Volume 14, Number 7 · April 9, 1970
Laos: The Story Nixon Won't Tell
By Peter Dale Scott
President Nixon cannot expect peace in Vietnam while escalating the war in Laos. His Key Biscayne statement on Laos of March 6 itself draws attention to the connection between the two conflicts, which has since been underlined by Vice President Agnew. In reality the so-called 'Vietnamization' in 1969 of the ground war in South Vietnam was balanced by a sharp escalation of the US air war in Laos, beyond the range of inquisitive TV camera teams. This escalation is now rationalized (though not admitted) by the President's statement on Laos, which puts forth a grossly misleading history of North Vietnamese 'persistent subversion' and 'invasion.'
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