FRIDAY, MAY G, 1966
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FRIDAY, MAY 6,1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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* War Spilling Into Laos and Cambodia
Fulbright Calls Saigon
'An American Brothel'
WASHINGTON (IP) - The war
in Viet Nam has been spilling over
into Laos and Cambodia and the
United States is encountering more
4 difficulty in obscuring the fact.
Two unusual official disclosures
in the last three days have thrown
fresh light on the involvement in
combat actions of territories in
both Laos and Cambodia.
In Washington, the Defense De-
partment reported for the first
time on casualties in air opera-
tions over Laos. The reports show-
ed that in the past two years 11
U.S. fliers have been killed there
and somewhat fewer than 20 oth-
ers have been listed as missing or
captured by Communist forces.
Incursion Confirmed
In Saigon, a U.S. spokesman
confirmed accounts from news
correspondents on the scene that
last Saturday American artillery
fired across a boundary river in-
to Cambodian jungles to silence
enemy guns when U.S. troops ran
into heavy fire from Viet Cong
forces on the Cambodian side.
Washington authorities asserted
that in the prolonged operations
over Laos and in the brief clash
across the Cambodian border, the
Communists were responsible for
initial violations of territory out-
side Viet Nam and that the U.S.
fire was defensive.
Officials in Washington denied
that this week's unusual disclos-
ures resulted from any policy de-
cision to signal a new and broad-
er phase of warfare in Southeast
Asia. Basic U.S. policy, they said
is still to keep the conflict con-
fined to Viet Nam but Commu-
nist actions sometimes force coun-
teractions outside that country.
Minimum Disclosure
When such actions do occur the
practice of the State and Defense
Departments has been to say noth-
ing about them if possible and
otherwise to make minimum dis-
A closure. The justification offered
for this practice is that sensitive
relations with other governments
are involved.
As the Viet Nam war grows in
intensity, however, it is now rec-
ognized here that the policy of
silence may very well be more
difficult to maintain.
search and destroy operations in,
the Vietnamese junbles that have
long formed a Viet Cong strong-
hold near the Cambodian border
could fire back if they came under
attack on the Cambodian side.
Dispatches from Saigon said
there had been earlier reports of
such firing but that none had'
drawn official confirmation until'
the spokesman's statement earlier
this week.-
U.S. air operations over Laos
began in May 1964. The State De-
partment said at that time that
the neutralist government of Laos
had requested aerial reconnais-
sance to get information on posi-
tions of Communist troops.
That information was made
available here after Communist
China broadcast that Communist
forces in Laos had fired on U.S
aircraft.
In early June 1964, an unarm-
ed reconnaissance plane was re-
ported shot down by Communist
fire. The next day a U.S. Navy jet
fighter also was reported shot
down. On June 8 Washington of-
ficials said that fighter planes es-
corting the unarmed reconnais-
sance aircraft had received orders
to fire on Communist military in-
stallations when necessary to pro-
tect the reconnaissance craft.
WASHINGTON (M) - Sen. J
W. Fulbright (D-Ark) asserted
yesterday that "both literally and
figuratively Saigon has become an
American brothel."
Fulbright continued his criti-
cism of American foreign policy
yesterday in the face of a broad-
side from former Republican Sen.
Barry Goldwater who argued that
Fulbright should resign as Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Committee
chairman for "his carping criti-
cism" of American policy.
Both Goldwater and Republican
Sen. Jacok K. Javits of New York
hit at Fulbright's expressed con-
cern that the United States is
showing signs of an "arrogance of
power."
Reply Given
But Fulbright said in a lecture
prepared for a Johns Hopkins
University's School of Advanced
International Studies, "I do not
think for a moment that America
with its deeply rooted democratic
tradition, is likely to embark upon
a campaign to dominate the world
in the manner of Hitler or Na-
poleon."
Fulbright said what he does fear
is that the United States "may be
drifting into commitments which
though generous and benevolent in
intent, are so universal as to ex-
ceed even America's great capaci-
ties."
Fulbright noted the political tur-
bulence in Saigon last month
when some American jeeps were
burned and there were other anti-
American signs during political
demonstrations
Shock and Anger
But the reason for it, Fulbright
said, "is that 'fatal impact' of the
rich and the strong on the poor
and the weak."
