Mr. President. as chairman of the Subcommittee on Refugees I have requested the General Accounting Office (GAO) to update their .previous reports to the Subcommittee on Humanitarian Problems Confronting .War Victims in Indochina. One report in this series is a "Followup Review of Refugee. War Casualty. Civilian Health. and Social Welfare Programs in Laos." This report on Laos is classified "secret." However. I have prepared a sanitized summary of the GAO report. which I would like to share with my colleagues in the Senate. because I believe it raises troubling questions over the course of U.S. policy toward Laos. No one reading this GAO report. or listening to testimony recently presented in congressional hearings. can help but express deep concern over our policy in Laos and toward its newly established Provisional Government of National Union (PGNU). which is a coalition between the former Royal Lao Government and the Pathet Lao.
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