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Secretary Laird
Brought in 3/22, page 4
K:
And you know that -- Dave must have told you we went through all
these DIA figures and I must say they are pretty impressive to me.
L:
Well, now, you know DIA is coming along a lot better than people give
it credit. This Bennett is a good man, and that's been reorganized and it's
a good operation now.
K:
And CIA doesn't have any figures to contradict it. All they have is
moaning and groaning.
L:
Sure.
K:
And being negative. And if you consider that they had to supply 40,000
people in southern Laos, that they had to consume rice, that they lost the
rice that they purchased in Cambodia, that they lost the port of Sihanoukville,
that the gunships have improved, and that they had to supply this operation
logistically -- just forget about the roads being cut -- it must have cut into
their system don't you think?
L: Oh, sure; it's cut into the system considerably, and it's really raised
hell with some of their units. Now, if you'll notice, there's not an awful lot
of AA fire going on over there today.
K:
Yeah, I noticed that.
L:
And that's simply because they'v had to be doing so much moving
around there.
K:
Well, the President has given them one more strike, and then we'll call
it
off. If the weather holds up
L:
Yeah, well, the weather looks good, SO it'11 be "go" for another 24 hours.
K:
Good. Mel, and you will then, whenever it's finished, announce from the
Pentagon or from Saigon -- wherever you think it's better -- as you did in May
that it's now terminated.
L:
Right, Henry; we will.
K:
I don't know whether you've met this fellow -- that Colonel who commanded
some of the helicopter operations, and the President wondered whether, when
you brief the Senators on Tuesday or the Congress on Tuesday, if you thought it
a good idea if he could answer a few questions.
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