He said the Vietnamese resent
"the disruptive effect of our strong
culture upon their fragile one"
and added "what they fear, I
think rightly, is that traditional
Vietnamese society cannot survive
the American economic and cul-
tural impact."
U.S. Brothel
In calling Saigon an American
brothel, Fulbright cited reports of
Vietnamese putting wives or
daughters to work as bar girls "or
to peddle them to American sol-
diers as mistresses."
U.S. MARINES LEAVE a burning village as the Viet Nam war continues. Fighting has intensified
along the South Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia border areas with some firing reported into neutral Cam-
bodia.
House Hikes Education, Health
Appropriations by $489 Million
WASHINGTON () - President
Johnson's 1967 budget plans were
kicked both up and down yester-
day in Congress.
In the current case of the re- The House sent to the Senate by'
port of casualties suffered over roll-call vote of 354 to 27 a $10.55-
Laos, officials said the Defense billion appropriations bill contain-
Department had received queries ing $489.2 million the President
about a week ago concerning no- did not want for health and edu-
tification given to a family of a cation programs, but stripped off
lost flyer. The family reportedly all the money he requested for the
was informed that the loss had new national Teachers Corps.
occurred over Laos.
Casualty Report Then it received from its Ap-
propriations Committee a $14.31-
When matter, n it was said, they billion bill without any of the
found that the identification of money the President sought for
Laos as the scene of combati oer- rent subsidies and Project Mohole.
ations had been given in notices . The $10.55-billion measure car-
Ssent to a number of families and r ies funds to finance the Labor
they therefore decided that since Department and the Department
this information had been offi- of Health, Education and Welfare
cially provided to next of kin they for the fiscal year starting July 1.
should issue a casualty report in The money added by the House
response to inquiries. to the sums requested by the Pres-
In the case of the fight across ident included $232.8 million to
the Cambodian border, officials help school districts in an esti-
said, authorities in Saigon referred mated 350 congressional districts.
the question of disclosure to Wash- These are schools with large en-
ington - apparently after press rollments of children of federal
dispatches from the scene had re- civilian and military personnel
ported it. Washington authorities Several dispirited attempts to cut
reportedly instructed headquarters the allotment back to the amount
in Saigon not to volunteer infor- requested by the President failed.
mation on the incident but to say-- --
what had happened if asked.
The policy covering this opera-
tion was made known by the Stat
Department last Dec. 21-in as
obscure a manner as officials ,
could devise. There had been many
reports and complaints of Viet
Cong forces taking refuge in the
Cambodian jungles as well as com-
S plaints by Cambodia of border %
violations by American or South
Vietnamese forces.
'Self Defense'
Finally, when a State Depart-
ment spokesman was pressed to re-
veal what orders U.S. commanders
had, he replied that "American
military commanders throughout
the world have authority to tak
those actions essential in the ex-
ervise of the inherent right of self-
defense to protect their forces."
This was understood to mean
that American troops engaged in
Not in the bill was $31.3 million more than a score of miscellan-
} requested by the President to fi- eous federal agencies.
nance a Teachers Corps created The committee knocked out all
last year to help educate children the rent money, an action which
of poor families. No one tried to if sustained, would terminate the
restore it, although the Senate program on June 30.
may put some of the money back. Also left out of the new bill was
A pending emergency appropri- the entire $19.7 million the Presi-
ation bill includes $10 million to dent wanted to keep in motion the
keep the Teachers Corps program Mohole project designed to obtain
operating through June 30. If scientific data by boring deeply
Congress upholds the House ac- into the earth's surface In the
tion, the program would run out of Pacific.
money then.
The same emergency money bill Unless Congress reverses the
awaiting final congressional ac- committee, the projects for which
tion includes $112 million for rent $55.4 million already has been pro-
subsidies for the year ending June Vided would be stopped In Its
30. tracks.
The President asked Congress to
keep the program alive for next
year by providing $35 million in
new authority to make contracts ead
and $3 million to pay on contracts
already made. These contracts pro-U*a
vide for payment to nonprofit
landlords to supplement rent forD
low-income families in nonpublic
housing,Ciassin ec
The extra rent-subsidy funds
were to have been part of the
$14.31-billion measure sent to the
House Thursday for consideration
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