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...statements of U.S. intentions have grown more than somewhat confusing. Last week Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that "we will use, as necessary, sea and air resources to supplement the efforts and the armed forces of our friends and allies who are determined to resist aggression." That seemed to pledge considerable military might, short of ground forces, to secure Lon Nol or a similarly inclined Cambodian leader. Two days later Rogers said: "The U.S. is not fighting for the defense of Cambodia. The U.S. is fighting to protect American soldiers in Viet...
Confronted by shouting newsmen on Capitol Hill yesterday morning, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird at first tried to ignore questions about the Laotian situation, and then stated only that no U.S. ground troops would be sent into Laos. "I want to make sure that we will not open any credibility gap," Laird said...
Rejected Plan. The Route 4 rescue followed a one-day visit to Phnom-Penh by Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moorer concluded that the situation was deteriorating, though not really critical. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, who was in Viet Nam for a three-day visit, rejected a proposal to send U.S. transport helicopters to the Elephant Mountains, but he did not rule out such missions in the future...
...This is being carried on as part of the over-all effort to interdict and stop the flow of enemy forces which would have an opportunity to attack United States personnel stationed in Vietnam," Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said last week to justify the expanded combat role...
...Laird insisted that this falls within Congressional authorization...