Aid Activities In Laos PDF Download

"This hearing is being held at my request. On March 21 I wrote Dr. Hannah, Administrator of AID, pointing out that over the past 3 years the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad had examined, both here and in the field, the full range of U.S. activities in Laos, including the economic assistance program and the activities of the CIA. I requested in my letter that AID appear before the subcommittee in executive session to explain the relationship between the activities of that agency, the CIA, and the Department of Defense in Laos; and will insert the text of my letter of March 21 in the record at this point"--Page 1 (Senator Stuart Symington's opening statement)