia nearly one quarter of that countrys population-.500.000 peoplehave become refugees. In the last few months in South Vietnam more refugees have been created than at any time since the 1968 Tet offensive. The bombing of North Vietnam has been resumed. As recently as September 21 an armada of 250 U.S. planes attacked targets in the North. and this raid was followed on successive days by two more socalled protective reaction strikes.
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