It sets no limit on the number of foreign nationals to be evacuated. Under this bill. therefore. the President could bomb Hanoi. land three divisions in Saigon and one in North Vietnam. evacuate a million Vietnamese. continue the military activity for 60 days. then pull out for a day and go back in for another 60 days. and so on for the rest of his term of office. All he would have to do would be to say that. in his judgment. these activities were necessary for the evacuation of American citizens. their dependens. and Vietnamese nationals eligible for immigration to the United States. In short. to call this bill another Tonkin Gulf resolution is a gross understatement. If it is not amended so as to strictly and specifically circumscribe the military activities permitted and where. for how long. and with how many personnel they are permitted. as well as confining their use to the evacuation of Americans and their dependents. and if it does not require a total and immediate evacuation along the lines of the Bedell resolution of which I am a cosponsor.
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