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GV CAPITOL BUILDING WASHINGTON. (SILENT)
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SV SENATOR FULBRIGHT INTERVIEWED
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TRANSCRIPT: SENATOR FULBRIGHT: "OH YES, IT'S EXTREMELY CRITICAL FOR US. I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE AMERICAN OPERATION TODAY IS--THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE, WHETHER IT IS TO PERMANENTLY OCCUPY THE COUNTRY OR PREVENT IT'S OCCUPATION BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE, OR TO IT'S A KIND OF ANCILLARY OPERATION, I GUESS. THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL THAT'S CLEAR THAT OPERATION....BUT THE OTHER OPERATION IS REALLY AGAIN INTERVENING IN A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE PATHET LAO AND THE ROYAL LAOTION GOVERNMENT."



INTERVIEWER: "DO YOU THINK WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED IN A NEW VIETNAM-TYPE WAR?"



SENATOR FULBRIGHT: "THAT'S WHAT I'M VERY AFRAID OF...THAT WE WILL GRADUALLY BE SUCKED INTO A GREATER INVOLVEMENT. SO FAR AS I KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GROUND TROOPS THERE...BUT WE'RE BOMBING IT VERY INTENSIVELY AS THE PAPERS HAVE REPORTED--SEVERAL PAPERS HAVE AND THERE'S NO REASON TO DOUBT THE ACCURACY OF THESE REPORTS."




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Background: DURING A TELEVISION INTERVIEW YESTERDAY FROM WASHINGTON, SENATOR J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SPOKE ON THE DANGERS OF AN INCREASED AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN LAOS.

SENATOR FULBRIGHT AGREED THAT BY GETTING SUCKED INTO A GREATER LAOTION INVOLVEMENT, THE U.S. COULD FIND ITSELF WITH ANOTHER VIETNAM SITUATION.

DURING A TELEVISION INTERVIEW YESTERDAY FROM WASHINGTON, SENATOR J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SPOKE ON THE DANGERS OF AN INCREASED AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN LAOS.