The State Departments able Ambassador. William Sullivan. had stated that the knew of only eight villages being hit "by mistake" during his 4 years in Vientiane. Hundreds of refugees had given contrary testimony to USIA investigations. alleging the destruction of their homes by U.S. bombing. Since that debate. a large number of veterans of the war in Southeast Asia. including combat pilots. have corroborated my supposition that U.S. aircraft bombed hundreds of Laotian villeges under a program begun secretly in 1964 and sharply escalated by President Nixon in 1969. That bombing. in view of the weapons used and the tactics involved. may very well violate The Hague and Geneva Conventions.
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